4 Quotes by Ian Christe

That's certainly the roots of heavy metal. That whole sense of revolution and wanting to be powerful is definetly a puberty thing. Fans don't have to be offended by that. Everybody goes through it. That's why heavy metal is so powerful.

Soon after the June 1982 release of Metal Massacre, Lars Ulrich reported losing his virginity at a party at Dave Mustaine’s house.

Those bands, in their style and approach, that’s what I call tits-and-ass metal,” comments Rob Halford of Judas.

As it turned out, heavy metal would repeatedly prove to be best inspired from a distance – where strong impressions, memories, and images were encouraged to run amok in the imagination.