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(Hopefully) Obscure Band Facts
In 2006, Lars claimed that his favorite website was jameshairstyles.com.
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Lars: Alright, listen, I gotta fucking go and get out of James' robe and wash my armpits and go pay Duder up.
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(Hopefully) Obscure Band Facts
Glenn Danzig's cereals of choice include Franken Berry and Count Chocula.
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(Hopefully) Obscure Band Facts
In 2019, four spider species were discovered and named after Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden singer), Rick Allen (Def Leppard drummer), Klaus Meine (Scorpions singer), and André Matos (Angra singer) by Christina Rheims.
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Gifs from Exodus' 1989 New York, United States concert
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How similar is your music taste to shirts James wore in the 80s?
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(Hopefully) Obscure Band Facts
The inspiration for Exodus' song "Bonded By Blood" was when the members of the band at the time (Kirk Hammett, Paul Baloff, Gary Holt, and Tom Hunting) cut each of their hands with a razorblade and rubbed their blood together out of appreciation for being in a band together. Kirk still has a scar on his left hand from this and has called it one his favorite memories with Paul.
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Adrian doesn't get his hand shaken
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Gifs from Exodus' 1987 Chicago, United States concert
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The Ramotes' self titled album
Created May 31, 2022
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Interviewer: Salut, c'est Jean Jacques pour Music Plus et suis ici backstage avec Lars de Metallica pour faire un interview aujourd'hui. On a voir la ce qu'il a...a dire. [Translation: Hello, it's Jean Jacques for Music Plus, and I'm here backstage with Lars of Metallica to do an interview today. We'll see what he has to say.]
Lars: Do you want me to translate that for you?
Interviewer: Yeah, in Danish please.
Lars: Hello, I am John Something, and you're watching me say plus, and we're backstage at the enormo dome in Montreal, right? And, uh, getting ready to do a rock show, man! God damn it, let's go!
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James shouts to the same crowd in Danish (Lars succeeded)
Part One, Part Two
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Lars speaks to the concert crowd in Danish
Part Two, Part Three
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Kirk Hammett - (lyrics from) Halo On Fire
Created June 14, 2022
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(Hopefully) Obscure Band Facts
Dave Mustaine has had a stuffed bear called Hanley since at least August 7, 2016. Hanley also appears sitting on Dave's bed in a video on Dave's YouTube channel, meaning Dave likely took Hanley along on the 2022 Metal Tour of the Year. Below is an image of Hanley taken from a post on Dave's Twitter account.
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Gifs from Metallica's 1986 Roskilde, Denmark concert
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Lars laughs and knocks on his head
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(Hopefully) Obscure Band Facts
On February 22, 1984, Cliff Burton misspelled "Wednesday" as "wensday" and "easier" as "easyer".
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Adrian with a flower crown because birthday :D
Created February 27, 2022
Happy birthday Adrian, this was almost late, shsjajja (like 29 minutes left to spare in my timezone until birthday is over). Thanks for being part of Iron Maiden though, your existence will always bring me back nightmares of repeatedly failing at your Aces High solo (/pos)
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Cliff says it's good to see you again
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Interviewer: Cliff Burton, the bassist extraordinaire for the heavy metal—extremely heavy metal—band Metallica. So...
Cliff: *Lead drunkard.
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Bruce: *Talking about the interviewer* And he's still as short as he ever was; he hasn't grown in six weeks.
Interviewer: This is the- *turns to Bruce and laugh-sighs*
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Interviewer: Do you think you should have any changes [to the line up] or what?
Cliff: I think everyone should be sacked.
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Cliff: I swore a few times. Guess I wasn’t supposed to do that.
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Cliff with a flower crown
Created February 10, 2022
Happy birthday, Cliff, and thank you for what you've done for Metallica, bass, metal, and music in general. You'll always be missed.
Please credit me if used somewhere public or something, um hi 🔪
Dave: We pee on 'em.
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(Hopefully) Obscure Band Facts
On Iron Maiden's "World Slavery" tour, they got through 7778 hotel rooms, 6392 guitar strings, 3670 drum sticks, 3008 guitar picks, ~30000 soft drinks, ~50000 cans of beer, and ~6000 pints of milk.
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How similar is your music taste to Cliff Burton?
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(Hopefully) Obscure Band Facts
Bruce Dickinson once bought a suit of armor at a gas station in Miami.
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Dave and Bruce start a cult
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