#metal

In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can't even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot, we said it means Hanson Is Murder. The name doesn't have a particular history. His Infernal Majesty was a totally different band. I think HIM derives from some death metal joke. ↗

— Ville Valo

#almost #asks #band #death #derives

At least the rap metal stuff is good, but it's not really my bag. I've been listening to the radio since we've been touring the past month, because we don't get it most of the time. ↗

— Jon Crosby

#because #been #get #good #i

Guitar Player Magazine says Dick Dale is the father of Heavy Metal, blowing up 48 amplifiers, creating the first power amplifier. ↗

— Dick Dale

#amplifiers #blowing #creating #dale #father

I think that the mere fact that I'm doing it ought to inspire someone. In junior high school the counselor suggested that I focus on wood shop and metal shop. ↗

— Christopher Darden

#doing #fact #focus #high #high school

It's really cool to see glowsticks at the show, to see dance music culture infiltrating and becoming one with the metal community. ↗

— Jonathan Davis

#community #cool #culture #dance #dance music

I never understood why the metal heads in my school hated the punks. ↗

— Trevor Dunn

#heads #i #metal #never #school

Life it seems will fade away/ Drifting further every day/ Getting lost within myself/ Nothing matters, no one else/ ↗

— Metallica

#life

We love not just Judas Priest music, but we love heavy metal and we love to get out on that stage every night and perform. It's a joy to be able to do it. ↗

— Glenn Tipton

#every #every night #get #heavy #heavy metal

Mary had a little lamb, its fleece electrostatic / And everywhere Mary went, the lights became erratic. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#mary-s-night-light #mutated-sheep #nonmetallic-conductivity #humor

I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant. ↗

— Esther Williams

#buying #ended #gas #gas station #had