If you’re looking for some ‘leather, studs and bullet belts’ classic metal, get in their firing line.

HEAVY METAL HAS evolved a great deal since four young musicians in Birmingham, England, saw a crowd gather across the street from their rehearsal room, lining up for an opportunity to get terrified by

Written about “sexual repression causing incredible desire among a school full of boys”, it was a No.1 across Europe, but a US flop.

Metallica ’s 1984 began with a gear heist and a cancelled UK tour; it ended with them being heavy metal’s Next Big Thing. Then came Master Of Puppets. This is the inside story of the making of that album and the two year whirlwind that took four “alcoholica” outcasts from the El Cerrito garage to the big time.

She shot Alice Cooper, shared a stage with a pre fame Iggy Pop, sang with Donovan and wrote songs with KT Tunstall, toured and became friends with Noddy Holder and Phil Lynott… She is glam icon Suzi Quatro , and these are just a few of her stories.

A choir on one of Germany’s Big Four thrash bands’ new album? “We always did our own thing.”