Metal Band Quotes

If you are a pop band, don't say you're a metal band. Poison and Warrant were about as metal as the Backstreet Boys.
- Geezer Butler

We didn't gel with Poison and the Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi was the best of the pop metal bands, but we never fit in with the hair metal stuff. We were never as hip as the Chili Peppers. We were in the middle.
- Gary Cherone

I still think the best metal bands have a blues feel. The first Black Sabbath album is kind of a bludgeoning of blues. Deep Purple also started out as a blues band.
- Greg Ginn

Anthrax, it's something that gets you sick, it's horrible, strong. It's a heavy-metal band name if there ever was one.
- Scott Ian

Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded.
- Al Jourgensen

Hopefully people can look at our band and see that we're a heavy rock band. We're definitely not a metal band, but we're a band that focuses on meaningful lyrics and melody.
- Adam Rich

The hairstyles of most Heavy Metal bands are pretty horrendous.
- Fred Schneider

We are one of the last heavy metal bands. Iron Maiden has always been unique.
- Adrian Smith