My mum wasn't the sort of person who would ordinarily listen to heavy metal. But she thinks Babymetal's songs are cool. She's a big fan.

Give metal a chance!

The same sensations that you get in heavy metal are in horror movies. Heavy metal sounds evil and horror movies are evil, ha ha!

Motley Crue was actually my gateway to heavy metal.

I always say, 'This will be my last 'Metal Gear.'

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with heavy metal, Van Halen, Motley Crue. The older I got, my tastes widened. I always felt an attraction to the attitudes of punk; also punk filmmakers, like Richard Kern.

PG-13' is kind of a scattered, almost movie soundtrack album, with elements of punk and metal and electronica.

Folk music has been our popular music... There is a myth that youngsters only like heavy metal or rock music, but that's not true.

A lot of power-pop comes out of LA, a lot of speed metal comes out of New York.

I was always very into heavy metal, and heavy metal is full of emotion and extremes, and I think that's the same in dance music.

As always, my influences are diverse and not what you might expect from a 'heavy metal' artist.

I was not a metal fan.

Most ceramic plates, bowls, and cups have an unglazed rim around the very bottom, where the piece was in contact with the floor of the kiln. This unglazed ceramic is harder than metal and can be used just like a sharpening stone.

The main thing was metal was scary. But thanks to Babymetal and being exposed to different types of music, we've learned to love metal.

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

By trade I am a metal fabricator, so I have a degree in custom automotive fabrication.

I think metal fans are more loyal than other fans, and they are often more inclined to collect the albums of their favorite bands.

I was in bands all through my youth. Things started out more acoustic and then piano ballads. Then R&B followed by sappy pop music and then rock, punk and heavy metal.

My analysis was directed toward purely physical conditions, such as defective wiring, presence of lack of air spaces between metal flues and woodwork, etc., and the results were presented in these terms.

The misunderstanding out there is that we are a 'hard rock' band or a 'heavy metal' band. We've only ever been a rock n' roll band.