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Heavy Metal Trivia

- Alice Cooper drinks a tall glass of 
  ice-water then shouts, "Let's Rock!" 
  into a mirror before hitting the stage.

- Klaus Meine was the tallest kid in his class.

- Neil Young played harmonica on 
  Venom's "Black Metal."

- Michael Anthony often substitutes 
  his live concert "Bass Solo" 
  with a "High-Alto Solo."

- Vinnie Paul's drum stool has a built in 
  drainage pipe, with replaceable 
  1-time-use seat covers and a 
  Barbecue Sauce Stick-Dippin' Drum.

- Oderous Urungus builds model 
  Space-Ships on cocaine, as a hobby.

- Blackie Lawless prepared a 
  Pineapple Upside-Down Cake on 
  Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood one time.

- Paul Stanley's original, vocal intro to 
  KISS's "Heaven's On Fire" was 
  190 seconds long. 

- Matt Sorum titled his auto-biography 
  "Snare-Tom-Snare-Tom-Tom."

- Kirk Hammett owns a motorcycle 
  with two front wheels.

- After 80cc's of heroin and setting fire 
  to an entire city block of 
  businesses and residences, 
  Dave Mustaine's left hand invented 
  the "Spider-Chord" by itself. 

- Sebastian Bach actually 
  has a really shitty memory.

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