Ian Christe > Quotes

“That's certainly the roots of heavy metal. That whole sense of revolution and wanting to be powerful is definetly a puberty thing. Fans don't have to be offended by that. Everybody goes through it. That's why heavy metal is so powerful.”
― Ian Christe, Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal

“Soon after the June 1982 release of Metal Massacre, Lars Ulrich reported losing his virginity at a party at Dave Mustaine’s house.”
― Ian Christe, Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal

“Those bands, in their style and approach, that’s what I call tits-and-ass metal,” comments Rob Halford of Judas”
― Ian Christe, Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal

“As it turned out, heavy metal would repeatedly prove to be best inspired from a distance—where strong impressions, memories, and images were encouraged to run amok in the imagination.”
― Ian Christe, Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal

“We were the only band that played with D.R.I. and C.O.C., and then Celtic Frost and Venom. We were doing shit that nobody else was doing, and we didn’t care. I never took myself that seriously.”
― Ian Christe, Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal

“the KLF were a bunch of conceptual pop tricksters who won the hearts of their home country with stunts like recording country singer Tammy Wynette in a rap context. Performing at the prestigious BRIT awards, Extreme Noise Terror blasted the KLF hit “3 a.m. Eternal” into oblivion while the KLF sprayed the audience with machine guns preloaded with blanks. When the KLF were awarded “Best British Group” honors later that night,”
― Ian Christe, Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal