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Ian Christe is the author of Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal and Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga. He is the publisher of Bazillion Points Books, home to Swedish Death Metal, Murder in the Front Row, Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries, Touch and Go, Experiencing Nirvana, Heavy Metal Movies and other authoritative books about powerful movements and moments in overlooked history. Since 2004, he has hosted a weekly metal history show on Sirius XM in North America. He enjoys exploring.

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ROOTS of Space Horror | on SiriusXM Week of October 4, 2025 Sat 10/4, 6PM ET Sun 10/5, 1PM ET Mon 10/6, 9AM ET Tues 10/7, 4PM ET Thurs 10/9, 9PM ET The high holy days of Halloween begin with a terrifying trek across the creepy cosmos with Vektor, Nocturnus, Hypocrisy, Cryptic Shift, Blood Incantation, Wormed, Artificial Brain, Voivod, Gigan, Bolt Thrower, and more. To infinity and beyond….

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“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
tags: celtic-frost, metal, puberty, tom-warrior
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“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
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“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
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