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Nikki Sixx once claimed that Mötley Crüe were in secret negotiations with the US State Department to travel to Baghdad during the Iraq War to perform a Rolling Stones song
By Fraser Lewry published
"I hate George Bush almost as much as I hate Kate Bush" - Nikki Sixx, during the Iraq War

Tarot cards, a ouija board and a demonic pottery candleholder: the deluxe version of Mötley Crüe's best album is an OTT wonder
By Dave Everley published
Mötley Crüe's glam-metal foundation stone Shout At The Devil gets the luxury 40th-anniversary treatment

The 10 worst creative decisions in heavy metal history
By Matt Mills published
From Megadeth’s Risk to that Metallica: Through The Never movie, the heavy metal tapestry is strewn with terrible ideas

10 hard rock and heavy metal farewell tours that weren’t actually farewells
By Will Marshall published
Kiss, Judas Priest and Mötley Crüe have all made their goodbyes, only to continue touring and recording anyway

10 cover versions absolutely hated by the people who originally wrote them
By Dave Everley published
Good or bad, it didn’t matter – these cover versions attracted the ire of their original authors

10 metal cover songs that are unforgivably bad
By Merlin Alderslade published
From nu metal favourites like Korn and Spineshank to heavy metal icons like Megadeth and Machine Head, these are some of the covers that should have never seen the light of day

10 metal bands who changed genre and immediately ruined everything
By Will Marshall published
Changing your sound is a bold step, but Slayer, Mötley Crüe and Kiss absolutely fumbled it

10 times massive metal bands played ridiculously intimate concerts
By Stephen Hill published
Metallica, Iron Maiden and Slipknot have all performed to the tiniest of crowds after making it big

10 terrible heavy metal albums that sold shockingly well
By Emily Swingle published
Metallica, Guns N’ Roses and Morbid Angel have all scored chart success with sub-par music – somehow

Demons, hair metal and Ozzy Osbourne playing a priest: Why Trick Or Treat is the 80s’ unsung metal horror classic
By Joe Daly published
In 1986, director Charles Martin Smith made an underrated horror movie lambasting the PMRC – and he got Gene Simmons, Ozzy Osbourne and Motörhead to help.
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