Motley Crue

From Megadeth’s Risk to that Metallica: Through The Never movie, the heavy metal tapestry is strewn with terrible ideas

Kiss, Judas Priest and Mötley Crüe have all made their goodbyes, only to continue touring and recording anyway

Good or bad, it didn’t matter – these cover versions attracted the ire of their original authors

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

Changing your sound is a bold step, but Slayer, Mötley Crüe and Kiss absolutely fumbled it

Metallica, Iron Maiden and Slipknot have all performed to the tiniest of crowds after making it big

Metallica, Guns N’ Roses and Morbid Angel have all scored chart success with sub-par music – somehow

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.