Brian Posehn Quotes

I love metal songs about metal. That's one of my favorite things. Nobody does that any more. Nobody sings about how metal they are, or about their fans, or about how crazy their pits are.

Some of the smartest people I know are metal fans.

You'd be surprised the type of people who are into metal when you see them. Sometimes I'm even surprised, but it's cool. That's the reason it's still around.

We would like to continue to spread metal to everyone.

When I first became involved in Babymetal, I honestly hadn't known what metal music was about so everything was new to me.

I have been metal all my life, only I did not know about it. The people in this album (Charlemagne) and I, share the same values.

Heavy Metal is the most conservative of all loud music. Let's face it, not even a gym teacher could get as many people to dress alike.

People can talk about punk all they want, but after new wave put that down, metal is the voice of the disenfranchised and that need to become unhinged. That's why it appeals to so many people when they are younger and carries over when those people, at 40, don't want to grow up.

Anytime rock and metal can get on mainstream TV at all, it's a good thing.

People sometimes tell me that I don't talk or act or look like a metal fan. Well, what does a metal fan look like? I've found people from all walks of life who love metal.

Metal never goes away. It drifts in and out, but the true fans are always there for it.

There's real potency in metal. Metal fans love metal as if it's a nation they would fight for. It's not diluted by pop culture.

For me, Gothic is something from my youth, when I had a heavy metal phase.

The main thing was metal was scary. But thanks to Babymetal and being exposed to different types of music, we've learned to love metal.

For the most part, metal has been underground. It's too dangerous for mom and dad and schools. It will probably always be that way.

Black-metal is my favourite. Mayhem are one of my favourite bands. But whenever Slayer comes to town, I am going to that show.

When you look at metal, it's probably one of the healthiest genres when you look at it in a worldwide perspective - every single country listens to metal.

Headbangers' are people who like heavy-metal music, which is performed by skinny men with huge hair who stomp around the stage, striking their instruments and shrieking angrily, apparently because somebody has stolen all their shirts.

Japan has really great fans for all kinds of music. I think they're keeping metal alive. They're really great supporters, and they really love music. I think it's a total outlet for them.

Motley Crue was actually my gateway to heavy metal.

I go to a lot of metal shows when we're home. I don't know why, but it takes me back to when I was 17 and going to the local metal shows in Pennsylvania. I go right back to that mentality.

'Wages Of Sin' was the first metal album I ever bought, and it was love at first listen.

So many bands would say that they were alternative, or they were this or that... 'Heavy metal' was a pretty uncool word after about 1992; it was almost like, 'Stay away.' But it didn't bother us one bit. And our fans were the best ever.

I was really into metal when I was growing up. It was just something I thought I could do and wanted to try.

I wanna write a classic metal record, a classic rock record, in 2013.