What famous/semi-famous metal musicians have you met in person over the years?

I've met Oscar Soutu from Anonymus (extremely nice guy) and Joey Belladonna (former Anthrax singer, he seemed pretty cool, although I only got to talk to him for about a minute).

Which ones have you met? What were they like?

There was this guy that claimed he was Trey Anastasio once in Target...not sure if it was really him though. Seemed nice enough. Kinda "out there".

Steve Whiteman & Donnie Purnell from Kix
Brad Divens, Jay Abbene, Terry Carter & Shannon Larkin from Wrathchild America
Josh Homme from Kyuss/Queens Of The Stone Age (on several occasions)
Doug Pinnick, Ty Tabor & Jerry Gaskill from King's X (also on several occasions)
Bruce Franklin, Rick Wartell & Jeff Olson from Trouble
Jeff Ament from Pearl Jam
Chris Cornell & Kim Thayill from Soundgarden
Jake E. Lee & Ray Gillen from Badlands
Jon & Criss Oliva from Savatage
Lemmy from Motorhead

also
Peter Buck from R.E.M.
plus a bunch of jazz musicians including: Stanley Turrentine, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy McGriff, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Bobby Hutcherson, Al Jarreau.

Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Bruce Kulick, Eric Singer - KISS
Dimebag Darrell, Rex Brown, Phil Anselmo, Vinnie Paul - Pantera
Bobby Blitz Ellsworth, DD Verni, Rob Cannavino, Merritt Gant, Tim Mallare, Joe Comeau. Sebastian Marino, Dave Linsk, Derek "The Skull" Taylor, Ron Lipnicki - Overkill
Rob Zombie, Sean Yseult, J. Yuenger - White Zombie
Jizzy Pearl - Love/Hate & Ratt
Jeff Pilson - Dokken/Dio/Foreigner
Steve Harris - Iron Maiden
Billy Sheehan - Talas/David Lee Roth/Mr.Big
Rudy Sarzo, Carlos Cavazo, Frankie Banali, Chuck Wright, Kevin Dubrow - Quiet Riot
Johnny Van Zant - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Gary Meskil, Dan Richardson - Pro-Pain
Steve Brown, PJ Farley, Pete Loran, Gus Scott - Trixter
Nick Menza - Megadeth
CC Deville - Poison
Fred Courey - Cinderella
Jesse James Dupree, Chris Worley, Jeff Worley, Jimmy Stiff, Tom Bettini - Jackyl
Mike Anthony - Van Halen
Josh Reedy - Decemberadio
Tai Anderson - Third Day

I'm sure I forgot a couple.

In about 1981 I worked in a Winchell's Donut Shop, and TSOL came in. I gave them free donuts just like they were cops or something. Other than that, famous musicians have shunned me for the most part.

I haven't been able to meet too many musicians, but I have talked it up with Metal Church (Ronny Munroe, Kurdt Vanderhoof, Jeff Plate, Jay Reynolds, & Steve Unger).

Katon W. De Pena (of Hirax)

Mike Munro (of Meliah Rage)

and that's basically it.

I'm not gonna try to name them all, just the more known ones.

Chuck Billy
Eric Peterson
Alex Skolnick
James Murphy
Steve Digiorgio
Ron Rinehart
Jim Durkin
Gene Hoglan
Eric AK
Kirk Windstein
Ted Kirkpatrick
Gary Lenaire
Zetro Souza

Tommy Lee
Barren Cross (except Mike Lee, Vince Van Volt was singing at the time)
Jimmy Brown
George Ochoa
One Bad Pig
Believer (Extraction tour)
Guardian (all members past/present)
Robert Sweet
Bass player for Messiah Prophet (Can't remember his name)

Alice Cooper in 89
Bill Clinton in 91 and 94
Al Gore in 99
Jon and Criss from Savatage
Glenn Benton of Deicide
David Vincent of Morbid Angel
Jerry Cantrell
Chris Barnes of Cannibal Corpse
Don Dokken, George Lynch, Jeff Pilson and Mick Brown
Tim 'Ripper' Owens
Robert Trujillo

There are probably more but off the top of my head...

Bobby Gustafson and Blitz from Overkill - 1990
Max and Igor Cavalera from Sepultura - 1989
Gary Cherone and Pat Badger of Extreme - 1991
Steven Adler of Guns N Roses - 1993
Richie Scarlett (Ace Frehley guitarist) - 1994
John Gallagher of Raven - 1995 (and again in 2000)
The "Alive III" line up of KISS - 1993
The Ramones - 1992
Peter Criss - 1994
Ace Frehley - 1995

All were very cool except for Ace, who apparently didn't wanna be there and was a dick to pretty much everybody. John Gallagher of Raven was by far the coolest metal dude I have ever met.

I met Paul Di'anno and his band Battlezone back in the late 80's when they were filming the video for "I Don't Wanna Know" and most recently, all of Leaves Eyes.

Lee Dorian, Gary Jennings of Cathedral. Huntington, WV 1996. Had beers with them before the show.

Glenn Danzig. Charleston, WV on the first Ozz Fest tour.

I never met anyone

Being in a band I've met tons of musicians over they years. Some that I've met, that I can recall right now:

Ted Nugent (as well as his wife and Toby Nugent)
Glenn Rogers (Hirax, Steel Vengeance, Deliverance, etc. a good friend of mine.)
Steve Rowe (Mortification. another good friend of mine.)
Ron Rinehart (Dark Angel. another good friend of mine.)
Overkill (Bobby Blitz Ellsworth, DD Verni, Dave Linsk,
Ron Lipnicki)
'Wild' Mick Brown (Dokken, Ted Nugent)
Greg Smith (Rainbow, Ted Nugent)
Jimmy Brown (Deliverance)
Cinderella
Slaughter
Vengeance Rising (a couple times as VR, then when I joined the band.)
George Ochoa (Deliverance, Recon)
Mike Grato (Deliverance, Recon, Crystavox)
Deliverance
Saint
Udo Dirkscheider
Biff from Saxon
Vinnie Vincent
Uncle Slam
Holy Saint
The Crucified
Barren Cross
Reb Beach
Stryper
Bloodgood
Uli Roth
Micheal Schenker
Tourniquet
Fireball Ministry
Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, etc.)
Frank Hannon & Dave Rude (Tesla)
The Crucified
Iced Earth
Warrell Dane (Nevermore, Sanctuary)
James Rivera (Helstar, Destiny's End, etc.)
TT Quick
Heathens Rage (went to high school with Tony Lee)
One Bad Pig
Guardian
Dave Hlubeck (Molly Hatchet)
Molly Hatchet (Bobby Ingram & Phil McCormick line-up a couple times)
Rob Rock
Mad Max
Narnia
Glenn Kaiser (Rez)
Sacred Warrior (almost got to sing The Flood with them on stage at the ill-fated Beyond the Mountain festival)
Joshua Periah (Joshua, M-Pire)
Kip Winger (He lives in New Mexico)

I've also spoken to Henrik Ostergaard (Dirty Looks), Katon D Pena (Hirax) and John Gallagher (Raven) on the phone, though I've yet to meet them in person.

I would love to meet Ace Frehley, Kiss, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Katon D Pena, Scott Gorham...

Wish I could have met Eric Carr and Philip Lynott.

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Being in a band I've met tons of musicians over they years.

Oh yeah? What's your band's name?

ultmetal wrote:

Being in a band I've met tons of musicians over they years. Some that I've met, that I can recall right now:

Ted Nugent (as well as his wife and Toby Nugent)
Glenn Rogers (Hirax, Steel Vengeance, Deliverance, etc. a good friend of mine.)
Steve Rowe (Mortification. another good friend of mine.)
Ron Rinehart (Dark Angel. another good friend of mine.)
Overkill (Bobby Blitz Ellsworth, DD Verni, Dave Linsk,
Ron Lipnicki)
'Wild' Mick Brown (Dokken, Ted Nugent)
Greg Smith (Rainbow, Ted Nugent)
Jimmy Brown (Deliverance)
Cinderella
Slaughter
Vengeance Rising (a couple times as VR, then when I joined the band.)
George Ochoa (Deliverance, Recon)
Mike Grato (Deliverance, Recon, Crystavox)
Deliverance
Saint
Udo Dirkscheider
Biff from Saxon
Vinnie Vincent
Uncle Slam
Holy Saint
The Crucified
Barren Cross
Reb Beach
Stryper
Bloodgood
Uli Roth
Micheal Schenker
Tourniquet
Fireball Ministry
Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, etc.)
Frank Hannon & Dave Rude (Tesla)
The Crucified
Iced Earth
Warrell Dane (Nevermore, Sanctuary)
James Rivera (Helstar, Destiny's End, etc.)
TT Quick
Heathens Rage (went to high school with Tony Lee)
One Bad Pig
Guardian
Dave Hlubeck (Molly Hatchet)
Molly Hatchet (Bobby Ingram & Phil McCormick line-up a couple times)
Rob Rock
Mad Max
Narnia
Glenn Kaiser (Rez)
Sacred Warrior (almost got to sing The Flood with them on stage at the ill-fated Beyond the Mountain festival)
Joshua Periah (Joshua, M-Pire)
Kip Winger (He lives in New Mexico)

I've also spoken to Henrik Ostergaard (Dirty Looks), Katon D Pena (Hirax) and John Gallagher (Raven) on the phone, though I've yet to meet them in person.

I would love to meet Ace Frehley, Kiss, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Katon D Pena, Scott Gorham...

Wish I could have met Eric Carr and Philip Lynott.

I thought there was only one Crucified?

I got to meet
Anthrax,
Poison,
Flotsam and Jetsam,
Tesla,
Ted Nugent,
Uli Jon Roth,
Michael Shenker,
UFO,
Great White,
Bullet Boys,
Stephen Pearcy,
WASP,
Lizzy Borden,
Fireball Ministry,
Vains of Jenna,
L.A. Guns,
Skid Row,
Mushroomhead,
Drogonforce,
Warrant,
Omen,
Fabulous Thunderbirds,
Kentucky Headhunters,
Tons of cool bluegrass guys like Bella Fleck and Mark O'Connor

David Carradine (Grasshopper)

I know that I have missed some

Udo's my favourite. I would like to meet him and talk to him.

Gene Hoglan
Eric AK
all the guys in FAITH FACTOR
Danny Lilker
Ripper Owens

Back in 86 i met James Hetfield, Kirk Hammet and Lars Ulrich.
They were all very friendly and down to earth, sat and talked and drank beer with them for about an hour.

I've met Olafsto!!!!!

Let's see who I can remember:

Dee Snider
Bruce Kulick, Eric Singer (Kiss)
Adrian Smith, Steve Harris (Maiden)
Blaze Bayley (solo and Maiden) twice
Various members from Savatage, twice
Hirax (current line-up)
Geoff Thorpe and Cornbread (Vicious Rumors)
All the members from Artch and Witchhammer
Rob Rock
Christian Rivel (ex-Narnia)
Joacim Cans (HammerFall)
Tobias Sammet (Avantasia, Edguy)
Jørn Lande (solo, Masterplan, Ark etc.)
Jeff Waters (Annihilator)
Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth)

I only met the members of Leaves' Eyes (particularly Liv Kristine and her husband Alexander Krull-a verty nice couple) and a few members of Into Eternity. I never met any famous or semi-famous people .

Great White
Most of Stryper
Michael Foster and the bass player for Firehouse, but nver mt either of then from being a fan of the band. Weird

Troy Lucketta
Mark Slaughter
Most of Manowar (jOey demaio is a dink)

I met DeminAndLeather (aka Rich) once in Cali.

Oh yes, I met Lizzy Borden as well. Cool guys, all of them. Marten Anderson gave me one of his bass picks.

Olafsto wrote:

Back in 86 i met James Hetfield, Kirk Hammet and Lars Ulrich.
They were all very friendly and down to earth, sat and talked and drank beer with them for about an hour.

Oh my god, I HATE YOU!! - Lucky bastard!