Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal (54 page)

The late Dick Clark with Guns N’ Roses front man Axl Rose at the American Music Awards.
Photograph by Nick Charles.

Slash, Sebastian Bach, and John Conley from Scar Culture at the Rainbow Bar & Grill in L.A.
Photograph by Stephanie Cabral.

Legendary Danish face painter and black metal progenitor King Diamond is bad to the bone.
Photograph by Stephanie Cabral.

Conrad “Cronos” Lant spews Venom.
Photograph by Ray VanHorn.

Brazilian thrash hero Max Cavalera (Sepultura/ Soulfly) frets and screams.
Photograph by Stephanie Cabral.

Anthrax’s Scott Ian poses with late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton at London’s Marquee Club in 1984.
Photography courtesy of Scott Ian.

Overkill’s Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth conjures the magic.
Photography by Bill O’Leary.

Slayer assembles the war ensemble.
Photograph by Kevin Hodapp.

Megaforce Records founder Jonny Z at Rock n Roll Heaven record signing with Raven.
Photograph by Kevin Hodapp.

Lemmy entertain you.
Photograph by Jon Wiederhorn.

Early Megadeth lineup: Chris Poland, Dave Mustaine, Gar Samuelson, Dave Ellefson.
Photograph by Kevin Hodapp.

Anthrax guitarist Scott “Not” Ian before beard and baldness.
Photograph by Kevin Hodapp.

Jonny Z welcomes Alcoholica into the Megaforce family.
Photograph by Kevin Hodapp.