Mocked, maligned, and misunderstood, Heavy Metal is alive and kicking over 50 years since its inception. The genre's founders and fans rabidly continue to live the lifestyle even as they themselves turn gray. Why has this music connected so powerfully with people and what does it mean to live an entire life by the values found in the world's most extreme genre of music?

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Geezer Butler

Black Sabbath

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Wendy Dio

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Eddie Trunk

SiriusXM

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