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September 25th, 2012 | 6:31 pm by Christina Leake (@_bobina)

That Metal Debate: Top 5 Facial Hair Styles of Rock

There are a few important factors that make hard rock and heavy metal music one of THE best genres in music:
1. Musicians who can head bang and hold a chord
2. The fans (that’s a no-brainer)
3. Facial Hair

I know you probably think we are crazy for even saying that, but can you imagine Ozzy Osbourne with a mustache like Tom Selleck? Zakk Wylde with a unibrow? Or maybe even KISS with ZZ Top beards? Strange right? (We can only imagine how long it would take to get the paint out.)

Last week on That Metal Show, we were joined by Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) and John 5 who brought nothing less than amazing riffs for the second week in a row as our guest musician. We also paid homage to the rockers with the best facial hair and counted down our TMS Top 5 Facial Hair in Rock with help from heavy metal rocker Marilyn Manson. Here’s our TMS Top 5 list of artists with the Best Facial Hair in Rock:
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September 24th, 2012 | 12:00 pm by Ben Smith (@BHSmithNYC)

AMERICA’S HARD 100 – Vote To Determine The Greatest Hard Rock Song Of All-Time

Welcome to of the final VH1 Classic America’s Hard 100 Countdown Poll! Over the past 10 days we’ve asked YOU, the FANS to help us sort our list of essential hard rock and heavy metal tunes and the response has been incredible! Since this is the final list, we’ll be keeping it active for a few days to make sure we have enough time to record all your votes. And, due to popular demand, keep your eyes open for a one final poll featuring those songs which got the most votes for our all-time Top 10!

IMPORTANT NOTE: You can vote AS MANY TIMES and for AS MANY SONGS as you want, simply click on “Return To Poll” after your initial ballot and if your favorite songs or bands are missing from today’s list please check one of our earlier polls, which are all still open for voting, to see if you can find it.

Today Van Halen’s bad boy classic “Hot For Teacher” takes on Cliff-era Metallica’s “For Whom The Bell Tolls,” “Wild Child” by nasty L.A. glam-masters W.A.S.P. and Rush’s “Tom Sawyer” among others.

September 17th, 2012 | 1:00 pm by Ben Smith (@BHSmithNYC)

AMERICA’S HARD 100, Day 3 – Vote To Determine The Greatest Hard Rock Song Of All-Time

VH1'S AMERICA'S HARD 100

Welcome to Day 3 of VH1 Classic’s America’s Hard 100 Countdown Poll where YOU, the FANS, determine the 100 best hard rock and metal songs of all-time! Each day we’ll be posting a new list of classic hard rock and heavy metal tunes for you to vote on to help us with the rankings.

PLEASE NOTE: If you don’t see your favorite bands or songs on today’s list (or on Day 1 or Day 2‘s list), don’t fret! Be sure and check back daily at noon, as we’re going to be adding new songs for you to vote on each day!

Today we’re pitting two of metal’s founding fathers Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, against Jersey giants Bon Jovi, theatrical 70s rockers KISS and 80s bad boys Guns N’Roses, among others.

July 26th, 2012 | 11:00 am by Zara Golden (@zaragolden)

Got To Collect ‘Em All: KISS Are Revealing Monster One Piece At A Time, Here’s Number 4

Attention KISS fans! Your hard-rocking, face-painted heroes are unleashing their 20th studio album, Monster, this fall, and they need you to help unveil its cover art. Cut up like a puzzle, the legendary rockers are leaking one piece of the Monster cover at a time, scavenger hunt style so that fans can be a part of the big reveal. Mashable has one, as does NoiseCreep. We’ve got piece number four to share, and check that Gene Simmons tongue! We do believe this an important one.

Clicking on the piece below will redirect you to the band’s official Facebook page, where you’ll collect all seven pieces to — voila! — build a full picture. The hunt for Monster is on!

UPDATE: Our friends over at the O Music Awards got their hands on another piece of the KISS puzzle, too! Check out it, KISS Army.

June 19th, 2012 | 3:00 pm by Christina Leake (@_bobina)

Enter To Win A Trip On The High Seas Thanks To VH1 Classic’s Kiss Kruise Sweepstakes!

Do you want to “Rock and Roll All Nite” and party ~~every single day~~ for 5 days straight? What if we gave you airfare for two so you could ‘Rock And Roll All Nite’ while singing that song by the band who wrote it? (Now we’ve got your attention!)

VH1 Classic is giving you the chance to go overboard (not really) with Kiss this fall on the Kiss Kruise II. The Kiss Kruise will set sail on the Norwegian Pearl from Miami, Fla. to Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas on October 31 through November 4 and we do not want you to miss this, so be sure and enter the VH1 Kiss Kruise Sweepstakes today for a chance for you and a guest to spend a week on the high seas with Gene, Paul, Tommy and Eric!

June 1st, 2012 | 5:14 pm by Bené Viera

Five Awesomely Bad Yearbook Photos Of Your Favorite Metal And Rock Stars

Imagine the worst picture of yourself posted on the bulletin board at work. Awful, right? Now envision that you are a heavy metal or rock star and the entire world is privy to the embarrassing yearbook photo that you hoped only grandma had copies of. MetalSucks.net compiled yearbook photos of 50 metal and rock musicians including everyone from Jon Bon Jovi to Courtney Love. In case you’re wondering how great they are (no, really, they’re amazing) the photos are comical. We can’t stop scrolling the mouse up and down the page to get a bit of nostalgia and laughter. Here’s our top five awesomely bad photos that have totally made our day. Read more…

May 3rd, 2012 | 1:00 pm by Christina Leake (@_bobina)

Watch This Sneak Peek Of This Weekend’s New That Metal Show Episode Featuring Michael Schenker and Mike McCready

Last week on That Metal Show, we welcomed back Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead), Jerry Dixon and Robert Mason (Warrant), and Michael Schenker, who rocked out as our guest musician. Did you miss the episode? Watch it online, right here.

This week we are joined by TMS alum; Frank Hannon (Tesla), who is our guest musician for the week, Michael Schenker, and Mike McCready (Pearl Jam). In the clip we have for you above, the guys start talking about The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame (Eddie’s favorite), and McCready excites the guys when he tells them that Pearl Jam has been talking about holding out on accepting their entrance to the RRHOF until Kiss gets inducted. How rock n’ roll would that be? Watch the new episode of That Metal Show this Saturday at 11 p.m. ET/10 CT on VH1 Classic.

March 21st, 2012 | 10:18 am by Kat George (@kat_george)

Tuned In: KISS Rocks “Detroit Rock City” On Jimmy Kimmel Live!

In a literally explosive show, KISS took to the stage to rock out “Detroit Rock City” on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Proving that glam rock has no age, the guys stormed the stage in full make up and costume, and gave a high energy, tongue wagging performance that culminated in the very rock and roll destruction of a guitar. With flames engulfing the stage throughout the show as explosions and flashing lights abounded, the performance was met with roaring applause from an enthusiastic, face-painted audience.

March 12th, 2012 | 6:15 pm by Kat George (@kat_george)

Last Lap: 15 Things You Didn’t Know About Jay-Z

15 Things You Didn’t Know About Jay-Z
Ahead of Jay-Z‘s SXSW performance tonight, Complex Magazine talked to Hov’s engineer and friend, Young Guru. So here are 15 fascinating things you didn’t know about Jay, including that his new album is not a concept album but it has a concept, and that there’s “serious consideration” being given to a Watch The Throne sequel. [Complex]

Jack White Kicks Off His Solo Tour in Chattanooga
And Rolling Stone have an amazing gallery of images to get you in the mood to appreciate Jack White as a solo artist. With Blunderbuss on the way, this is the first solo album and supporting tour in White’s career. [Rolling Stone]

November 11th, 2011 | 3:32 pm by Kat George (@kat_george)

Twelve Photos Of Metal Legends Being Totally Un-Metal

“Metal dudes are people, too!” you shout, and we hear ya, we honestly do. But here’s the thing — we like to live under the fantasy, however inaccurate, that metal dudes just do totally awesome metal stuff all the time. We want to believe that metal dudes go around biting the heads off bats, smashing guitars, sticking it to the man and headbanging ALL THE TIME. The same way we like to believe that pop stars all eat, sleep and go to the gym in their elaborate costumes, rappers freestyle battle each other in the street and country singers all know how to lasso like cowboys.

Obviously, the illusions we live under (yes, we’re twisted, we know, but being twisted is like, SO metal), are unrealistic, and we have to admit we get a perverted sense of pleasure when the wall does come down. So if you want to see what metal dudes are doing when they’re not being metal, and just being sort of, well, regular, click through to our gallery below! Beware: there are images of James Hetfield WEARING A KNITTED SCARF! Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor READING BOOKS! Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine HANGING OUT WITH A GEORGE W. BUSH IMPERSONATOR! If this is all just too much for you and all you want is to see metal guys being, like, totally metal, then check out National Metal Day on VH1 Classic, airing all day today!