Top 10 Favorite Metal Bands of Famous People (Excluding Metal Musicians)
Metal musicians are excluded because they obviously like metal. This list is interested in people who aren't metal musicians.If a missed a favorite band of somebody, please add the information you have in the relevant comment section.
Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. Many of his most well-known novels include Carrie, It, The Shinning, The Stand, Misery, The Dark Tower series, and Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, which was later adapted into the film The Shawshank Redemption which is widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time. I can't say this is the full list of all metal bands he likes, but in 2016 he wrote on Twitter "I believe I'll have a Heavy Metal Weekend, starting with Slayer, Sabbath, and Motorhead. Saving Metallica & Priest for Sunday."
Also, his Spotify playlist includes some extreme metal: Obituary, Amon Amarth, Entombed, Carcass, Cattle Decapitation, Edge of Sanity. "I work to loud music," King wrote.
I knew the king of horror liked metal, but I never knew he liked death metal.
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.On the start of her career, she performed at an event called the Lollapalooza Festival during 2007 whereby a record label company Interscope found her due to her performance being “amusing” to watch. Since Interscope found her, she was a mastermind behind her songs with a team of producers namely Rob Fusari and RedOne. Most of her songs were deep unreleased cuts, due to her having more than 30 songs and 17 were picked. ...read more.
She danced to Metallica songs at live shows. She also said that an Iron Maiden concert changed her life. "It was my first Maiden experience and I just realized in that moment in the show that that was the kind of artist I wanted to be".
"I always used to say to people, when they would say, ‘Oh, she’s the next Madonna.’ No, I’m the next Iron Maiden."
Probably she also likes Judas Priest judging by the cover of her album Born This Way.
I am not a fan of her music, but that’s awesome. Those three bands, along with Priest and Megadeth are tied for my favorite band.
Cameron Michelle Diaz is an American actress, producer, author, and former fashion model. She rose to stardom with roles in The Mask, My Best Friend's Wedding, and There's Something About Mary, and is also known for voicing the character of Princess Fiona in the Shrek series.
Nicolas Kim Coppola, known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor and producer. He is well known for his roles in Raising Arizona, Moonstruck, Vampire's Kiss, Wild at Heart, Honeymoon in Vegas, Red Rock West, Leaving Las Vegas, The Rock, Con Air, Face/Off, City of Angels, 8MM, Bringing Out the Dead, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Family Man, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Adaptation, Matchstick Men, National Treasure, Lord of War, The Wicker Man, World Trade Center, Ghost Rider, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Bad Lieutenant: Port Call of New Orleans, Kick-Ass, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, The Croods, and Joe. He has been both praised and criticized by critics and audiences alike ...read more. Cage likes Satyricon and Darkthrone...Coolest thing I've heard in days...
Prince Henry of Wales commonly known as Prince Harry, is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales. Although metal emerged in the 70s as music of the working class, today even members of royal families can fall in love with it
James Eugene "Jim" Carrey is a Canadian American actor, comedian, impressionist, screenwriter, and producer. He is well known for comedic roles in films such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask , Dumb and Dumber, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, The Cable Guy, Liar Liar, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Bruce Almighty. He is also acclaimed for his serious roles in The Truman Show, Man of the Moon, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. He has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for The Mask, Liar Liar, Man on the Moon (for which he won), How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In 1999, he won ...read more. He really looks like a death metal fan
I knew this but it always amazes me!
Michael Fassbender is a German-Irish actor of stage and screen whose career includes roles in both independent and blockbuster films, most notably; Hunger, Inglourious Basterds, Shame, X-Men: First Class, Prometheus, 12 Years a Slave, Frank, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Steve Jobs.
Joko Widodo is The President of Indonesia!
Paul Michael Levesque, better known by his ring name Triple H, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, corporate executive, and actor.
Kurt Cobain was born February 20, 1967, in Aberdeen, Washington. In 1987, he started the grunge band Nirvana, which became one of the most successful bands ever. He was a talented yet troubled grunge performer. Kurt Cobain became a rock legend in the 1990s with his band. He committed suicide at his ...read more.
Beck Hansen, known by stage name Beck, is an American singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is mostly known for his musical composition, as well as a palette of sonic genres. Carcass play death metal, goregrind/grindcore.
He plays smooth jazz (sax). Opeth play death metal.
James Duncan Rolfe is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, film and video game critic, and internet personality, best known for starring in the web television series The Angry Video Game Nerd, a joint production of Rolfe's Cinemassacre Productions, GameTrailers, and ScrewAttack.
David Eric "Dave" Grohl is an American rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, producer and film director. He is best known as the former drummer of the hugely popular 90s grunge band Nirvana and the vocalist/guitarist for the alternative rock band Foo Fighters. He has sat behind the drums for many bands and artists, most notably: Queens of the Stone Age, Tenacious D, Ghost B.C, Them Crooked Vultures, Tom Petty, Nine Inch Nails, Pearl Jam, David Bowie, Scream, Probot and many, many more. @SoldierOfFortune - you are right that he's technically metal because he released a solo album (tribute to metal) with musicians from the abovementioned metal bands. And this album is considered metal (Probot). I always associate him with Nirvana and Foos that aren't metal, of course. I always think of him as a metal fan because for me he is just a fan despite his participation in some metal acts. But yeah, technically he's metal and shouldn't be on this list...
Technically he is metal because he drummed for Tenacious D which has a few metal songs
Chris Hemsworth is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Kim Hyde in the Australian TV series Home and Away and as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Thor, The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World, Avengers: Age of Ultron Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. ...read more. Wait...
WHAT?! That's awesome!
Demetria Devonne "Demi" Lovato is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. After appearing on the children's television series Barney & Friends as a child, she received her breakthrough role as Mitchie Torres in the Disney Channel television film Camp Rock and its sequel Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. + Job for a Cowboy. At live metal shows she's headbanging the whole time, once she lost a shoe in the pit.
Norman Mark Reedus is an American actor, television host and model. He is best known for starring in the popular AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead as Daryl Dixon and in the film The Boondock Saints as Murphy MacManus.
Nicholas Theodore "Nick" Nemeth, best known by the ring name Dolph Ziggler, is an American professional wrestler, stand-up comedian, and actor.
William Frederic "Bill" Burr is an American comedian, writer, and actor. He is best known for his stand-up comedy specials.
Joshua Lawrence Barnett is an American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler who competes in the heavyweight division of the UFC where he is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion.