Heavy Metal

Album: Standing Hampton (1981)
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: James M. Peterik, Sammy Hagar
    Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 7

  • Annec from CanadaWas based on the Magazine Heavy Metal not a comic.
  • Chuck from MdSounds similar to Cactus Jack's WWF theme.perhaps
  • Diverdriver from Northern CaliforniaTrey, that was not Hagar's song. It was Don Felder's song that was used in South Park.
  • Trey from Kalamazoo, MtThey use this song in an episode of South Park. The one where Kenny gets high on cat yurine.
  • Artfull from Berkeley, CaIn an interview Sammy Hargar said He was approached to write a song about Heavy Metal Music about a Heavy Metal Music Movie, When He saw the movie, he said it was quite diffrent from what He thought it was going to be.
  • Mia from Wellston, MiThis song has guitar and vocals that sound just like led zeppelin...or is it just me????
    oh well this song is awesome
  • Zahid from Sacramento, CaThe movie rating NC-17 was previously known as X. They switched it because the porn industry actually made it a selling point to be rated X, so the motion pictures rating group wanted a change. The R rating has always been R.
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