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Topic: heavy metal

James Hetfield of Metallica (AP/Bloomsbury Publishing/Salon)

Metallica's unlikely origin story

David Masciotra
(AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Police chief to resign

Taylor Link
Randy Blythe (AP/Petr David Josek)

My Prague nightmare

D. Randall Blythe
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Prachi Gupta
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Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister of Motorhead. (AP/Felipe Dana)

Noah Berlatsky

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Gene Simmins, Paul Stanley of Kiss (AP/Britta Pedersen)

Kiss: Pro-Miley, anti-critic

Daniel D'Addario
The cover of Ai Weiwei’s “Divine Comedy” album is his infamous photo first posted on Twitter from during his detention.

Brent Burket - Hyperallergic
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Prachi Gupta
Mötley Crüe

Nothing but a good time!

Jon Wiederhorn, Katherine Turman
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Prachi Gupta
Screengrab of Rachel Aspe, a contestant on a French Talent show

Prachi Gupta
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