I'm watching VH1's '100 Greatest Metal Moments'....and I'm feeling very reminiscent.
They had dudes on there that I had almost for gotten about...ACDC, Dokken, GNR. Anthrax, Whitesnake, Metallica, Kiss, Ted Nugent, Motley Crue, slaughter, Warrant, Poison, Def Leppard, The Henry Rollins Band...Motorhead..Lemmy, man, fuckin' Lemmy from Motorhead! I hadn't seen him in years!!!!
Of course no tall of these could be classed as 'metal' per se; I'd classify a lot of them as 'hair' bands..but they were all on 'The Headbanger's Ball'...wow, there's another memory. Sitting up, shitfaced on Jack and Coke, watching the Headbanger's ball.
You know, I'm going to name drop a bit here (sorry Smartaz). Last year some metal bands came to the Stugis rally near here and played..I went to see them...and I got slipped some tongue by Jack Russell!!!! I got within 3' of Kevin Dubrow...and I had the great misfourtune to meet Don Dokken, who, in case you were wondering, is a prick. He was complaining about the size and firmness of a woman's breasts, and refused to autograph them like she'd asked him to....yeah, he's a real nice guy. 
Anyway...I'm going to go watch TV and take a little trip down memory lane. I've got some Jack Daniels around here somewhere......might have to break that out and relive my metal head youth for a while 