21 Things You Didn't Know About Metallica

21. Hulk Hogan Once Tried Out For Bassist Duties

Now this one is a real humdinger. Hogan himself had to come out and clear all this up after fans suitably exploded back in 2013 when it emerged he had ties to the band.

Hulk mentions that he was a musician for many years before getting into the (then) WWF, and after working on an album with Simon Cowell (yes, really) he submitted a few samples to Metallica after hearing they were looking for a bassist. Those tapes included a cover of Gary Glitter's Leader of the Gang, but he never heard a word back. Surprising.

Lars Ulrich noted on the Howard Stern show of the same year that he had "no recollection" of the tapes arriving, and Hogan later said he assumed the band thought the whole thing was a joke, but he would've "left WWF like that" to join.