21 Things You Didn't Know About Metallica

15. James Hetfield Built A Car That Can Survive A Nuclear Holocaust

James Hetfield from Metallica performs at a private concert for SiriusXM listeners at the Apollo Theater on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
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Easily more metal than Wolverine playing a guitar solo with just his adamantium claws, Hetfield's lifelong passion for cars led him to customising a '55 Chevy Belair into a four-wheel, all-terrain behemoth he aptly calls 'The Beast' - as well as noting (on Metallica's own website) that it's "designed to survive everything from earthquakes to nuclear holocausts."

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