"Dude!” I yelled from the back seat. “Who the fuck is this?"
"Lizzy Borden!" he yelled back. "The song is called Psychopath!"
The name seemed appropriate because the song had a creepy, eerie feel. But I liked its originality. Most of all, it sounded cool. We kept listening as the next couple tracks played. Red Rum, and then a ballad.
"This is the title track,” he said. “Love You To Pieces."
"There seems to be a theme here," I mentioned.
"There is," he said. "And guess what. This singer legally changed his name to Lizzy Borden. After that girl. You know the story right?"
"I think so. Wasn't she that girl who killed her parents with an ax? Did that really happen?"
"I think so," he said.
"That’s crazy. How did she have such a heavy metal name?"

This has been an excerpt from the book:
In Search Of The Perfect Buzz: An 80s Metal Memoir
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