Hosts Nate Wilcox, Eugene S. Robinson of the band Oxbow and entertainment lawyer Alexei Auld discuss VH1's Metal Evolution series.

• Heavy Metal Emerged When Blues Rockers Added Elements of Classical Music and Opera
• Blue Cheer, Steppenwolf, the Stooges and MC5 Invent American Hard Rock
• Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple Were the Big Three of British Heavy Music
• Iron Maiden and Def Leppard Emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
• Van Halen and MTV Spawned the LA Glam Metal Scene that Produced Motley Crue, Poison and Guns N Roses
• Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth Brought Thrash to a Global Audience