Are you ready to ROCK?  October’s exhibit celebrates the genre of heavy metal music and its fans (known as “metalheads”).  Defined by its volume, intense beats, power chords and distorted electric guitar sounds, this exhibit contains resources on the roots of heavy metal found in blues, rock and psychedelic rock.  This inspired the work of the earliest heavy metal bands of the 1970s, such as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.  This exhibit also spotlights heavy metal’s heyday in the 1980s with artists popular during that era:  Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, KISS, Iron Maiden, Twisted Sister, Mötley Crüe and Judas Priest to name a few.