Billy Corgan’s contribution to the Dimebag Darrell Art Tribute “Six-String Masterpieces”

Well, well, well. As it turns out, when Billy Corgan isn’t engaged in a royal rumble of douchiness, he actually has pretty good taste in metal.

At least, that’s what his list of the “10 greatest heavy metal albums of all time” he compiled for Musicradar.com would lead me to believe.

Sure, The Stooges’ Funhouse really isn’t a metal album at all (which isn’t to say it’s not great, it’s just to say, y’know, c’mon), and, yes, I imagine a lot of people will scream bloody murder when they see which Slayer album he chose. (Hint: Billy says that “I thought Slayer could never top Reign In Blood. I was wrong. Dead wrong.”) But what is the internet for, if not insulting one another’s taste and needlessly criticizing celebrities we don’t know.

Read Corgan’s entire list here, then come back and argue about it in our comments section.

-AR

[via Noisecreep]

Ron Asheton, founding guitarist of The Stooges, has been found dead in his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was 60 years old.

Cause of death has not yet been determined, although the police say they do not suspect foul play.

I know The Stooges aren’t really metal, but they do (did?) rock about as hard as any band ever has, and I’m sure they’ve influenced literally hundreds (if not thousands) of metal acts. Friends of mine who saw some of their reunion gigs over the past few years told me they were still kickin’ as much ass as men half their age; I am now sorrier than ever that I never made it to one of those shows.

It’s hard to choose just one song as my favorite by this legendary band… but here they are performing “I Wanna Be Your Dog” in ’04.

-AR