Not actual footage of the French population on its way to burn down the First and Second estates on the inaugural Bastille Day. French history does not seem like a particularly metal subject. It seems like it would be heavy on horizontally-striped shirts, excessively long cigarette holders, berets and…

Who knew that France would make such talented robots? Daft Punk did. I couldn’t quite justify putting it in the top five, but I want to give a shoutout to honorable mention “Let Legend Mark Me as the King” by Christopher Lee. Yes, that Sir Christopher Lee. He was…

They didn’t know it yet, but only Beyonce could pay their auto-mo-bills. We’re still in that dark time between album rock and YouTube. Record company executives had almost all the power to decide what we got to hear. Worse, what they decided we wanted to hear was still boy…