The best songs donโt remind you of the artist. They remind you of yourself. Of who you were, who you loved, where you were going, and all the little moments you thought youโd forgotten until the music started.
On This Day in Metal September 19, 2026
95-year-old โStar Trekโ legend William Shatner performed live with his newly formed heavy metal band, THE *UCKERS, for the first time Saturday night at the Riot Fest aftershow at Park West in Chicago, Illinois.
THE *UCKERS feature Marcus Nand on guitar, Phil Soussan on bass, Britt Lightning on guitar, and Fred Aching on drums.
THE *UCKERS are scheduled to perform at the main Riot Fest festival at Douglass Park tonight, September 20.
Watch the band perform โEnter Sandmanโ below!
VIDEO CREDIT: norbsmetalsupertvshow
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@CataPaul2 โจ RUSH โจ Original 1968 Lineup: Alex Lifeson, John Rutsey, and Jeff Jones. Early Change: Geddy Lee replaced Jeff Jones. Classic Lineup (1974): Neil Peart joined on drums in July 1974 after John Rutsey left, completing the iconic trio of Lee, Lifeson, and Peart.
A two-part Monday morning question for you:
Where am I rushing right now when I should be moving deliberately?
Where am I dragging my feet right now when I should be moving fast?
My high school math teacher Mr D was known for one thing.
He reused the same exam questions every year. Just changed the numbers. Everyone knew it. He also made a very big deal of collecting every paper back after we reviewed our scores so nobody could pass them to the next year's class.
Of course some of my classmates got their hands on a full set of tests from the previous year.
Within a week everyone had a copy.
Before every exam we'd sit together and work through every problem on the old test until we could solve them in our sleep. When the real exam landed the numbers were different but the logic was identical.
We thought we were geniuses.
Years later I became a teacher myself. Ran into Mr D at a funeral.
Me: I have to confess something.
Me: We had a copy of your old tests the whole time.
Me: Full set. Every exam.
Him: (smirked)
Him: Who do you think leaked them?
Me: (stared at him)
Him: Kids won't study if a teacher tells them to.
Him: But if they think they're getting away with something?
Him: (shrugged)
Him: They study all night.
Me: (stood there)
Me: (replayed four years of feeling clever)
Me: (we were never clever)
Me: (he played us perfectly)
Me: (I became a teacher and I still got played)
Me: (Mr D was built different)