this is a direct qutoe from this book called "The Encyclopedia Of Heavy Metal" this is what it looks like.

that's the book, if you own it then you know how accurate this is.

and I QUOTE: (put bold the part i found interesting)

Top 10 Bands With The Most Rabid Fan Base

If you value your life, you are hereby advised to keep your mouth shut when in the presence of anybody wearing a T-shirt bearing the name of the bands on this list. IN the case of Rush, for example, you should know that not only are you putting yourself in physical danger by disparaging them, but their fams make their personal mission to turn Rush-dislikers into Rush fans. So unless you want an army of Hessians stalking you at all hours, dummy up.

1. Manowar

2. Rush

3. Slayer

4. Iron Maiden

5. Emperor

7. King Diamond

8. Carnivore

9. King's X

10. Iced Earth

well. i also want to point out that Cygnus X-1 was #1 on the TOp 10 Goofiest/Most Awesome SOngs and that neil Peart and Geddy Lee bot htopped top 10 greatest drummers and bassists respectively (or at least metal bassists and drummers which i don't think they're metal more progressive rock with a tiny bit of metal in them but that's not really the point is it h_p ;))