Stand-up can be stultifyingly glib and often retreads familiar ideas, yet the general public lap it up. The fact that Michael McIntyre's Magnificent tour will be doing multiple nights at arenas in the UK is testament to this. But if you're a stand-up and casually reference metal in any shape or form during your set, you will have our attention. And if it's done with sincerity, then you may have our blackened hearts too.
Here are 10 moments where comedians made some excellent observations about the worlds of metal and rock.
