"I felt like I'd been cleansed." Comedian Frank Skinner says seeing this legendary metal guitarist was "like a fabulous meditative experience"

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There's something about comedy and heavy metal. From Bill Hicks touring with Tool to Sam Kinison getting sampled by Anthrax on I'm The Man all the way up to out-and-out metal loving comedians like Brian Posehn, Bill Bailey and Andrew O'Neill - who even wrote the book The History Of Heavy Metal based on their stand-up routine - loud guitars have a way of winning over comedians. 

Now you can apparently add Frank Skinner to that list. In an appearance on UK chat show The Jonathan Ross Show, the Birmingham comedian spoke about how he had been exploring the genre with his son Buzz Cody, aged 11.