“I got phone calls from myfriends saying, ‘What the f*ck is up with that sh*t?!’” Listen to the Slayer cover of Born To Be Wild that Slayer really don’t like

Slayer in 2002.

Metal and fast cars. They go together, right?

That certainly seemed to be the thinking behind the 2002 release of NASCAR On Fox: Crank It Up: an obscure but remarkable album that saw a bunch of rock and metal titans performing (mostly) covers about automobiles and locomoting at high velocities. There was Type O Negative playing Deep Purple’s Highway Star, Hed PE doing Crosstown Traffic by Jimi Hendrix and Southern rock jam band Gov’t Mule’s own Drivin’ Rain, featuring guest appearances from Metallica’s James Hetfield and Les Claypool of Primus.