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Legendary Actor Becomes a Rock Star at 95 Years Old With Heavy Metal Show

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Can someone be too old to be a rock star? You would think after a certain age that they couldn’t take the loud noise of it all, let alone the lifestyle. However, 95-year-old acting legend William Shatner defied expectations by making his heavy metal debut at an after-hours warm-up gig for Riot Fest in Chicago.

There, he covered a litany of classics with his band The *uckers, from Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train” to Metallica’s “Enter Sandman”. The Star Trek actor let the band do the heavy lifting in terms of performance, but his voice shone through in a way you wouldn’t expect in the slightest. Check them out below:

If nothing else, William Shatner seems genuinely excited to explore the world of metal music and to experience new things at 95 years old. In an interview with Billboard, he described himself as “enlivened”........

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