Metal Shop has been rocking stages, servicing groupies and abusing roadies since 1982 back on the Sunset Strip. It all started when the band was living in Ratchett's mom's basement. Ginger claims "We saw a Def Leppard video on MTV (back when MTV was cool) and saw all the hot chicks that they were getting. We wanted hot chicks too, but the only way to get hot chicks is to be in a band, wear tons of makeup, cool clothes and have big hair, so we decided to start a band. We've been around since we were born."