he certainly was. although i don't call DP and stuff of that ilk "metal", cos that's a newer genre, i'd say.
and i liked them when they first appeared - yes, i am that old. i remember rushing off at lunch times when i was 16, to go round my mate's house, drink polish spirit (she was polish), get completely bollocksed, listen to DP and stuff, and then rush back to school for A level Maths. what a life, eh?