Since giving up alcohol, Metallica frontman James Hetfield has picked cigars as his vice, but, until recently, he would never smoke them before a show out of fear it would mess up his singing voice. In an interview with Cigar Aficionado magazine, he says the thing that changed his mind and got him taking a few puffs before going onstage was, of all people, Billy Joel! Hetfield said he was backstage at a Billy Joel show, and that Joel was puffing away on a cigar and Hetfield said to himself, "Oh, this is OK. This is doable. He’s smoking and his voice definitely doesn’t suck.” He said some fans are throwing nice cigars up onstage, sometimes with a song request taped to it. Read the full Hetfield stogie story HERE.