Precious Metal (comics)
A precious metal is a naturally occurring metal of high economic value. Precious metal may also refer to: *Precious Metal (band), an American all-female band from the 1980s featuring Janet Robin *"Precious Metal", an episode from ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (season 3) *"Precious Metals", a song by the Canadian indie pop group The Russian Futurists *''Precious Metal'', a 2009 book by the publishers of ''Decibel'' magazine *Precious Metal (aircraft) ''Precious Metal'' is a custom-built racing aircraft based on the North American P-51 Mustang. Design and development ''Precious Metal'' was built by World Jet Inc., a company owned by Don Whittington, in 1988. Its fuselage, acquired from ...

Precious Metal
Precious metals are rare, naturally occurring metallic chemical elements of high economic value. Chemically, the precious metals tend to be less reactive than most elements (see noble metal). They are usually ductile and have a high lustre. Historically, precious metals were important as currency but are now regarded mainly as investment and industrial raw materials. Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium each have an ISO 4217 currency code. The best known precious metals are the coinage metals, which are gold and silver. Although both have industrial uses, they are better known for their uses in art, jewelry, and coinage. Other precious metals include the platinum group metals: ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum, of which platinum is the most widely traded. The demand for precious metals is driven not only by their practical use but also by their role as investments and a store of value. Historically, precious metals have commanded much higher pri ...
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Precious Metal (band)
Janet Robin (born 1966) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, film and television composer, and guitar coach. Robin was named on the ''Top 50 Acoustic Guitarists Bonus List'' in '' Guitar Player '' in 2017. Early life Robin grew up in North Hollywood, California where she and her older brother Steve began taking acoustic folk guitar lessons at Valley Arts Guitar. When Steve wanted to begin playing electric guitar, the Robins were both referred to a North Hollywood music school owned by Delores Rhoads called Musonia School of Music. At Musonia, Robin took electric guitar lessons as the youngest and only female guitar student of Delores's son, Quiet Riot guitarist Randy Rhoads. Robin continued taking lessons from Rhoads until he joined Ozzy Osbourne's band as lead guitarist. Career Precious Metal Robin began performing professionally at the age of 16 in the mid-1980s playing guitar in the all-female hard rock band Precious Metal which she joined in February 1984. The ba ...
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Crime Scene Investigation (season 3)
Crime scene investigation may refer to: * Forensic inspection of a crime scene * '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2000-2015), a US television series * ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (video game), a 2003 videogame based on the TV show * ''CSI'' (franchise), aka ''Crime Scene Investigation''; a US TV franchise, including CSI (2000-2015) See also * Crime scene investigator * CSI (other) {{Disambig ...
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The Russian Futurists
The Russian Futurists are a Canadians, Canadian indie pop band based in Toronto. Their music can be described as lo-fi, Independent music, indie-electronica fused with a twee-pop temperament. The band started as a solo project of Matthew Adam Hart (born 1978), and later expanded into a band for live performances. History Hart was born and raised in Cornwall, Ontario. Influenced by songwriters like Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields, he spent his early career creating indie hip hop music tracks, using improvised gear, in Cornwall and in Peterborough, Ontario. Hart's first album under the name The Russian Futurists was released by Upper Class Recordings in 2000, and titled ''The Method of Modern Love''. The album was praised by Graham Coxon of Blur (band), Blur and Peter Buck of R.E.M. ''Uncut (magazine), Uncut'' magazine called it "one of the most melodically seductive and exhilarating records of recent times". The band also received positive reviews in Pitchfork Media, ''Spi ...
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Decibel (magazine)
''Decibel'' is a monthly heavy metal magazine published by the Philadelphia-based Red Flag Media since October 2004. Its sections include Upfront, Features, Reviews, Guest Columns and the Decibel Hall of Fame. The magazine's tag-line is currently "Extremely Extreme" (previously "The New Noise"); the editor-in-chief is Albert Mudrian. Features Hall of Fame Each issue of ''Decibel'' features an article dubbed the Hall of Fame which pays tribute to a significant album in the history of heavy metal music. All contributing band members to the specific album must be alive at the time of interviewing. In 2009, 25 of the Hall of Fame entries were used as the basis for the book ''Precious Metal: Decibel Presents the Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces'' released through Da Capo Press. The book also includes previously unreleased interview questions that were left out of the magazine articles, and a full piece on Darkthrone's ''Transilvanian Hunger'' that was never published in ...
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