Most Ryan Adams fans know him as an alt-country superstar – with several Grammy nominations and over 20 albums released, he certainly is. What many don’t know is that behind those honest lyrical stylings and that achy-breaky-yet-sincere voice is a heavy metal rocker wanting to get out.

Last year Adams played an acoustic Iron Maiden cover and had the world scratching their heads at the bizarre Halloween Metal Show that he “hosted” on YouTube. On a recent stop in CBCradio’s Q, he played a set that included the following beautiful stripped down rendition of the 1984 hit song by hair metal rockers Ratt.

Ratt – Round and Round (official 1984 video)