Props to Axl at Metal Sucks for finding this gem: high school yearbook photos of Dave Mustaine, James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett (pictured). Click through for more, including Eddie Van Halen, Axl Rose, Slash, Tommy Lee, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, and Jon Bon Jovi.

Suddenly I don’t feel so bad about my senior year, terrible, overly-gelled mane. And I’m pretty sure that I once stuffed Kirk Hammet into a locker and made him do my algebra homework.