Reporter Online | At Your Leisure: 10.28.2011

Metallica recorded their first album at Music America in Rochester in 1983. The album, "Kill 'Em All" was originally slated to be titled "Metal Up Your ASS," but was changed at the demand of record distributors.

Famous Big Band leader Cab Calloway, a Rochester native, was stabbed in the ASS by legendary bebop trumpet player and band member Dizzy Gillespie during a fight on stage. Gillespie was known for his mischievous behavior while performing, which Calloway did not approve of. The altercation arose after a spitball, which Gillespie did not FIRE, landed near Calloway, prompting him to strike Gillespie.

Rochester Protective is one of the few remaining volunteer FIRE salvage organizations in the U.S. The Protective works to save the property of citizens and businesses during fires by doing things like spreading fire retardant tarps to protect properties and using FANS to blow away smoke to reduce fume damage. Volunteers work closely with the Rochester Fire Department.

FANS of “Saturday Night Live” will be familiar with Rochester native Kristen Wiig, who appeared in more sketches than any other cast member from 2008-2009. Other shows Wiig has appeared in include “Ugly Americans,” “The Looney Tunes SHOW” and “Bored to Death.”

Few Rochester-born performers put on a SHOW like Grammy-nominated punk rock bandleader Wendy O. Williams. Williams was arrested in Milwaukee, WI on January 18, 1981 for allegedly simulating sex with a sledgehammer during a concert. She also racked up an obscenity charge in Cleveland, OH for performing in nothing but shaving CREAM.

The seven-layer ice CREAM cake is the claim to fame of the Goodie Shop in Webster. Touted as the “Original Ice Cream Cake”, the dessert contain vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream, as well as a layer of strawberries and another layer that combines pineapple, peach, and banana. RICH ice cream icing makes up the final two layers.

America’s RICH history of paranormal activity received one of its biggest contributions from a Rochester family. In 1848, Margaret and Kate Fox, ages 13 and 12, convinced their family and the town of Hydesville, N.Y. that they could communicate with a ghost that haunted their new farmhouse. The story was a complete yet convincing fabrication that was executed so well that the girls were sent to live with their older sister Leah in Rochester. The trio turned the trick into a profitable attraction that would lead to a spiritualist revolution that yielded the birth of the Ouija board and the culture of séances and spirit readings.