Iraqi Metal Band Acrassicauda

Bass player Firas al-Lateef, right, and guitarist/lead singer Faisal Talal of the Iraqi heavy metal rock band, Acrassicauda, named after a species of black scorpion, practice at their apartment in Elizabeth, N.J., Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. The band members, including drummer Marwan Riyadh and lead guitarist Tony Aziz, fled Iraq three years ago, wound up in New Jersey and are now pursuing their rock 'n' roll dreams. (AP)

Drummer Marwan Riyadh of the Iraqi heavy metal rock band, Acrassicauda, named after a species of black scorpion, talks about the band at an apartment in Elizabeth, N.J., Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. The band members, including Riyadh, lead guitarist Tony Aziz, bass player Firas al-Lateef, right, and guitarist/lead singer Faisal Talalfled fled Iraq three years ago, wound up in New Jersey and are now pursuing their rock 'n' roll dreams. (AP)

Members of the Iraqi heavy metal rock band, Acrassicauda, named after a species of black scorpion, pose at an apartment in Elizabeth, N.J., Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. The band members, from left, bass player Firas al-Lateef; drummer Marwan Riyadh and guitarist/lead singer Faisal Talal, fled Iraq three years ago, wound up in New Jersey and are now pursuing their rock 'n' roll dreams. (AP)

Guitarist/lead singer Faisal Talal, left, and bass player Firas al-Lateef of the Iraqi heavy metal rock band, Acrassicauda, named after a species of black scorpion, practice at their apartment in Elizabeth, N.J., Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. The band members, including drummer Marwan Riyadh and lead guitarist Tony Aziz, fled Iraq three years ago, wound up in New Jersey and are now pursuing their rock 'n' roll dreams. (AP)