Watch William Shatner, 95, make heavy metal live debut with Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica and Motörhead covers

William Shatner has made his heavy metal live debut, performing covers of Ozzy Osbourne , Metallica and Motörhead – watch below.

The 95-year-old Star Trek legend played a warm-up show at Chicago’s Park West last night (September 19) with his newly-formed metal band The *uckers, playing a six-song set ahead of his appearance at Riot Fest today (September 20) .

The performance saw Shatner and the group tackle Osbourne’s ‘Crazy Train’, Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ and Motörhead’s ‘Ace Of Spades’, alongside three original songs from his forthcoming metal album ‘What The F Is Heavy Metal?’.

Check out fan-captured footage of the performance below.

Shatner had teased the unlikely new chapter in his musical career ahead of the performance, writing on social media: “I have explored space.

I have explored time.

Now … I explore distortion.” The *uckers consist of guitarist and musical director Marcus Nand, Vixen guitarist Britt Lightning, bassist Phil Soussan – who previously played with Osbourne – and drummer Fred Aching.

Last night’s appearance served as a warm-up for their performance at Riot Fest in Chicago’s Douglass Park today, with Shatner and band scheduled to play a 40-minute slot.

Earlier in the summer, Shatner revealed a suitably extravagant list of rider demands for his Riot Fest performance , including “many” fire-breathers, a DeLorean to transport him to the stage, four feet of Polish sausage and an assortment of adoptable puppies.

The rider also requested an introductory film made by GWAR , eight pallets of Faygo and a Montreal Canadiens hockey jersey signed by John Stamos.

The forthcoming record is also set to feature an array of prominent metal and rock guests, including Queen ’s Brian May , Black Sabbath ’s Tony Iommi , Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford, Disturbed bassist John Moyer and former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo.

The actor has also indicated that The *uckers’ live career could continue beyond Riot Fest.

Last month, Shatner appeared to accidentally reveal that the band had been booked for Coachella 2027 .

He told CNN that they were due to perform a 30-minute set at “the one in the desert” next spring, with his daughter Melanie Shatner Gretsch confirming that he meant Coachella.