Emil M. Antonowsky Yes, the 'rock guys', were pure evil to me too! I flirted with rock music when I was in primary school, because it was outside of what I saw around me. Gabber was a big thing at the time. Kids were imitating their big brothers, wearing Australian track suits, Cavello caps and Nike Air Max shoes. None of that appealed to me and I definitely couldn't fit in with it.
As a teenager I used to listen to a bootleg best of double CD collection from Metallica my papa brought me from the Eastern Bloc. 'Unforgiven 2' came out when I was 13 or something and for some reason I thought the video clip was the coolest thing I had ever seen. I think Load and Reload are considered the worst Metallica albums by fans, but that Metallica era was my introduction to guitar music. Pathetic looking back, but I was 13... Arguably that era of Metallica isn't as painfully horrible as the nü-metal that I'd be feeding myself in the years after.
I was very bummed by the people I'd later meet that were into bands like Metallica. I remember two long hair colleagues explaining me that a Cliff Burton's bass solo on Kill 'm All was pure genius when I was 16. I disagreed and was told I 'didn't get it'. I've been resentful against metal and men with long hair ever since. It seemed like a stupid club with platitudes you had to repeat to each other to be allowed in.
I've never wanted anything to do with metal and it's lame theatrics. For this reason I can not get into the Misfits. That and the fact that they want my skull of course. Hands of my skull! Consensus is the name of the game, Glenn Danzig.
Speaking of nü-metal, yesterday I mentioned Limp Bizkit to people in their mid twenties and they had no idea what I was talking about. I was shocked, but I guess this is a good thing.
As for Sabbath, can't say I'm a fan, but I think the riffs are undeniable. Ozzy always struck me as a legit weirdo, which is great.
