Subj : METAL
To   : David Duvall
From : Howie Coombe
Date : Sun May 09 2004 11:48 pm

Dear David, in regards tothis message tome that i dont think i have replied to 
yet, i will rsvp asap.

 > *** Quoting Howie Coombe from a message to David Duvall ***

 > HC> I just think that there are increasingly powerfull people would rather

 >  Ok, i'm not sure about this being on topic. It's politics related to        
> music, so maybe. Anyway, if it's ok to dicuss this topic, why do you         
> believe that about metal? why not rap? why not just regular rock music? I    
> think with any type of music, someone can find some fault with it.

 > HC> America is the only superpower and as such its music industry is the

 >  (again, not sure if it's on topic. moderator?) I think it's more about      
> what sells well with the industry. in the late 80's, it was "hair bands"     
> (i.e. rock, hard roc), pop, some rap, early to mid 90's, alternative rock    
> was big and more people seemed to get into metal because of Metallica (at    
> least the early 90s), mid 90's also so "pop punk" (Green Day), late 90's, i  
> guess just modern rock and modern hard rock which continues today along      
> with pop and rap, some r&b. It seems common to mix rap and r&b now. So I     
> don't think it's so much about people wanting to get rid of metal. In fact,  
> I think people would complain about the mainstream music they consider to    
> be a bad influence, than something which is pretty much underground like     
> metal (unless you consider bands like Korn, Godsmack, Disturbed metal, then  
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