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From: sherouse@unc.UUCP (George W. Sherouse)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Heavy Metal Poisoning
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Date: Fri, 10-Feb-84 13:40:32 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 10 13:40:32 1984
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Matt Taylor mailed this to me and asked me to post it for him.
Here you go, Matt...
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From:     udenva!mtaylor@denelcor
Date:     Thu, 9 Feb 84 17:01:05 mst

(I wanted to post this to the net, but couldn't since DU is not currently
 letting users submit mail. So, I am sending it to you.  Maybe if you want
 you could repost it for me? I sure hope this message finds you somehow.)

I have played in various bands for 12 years and have noticed a cyclic 
nature to the evolution of music with an increasing amplitude in either 
direction.  In other words, heavy metal was bound to reappear.

The guys who I play with have discussed this amongst ourselves and have
decided that heavy metal *garbage* (There is a difference between heavy metal
and heavy metal garbage), is indeed an emotion response to the now defunct
(at least in Colorado) synth-pop.  True there are other reasons, but I
believe this to be the major one.

An interesting phenomenon is that while synth-pop is at one extreme of the
musical texture and heavy metal at the other, they both have the same qualities
of having a very simplistic compositional style.  *flames anyone?*  
True there are subtle licks, riffs, lyrics, etc; but having the same rhythm and
chord changes for 8 bars and then a 1 bar change just doesn't cut the mustard
for me personally (although it does cut the tape apparently).

I am willing to bet a blank 5 and 1/4 inch floppy (big spender eh?) that 
heavy metal garbage (not heavy metal) will die very shortly.  Heavy metal 
itself is going to stick around for a while now that it is reborn so to speak.

A personal note:

The band I play in now plays original rock, not too hard, but certainly not
synth-pop.  We are rather pleased that after synth-pop came heavy metal.
We are sure that after everybody has had their ears blasted off,
they will desire a compromise between synth-pop and heavy metal.

				Matt Taylor
				University of Denver
				udenva!mtaylor
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BTW, there seems to be agreement amongst those who have mailed
to me that not all heavy metal is awful.  Even I have no argument
with that.  My point, however, is that the *bad* heavy metal
seems to be disproportionately popular these days.

Ta.


Good tunes to you,

(the real) George W. Sherouse


"I got tired of counting all these blessings...

					    ...and then I just got tired."