Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!mcnc!unc!sherouse From: sherouse@unc.UUCP (George W. Sherouse) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Heavy Metal Poisoning Message-ID: <6717@unc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Feb-84 22:33:33 EST Article-I.D.: unc.6717 Posted: Tue Feb 7 22:33:33 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 22:44:00 EST Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 32 x The call has come in mod.ber to liven things up a bit. Here goes... I for one am shocked and horrified that heavy metal has crawled back out from under its rock. The apparent success of these leather-bound crotch-rockers is disappointing to say the least. I thought we'd survived that once and for all, sort of like the mumps. And have you seen how they portray women in their videos? Usually in slit-to-here leather (of course) cave-woman-type getups and always standing against the light legs spread in anticipation of the arrival of the guitar-phallus. How could this be happening (again) in this age of relative enlightenment? Some observers have suggested that this is a reaction to the "sterility" of synthy-pop. The return of the guitar hero is one thing, but the tone of the music and associated videos seems to me to be frighteningly anti-social and violent. These are not the ravings of an anti-rock fanatic. Hell, I like the *Ramones*. And I was a big fan of some of the prototypical HM bands in my (their) youth. But something is just not right. Can anyone explain this to me? Good tunes to you... (the real) George W. Sherouse"I got tired of counting all these blessings...and then I just got tired."