I was wondering if we have older metalheads here?

I’ve been educating myself on the history of metal, and that made me wonder if anyone here is much older than I am (early thirties here) and has seen some of that history.

How did you get into metal? How old were you?

Any interesting experience you’d like to share? Things that have changed?

How were metal and metalheads perceived where you lived?

  • @DanquebecOPEnglish
    7•2 months ago

    Awesome, thanks for sharing! The discovery of death metal among the metalheads of your school was particularily interesting to me. Also, the more social/conflicting part of being a metalhead then.

    You mentionned “garage metal”. I had never heard of that. Would the second wave of black metal count as garage metal, considering how raw and low-budget it was? Perhaps that’s just the tip of the iceberg we younger metalheads know about.

    • southsamuraiEnglish
      2•2 months ago

      Yeah, I’d put the black metal scene in the second wave as being pretty garage style.

      Most of it, you’ve got inexperienced guys cranking out music that satisfies their need to do so, but isn’t really good in a technical sense.