No offence taken! I'm used to the heavy metal attitude, ..lol...I listen to it from time to time when I am walking...I get off on its' extreme power and it gets these old legs movin:...lol I am not one to criticise anyone's music preference! This site doesn't do that often. There are a lot of 'intelligent" so called metal bands out there! I do not dwell on the genre all that much...I have to move on! If I was pinned to one genre I'd go nuts!...lol Did you know Reb that I also listen to some white metal, a group of Christian bands that are pretty good! What bands turned you off in the past! I agree that today's music , rap and hip hop in particular, is vulgar and obscene at times and it's mainstream as opposed to underground...that's the scary thing! My grandkids listen to it...all the kids are exposed to it these days with the easy accessability of the Internet, ITunes, etc...to each his or her own...who am I to criticize!
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