Here’s another question: how many times has Metal been
declared dead? I remember in the late
1980’s when critics were talking about the “resurgence of Metal” as if it had ever went away! Then Nirvana came along and all the Metal
bands were swept aside by some bean counter in an office somewhere. All these “Rock journalists” breathed a
collective sigh of relief and said, “Well, now that that’s over…” But it didn’t go away, did it? No, Metal keeps growing, expanding its empire
and the diversity of its expression.
Lemmy says he doesn’t like the multiplicity of genres, decrying
this-metal and that-metal, but, as blasphemous as this is to say, I don’t give
a shit what Lemmy has to say about Metal.
Or Henry Rollins or Chuck Klosterman or Sam Dunn or any of the other
usual commentators.
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