They hated old school Metal. It was fighting music. It was about getting laid, and as a result making babies. It was about calling out bullshit when you see it. It was about the glorification of the European gods of the old world. It was about dying for what you believe in.
They tried to kill it in the mid 80s with cheesy soy boy hair metal and that did not work.
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connecteduser ago
They hated old school Metal. It was fighting music. It was about getting laid, and as a result making babies. It was about calling out bullshit when you see it. It was about the glorification of the European gods of the old world. It was about dying for what you believe in.
They tried to kill it in the mid 80s with cheesy soy boy hair metal and that did not work.
Ready about how reporting of Billboard sales were tracked. They changed over to a central computer system that could be easily manipulated. https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/business/chart-beat/8543482/billboard-chart-history-evolution-milestones
You also had a huge consolidation of record lables around 1994. Who do you think led the music monopoly after that?
zx9000 ago
Manowar said the same thing in 1987! Blow your speakers!
RustinKohle ago
Telecommunications act consolidated all the media companies.
Uberfeedus ago
Metal is the shit.
slwsnowman40 ago
The 90s is when a lot of these mega corps started forming. Now all we have is the illusion of choice and it doesn't matter what the product is.