For those of you who don't know, the West Midlands is the Home of Metal. Black Sabboth, Led Zeppelin, Napalm Death and Judas Priest, amongst others, paved the way for rock music as we know and love it today.
Local musicians were celebrated in an exhibition in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in September. My friend Emma and I went along to have a look.
It was great to see how much the Midlands has shaped music and how the bands influenced the next generation of music lovers. Most of these men came from nothing, but went on to become some of the most famous people in the world, although often not for the right reasons (see Ozzy and something to do with a bat or a chicken, or something!)
No other genre has had the influence on fans and their imaginations as the metal genre has. Fashion and attitudes are all influenced buy metal, to the point that you know someone rocks before you've even spoken to them. Having said that, we don't all have the band shirts and patches on our jackets, some of the most straight looking people I've ever met love to rock out.
It's a genre with great depth and is often misunderstood, but I don't think it will ever die out. It's way too much fun and is forever capturing peoples imaginations.
www.homeofmetal.com
Local musicians were celebrated in an exhibition in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in September. My friend Emma and I went along to have a look.
It was great to see how much the Midlands has shaped music and how the bands influenced the next generation of music lovers. Most of these men came from nothing, but went on to become some of the most famous people in the world, although often not for the right reasons (see Ozzy and something to do with a bat or a chicken, or something!)
No other genre has had the influence on fans and their imaginations as the metal genre has. Fashion and attitudes are all influenced buy metal, to the point that you know someone rocks before you've even spoken to them. Having said that, we don't all have the band shirts and patches on our jackets, some of the most straight looking people I've ever met love to rock out.
It's a genre with great depth and is often misunderstood, but I don't think it will ever die out. It's way too much fun and is forever capturing peoples imaginations.
www.homeofmetal.com
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