Keeping Calm at Megadeth

Everyone seems to realize pretty quickly whether or not they fit in a particular “scene”. What is the scene? We all know what it is yet it’s so hard to really describe, you either fit in the scene…or you don’t. As Keith Kahn-Harris states in his novel “Heavy Metal”, the essential driving force of a music scene is the pleasure of just plainly talking about the music. As he puts it, “scene members often talk of music as an essential part of life”(Kahn-Harris 52).

Equally as important to note is the fact that metal scene, “members (and all scene members) often do not specify what sort of music is so essential for life, members often emphasize the breadth of their musical tastes”(Kahn-Harris 52). That being said, if metal fans like al types of music, what makes people actually attached to the metal scene? Kahn-Harris makes the assumption that, ”The pleasures of extreme metal derive from the excitement of violence and aggression (Kahn-Harris 53).

Could people be turned on to the metal scene by other factors beside the obvious like Kahn-Harris states, I certainly think so. There are many factors as Kahn-Harris even goes on to say, “Metal offers something that other music’s don’t”(Kahn-Harris 53). What the something is is hard to find. That feeling of crowd unity? The black lipstick? Maybe this interview can shed some light…