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Hello all. I'm interested in any reasons why you would avoid certain genres of music, especially the many (100s?) styles of metal (see poll)
I searched Google for stereotypes and reasons people give and included them below.
The poll questions are exclusively about metal but I would welcome all opinions w/r/t other music that often provokes negative reactions. Country/Jazz/Reggae/Opera et al
Poll Results
Option | Votes |
"The vocals." | 15 |
"Too white and I feel out of place in that culture." | 9 |
"I hate metal fans as they're the worst" | 6 |
"I've given the music a cursory listen but there is just no way in for me at all." | 5 |
"Ugh white boys and guitars." | 5 |
"Cant dance to it." | 5 |
"Dislike the flashiness and reliance on technical ability aka 'chops'." | 5 |
"It's a boys club generally." | 4 |
"Racism in metal/among metalheads I know." | 3 |
"Hate the elitism of the 'gatekeepers' who don't want you in their 'club'" | 3 |
"Too old for this music as it's a teenage thing." | 3 |
"Too aggressive." | 3 |
"Fans of metal bands keep telling me I need to check out "this band" and their enthusiasm puts me off as | 2 |
Write in. | 2 |
"Dislike a lot of the production." | 2 |
"There's too much sexism and/or misogyny in more so than other genres of music ." | 2 |
"Bad dress sense." | 2 |
"No tunes." | 1 |
"Used to be good but fans and bands are too serious and are no fun now unlike the 80s." | 1 |
"It's too basic and primal and not enough inventiveness." | 1 |
"Dislike a lot of the fans of metal I know in real life." | 0 |
"Jocks at high school like/liked it." | 0 |
"Someone else covers metal at my place of work so I always avoid hearing any thankfully." | 0 |
"I have never given metal a fair chance but I will now on." | 0 |
― Ramona, Sunday, 2 February 2014 07:49 (ten years ago) link
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