shakahislop
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yeah right. it's hard for me to understand in much detail obviously, these demographic things are subtle and i'm a foreigner. for sure not 100% and a million exceptions etc. the best example i have is seeing Tool at the Barclays, shit place designed for aggro obviously, but my impression was that there were a tonne of (white) working class people there which is a demographic that is pretty small all things considered in NYC itself. my assumption was that loads of people had come in from Jersey and Long Island etc. there are these odd moments here where suddenly i'm around a load of people who feel like they're from a totally different America to the tiny social corner I inhabit, I like it, it's a reminder of where I am, easy to never leave the city and you get tunnel vision to some extentnot sure if you're joking or serious third, but it's as deserving a topic as any, regardless of whether you like the music or not. I haven't bought or probably even listened to a metal album in decades but still love the sounds and the various subcultures. it's been said before but some of the crazy fringe metal is as experimental as anything else out there.
also @shakahislop while I agree about class thing, it's not 100%. I know a guy from an upper middle class (US definition) family who's both a high-paid developer and has played guitar/bass for a few fairly gnarly/extreme metal bands that regularly played at St. Vitus. some of his metal friends are similar well-paid, condo-owning white tech guys (though not tech bros, these guys all have long hair and lots of ink).