chevybusa

Interesting topic. I wouldn't say I've grown OUT of metal as much as I grew IN to listening to all kinds of other stuff. To make a long story short, when I was in 5th grade I heard Enter Sandman whne it first came out and that was IT, I was off and running. I proceeded to run out and buy all their other albums...well, their first 5 anyways, as that was all they had put out at the time. I then soon got into Megadeth, Pantera, Slayer, Sepultura, etc., and soon became the proverbial metalhead, listening to nothing but metal for the longest time. Enter Sandman had also prompted me to pick up guitar, and of course I wanted to be the best shredder in the world LOL. I listened to nothing but metal until about junior or senior year, at which time I started listening to other pop that was on the radio at the time, but of course I kept it a secret LOL. By the time I was 20 I started getting into all other kinds of stuff, and even though I got into keys solely so I could record drums and basslines and strings and horns for what I was doing on guitar, I soon realized that keys offered me something (well, actually, MANY things) that guitar never could, and since then I put my guitar down and haven't picked one up since, having played nothing but keys for the past 9 years.

While I've gotten into all different kinds of music since them, I still listen to metal from time to time, and I suppose there will always be a soft spot in my heart for it as that is what got me into music in the first place.

I think the only thing that I DID grow out of with regard to metal was having to maintain the image of being a metalhead...I'd say that happened somewhere around junior or senior year in HS.

MC - Dude, thank you so much for sharing!!! I really don't want to offend anyone, but I've always thought the whole climate change was (well, like I said, I don't want to offend anyone, so let's just say I don't buy it). As this article really illustrated well, the thing for me about it is that water freezes at 32 degrees F. Not 33, no 32.1, 32F. So if the temperature of the earth was increasing at a rate our planet couldn't handle, it seems to me that the only evidence of this would be that it would cause so much ice in the polar regions to melt that the sea level would rise, flooding coastal areas that are below sea level. The last time I went to the beach, the sea was at exactly the same level it was 20 years ago when I went. Also, I'm pretty sure that most geologists and climatologists are in agreement that the Earth was a degree warmer several hundred years ago. The Earth is pretty resiliant, short of a meteor impact or an INTENTIONAL attempt to alter the climate, there's nothing to worry about. FWIW, NASA has studied the feasability of creating a temperate atmosphere on Mars, and the amount of CO2 production required to do so is immense, far far far greater than the expected output of the worlds industry and automobiles even when the population of the Earth doubles.

But again, it's all good to be concious of environmental issues, I just think some folks take it to a delusional and counterproductive extreme, and often times contradict themselves. The want everyone to stop using fossil fuels, but are vehemently opposed to nuclear energy. I think environmental activists would be more productive picking up litter, at least they would actually be doing something concrete that's good for human's enjoyment and utilization of our natural resources.