After giving a pretty decent speech on early hardcore it occurred to me that I know nothing about other genres / variations of the music I love. Pretty much anything that has to do with metal or hair metal, or any other metal in between that is foreign to me. I judge that music way to hard because its not punk, or because it can be slow, or even because the lyrical content is more about death and stuff. There are many playing factors in why I shelter myself from styles of music that are commercial to me. When I see an artist that is only in it for the money I just can’t listen to it. Bands like Metallica who refuse to play unless they get their royalties make me sick. If these people would play for the love of the music all good things can come from it. To me music is about expressing feeling, not about making it into a living. If it becomes a chore to do, then why do it? If these big name artists would look within their hearts and feel the music rather than play for the check, then there would be much better quality pop music today. The way these people feel about music reflects in their overproduced crap that just brags about having money and material objects. This is why I am so bold headed when it comes to stuff like this!