It’s always fun, and inevitably disappointing, to see mainstream magazines try and document something like the metal scene that was occuring in the 80s. Like most attempts, Spin misses alot. 2/3rds of the era aren’t touched as Spin focuses entirely on the LA scene.

What can ya do? Here’s the mag. Judge for yourself.

I’d say we metal heads should work together once and for all to document what was cool and still is great about the music. All of it. Not just glam. Not just thrash. All of it.

One thing that struck me was our changing views of what a “hit” is (naw dude – that’s not a pun!) I mean Britney is being called washed up after selling 4 million albums. Back then – you were big time selling that many.

Another thing is the re-writing of history interms of what kids were listening to in the mainstream.

I heard Duran Duran on the radio. I heard Genesis. I heard way too much Men Without Pants. But – I did *not* hear L.A. Guns. At least until after 10PM. Are we clear? Radio did not support the scene at all. It was word of mouth, the fans, late night MTV, and very late night radio. At least in this neck of the woods.

That kind of movement… it spawned a community. A group of kids that looked at the rest of the world and said – “you don’t get it.”. It looks like no one still does, except for the kids.