As a teen, I never felt unsafe at metal shows.
Today? I don’t know how I’d feel as a teen going to shows knowing the attitudes some artists put out & the fans those attitudes can attract. I think I’d be a lot more cautious.
theguardian.com
Heavy metal is about uplifting the downtrodden. So why is alleged abuse by Marilyn Manson so easily forgotten?
Slipknot sharing their stage with a man accused of wrongdoing by more than a dozen women is the antithesis of everything the genre should stand for, even if he denies it