Heavy Metal: Does It Inspire Killers ?

black_wizardd

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/documentaries/come_children.shtml

Interesting radio topic from BBC radio 1, discussing whether heavy metal inspires killers/psychopaths. Talks to Dave Mustaine, Dani Filth and others.

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But oh, no tears please, fear and pain may acompany death, but it is desire that sheperds its certainty, as we shall see...

--Kaiser--

Ah, that is interesting.

In all fairness, they probably would.
A lot of metal songs are about death, killing, murder, hell , satan etc, and these would interest violent people more than songs about love and puppies.

Dont know about heavy metal but i every hear Britney Spears i fell like killing sombody .

black_wizardd

Just to clarify, I agree that its bulls hit, I don't believe that music can inspire someone to kill, unless they are already insane in the first place. I would agree that alot of killers probably listen to the more extreme ends of metal such as thrash/death /black/gore metal.

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But oh, no tears please, fear and pain may acompany death, but it is desire that sheperds its certainty, as we shall see...

--Kaiser--

...but then theres the varg/euronymous incident, and the church burnings....

Shinji

Some of the nicest, most downright pleasant and sensitive people I know listen to black metal.

Some of the biggest cúnts I've ever had the misfortune to meet listen to Destiny's Child and Christina Aguilera.

Go figure, eh.

--Kaiser--

I have just been reading from a metal forum where someone posted that he saw a crowdsurfer DIE at a dimmu borgir concert a few weeks ago and can't stop thinking about it.

black_wizardd

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by --Kaiser--:
I have just been reading from a metal forum where someone posted that he saw a crowdsurfer DIE at a dimmu borgir concert a few weeks ago and can't stop thinking about it.</font>

Holy ****, getting over that'd be seriously rough.

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But oh, no tears please, fear and pain may acompany death, but it is desire that sheperds its certainty, as we shall see...

zeemoud

its very easy to blame one source for a problem but you have to look at the bigger picture.

1. everyone has an opinion on everything regardless how small.

2. Peoples opinions are influenced by upbringing , schooling, tv , music and the media.

3. so it is just as easy to say that school has a negative effect on a person more than music does, as they spend most of there learning and developing life there.

4. Print media is still the most popular media so we should blame comic books.

Karl Hungus

I'm after killing my best friend in an argument about women and money...

The music made me do it...

bubbles

I'm telling ya... its those Goths.....

--Kaiser--

Inspires people to kill?
People that can be 'inspired' to kill by music are simply f*cked up, whos to know wether if they watched bugs bunny they could be inspired to murder.

I listen to lots of metal, but never has any metal song inspired me to any kind of violence.

However, listening to most pop/chart music inspires to all kinds of wicked deeds....

boddah

that whole idea of music inspiring violence is bullspit. if anytheing, it controls agression (through moshing, etc.) i agree with kaiser

although, having said that, Helter Skelter by the Beatles did inspire Charles Manson to go on a killing spree

--Kaiser--

Charle Manson = crazy man
i rest my case.

Dustaz

Music or Lyrics are never going to inspire any right thinking person to kill someone. The real question should be do violent people and homicidal killers more likely to like Heavy Metal.
Still a stupid question mind you.