Those People
“Oh, so you’re one of those people,” she inquires, in a tone consisting of disdain and surprise, after telling her I’m going to the Mudvayne and Ultraspank concert. She continues, “so you get all dressed in leather and put in your nose ring to get ready, huh?” I laugh, looking over my rather plain appearance of a Black Label Society t-shirt and jeans, wondering how many laughs I would get wearing leather and give a clearly sarcastic “yeah” answer. She looks clearly offended by my nature and explains that she thought that’s what us “metal people” wore. How we should have rings piercing every available piece of flesh on our heads and that we all wear black, even in summer. She goes on further explaining that we’re all Satanic, that the music is “too loud,” and that we are crazy. I listen, somewhat interested in her assessment of the heavy metal community and think about the people I see around at the concerts I’ve been to. Soccer moms, computer geeks, hippie types, and others who don’t seem to “fit the mold,” they’re there right beside the goth chick and the leather clad anarchist, loving the music all the same. I wonder to myself if I should explain to her the community of heavy metal, how many people th
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Ive Soccer, Boiler Angelcorpse, UU Cool, Label Society, Union Underground, READY ROCK, Mudvayne Ultraspank, Tattoo Earth, Mudvayne Oh, People Oh, heavy metal, union underground, metal death, hand hey, label society, metal people, black label society, black label, drummer mudvayne,
Approximate Word count = 1030
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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