# Metal evolution. Anybody here watching? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 30, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-evolution-anybody-here-watching/607887 "2011-12-30T23:35:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-evolution-anybody-here-watching/607887/1 "2011-12-30T23:35:40Z")
I love [this show](http://www.vh1.com/shows/metal_evolution/series.jhtml). It’s pretty informative, especially to someone who wasn’t really into metal\* as a kid and only came to really like it as an adult. I know there have been tons of hard rock and metal documentaries done before so a lot of this isn’t new and some of the topics have been covered 100 times before, but despite that I still enjoy this series. And I’m jealous of the host. He has a network paying for him to fly around the county, and around the world, to interview rock stars. How cool must that be? Anyway, what do you think? \*As a kid the only metal I really heard was what was on the radio. Oh, and Christian metal like Stryper and Petra. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-evolution-anybody-here-watching/607887/2 "2011-12-31T00:51:06Z")
I’ve watched every episode so far, and watch That Metal Show right before it (actually DVR them both). I think new episodes return this Saturday. I also saw they ME guy’s (Dunn?) documentary that sort of laid the groundwork for this expanded version. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-evolution-anybody-here-watching/607887/3 "2011-12-31T02:38:32Z")
Yeah, I watch **That Metal Sho** w and **Metal Evolution** back-to-back also. And I saw the documentary too. In fact, I almost didn’t watch **Metal Evolution** because I thought that they were taking the documentary and stretching it out. It took a little while to realize it was a different show. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-evolution-anybody-here-watching/607887/4 "2011-12-31T15:32:37Z")
I have been tracking the commercials - it is the type of show I love to find on when I have a few minutes to watch TV on my own…which happens about once a month 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-evolution-anybody-here-watching/607887/5 "2011-12-31T16:19:58Z")
I saw **That Metal Show** once, I think. Is that the one hosted by some big, doughy guy who looks like he walked out of a cornfield? I mean, he knows his shit, but he looks like he eats fried mayonnaise balls? I’ve never heard of the other show, but if Sam Dunn is involved I’m willing to bet it’s at least engaging and informative, just like his film was. ETA: Are they available to watch online? EATA: Aye, they are! [That Metal Show](http://www.vh1.com/shows/that_metal_show/series.jhtml) & [Metal Evolution](http://www.vh1.com/shows/metal_evolution/series.jhtml) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-evolution-anybody-here-watching/607887/6 "2011-12-31T16:36:28Z")
Bah! It’s just short clips of **ME** , but it sure does seem to be just an extension, albeit a more in-depth one, of his film, so that’s a big plus one. **TMS** is the one I remembered. A buddy showed it to me once. Decent enough show, for what basically amounts to a fan-wank in front of a small audience. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-evolution-anybody-here-watching/607887/7 "2011-12-31T18:14:09Z")
Eddie Trunk is the doughy fellow. Knows his metal\*, but apparently in the book he wrote ([amazon listing](http://www.amazon.com/Eddie-Trunks-Essential-Heavy-Metal/dp/0810998319)) it is less of a true encyclopedia than more of a long list of his favorite bands… \*I do give him credit for stating that his favorite lessor-known (these days) metal album is UFO’s live album, Strangers in the Night. Totally fucking rocks and still excellent to my ears today - unlike, say, Ted Nugent (I can’t believe I liked Wang Dang Sweet Poontang when I was a kid…:rolleyes:) ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-evolution-anybody-here-watching/607887/8 "2012-01-01T04:56:59Z")
The recent episode on Thrash was pretty awesome. And like other metal documentaries I’ve seen, I always gain some new-found respect for the artists themselves.