# NO! Comcast Heavy Metal is OUR generation!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-comcast-heavy-metal-is-our-generation/199108>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 2, 2003, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-comcast-heavy-metal-is-our-generation/199108 "2003-09-02T11:49:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-comcast-heavy-metal-is-our-generation/199108/21 "2003-09-03T22:00:43Z")

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> He mistakenly calls the band **Lump Bisquick** which always makes me smile when I hear of Limp Bizkit.

Ohhhhhh God, I can’t stop laughing. That’s indelible.

Bizkit:Heavy Metal::Thomas Kinkade:Still Life

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**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-comcast-heavy-metal-is-our-generation/199108/22 "2003-09-04T18:28:56Z")

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Nope. Jethro Tull started in '67, therefore they are the first Heavy Metal band. The proof is in the grammy 😉

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**Author:** ![Hanayatori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8baadc/32.png) [@Hanayatori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanayatori)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-comcast-heavy-metal-is-our-generation/199108/23 "2003-09-05T04:21:46Z")

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Metal cannot be easily defined. It has to be felt. This new stuff doesn’t feel like Metal at all. It might be loud and distorted, but it’s not Metal. I think of Black Sabbath as the beginning of Metal, but that may just be because I’m young and haven’t been exposed to the early stuff. I have Comcast, and I’ll be sure to steer clear of their Power Crock…er…uh…Rock. That just doesn’t feel right.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-comcast-heavy-metal-is-our-generation/199108/24 "2003-09-05T04:24:19Z")

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My main complaint about the newer popular metal as opposed to the good old stuff is that the popular stuff places absolutely no emphasis on technical skill. It sounds like these guys can barely play their instruments. That just doesn’t work for me, but so many people just don’t know better. Ah, where’s Gene Hogland when you need him?

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