Brutal.
Today's entry from the "I Shit You Not" pile:
Research study: Head and neck injury risks in heavy metal
WATCH researchers project the potential for headbanging injuries for Beavis and Butthead! GASP as they display horrific ignorance of the variables involved, especially through such quotes as "The study helps to explain why metal concert goers often seem dazed, confused, and incoherent." LAUGH at their ridiculous 'solutions': "Possible interventions to reduce the risk of injury caused by head banging include limiting the range of neck motion through a formal training programme... substitution of...music such as Michael Bolton, Celine Dion, Enya...and personal protective equipment such as neck braces to limit range of motion."
I stumbled on this article because I've been nursing an extremely sore neck for about a day and a half and I'm curious if this means I have whiplash. I went to two concerts this past weekend (the first one by accident, since I went to the bar not knowing there was a concert going on). Both of them were most excellent. Behold, for I give to you the bands which brought me great joy:
Commonfaced
Three Thumbs Up
I'm not sure I would have picked those names myself, though I'm awful at picking good band names, but I had so much fun headbanging and dancing to both of them that I'm wearing my pain with pride. Commonfaced not only reminded me of Pantera (so far without any asshole behavior from the lead singer, though, and he has the vocal range to do Tool's "Sober" as well as screaming and growling) but they all look so much like Pantera that I can't believe they don't do that on purpose. Three Thumbs Up did much less metal, preferring to go for more crowd-pleasing rock (I'm fond of their cover of "Thunder Kiss '65") or making stuff like "Seven Nation Army" really blow the roof off the joint, so to speak.
This is how much fun I had with all these guys: Three Thumbs Up played "Dance Dance" and I loved it; furthermore, I was not drunk, high, or possessed by emo demons at the time. Mind you, I hate Fall Out Boy so much that I want to destroy something every time I even think about their insufferable lead singer, who I guess is married to one of those bottle blonde Whats-Her-Tits who can't sing. They named their kid--YAAARRRGGGHHHH! MUST DESTROY! LOOK UPON YE METAL GODS AND DESPAIR!
Sorry. I took some Mastodon, I feel better now.
Research study: Head and neck injury risks in heavy metal
WATCH researchers project the potential for headbanging injuries for Beavis and Butthead! GASP as they display horrific ignorance of the variables involved, especially through such quotes as "The study helps to explain why metal concert goers often seem dazed, confused, and incoherent." LAUGH at their ridiculous 'solutions': "Possible interventions to reduce the risk of injury caused by head banging include limiting the range of neck motion through a formal training programme... substitution of...music such as Michael Bolton, Celine Dion, Enya...and personal protective equipment such as neck braces to limit range of motion."
I stumbled on this article because I've been nursing an extremely sore neck for about a day and a half and I'm curious if this means I have whiplash. I went to two concerts this past weekend (the first one by accident, since I went to the bar not knowing there was a concert going on). Both of them were most excellent. Behold, for I give to you the bands which brought me great joy:
Commonfaced
Three Thumbs Up
I'm not sure I would have picked those names myself, though I'm awful at picking good band names, but I had so much fun headbanging and dancing to both of them that I'm wearing my pain with pride. Commonfaced not only reminded me of Pantera (so far without any asshole behavior from the lead singer, though, and he has the vocal range to do Tool's "Sober" as well as screaming and growling) but they all look so much like Pantera that I can't believe they don't do that on purpose. Three Thumbs Up did much less metal, preferring to go for more crowd-pleasing rock (I'm fond of their cover of "Thunder Kiss '65") or making stuff like "Seven Nation Army" really blow the roof off the joint, so to speak.
This is how much fun I had with all these guys: Three Thumbs Up played "Dance Dance" and I loved it; furthermore, I was not drunk, high, or possessed by emo demons at the time. Mind you, I hate Fall Out Boy so much that I want to destroy something every time I even think about their insufferable lead singer, who I guess is married to one of those bottle blonde Whats-Her-Tits who can't sing. They named their kid--YAAARRRGGGHHHH! MUST DESTROY! LOOK UPON YE METAL GODS AND DESPAIR!
Sorry. I took some Mastodon, I feel better now.