The rare species, called 'Metalheads'..

Aye. So lets list out the favorites first...

[This band needs no God.]

                                                      

  [This guy needs no introduction. Period.]

                                                                                          

According to Urban Dictionary :

A metalhead is a dedicated listener to any kind of metal music. is thought to be angry and violent and evil, but is less likely to kill than a rapper.

That reintroduces us to the title of the post. 'The rare species, called Metalheads.'

Metalheads are not bound or defined by age groups or gender. They range right from tiny toddlers (don't believe me? Watch the video.) to 70 something grannies. (Those who were at the Bangalore Metallica concert will attest to that.)

Here is a prime example of a rare metal head in the making...

Question: How is this girl a metalhead?

Answer: a) She was comfortable in her skin while trying to genuinely headbang.

              b) She enjoyed the feel of the music.

              c) She went head banging all the way to sweet glory, no holds barred.

You might wonder, why I used the word 'rare' to describe this species, as these days everyone listens to Rock, and Heavy Metal and their various derivative genres while throwing that ritualistic devil sign or the 'Moloick' in the air. How are these metalheads rare? If anything, these type of people are like bacteria, they're everywhere.

Now, if you consider yourself a Metalhead, you might be wondering which category you belong to..

Well to be honest, if after reading this, you find yourself to be the common variety then you shouldn't consider yourself a Metalhead at all. We'll find out, but first, let me break out into a small experience..

Sometime a few years back I was at this lounge where a superb band was set to play live. A common friend introduced me to the band members and their friends. I was really excited and buzzing as this was the first time I was watching a band perform live!

So after a bloody mary [yeah you heard it right...bite me!] this dude who was friends of one of the band members, comes up and offers me a cigarette, I hate smokers and smoking so I flat-out declined. Meanwhile he was looking at my drink and he puts forth this condescending tone asking me which band I listen to. I enthusiastically reply, "I follow Rammstein. Love them!". He looks at me and then the bloody mary and goes like "Dude...you're not a metal head!". I'm wondering where that came from, and I choose to not argue about that. My silence too prompted him to well up with condescension, as if trying to signal, that real metal heads talk back and fight! All I ended up doing was smiling at his idiocy.

Coming back to the question at hand...what defines a real Metal head ?

You are a real metal head if there are at least 2 of the below points that you strongly feel apply to you..

•  Whenever you're listening to your favorite band while traveling you start imagining that every person around you is the part of a mosh pit, head banging in unison. i.e. if you find yourself in the below video between the time range 2:19 to 3:25. (Rest is just kinda crap..kinda)

• Your throat is sore and your head feels like its gonna fall off, after you are done with a concert featuring your favorite band.
• You know the lyrics of the songs of your favorite bands, and also know their meaning/context.
• You try to make your parents listen to and appreciate the songs from your favorite band.
• Your neighbours complain about your demented behavior whenever you visit your next-door pal and play loud music.
• If this has happened to you.....

• Your mom and you sing along when there's Sonne from Rammstein playing on the speakers.
• You converted your wife/girlfriend from a shy lass to a head banging prodigy.

(there's more but this should be enough....)

Now...consider yourself a retard wannabe Metal head if any ONE applies to you...

• You don't know what " \m/ " means or don't know when to use it.
• You are at a concert by will, don't know what the music scene there is like (Could be Celine dion or Slayer...you don't know..) ..but still you throw the " \m/ ".
• You are at a bollywood concert. Period.
• You think you're metalhead because you think metalheads/bands smoke and drink, like you.
• You yell "LETS RAACK MAAAN" when you hear something you think is Heavy Metal, but it turns out to be Himesh Reshammiya farting from his mouth.
• You watch soap operas (applicable to guys & girls).
• You like Hannah Montana/Justin Beiber/ Miley Cyrus or liked it when Miley did this....

That should do it I guess....Hope you turned out to be what you thought you were.....

If you found at least one point from the "Wannabe-metalhead" category applicable to you then...its OK, your mommy still likes you for what you turned out to be.

But wait...there's also one category of humanity which doesn't belong to either of the above groups...yeah we are not gonna be talking about them here.

So for now...

Breathe easy. \/ \m/