I've been educating myself on the history of metal, and that made me wonder if anyone here is much older than I am (early thirties here) and has seen some of that history.

How did you get into metal? How old were you?

Any interesting experience you'd like to share? Things that have changed?

How were metal and metalheads perceived where you lived?

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[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Less than a month from 50. Metal was the first music I fell in love with... specifically Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time. I was gifted a ghetto blaster and three cassettes and it was instant love.

Metal was fairly popular where I lived and most kids I knew were into it. Lots of bangers with their jean jackets covered in patches and I he big hair.