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I remember my parents showing us a video about "satanic" music. Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Rush, Styx, the Eagles...you name a late 70's band, they were in t
by oaktowner 11y ago
I remember my parents showing us a video about "satanic" music. Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Rush, Styx, the Eagles...you name a late 70's band, they were in there. Some of the bands actively courted that image, of course, but the whole thing was pretty patently ridiculous.
Their lyrics, their iconography, their album illustrations were all trotted out as 'proof' that the bands had sold their souls to the devil and were trying to recruit us to the dark side.
- eli_gottlieb 11y agoWell, admittedly, nowadays I know at least one metal band whose logo is Moorcock's eight-pointed Star of Chaos. I just also know that they don't mean any occult bullcrap by it.
- oneeyedpigeon 11y agoAbba?
- chipsy 11y agoAs i start to read this, "Dancing Queen" comes on. Clearly they control the airwaves.
- flomo 11y agoOn the other hand, I strongly suspect TSR was pandering to the ironic satanic heavy metal crowd when they put evil-looking demon things on all of the AD&D core rulebook covers. http://imgur.com/a/bfE4C http://imgur.com/a/bfE4C