WOMEN IN METAL: I SALUTE YOU
I think this writer hits the nail on the head here.
“What’s a pretty girl like you doing making a horrible noise like that?”
“Are you the groupie or the merch girl?”
“Watching with the sound off cos I don’t wanna listen to your music but I wanna fuck you so bad.”
“Angela Gossow would kick your ass and Simone Simmons is way hotter than you.”
These are just a few of the comments I’ve received as a woman playing in a metal band. I think I despise the last one the most.
Firstly, Simone Simmons is the fantastic soprano singer in Epica. I play guitar in a post metal band. But, despite having very little in common musically, our appearances apparently *must* be rated against each other.
No one compares the handsomeness of our male guitarist against say, Bruce Dickinson, because they realize how ABSURD and IRRELEVANT that is. They manage to discuss the boys’ vastly different musical merits without…
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April 9, 2018 at 8:55 pm
I never thought gender had anything to do with it. Anyone can rawk! You go, girl!
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April 10, 2018 at 10:07 am
Neither did I but unfortunately, sexism in metal exists.
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April 10, 2018 at 11:40 am
Key word being unfortunate, there. Ah well, like racism or anything else, as Rollins said (and I’m paraphrasing), it’s a curb about 1″ high and if anybody trips on it, can’t step over it and get on with their life, they’ve got a ton of work to do.
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April 10, 2018 at 12:32 pm
I agree wholeheartedly.
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