[Dan27309]

Our parents had Pac Man and Led Zeppelin. We have Unreal Tournament and Cannibal Corpse. The older generation is taken aback, because this kind of stuff just did not fly back in those days. In the ’70s Marylin Manson would have been just another obscure heroin addict in Lower Manhattan or West Hollywood. Today he’s a multi-millionaire rock star and exists in the CD players of kids everywhere from Los Angeles to Des Moines. It can be argued that morals have plummetted, but if music is even partially to blame, its role is miniscule. Music is a barometer of the culture around us. If there is a huge portion of people fascinated with negativity and violent imagery, then everything from thug rap to death metal will catch on with them. I think all the angst, hatred and alienation is a result of the breakdown of the American family. With all the problem kids I grew up with and have worked with, I find that the parents either created a sterile feel-good environment void of discipline or they were cruel and unstable people seemingly unfit for decent parenthood. However, I have noticed that people who have suffered from depression are unable to listen to certain types of music that they listened to before. A friend of mine cannot listen to Portishead because it causes her to have a momentary relapse.

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Name : Dan27309, Gender : M, Race : Hispanic/Latino (may be any race), Religion : Pentecostal, Age : 21, City : Los Angeles area, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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