[Dan31658]

I’m Latino and not black, but I can answer your question because I’m a lifelong metalhead and have inroads into the local punk and hardcore scenes. It’s a funny question because Jimi Hendrix is the godfather of heavy metal. A New York Times reviewer saw one of his shows and said ‘it sounded like pieces of heavy metal falling from the sky.’ That’s pretty much how the term was coined. Essentially, the first metal was derived of blues chords. Hendrix, Led Zepplin and Black Sabbath are considered the 3 progenators of the genre. As for today, there are plenty of black people in the scene. I remember at underground shows in L.A. all kinds of black guys would come in from South Central because they loved to mosh and go crazy to the music. And there are also a lot of black people in the punk and hardcore scenes. Here in L.A. and other such centers, there is a lot of spilling over and people check out other scenes. There are even metal and hip hop acts collaborating, such as Anthrax and Public Enemy, or more recently System of a Down and Wu Tang or Sickofitall and Goodie Mob. However, in a small town or city or in suburbia where racial lines are highly defined or black people are very non-visible, the division seems quite more apparent. And by the way, Latinos have been into punk and metal for as long as the genres have been around. Contrary to popular belief, most of us cannot stand Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias.

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Name : Dan31658, Gender : M, Race : Hispanic/Latino (may be any race), Religion : Pentecostal, Age : 22, City : L.A., State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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