9, the three-day rock festival held in sweltering heat on an inhospitable
decommissioned Air Force base in upstate New York. The overflowing Port-o-Sans that
no one bothered to empty? The formidable mounds of garbage that no one collected? The
rip-off prices--$4 for a bottle of water, $7.50 for a chicken sandwich (Morrow)?
Whatever the reason for the violence and destruction at Woodstock '99, the connection
between heavy metal music and violence is an aged old argument that's gone on for
Evil and satanic, is what you would probably call heavy metal music today
(Austin/Nevin). Marilyn Manson, Anthrax, Metallica, and Cannibal Corpse are a few of
the many heavy metal groups of today's music world. Many people feel that heavy metal
contains music that should be more carefully analyzed by parents. Most feel that the
music can imply outward violence toward others and that heavy metal is a partial cause
for teen violence and suicide (Arnett). Numbing and influential, teen violence and
suicide can start with heavy metal music, "I failed to recognize my son was holding a
hand grenade and it was live and it was going off in his mind." is what Raymond Kuntz
said after his 15-year-old son Richard had shown him a CD by Marilyn Manson and later
killed himself after listening to his music (Kenen). Dr. Frank Palumbo from the
American Academy of Pediatrics said: Make no mistake about it, music can summon a
range of emotions, most of which are wonderful. Yet, there is some music that
communicates potentially harmful health messages, especially when it reaches a
vulnerable audience (Palumbo). The AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) believes
parents should better research the music their teens listen too more carefully and that the
music industries should make more positive video themes (Palumbo). The more the
parents research and monitor their teens music, the less they have to w...