heavy metal violence

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...

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