by Adam Moss

Created on: May 16, 2009

How this would even find this truth, I have yet to know though, I have a few theories on who this is aimed at and thus I wish to share such theories. First of all, it would highly depend on what is meant by the term of 'rock music', so broad has the term become. The U.S.A has played host to nigh on countless rock and metal scenes over the years and has too provided both of the aforementioned with some excelling talents. Slayer, one of the fore runners of the 80s thrash scene and still active today, hail from the U.S.A while so do too My Chemical Romance, players of a major part within the current times of scene and emo culture. American rock music has quite possibly helped spawn some of today's very best metal and rock, what with the Floridian death metal scene having made such a key impact upon the metal scene. Although, why this is aimed at the American music scene I have yet to discover as Black Sabbath are often regarded as being one of the acclaimed fathers of metal, having formed in 1968 and hailing from Birmingham, England. Also, take into consideration that Napalm Death, considered to be to the fathers of grindcore, began their form of death-metal in the mid-1980s and do too hail from Birmingham, England. In fact, American grindcore is often branded with having borrowed elements from English grindcore. Metal and indeed rock music is a universal genre and so it would be nigh on impossible to tag America with having the most effect. Such countries as Italy, host to Lacuna Coil, and while System Of A Down may well have originated from the U.S.A, most of the band's members hailed from the middle east. So global rock and metal music has become, America alone cannot be credited for such an effect even if there were such an effect. I mean, The Beatles and The Ramones were regarded as rock groups and look at the euphoria they brought to so many people. Rock and metal can be both joyous and upsetting, but you could describe so many bands as this within so many scenes spawned from countless nations, it wouldn't be worth saying America's rock music alone has created such an effect. Music is a global language and thus so is it's subgenres. And if some argue about the current bands to come out of the American scene, most notably Slipknot, consider this. While they may well have seemingly caused a negative effect within your household or within your town or district, it's hardly global, now is it? Keep your tastes to yourself and allow others to find joy in such music while you find joy in yours.

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