what makes metal, metal........

[Andrew Breecher]

I have stopped labelling music for a while. I found that it is almost impossible to label music these days without start an argument.

I agree. Most of the music in my iTunes is labeled "Alternative". There's a non-label! I think if it's a little heavier I label it "Rock" - which is really more of a nostalgic label; it includes Metallica, Def Leppard, The Pixies, Meat Loaf, Midnight Oil, and Queen. It's more about what I've "rocked out to" in the past than about what's really rock. I don't even have a "Metal" category.

Maybe it's also because most of the stuff I have that I'd consider metal is on tape, and not on my computer.

Andrew.

[Nick]

Ah, geeze, I was all set to get into a discussion of metalurgical analysis and comparative alloys.