Metal Elitists: "This Band is Going to Be Forgotten"

Main Argument

The host pushes back against metal elitists who insist that popular bands such as Avenged Sevenfold, Slipknot, Nickelback, and Black Veil Brides will soon be forgotten. His central point is that losing mainstream popularity isn’t the same as disappearing. If listeners, historians, or even a devoted cult following keep returning to a band’s music, then it hasn’t been forgotten.

Examples of Enduring Music

To make his case, the host compares modern music with classical music and jazz. Many composers and musicians from those eras are obscure, but their music is still performed, studied, and heard.

He also points to FireHouse, whose hit-making days were long past but who still drew an audience when he saw them. Other examples of music that has endured include The Beatles, The Who, David Bowie, Rainbow, Saxon, Judas Priest, and Black Sabbath.

Lighter Moments

The host imagines Slipknot becoming “the Mozart of our time” centuries from now, then jokes that anyone who wants to know for sure should go full Philip J. Fry and check the future.

He also catches himself taking the argument too literally and tells “Shades” to stop doing that. He mentions his “handy-dandy” music database, which shows nearly 60 GB of ’80s music on his computer.

Uncertainty and Conclusion

The host concedes that no one can predict which current bands will remain popular—or even whether today’s music will still be studied centuries from now. Declaring a band destined to be forgotten is just speculation. A lasting audience, however small, makes that claim fall flat.

Personality Appearing

Shades, the host and narrator.