Is it becoming increasingly difficult for ordinary, decent heavy metal fans to enjoy a quiet drink on a night out with their - sometimes non-metal - friends? If recent experiences - including several by this writer - are anything to go by, then the answer may be more and more veering towards 'yes'. In a recentIs it becoming increasingly difficult for ordinary, decent heavy metal fans to enjoy a quiet drink on a night out with their – sometimes non-metal – friends? If recent experiences – including several by this writer – are anything to go by, then the answer may be more and more veering towards 'yes'. In a recent high profile incident in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, a number of heavy metal fans were asked to leave a bar they had been drinking in for a number of years – they claim it was purely because of the way they were dressed. Management later attempted to defend the ejection by claiming that the group of five fans were not drinking – despite photographs taken shortly beforehand showing a table of booze – but later admitted that the bar had undergone a change of image… It is an experience with which this journalist can empathize – having been on the receiving end of similar treatment. Please forgive the following lengthy narrative, but I think it is important to explain, fully and forthrightly, what happened.. In October 2012, I was sitting in a bar in central Belfast – we cannot name the bar for legal reasons, but it [...]
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