MTV's Loud and Fast: Metalheads

MTV Special from 1986 that focused on heavy metal (several parts long).

[@Metallocity]

someone tried to tell me heavy metal was just some trend that kids go through. can tell you this though. being a metal head isn't a trend. :) it is most definitely a way of life. heavy metal rules

[@chipo175]

this is the way ✊🏻

[@thelastdaybreathinginetern1385]

I've been a metalhead for almost 12 years. I'm 25. I was born 1995 so yeuh... METAL IS LIFE!! I'm a metal musician to. I'm mostly into modern metal. Like Technical death metal and dsbm, Progressive metal, extreme metal etc... but I love classical metal to... Poison, Motley Crue, Megadeth, Iced Earth you know. 🤘🏽🖤🤘🏽

[@MrRoman-lo6ih]

35 years here and still rocking

[@mc12358]

Almost 39 here and I've been a fan of metal since I bought Kill em All back in December 2001. The album cover made me so nervous about getting in some kind of trouble with someone but as soon as Hit The Lights started I knew it would be part of my life forever!

[@AZ-kr6ff]

It is kind of a joke though, when you're 50 years old and still referring to yourself as a metalhead, especially if you throw the horns up while doing it.

[@sacrifizergermany]

Metal is life. You wake up, listen to your favorite Albums, get drunk with your friends and have a nice time.

[@localcrisis]

everything true besides the friend part

[@thelastdaybreathinginetern1385]

I'm a black metalhead guy. I've been a metalhead for almost 12 years. I'm 25. I listen to metal 24/7. We aren't evil!!!! Just different, and being ourselves. Metal is life!! The core of my very existence. Metal is still alive and kicking well. It's just that norns don't know because they think Nicki Minaj or Justin bieber is the hottest thing, but I would like to fucking disagree. In mainstream it's good because you mainstream people hate people who are different, and you guys listen to the same thing. In actuality norms are programmed, and they cause more problems than any goths, emos, metalheads, punk rockers etc... we just want to be ourselves and play metal. In a world like this definitely in 2020 it's necessary. Metal has saved my life and many others lives. It's special, different, unique and original. METAL FOR LIFE!!! There will always be haters, but they can fuck off!🤘🏽

[@richardmeyer1837]

Stay Strong 🔥

[@tttarms1970]

Glad to see the younger gen is keeping fucking metal alive. I'm 52 Been listening since 1977

[@thelastdaybreathinginetern1385]

@@tttarms1970 Metal is everything to me

[@denisn8336]

@@thelastdaybreathinginetern1385 same here bro

[@thelastdaybreathinginetern1385]

@@denisn8336 Now I'm 27, still metal af!!! Check out Archspire

[@felipeth1]

What's with the music??? Almost every guy in the video is a thrasher, but the music simply doesn't fit. LOL

[@solunasunrise]

thats what happens if you have a bunch of people beeing ordered to do a report on shit they have no big clue about ...

[@rowanmelton7643]

@insidious 123 Yeah, big difference between glam "metal" and thrash metal though. Motley Crue are closer to Bon Jovi than Metallica in their musical sound. Glam "metal" is just pop metal before Nu-metal came around

[@mc12358]

@@rowanmelton7643 the glam bands had an influence on early thrash bands, since thrash was, at least partially, a reaction to Poison, Quiet Riot, Mötley Crüe, etc. Kerry King said he wanted to get as far away from the LA glam bands as possible, and that helped push Slayer towards a more aggressive and faster playing style. During a TV interview in 1991, Kerry said: "what inspired me most about writing [thrash metal] was the people that inspired me the least... if those guys are selling records being women, we should be able to do something good being men"

[@wrabit79]

i long for those days....i still have my long hair

[@AngelofAnguish]

Same here. I'm 52 and my hair is almost down to my tailbone/rear end.

[@tickedoffnow]

Metalheads have always been misunderstood. Most of us are nice people.

[@ninjacaptor]

IM ON THIS LOL

[@giovannilaurenti8709]

+Sci-Fi Ninja Theather - Where are you on this?

[@ninjacaptor]

+Giovanni Laurenti I'm the guy with the Gnostic front t shirt I'm the one that says about the short hair people and then go where are force that one rule forever no matter what lol

[@giovannilaurenti8709]

So did you wind up cutting your hair? Do you still listen to metal? What do you do for a living? I'm just curious.. It's 30 years later.

[@ninjacaptor]

+Giovanni Laurenti I still have a long hair I've had plenty of jobs some of them high end yes I still listen to metal

[@neurov9790]

How old were you in this video? If you don't mind me asking

[@dibbo9264]

Honestly I’ve Only Been A Metal Head For 6 Years or so and i gotta say becoming A Fan Of That Music Was The Best Decision I Ever Made I Never Looked Back & I Have No Regrets It Changed My Life In A Big Way Heavy Metal Forever 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@fernandogonzalez9222]

i was born in the 90s dam close to the 80s still.listen to 80s metal

[@Metalcomedienne]

Same!

[@Endo-uu8mo]

Born in the 90s still close????im born in 88 and can say when i was 6 nothing was close to that time only the movies or Toys or all those good things but musically the 90s suxx 😅

[@spoon4956]

a 80s tv special that doesn't demonise metalheads? respect.

[@AltamontKiller]

your goddamn right about that but I think a real metalhead shouldn't limit himself to just metal and rock of course it's also my greatest passion and it will always be my type of music but every now and then I also enjoy country blues and even some old as shit oldies

[@peytdawgs9909]

All metal musicians listen to a little bit of everything if you don't you'll get burned out

[@mc12358]

I grew up with oldies and classic rock/AOR. In my early teens rap was starting to get mainstream attention for the first time, so I listened to Wu-Tang, 2Pac, Biggie, KRS-One, Gang Starr... in my late teens, as a social outcast, I finally found "the big four" and started buying thrash metal albums. In my 20s I found out about trance, EBM, old school techno and house, and at the same time, I educated myself on many forms of classical music (discovering parallels between the genres was lots of fun!). In my 30s I discovered a love for Berlin School and ambient electronica. I've even had my bluegrass and outlaw country phases. Now nearing my 40s I'll listen to whatever I want to listen to. If it's good music I don't care what genre it is, I'll find a way to enjoy it.

[@ninjacaptor]

I can't believe that's me from L'AMOUR"S back in the day now i do a cable show called sci-fi ninja theater awesome

[@King_Conan]

No short hairs! Haha

[@Endo-uu8mo]

Lol untrue,look at crowds in WASP Or Metallica Concerts from 84 -89😅

[@Chuloloc]

Awesome. Long Live Metal & Rebellion

[@chipo175]

I wish I was born in the 80s😭

[@spacejockey4746]

To really have experienced the 80s metal scene you would have had to been born in the mid-60s to early 70s. That would have made you a teen to early 20s during that time. Being born in the 80s you’d have been right on time to experience Godsmack, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, and other such garbage.

[@megatonhammer4723]

@@spacejockey4746 WORD 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 Born 1974, DAMN PROUD GEN-XER!

[@localcrisis]

1972 seemed like the perfect year to be born

[@botondkovacs3253]

Not a single person in my class listens to metal except for me. Once they told me my taste in music is fucking horrible.

[@GFYM_Finance]

Tell em to fuck themselves! 🤘😝🤘

[@maugaloatofilau6507]

Long live the Metalhead community.

[@Ferzanguy667]

Man i wish i lived this generation, instead of this new pop/rap shitty society. :/

[@willwillisproductions159]

Same here dude! Play that metal loud🤟🤟

[@AngelofAnguish]

In my opinion, BELIEVE ME, the 80s WERE, and ALWAYS WILL BE, "THE PINNACLE OF CIVILZATION!"

[@SemiTrailerMech]

DAMNIT THIS BROUGHT BACK SOME MEMORIES!!! I must have been in the 8th grade when MTV first aired this. When the camera zoomed in on that vendor ooth w/ the concert T's I can recall like 5 mins ago thinking FUUUUUUCK I want one of each!!!

[@exodia333]

im 20 and still do all this

[@AngelofAnguish]

I'm 52 and am STILL a "metalhead/rocker/headbanger."

[@brandonbritt956]

I’m 19 years old and man how I wish I could create a time machine and go back to that time and hang out with them because heavy metal is not satanic it’s not evil it ain’t fashion it’s passion and the guy In the interview is right heavy metal is basically a lifestyle not just something u do on weekends heavy metal is basically my life and I don’t care what all those religious snowflakes say about it because it’s my lifestyle and it’s gonna be like that till the day I die

[@shirleylyn11]

today i am 52. getting old sucks.

[@mc12358]

Not all that far behind you. I turn 40 next year. Life just keeps getting harder.

[@ugniusstackunas8915]

@@mc12358 Truf! Truf!! !!?!! Ai, em, born!! IN 1975..,, !!! TOO, DAY, ABAUT,, 46, 7, ,, Lost, in caunting!!...

[@MUSKAO95]

god i wish i was living in the 80s...then die between 93-94....then resurrect again between 2004-2005.

[@jessefillmore]

"Eddie Munson on Stranger Things is a overreaction on how metalheads acted "...........Um ....Err.....NOT!!

[@BoundInChains]

what do you wanna do with your life!!?? I wanna headbang while I am alive and keep on headbanging till I die.

[@Dee-1969]

*I WANNA ROCK

[@mannyldepor5034]

Used to hang around with the guy in the Destruction shirt

[@catwizard9x968]

i hope all these kids are still doing great. they're literally me.

[@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063]

This is so true

[@ugniusstackunas8915]

Yes!! Ewry' Day!! TEZYSY!! !!! Not, only, SUN'DAY!! TEZYSY!!

[@gonzalezfernando469]

0:4= nice eternal devastation shirt by destruction

[@AngelofAnguish]

LIKEWISE!

[@brennuvargr4638]

Yeah. They ruined it with the hair metal. These guys were all thrashers; that should have been the soundtrack. Still, cool to watch. ;)

[@deathnthrashingmadness1971]

damn that presentator looks like a animated truck driver

[@yungcash8800]

✌️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@HeaviestMetal89]

sadly in the present day, when you have kids, you have justin bieber and cardi b

[@savagetabby4931]

My homeboy vinnie at 0:53 Nice!! The one smiling at the camera

[@peytdawgs9909]

With the agnostic front shirt on?

[@yungcash8800]

This is amazing 💯💯💯💯

[@metalheadrailfan]

@AltamontKiller I agree. For most of my life so far I've had a buzz cut, but when I graduated last year, I decided to grow it out, try something different. I've been applying for jobs and so far, I haven't had any problem of what the employer thinks of my hair length. My dad on the other hand with find any excuse for me to cut it.

[@theaxemurder3884]

Heavy metal i show on camera sid vicius thats so awsome

[@nofalsemetal76]

Love this..what great memories,do you have the rest of the parts?? would love to see them ,Cheers

[@aquamidideluxe5079]

Ron Jeremy sure knew a lot about metal!

[@11DNA11]

0:55 Bobby Blitz?

[@Justafoo_04]

Fucking Overkill

[@GatesOfGehenna76]

Fuckin' L'Amours, man

[@diabolicalfullmoonmysticis7910]

Dude with the black leather jacket and mustache looks like young necrobutcher

[@akbuilder7626]

Can we please adjust the tracking???

[@tormentandblasted]

LMAO

[@ninjacaptor]

This was so long ago

[@kiwifrog8878]

GR8 TEST GENERATION ON THE FUCKING PLANET!!!!!!

[@solunasunrise]

looks like ... 1987 ... not sure

[@RoyceLovesHisShotgun]

Do you remember when The Simpson's premiered? Do you feel really old now?

[@bayrelyig]

Guy at 00:57 looks like marty friedman

[@user-se6hn6qx1z]

I am a metalhead and a horror fan I get along with the athletes at my school very well I get straight A’s I am also a Christian Metalheads are misjudged all the time

[@stephenblake2196]

THE MUSIC HEADS SCREWED IT UP !! THE WRONG PEOPLE IN CHARGE PUSHING CRAP ON US !!! LOOK AT THIS ?? NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT THE KIDS WERE SAYING??

[@katshades]

How many of these people are dead now?

[@yungcash8800]

Prolly still living but old

[@lorenzocardenas5071]

The only issue I have with “metal culture” is the life style it promotes of drugs, wasting time, and eating in healthy. This is coming from a “former metal head” and when I say that I mean lifestyle wise. I love the music and still rock out as much as I can. With that being said the culture is subtly promotes is detrimental and can hurt a lot of people. I love heavy metal as much as the next guy but these ideas need to be addressed respectfully.

[@shawnpatrick5843]

And then grunge stepped in.

[@dalime605]

that just took it away from the public eye and radios. in the 90s, death metal and black metal were created.

[@AngelofAnguish]

Grunge...oh DEAR HEAVEN ABOVE smh!

[@martineres5940]

Na co si tady všichni hrajete !! heavy fans jsou jenom moje parta a jestli chcete budeme vás učit chorda a jeho kámoši !!!!

[@sparkynm156]

MTV mainly chose hosts that were far from good for Metal..

[@iggster450]

And now 90% of those love Lady Gaga.... 🤔

Every single one of the guys cut their hair. Sellouts.