Or consider two songs, one from the early '60s and one from the early
   '80s, which are almost like teen anthems.  Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the
   Wind" advised the younger generation of their goals in creating a better
   world.  "...how many times must the cannon balls fly before they're for-
   ever banned?"  and "...how many years can some people exist before they're
   allowed to be free?"9 The song speaks of love of fellow man, peace, and
   racial equality.  Again, contrast that with Ozzy Osbourne's "Rock 'n'
   Roll Rebel." After many lines of deprecation of "them" (parents and
   other authority figures), Ozzy threatens, "Do what you will to try and
   make me conform, but I'll make you wish that you had never been born;
   cause I'm a rock 'n' roll rebel and I'll do as I please."10

   Finally, compare two songs which refer to the age-old parent-child
   conflict within the family.  The Coasters ('50s) sang a song called
   "Yakety-yak."  Each verse recites typical parental commands (e.g., "you
   just put on your coat and hat, and walk yourself to the laundry mat; and
   when you finish doin' that, bring in the dog and put out the cat.")11. The
   hook line is "Yakety yak--don't talk back." The message seems to say to
   the teenager, "yeh, [sic] I understand your problem."  But it never suggests
   violence or open rebellion, and certainly not hatred.  But the song's
   1980s counterpart might be a song by Twisted Sister called "We're Not
   Gonna Take It."  They have a different message for parents:

          "Oh you're so condescending; your gall is never-ending;
           We don't want nothin', not a thing from you.
           Your life is trite and jaded, boring and confiscated;
           If that's your best, your best won't do.

           Oh, Oh, we're right, we're free, we'll fight, you'll see!

           We're not gonna take it; no, we're not gonna take it;
           We're not gonna take it anymore [screamed: Just you try and make us!]"12

   The accompanying video shows a teenager who is transformed into Twisted
   Sister lead singer D. Snider, who proceeds to attack the teen's father.

   We could continue, but perhaps the message is clear.  The current heavy
   metal is categorically different from the earlier rock 'n' roll.  Even if
   we could agree that the difference is merely one of degree, we must con-
   clude that the degree of difference is so great as to be a difference in
   kind.


                                   IV

  Is There, Then, Reason To Think That Heavy Metal Can Affect Human Behavior?
                            (Or, "So what!")

A. Most of the successful heavy metal music projects one or more of the
   following basic themes:

                 a. extreme rebellion
                 b. extreme violence
                 c. substance abuse
                 d. sexual promiscuity/perversion (including homosexuality,
                    bizexuality, sado-masochism, necrophilia, etc.)
                 e. Satanism

   Testimony by Mr. Jeff Ling will provide more than ample evidence of
   heavy metal's projection of these themes.

B. These five basic themes are projected by overt messages.  Let us now see
   how the music works to affect behavior, as based upon the principals dis-
   cussed in section II above.