I understand that it's hard to explane and I understand if you don't want to do so. If you guys don't want to discuss this, no hard feelings. Just don't reply. I'll be back in a while anyway. I really am interested, though. I really love music, metal especially, lately. I'm very enthusiastic about the way it can crosse borders and, more importantly, cultural boundaries. It's tough to have forum discussions about music from cultures other than my own because everyone seems to want to consider me a typical American. I think I'm more of a typical drunk. Maybe I'm a typical drunk American, but I mean well. I've always been interested in Russia since I did a whole lot of research on your history in a World history class in highschool. (There's some bad ass history up in that biatch.) That was about 10 years ago. Now, I've gone back to school, college, to study music and I'm learning theory from a Russian lady. So, my curiosity is genuine.
You make a good point. The music has to begin to take root at a cultural level. The people will have to realise that this is not some sinful western influence, but it's a world-wide musical revolution which can help bring people together. They, also, need to realise that they can express their own culture through this. Russian culture wouldn't be impared by metal. It would be enhanced by it and it could be reborn in a big way. These are my oppinions, of course.
The baby-kissers and the dollar-grabbers won't pay it any mind until it is embraced by a large part of the public. Then, of course, they'll use it as a lever for their own gains. As you said, "no matter what is your country political situation".
Still, I think that the governmental systems do have something to do with the musical advancement of a culture. I have a friend from The Ukraine who said that, when he was a kid, his dad went to an illegal underground bootleg tape store in some guys basement to buy him a horrible copy of Pink Floyd's "The Wall." I guess the album was illegal at the time? That sure seems like politics to me. It, also, seems to me that more free trade would make something like this more difficult. As would more freedom of the press and speech.
Is the metal scene growing at all? I guess the kids would have to get into it. Are they? Is there more metal to be heard than there used to be? Is there more musical variety in general, or are things still pretty much the same as ever?