ICEDEARTHFAN
IN MEMORY.....
I don't live in northeast Alabama so I can't say this with certainty, but I'm willing to bet that the high school kids are less interested in bands with members their grandparent's age (such as Priest) but still are all about garbage bands like Trivium, Job for a Cowboy, etc. Metal is still popular...just not the type that was popular 25 years ago.
But what music from 25 years ago still has the same popularity today as it did then?
I'll give you a couple of bands that are worshipped in my area from way back:
Led Zepplin,Aerosmith,Van Halen,Journey,Motley Crue.Don't get me wrong,I realize those bands are legends.But I use them to ask this question: Why are they considered still cool by kids today and Priest or Ozzy or insert band here is not?The radio stations where I live played metal all day long and then poof it was gone unless it was considered classic rock.You may be right on the bands you mentioned about kids today being into around here.I'm too disgusted with them to ask.........