Re: Zep Content on "48 Hours"

[AylaKat@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 08/18/2001 4:24:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
owner-zeppelin-digest@xxxxxxxx writes:

> This kind of horror is what kept me from becoming a Zep fan when I was 
>  younger, and why so many of us get teased badly for being Zep fans, today. 
 
>  It's sad, that, in spite of all the good that the former band members do 
now,
>  
>  and the fact that many of the fans are decent people, this kind of thing 
> gets 
>  exposed on a prime-time television show, rather than something far more 
>  horrible (not to say that this wasn't, it's just not representative of the 
>  average current fan).  It's also why our local library will only let you 
>  access Zep fan sites on the adult computer--the kiddie computers are 
blocked 

Relax there, just because they were advertised as Zep fans doesn't mean that 
it brings negativity down on the group... to intelligent people, anyhow.  
People who say "Oh that hard rock music made them do bad things" just wish 
that they could understand what we do.  And what if it gets exposed?  Worse 
stuff has happened involving Mickey Mouse, Beavis and Butthead, and Marilyn 
Manson... but if anyone had sense they'd know who was at fault... the people, 
not their pastimes.

Hey, the news tends to come down on video games and heavy metal for all the 
shootings in schools we've had recently... but nobody ever said the news 
tells the truth all the time.  Hell, if the news told more about how kids get 
tormented by peers and ignored by administrators rather than the fact that 
they listen to Manson or Zep or play Doom or Diablo, someone might be able to 
help them.  But then the news would have nothing to show, and putting the 
spotlight where it belongs would get them in trouble with the politicians.

Christ, I got into a topic I didn't mean to get into.  Silly me.  In any 
case, let the TV blame Zep (did they even?  I didn't even see this) and let 
people figure it out for themselves...

Kat, the rambler (who knows about this sort of thing being this age)

BTW, people my age don't get teased for liking Zep--Zep, the Doors, and Floyd 
are back in style so all the rock teens have a field day buying patches and 
stuff.  I sorta hate it, because people expect me now to dye my hair blue and 
wear all black... it's another trendy clique thing and frankly it gets on my 
nerves...