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This is Wacken Open Air,
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the biggest gatheringof metal heads in the world.
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Each year,over 60,000 devoted fans
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come to camp out in the fields
of northern Germany
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to worship their favourite
metal bands.
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And whether you've come to seedeath metal,
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power metal,
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black metal,
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goth metal,
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or even viking metal,
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if you're a diehard metal fan,
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this is the place to be.
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This is me.
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My name is Sam Dunn
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and, as you can see,
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I'm one of the diehardmetal fans.
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Ever since I was 12-years-old,
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I've been obsessedwith all things metal.
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And although my parents hoped
it was a phase,
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it wasn't.
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I grew up,
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got my graduate degreein anthropology,
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and then decided to make
a documentary
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about heavy metal culture.
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In the film,I traced the music back
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to its working class roots
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in the factory townsof England and America.
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I then showedhow early metal bands
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like Black Sabbath,Deep Purple and Blue Cheer
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laid the foundation for a crazy
number of metal sub-genres.
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Along the way,
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I met someof my childhood heroes
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and spoke to a ton of musicians
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about the controversysurrounding this music.
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Satan.
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I also heard from hundredsof metal fans
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about what this musicmeans to them.
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From the time
I was 12-years-old,
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metal was just a constant.
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And what I discoveredis this underground movement
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is even biggerthan I first thought.
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And for metal heads,
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it's about more thanjust music -
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it's an identity.
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After the film was released,
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I got a flood of emails
from metal fans
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thanking mefor giving this community
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the respect it deserves.
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But what surprised me was
how many different countries
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the emails came from.
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Many were from places
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I had no ideametal even existed.
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I mean, I knew there was metal
outside of Europe
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and north America -
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one of my favourite bands
is Sepultura from Brazil
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and I also have metal albums
recorded live in Japan -
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but the stories in these emails
got me thinking.
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For years anthropologists
have studied the effects
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of globalization,
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but I've never considered
heavy metal's role
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in this process.
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As metal has spread across
the globe,
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what new meaningsis it taking on
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for fans in countries
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with such vastly different
cultural,
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political and religious
backgrounds?
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Clearly, there's a whole world
of metal out there
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I know nothing about.
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But I'm not gonna find answers
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in the fieldsof northern Germany.
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So I'm taking my anthropology
studies on the road
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to understand how metal
has gone global.
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Yeah!
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♪ Only way to feel the noise
is when it's good and loud ♪
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♪ So good you can't believe it
screaming with the crowd ♪
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♪ Don't sweat it ♪
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♪ Get it back to you ♪
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♪ Overkill! ♪
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♪ Overkill! ♪
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♪ Overkill! ♪
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The first stop on my journeyis Brazil,
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the largest countryin Latin America,
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and a place most people
associate with beaches,
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soccer and samba,
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but if you ask any metal fan,
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they'll tell youthat it's also known
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for its massive metal scene.
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So what happened to make metal
so huge in this country?
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The people in the '70s lived
under a dictatorship in Brazil.
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We had this dictatorship for almost 25 years.
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During this dictatorship there was not a lot of
freedom and it wasn't easy to access information.
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And on that period
when we were teenagers,
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it was very hard to find
good instruments.
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The market was very closed
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for everything that comes
from abroad.
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The Brazilian dictatorship ended in 1985.
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At that moment the bands were starting to
release their first albums of Brazilian heavy metal.
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And what that means is that heavy metal
came along with democracy.
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I think the organizersof "Rock in Rio"
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felt the momentum
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and they organized
this festival,
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which was huge.
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There were 1,380,000 people
during 10 days,
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and it was the first time,
you know,
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everyone knew
what a metal head was
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and that there were so many.
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♪ Here I am! ♪
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♪ Rock you like a hurricane! ♪
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♪ Here I am! ♪
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♪ Rock you like a hurricane! ♪
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It may seem funny to you today,
wanting to see Whitesnake.
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It's a little ridiculous, but seeing Whitesnake,
Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions and Iron Maiden...
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...was overwhelming for a Brazilian in 1985.
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I wouldn't say that metal
came to free us,
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but I say that it was something
that we were begging for.
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We were begging to have
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that atmosphere of freedom
of speech,
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freedom of communication.
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Hey! Hey!
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Two minutes to midnight!
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Let me see your hands
in the air!
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Come on!
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Hey!
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We had to fly in by helicopter,
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because to get there
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all the roads were kind
of blocked and stuff.
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And so, as we got-
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as you get in closer
and closer,
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you know,
you could kind of see,
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you know,
you saw this kind of...
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It looked like smoke
coming up in the air,
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you know,
and what it was,
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it was actually
the steam rising off-
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bodies.
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The bodies,off the crowd.
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They were all in sync,all having a great time.
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You would see a multitude of
people lose themselves.
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It seemed like we were part
of something bigger than us.
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We felt like we were part of a big family...
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...of a religion.
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And people started to imagine that
this could be the music,
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...and the soundtrack of the moment that
Brazil became a new and free country.
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Everybody sing it! Go!
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♪ Two minutes to go! ♪
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♪ To midnight! ♪
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♪ The hands that threaten doom ♪
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♪ , amigo! ♪
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♪ Two minutes to go! ♪
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♪ To midnight! ♪
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♪ To kill the unborn in the womb! Yeah! ♪
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♪ The blind men shout let the creatures out ♪
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♪ We'll show the unbelievers ♪
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♪ The napalm screams
of human flames ♪
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♪ Of a prime time
Belsen feast yeah! ♪
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So here we are.
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We're in Sao Paulo,
in Brazil.
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We're at the Grandes Gallerias,
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otherwise known
as the Galleria du Rock.
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And uh...
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I guess you know metal's huge
in a country
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when there's a whole mall
devoted to it.
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♪ ...or the demon's seed! ♪
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♪ The glamour, the fortune,
the pain! ♪
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♪ Go to war again ♪
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♪ Blood is freedom's stain ♪
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♪ But don't you prayfor my soul anymore! ♪
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♪ Two minutes to midnight! ♪
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♪ The hands
that threaten doom! ♪
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♪ Two minutes to midnight... ♪
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I first heard Sepultura
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when I must have been around...
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13 or 14-years-old.
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It was hard to believethat there was metal
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actually coming out of Brazil.
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It seemed like it was coming
from so far away,
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from a place that was really
so different.
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Sepultura's founder,Max Cavalera,
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is one of my all-timemetal heroes,
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and finally I get the chance
to ask him
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what it was like starting out
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as an extreme metal band
in Brazil.
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Well, everything was a struggle
actually.
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From...
From our own struggle -
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we didn't know how to play,
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but we wanted to have a band.
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Then we didn't have money,
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but we really wantedto be in a band.
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The money was never a problem,
you know.
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You go around somehow.
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You figure out.
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Even how we lookedwe find ways.
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When we saw the destruction
album covers,
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they had bullet belts.
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So like we had to look like
those guys, man.
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You know, it was like,
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"we look like shit.
We look stupid.
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We need bullet belts."
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I think Igor came up with
with the idea -
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"well, let's get a bunch
of double-a batteries,
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glue them together,
take the picture from far.
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They will look like
bullet belts."
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And I was like,
"you must be nuts.
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It's not gonna work."
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And like,
"yeah, it'll work."
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So he worked on those batteries
for like a couple days.
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And they looked perfect,
they looked great.
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And I was like,"man, cool.
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Now we've got bullet belts.
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You know, what's next?" You know?
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Mass hypnosis!
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It was crazy, man.
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The Brazilian crowdjust went nuts
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from the first note...
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You know, the entire stadium
went crazy, mosh pit.
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My head's going a thousand
miles an hour.
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Like this is my country.
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This is where I grow up.
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We're playing inthe biggest stadium
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in the world of soccer.
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All the people that thought
Sepultura would never make it,
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everybody's here watching us.
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And we're turning it up,
you know,
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and we're playing everything
faster than we ever did.
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♪ Soldiers going nowhere! ♪
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♪ Soldiers blinded
by their faith! ♪
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Many kids identify themselveswith them
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because they were poor.
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They started out
without anything.
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They just like
wanted to play metal
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and managed to make
a living out of it.
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Sepultura is our big triumph,
our flag of Brazilian heavy metal.
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In the past Brazil was not
recognized as a country that had heavy metal...
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...but today it is recognized as a
country of heavy metal because of Sepultura.
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Talking about Sepultura outside of Brazil is like
talking about Pelé or the Amazon.
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Sepultura belongs to Brazil,
it is very important.
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A few years afterI got into Sepultura,
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they surprised me
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when they added traditional
Brazilian instruments
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into their music.
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This shocked a lot of people
in the metal community,
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including their ownrecord company.
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I think the owner said,
like it...
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He laughed.
He was like,
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"why do you want to gowith a bunch of naked Indians
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in the middle of the Amazon?
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Why don't they just record
the album in New York?"
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You know, something like that.
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You know, I think they didn't
understand at first,
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but definitely,when everything focused,
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yeah, the project...
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That was awesome, man.
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You know, I think people
were like blown away.
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♪ I believe in our fate! ♪
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♪ We don't need to fake! ♪
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♪ It's all we wanna be! ♪
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♪ Watch me freak! ♪
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I think a lot of countriesfall under the idea
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that we should copy America,
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and music goes under that too.
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And I think it sucks,
you know,
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because I don't think we should
copy the States.
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I think we should have
our own identity, you know.
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Dude...
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That is a huge subway system.
265
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I saw in Brazilhow a country's culture
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can be incorporatedinto metal music.
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But what about Japan,
268
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a place stereotyped
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for its obsessionwith Western culture?
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It's also known forits hardworking salary men,
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conformity,
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and extreme organization,
273
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none of which seemsvery metal to me.
274
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So what happens to metal's
rebellious spirit
275
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when it mixes withJapanese culture?
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Hopefully,I'll find out at Loud Park,
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the biggest metal festival
in Asia.
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Tokyo, Japan!
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Lamb of God! Lamb of God!
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Lamb of God!
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Walk with me in hell!
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The very first timewe came to Japan,
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we played a theater.
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We had like a...
285
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I think it was
a 3,000-seater theater.
286
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And they were all...
287
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Everybody was sitting
in their seats,
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and they had ushers
in every aisle.
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So we came here, you know,
290
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not having any idea
what was gonna happen,
291
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not believing
they were gonna sit down.
292
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'Cause I'm like, "there's no way
you can sit down
293
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and watch a Slayer show.
294
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It just ain't gonna happen."
295
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And the minute
we started playing...
296
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They got up
and they rushed to the front.
297
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And the promoter at the time
freaked out.
298
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They had never seenan audience
299
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just get up from their seats
and rush.
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You know, and we were sitting
there playing
301
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and all of a sudden,
while we were playing,
302
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you could see all the ushers
were like doing this.
303
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They made everybody
get back in their seats.
304
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And everybody-
so for the rest of the show
305
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they sat in their seats.
306
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They did this.
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Now the Japanese are moshing,
308
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now the Japanese
are body surfing.
309
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So we've seen that
complete evolution
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from when it wasn't allowed
at all,
311
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to now, it's kind of like
commonplace.
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Abort the war!
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Slayer!
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♪ The sport is war, total war, ♪
315
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♪ When the end is a slaughter ♪
316
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♪ The final swing
is not a drill ♪
317
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♪ It's how many people
I can kill! ♪
318
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I think Japanese metal fans' way of thinking is
different from Western people's way of thinking.
319
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For example, if you ask them
if metal expresses their feelings of...
320
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...oppression and dissatisfaction
most of them would probably say "No."
321
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In the West, if you're looking for rebellion
or feel isolated in society...
322
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...you would be drawn to metal music.
323
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This is not the case in Japan.
324
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For example, fans at
rock festivals are very courteous.
325
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If they throw down their garbage, later they'll
pick it up and perhaps bring it home with them.
326
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If you're a metal fan you'll
maintain your demonic image.
327
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During the concert you will
appear very demonic...
328
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...but once outside the concert
you go back to your courteous self.
329
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Wah!
330
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Usually I wear suits and a necktie...
331
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...that is my normal everyday life.
332
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Listening to hard music like metal
at home or at a concert...
333
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...changes my daily life dramatically.
334
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It makes me feel happier
and my feelings burst wide open.
335
00:19:36,167 --> 00:19:39,637
Sometimes Japan gets a little
bit of a bad rap from people
336
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because of the way people
kind of interact at the shows
337
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or the lack of interaction
or whatever,
338
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and to me that's horseshit.
339
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I mean, it's just...
340
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It's a different way
of expressing themselves and...
341
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We love going there and um...
342
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We love all the toothbrushes
that we get.
343
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We were wondering, of course,
in the beginning,
344
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if there was anything...
345
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If we had bad dental hygiene
or bad breath or whatever,
346
00:20:01,767 --> 00:20:05,237
but then, again,
you realize that it's just...
347
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It's their love.
348
00:20:06,967 --> 00:20:08,267
It's their way of showing love.
349
00:20:08,267 --> 00:20:09,567
"Here, have a toothbrush
350
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with some Japanese teddy bear
on it or whatever,"
351
00:20:13,477 --> 00:20:15,207
and it's like,
"okay, thank you."
352
00:20:15,207 --> 00:20:17,377
Okay, okay?
353
00:20:18,247 --> 00:20:19,107
Do you like metal?
354
00:20:19,117 --> 00:20:19,987
Yeah.
355
00:20:19,987 --> 00:20:22,157
I love metal!
356
00:20:24,317 --> 00:20:25,617
Okay... and cut.
357
00:20:25,617 --> 00:20:26,917
Okay? Okay?
358
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Arigato.
359
00:20:29,087 --> 00:20:30,387
Yes, thank you.
Thank you.
360
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I wish all my interviews
were that easy.
361
00:20:47,307 --> 00:20:48,607
At loud park,
362
00:20:48,607 --> 00:20:51,647
I found the new generation
of Japanese metal fans,
363
00:20:51,647 --> 00:20:54,247
but now I'm on the hunt
for some of the old guard
364
00:20:54,247 --> 00:20:57,277
to discover how metal arrived
in this country.
365
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Rumor has it
they hang out at Blackmore's,
366
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a small bar
367
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named after Deep Purple's
legendary guitarist,
368
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Ritchie Blackmore.
369
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♪ Nobody gonna take my car ♪
370
00:21:08,997 --> 00:21:11,597
♪ I'm gonna race it
to the ground! ♪
371
00:21:12,037 --> 00:21:14,207
♪ Nobody gonna beat my car ♪
372
00:21:14,207 --> 00:21:17,247
♪ It's gonna break the speed
of sound! ♪
373
00:21:17,317 --> 00:21:19,717
Deep Purple arrived in Japan in August 1972.
374
00:21:19,757 --> 00:21:27,037
Before that I thought that Deep Purple
had an organized and structured way of playing.
375
00:21:27,097 --> 00:21:29,087
But it wasn't like that.
376
00:21:29,097 --> 00:21:31,907
They were bringing more and more
improvisation into their performance.
377
00:21:32,157 --> 00:21:35,177
The finale was crazy.
We had never seen that before.
378
00:21:36,217 --> 00:21:40,557
Everyone rushed to the front
of the Budokan stage.
379
00:21:41,337 --> 00:21:44,357
Ritchie Blackmore was turning
the guitar upside down.
380
00:21:44,527 --> 00:21:48,007
That was the night when
Deep Purple became a legend.
381
00:22:02,957 --> 00:22:05,187
There is a current trend among
men in their 50s...
382
00:22:05,227 --> 00:22:09,687
...they reunite with old band members from
university or high school and play together.
383
00:22:09,767 --> 00:22:14,597
And what they always play
in the studio is "Highway Star."
384
00:22:14,627 --> 00:22:17,857
Everyone wants to be the guitarist
and only play the solo.
385
00:22:17,937 --> 00:22:21,287
But I heard the vocalists have a
hard time because the key is too high.
386
00:22:22,737 --> 00:22:25,767
♪ I love her! I need her! ♪
387
00:22:25,777 --> 00:22:26,777
♪ I seed her! ♪
388
00:22:28,377 --> 00:22:32,277
♪ Yeah, it's a wild hurricane!
All right! All right! ♪
389
00:22:32,367 --> 00:22:38,147
KISS arrived a few years later.
390
00:22:40,087 --> 00:22:41,817
All right, Tokyo!
391
00:22:43,927 --> 00:22:47,397
When they came off the plane
they were in full makeup and costume.
392
00:22:48,067 --> 00:22:51,007
The problem was that they couldn't
pass through immigration like this.
393
00:22:51,417 --> 00:22:55,347
So they had to take the makeup off
in order to pass through immigration.
394
00:22:55,667 --> 00:22:59,557
Afterwards they re-applied all their makeup
and changed back into their costumes.
395
00:22:59,637 --> 00:23:04,767
Then they came out of immigration
in full stage costume...
396
00:23:04,977 --> 00:23:07,707
...thousands of fans flooded them.
397
00:23:08,277 --> 00:23:12,547
If you see the videos of when
they arrived in the '70s you might faint.
398
00:23:12,617 --> 00:23:16,087
♪ You show us everythingyou've got! ♪
399
00:23:16,087 --> 00:23:19,557
♪ You keep on dancin'and the room gets hot! ♪
400
00:23:19,557 --> 00:23:23,027
♪ You drive us wild,we'll drive you crazy! ♪
401
00:23:26,307 --> 00:23:30,527
The bang of the pyro and
their use of fire was the biggest shock to us.
402
00:23:33,007 --> 00:23:36,897
But wearing makeup on stage
was pretty well accepted.
403
00:23:37,777 --> 00:23:39,077
♪ I can't hear ya! ♪
404
00:23:39,517 --> 00:23:42,557
♪ I wanna rock and roll... ♪
405
00:23:42,617 --> 00:23:46,557
In Japan, because of the makeup
KISS also reminds us of Kabuki theater.
406
00:23:46,607 --> 00:23:49,647
Because of that I think a lot of Japanese
people felt a certain intimacy with them.
407
00:23:49,687 --> 00:23:50,987
♪ All right! ♪
408
00:23:52,097 --> 00:23:53,837
♪ And party every day! ♪
409
00:23:53,827 --> 00:23:56,857
♪ I wanna rock and roll
all night! ♪
410
00:23:59,037 --> 00:24:00,777
♪ And party every day! ♪
411
00:24:18,987 --> 00:24:21,157
After spending some timein Japan,
412
00:24:21,157 --> 00:24:23,317
I realize there's a lot more
going on
413
00:24:23,327 --> 00:24:26,357
than just obsessionwith Western culture.
414
00:24:26,357 --> 00:24:30,257
This place is unlike anywhere
I've ever experienced,
415
00:24:30,267 --> 00:24:31,997
but I still need to know
if the Japanese
416
00:24:32,437 --> 00:24:35,047
have done anything unique
with heavy metal music.
417
00:24:35,037 --> 00:24:36,767
Welcome.
It's good times.
418
00:24:36,767 --> 00:24:38,067
We're gonna meet
Marty Friedman,
419
00:24:38,077 --> 00:24:39,077
guitar god.
420
00:24:41,107 --> 00:24:43,707
Rock Fujiyama!
421
00:24:50,217 --> 00:24:51,517
I'm a multi-platinum artist
422
00:24:51,517 --> 00:24:54,117
from a major bandcalled Megadeth
423
00:24:54,127 --> 00:24:57,167
that has rocked Japanso many times,
424
00:24:57,157 --> 00:24:58,027
rocked the whole world,
425
00:24:58,027 --> 00:25:01,057
and yet I choose to live
in Japan
426
00:25:01,067 --> 00:25:03,237
and play Japanese pop music
427
00:25:03,227 --> 00:25:05,827
and be on Japanese
variety TV shows.
428
00:25:07,567 --> 00:25:09,737
In Japan, taboos are off.
429
00:25:09,737 --> 00:25:11,907
I mean there's all kinds
of mixes
430
00:25:11,907 --> 00:25:14,067
and like, for example,
I'm about to do this project
431
00:25:14,077 --> 00:25:15,807
that I was telling you
about before
432
00:25:15,807 --> 00:25:17,107
called "Death Panda,"
433
00:25:17,117 --> 00:25:19,717
where I'm playing this
full-on metal music,
434
00:25:19,717 --> 00:25:23,187
but it's gonna be sung
by 48 teenage girls.
435
00:25:27,957 --> 00:25:29,257
♪ Death panda death! ♪
436
00:25:29,257 --> 00:25:30,557
♪ Death panda death! ♪
437
00:25:33,597 --> 00:25:34,897
♪ Death panda death! ♪
438
00:25:34,897 --> 00:25:36,627
♪ Death panda death! ♪
439
00:25:36,627 --> 00:25:37,497
That could never happen
in America
440
00:25:37,497 --> 00:25:38,797
or in other countries
441
00:25:38,797 --> 00:25:40,537
or, you know,
the way I grew up.
442
00:25:40,967 --> 00:25:44,867
Every single culture has
something really cool to offer.
443
00:25:44,877 --> 00:25:46,617
And metal, you know,
444
00:25:47,907 --> 00:25:50,507
I think it was like
America and England,
445
00:25:50,517 --> 00:25:51,817
you know what I mean?
446
00:25:51,817 --> 00:25:53,987
And then other countries
did their own slant on it.
447
00:25:53,987 --> 00:25:55,287
In Japan,
448
00:25:55,287 --> 00:25:57,457
my favourite kindof Japanese metal
449
00:25:57,457 --> 00:25:59,197
is visual kei music.
450
00:26:16,967 --> 00:26:19,137
Visual kei is a phenomenon
451
00:26:19,137 --> 00:26:20,867
that is unbelievable.
452
00:26:20,877 --> 00:26:23,477
It's guys that are dressed up
in gorgeous,
453
00:26:23,477 --> 00:26:26,077
I guess kind of glammeets goth
454
00:26:26,077 --> 00:26:30,417
meets really, reallyextravagant heavy metal.
455
00:26:30,417 --> 00:26:31,717
Not "Twisted Sister"
456
00:26:31,717 --> 00:26:33,887
guys-wearing-their-mom's-clothes
kind of feminine;
457
00:26:33,887 --> 00:26:36,317
the makeup, it's beautiful.
458
00:26:42,127 --> 00:26:44,297
Of all the bands that weredoing visual music,
459
00:26:44,297 --> 00:26:46,897
"X-Japan" became the biggest
460
00:26:46,897 --> 00:26:49,497
and by far the most versatile
musically.
461
00:26:52,537 --> 00:26:56,007
I started playing the piano when I was four,
462
00:26:56,007 --> 00:26:57,307
classical piano.
463
00:26:57,317 --> 00:27:00,787
The first concert
I saw was KISS.
464
00:27:01,217 --> 00:27:03,817
I think I was nine
or ten-years-old.
465
00:27:03,817 --> 00:27:07,717
I went to see KISS with my mother.
466
00:27:07,727 --> 00:27:09,467
So that pretty much
changed my life.
467
00:27:33,747 --> 00:27:36,347
At the beginning,the music industry hated us.
468
00:27:36,347 --> 00:27:38,947
We were like the black sheep
of the family.
469
00:27:38,957 --> 00:27:39,957
Completely.
470
00:27:40,687 --> 00:27:42,857
Yeah, nobody even wanted
to interview us.
471
00:27:42,857 --> 00:27:44,587
But eventually...
472
00:27:44,597 --> 00:27:47,637
Yeah, we sold 20 million
albums.
473
00:27:47,627 --> 00:27:49,797
So they had no choice.
474
00:27:49,797 --> 00:27:52,827
X-Japan is probablythe first thing
475
00:27:52,837 --> 00:27:55,447
that really got meinto Japanese rock music.
476
00:27:55,437 --> 00:27:56,737
And why?
477
00:27:56,737 --> 00:28:00,207
Because it's got the fastest,
heaviest music
478
00:28:00,207 --> 00:28:02,807
next to these sappy,
sappy ballads,
479
00:28:02,807 --> 00:28:04,977
and I happen to love
sappy ballads.
480
00:28:04,977 --> 00:28:06,277
But like I would never,
as an American,
481
00:28:06,277 --> 00:28:08,017
have the guts to put it
on an album
482
00:28:08,017 --> 00:28:09,317
next to a song
483
00:28:09,317 --> 00:28:11,047
that sounds like
"Fight Fire With Fire."
484
00:28:11,057 --> 00:28:13,657
You know, they've got songs
that sound like Barry Manilow
485
00:28:13,657 --> 00:28:16,257
that come right after
like these full-on metal epics.
486
00:28:16,257 --> 00:28:17,987
I'm like,
"how can they do this?"
487
00:28:17,997 --> 00:28:21,467
♪ ...endless hurt falling down! ♪
488
00:28:23,197 --> 00:28:25,797
♪ Rain flows into my heart ♪
489
00:28:27,097 --> 00:28:28,397
♪ In the pain ♪
490
00:28:29,267 --> 00:28:31,007
♪ I'm waiting for you! ♪
491
00:28:32,737 --> 00:28:34,907
♪ Can't go back! ♪
492
00:28:36,647 --> 00:28:40,117
And the people who listento the Japanese domestic rock
493
00:28:40,117 --> 00:28:41,857
and heavy-sounding music,
494
00:28:41,847 --> 00:28:43,147
they don't even know, really,
495
00:28:43,147 --> 00:28:46,187
that the international
heavy metal bands exist.
496
00:28:46,187 --> 00:28:47,047
It's very likely
497
00:28:47,057 --> 00:28:48,787
they've never heard
of Metallica.
498
00:28:48,787 --> 00:28:53,557
So it is very interesting
how these two genres can exist
499
00:28:54,427 --> 00:28:55,727
and they don't like each other
500
00:28:55,727 --> 00:28:57,897
and they sound so similar.
501
00:28:57,897 --> 00:28:59,627
The people who like
the international bands
502
00:28:59,637 --> 00:29:00,507
like at Loud Park,
503
00:29:00,507 --> 00:29:03,547
they don't think
the Japanese stuff is very cool.
504
00:29:03,537 --> 00:29:05,267
So what is
visual kei?
505
00:29:05,277 --> 00:29:07,447
I guess what makes it
not metal
506
00:29:07,447 --> 00:29:08,317
in your opinion?
507
00:29:08,307 --> 00:29:11,347
Because metal
is something cool.
508
00:29:11,777 --> 00:29:13,077
That's the answer.
509
00:29:20,457 --> 00:29:21,317
♪ I keep burning! ♪
510
00:29:21,327 --> 00:29:22,627
♪ The flame of vengeance ♪
511
00:29:22,627 --> 00:29:25,237
♪ In the temple
of the cold heart! ♪
512
00:29:25,227 --> 00:29:27,387
♪ A vengeance in grief
with a vengeance in relief ♪
513
00:29:27,827 --> 00:29:28,697
♪ They tore my heart ♪
514
00:29:28,697 --> 00:29:30,427
♪ And they tore me apart! ♪
515
00:29:40,847 --> 00:29:43,447
♪ Take my oath now! ♪
516
00:29:43,447 --> 00:29:44,757
♪ Can't escape the devil ♪
517
00:29:44,747 --> 00:29:46,047
♪ That is part of yourself! ♪
518
00:29:46,047 --> 00:29:47,777
♪ Take my oath now! ♪
519
00:29:48,217 --> 00:29:49,517
♪ Take your mind ♪
520
00:29:49,517 --> 00:29:50,817
♪ And call on the devil
in your heart! ♪
521
00:29:50,817 --> 00:29:53,417
♪ Calling up the devil
in my heart! ♪
522
00:29:53,417 --> 00:29:55,587
♪ I need to retrieve the things
that I've wept for! ♪
523
00:29:55,587 --> 00:29:58,187
♪ Calling up the devil
in my heart! ♪
524
00:29:58,197 --> 00:30:01,237
♪ Before I drown
in the deepest sorrow! ♪
525
00:30:01,227 --> 00:30:03,397
♪ Calling up the devil
in my heart! ♪
526
00:30:03,397 --> 00:30:05,127
♪ The devil is my scar! ♪
527
00:30:18,577 --> 00:30:21,617
Oh my God.
Check this out.
528
00:30:24,217 --> 00:30:26,387
We've gotta find"Global Metal" here.
529
00:30:26,387 --> 00:30:29,417
We just arrived in Mumbai,
in India.
530
00:30:29,427 --> 00:30:30,727
We have to find "Global Metal"
531
00:30:30,727 --> 00:30:32,887
among all these signs.
532
00:30:35,067 --> 00:30:38,977
I've got a really sound
entrepreneurial idea.
533
00:30:38,967 --> 00:30:40,267
What's that?
534
00:30:40,267 --> 00:30:41,997
If someone busted outinto colored paper
535
00:30:42,007 --> 00:30:44,177
you just might spot it.
536
00:31:16,267 --> 00:31:17,567
So far I've visited countries
537
00:31:17,577 --> 00:31:19,747
with well-establishedmetal scenes,
538
00:31:19,737 --> 00:31:22,337
but in India the sceneis just getting started
539
00:31:22,347 --> 00:31:25,817
and no major metal bands
have played here.
540
00:31:25,817 --> 00:31:27,987
Back in school,I would always read about India
541
00:31:27,987 --> 00:31:30,157
in my anthropology textbooks.
542
00:31:30,147 --> 00:31:33,617
It's one of the world's oldest
and most distinct cultures,
543
00:31:33,617 --> 00:31:36,217
but I can seeit's quickly modernizing
544
00:31:36,227 --> 00:31:37,967
and metal isn't the only
Western influence
545
00:31:38,397 --> 00:31:41,007
that's starting to creep in.
546
00:31:44,027 --> 00:31:45,767
People love the camerain India.
547
00:31:45,767 --> 00:31:47,927
They know this is a film,
a film's being made,
548
00:31:47,937 --> 00:31:49,237
and they're excited.
549
00:31:49,237 --> 00:31:52,707
You know,they can't get close enough.
550
00:31:52,707 --> 00:31:53,707
A case in point.
551
00:31:55,307 --> 00:31:56,177
I have to sayit's pretty obvious
552
00:31:56,177 --> 00:31:57,907
that this is the homeof Bollywood.
553
00:31:58,347 --> 00:31:59,207
Bollywood, in short,
554
00:31:59,217 --> 00:32:02,257
is a really, really
cheesy movie
555
00:32:02,687 --> 00:32:05,727
with a hell of a lot of songs
and dancing around trees.
556
00:32:26,107 --> 00:32:29,137
It's one of the biggestindustries in India.
557
00:32:29,147 --> 00:32:32,617
And all the Indian kids
are listening to remixes
558
00:32:32,617 --> 00:32:33,917
and indie pop stuff.
559
00:32:33,917 --> 00:32:34,777
And like, you know,
560
00:32:34,787 --> 00:32:36,957
basically whatever the channels
are showing,
561
00:32:36,947 --> 00:32:38,687
that's what peopleare absorbing.
562
00:32:38,687 --> 00:32:40,417
Not just among young people.
563
00:32:40,417 --> 00:32:42,157
I mean, right from the villages
564
00:32:42,157 --> 00:32:44,757
to the richest guy in India
probably,
565
00:32:44,757 --> 00:32:46,927
they're all fans
of Bollywood music.
566
00:32:52,137 --> 00:32:53,877
It's got to be catchy.
It's got to be bouncy.
567
00:32:53,867 --> 00:32:56,037
They can shake their ass to it
and stuff.
568
00:32:56,037 --> 00:32:58,637
But at the end of the day,
it's just nothing.
569
00:32:58,637 --> 00:32:59,507
There's no meaning to it.
570
00:32:59,507 --> 00:33:03,407
It's a very soft,
timid kind of music
571
00:33:03,407 --> 00:33:06,877
for very, you know,
weak-hearted kind of people.
572
00:33:06,877 --> 00:33:08,177
I don't relate to all that.
573
00:33:08,187 --> 00:33:10,357
I want my music to be strong,
574
00:33:11,217 --> 00:33:12,517
so that's why I relate
to metal.
575
00:33:19,897 --> 00:33:21,197
Metal heads in Mumbai
576
00:33:21,197 --> 00:33:22,927
have told me aboutthe problems they have
577
00:33:22,927 --> 00:33:25,527
finding venuesto put on metal shows.
578
00:33:25,537 --> 00:33:27,707
Recently, they've beenhaving them at a beach motel
579
00:33:27,707 --> 00:33:29,447
on the north side of the city,
580
00:33:29,437 --> 00:33:31,607
a venue that's more known
for Hindu weddings
581
00:33:31,607 --> 00:33:33,767
than extreme metal concerts.
582
00:33:33,777 --> 00:33:35,087
Fucking metal!
583
00:33:57,637 --> 00:33:58,937
For us, metal is something special, you know?
584
00:33:58,937 --> 00:34:02,407
It's like I grew up with Priest,
Maiden, Sabbath, Dio,
585
00:34:02,407 --> 00:34:03,707
all these bands,
586
00:34:03,707 --> 00:34:05,447
and every time
say I put on a Priest CD,
587
00:34:05,437 --> 00:34:07,607
I feel like...
588
00:34:07,607 --> 00:34:09,777
I'm practically moved to tears,
you know, sometimes.
589
00:34:10,647 --> 00:34:12,807
People who listen to metal
590
00:34:12,817 --> 00:34:14,987
are very passionate
about the music.
591
00:34:14,987 --> 00:34:16,727
I guess they can identify
with it.
592
00:34:16,717 --> 00:34:19,317
It gives you sort of an identity
of your own.
593
00:34:19,317 --> 00:34:21,487
It also makes a statement that,
you know,
594
00:34:21,487 --> 00:34:24,087
we aren't exactly going
to just be force-fed
595
00:34:24,087 --> 00:34:26,257
or conform to anything
and everything
596
00:34:26,257 --> 00:34:28,427
that society asks us to do.
597
00:34:28,867 --> 00:34:30,167
We have our own wayof thinking,
598
00:34:30,167 --> 00:34:31,467
our own way of living.
599
00:34:31,467 --> 00:34:34,937
You know, we want to follow
our own path in life,
600
00:34:34,937 --> 00:34:37,097
especially in a society
that tells you what to do,
601
00:34:37,107 --> 00:34:38,847
who you're supposed to be,
602
00:34:38,837 --> 00:34:39,707
where you're supposed to work,
603
00:34:39,707 --> 00:34:40,767
who you're supposed to marry.
604
00:34:40,777 --> 00:34:41,437
All that shit, you know?
605
00:34:41,447 --> 00:34:43,617
It's not like
the American system
606
00:34:43,607 --> 00:34:44,907
or like the system in the West
607
00:34:44,917 --> 00:34:47,087
where like, you know,
the kid moves out
608
00:34:47,077 --> 00:34:48,377
after he turns 18.
609
00:34:48,387 --> 00:34:49,687
Like people still live
with their parents
610
00:34:49,687 --> 00:34:51,427
till like, you know,
they grow old out here.
611
00:34:51,857 --> 00:34:54,897
It's like, you know,
our parents are our...
612
00:34:54,887 --> 00:34:56,187
You know,
they are our gods.
613
00:34:56,187 --> 00:34:59,657
Whatever they say
has to be right for us.
614
00:34:59,657 --> 00:35:02,257
It need not be necessarily
correct all the time.
615
00:35:02,697 --> 00:35:05,297
How do your parents feel aboutyou listening to metal music?
616
00:35:09,637 --> 00:35:10,937
"Quit playing the fool,
you know.
617
00:35:10,937 --> 00:35:12,667
You're past the age now.
618
00:35:12,677 --> 00:35:14,417
Get serious about your studies,
your career.
619
00:35:14,407 --> 00:35:15,707
You have to get married soon."
620
00:35:16,147 --> 00:35:17,147
"Why?"
621
00:35:17,877 --> 00:35:18,907
And "what for?"
622
00:35:19,617 --> 00:35:21,357
"What is this crap
you're listening to?
623
00:35:21,347 --> 00:35:23,947
For God's sake,
please stop this noise."
624
00:35:42,607 --> 00:35:46,077
So on one side you've got a metal show -
625
00:35:46,077 --> 00:35:47,817
the local Mumbai metal show.
626
00:35:47,807 --> 00:35:49,107
On the other side,
627
00:35:49,107 --> 00:35:50,407
we have a traditional
Indian wedding.
628
00:35:50,407 --> 00:35:53,007
So let's go check it out.
629
00:36:04,727 --> 00:36:06,887
People here are mostlyreligious,
630
00:36:06,897 --> 00:36:08,197
very Orthodox.
631
00:36:08,197 --> 00:36:09,497
You know,
people are only of late
632
00:36:09,497 --> 00:36:12,967
opening up to newer things
and becoming different,
633
00:36:12,967 --> 00:36:14,267
you know, open-minded.
634
00:36:14,267 --> 00:36:16,437
The metal crowd is...
635
00:36:16,437 --> 00:36:17,737
are all people
who are actually
636
00:36:17,737 --> 00:36:20,337
like many of them
are engineers
637
00:36:20,337 --> 00:36:21,207
or they're graduates,
638
00:36:21,207 --> 00:36:23,377
post graduates
from top colleges.
639
00:36:23,377 --> 00:36:24,677
They're all actually
intellectual.
640
00:36:24,677 --> 00:36:25,977
They think,
641
00:36:25,977 --> 00:36:27,707
but they're ready to stand up
for what they believe.
642
00:36:27,717 --> 00:36:29,447
Like there's a lot
of discrimination
643
00:36:29,447 --> 00:36:32,047
that happens otherwise
in society out here
644
00:36:32,057 --> 00:36:33,797
with caste, creed,
religion, sex,
645
00:36:33,787 --> 00:36:35,087
whatever you want to call it.
646
00:36:35,087 --> 00:36:36,817
Like, but within metal,
647
00:36:36,827 --> 00:36:38,997
they are very open to people
of any caste,
648
00:36:38,997 --> 00:36:40,297
religion, creed, whatever.
649
00:36:40,297 --> 00:36:43,337
There's no specifications
or classifications in metal.
650
00:36:43,327 --> 00:36:44,197
It's just...
651
00:36:44,197 --> 00:36:45,927
It combines the whole community
together.
652
00:36:45,937 --> 00:36:47,677
We, as a band,
653
00:36:48,967 --> 00:36:51,567
follow one religion
that is called music.
654
00:36:51,577 --> 00:36:55,047
We- originally,
I am a Hindu by birth.
655
00:36:55,047 --> 00:36:56,347
And the others
are Christians,
656
00:36:56,347 --> 00:36:57,217
they are Maharashtrians,
657
00:36:57,207 --> 00:36:58,507
they are, you know,
658
00:36:58,517 --> 00:37:01,557
people who follow different
religions, all right?
659
00:37:01,547 --> 00:37:02,847
And uh...
660
00:37:02,847 --> 00:37:04,147
But, you know,
that doesn't hamper us
661
00:37:04,147 --> 00:37:06,747
from making music,
which is universal.
662
00:37:06,757 --> 00:37:09,367
Music is, you know,
one language.
663
00:37:09,357 --> 00:37:11,517
It's just like
the sky above us.
664
00:37:11,527 --> 00:37:14,127
You know,
there's one for everyone.
665
00:37:14,127 --> 00:37:16,297
So we can have a guy wearinga Gandhi shirt
666
00:37:16,297 --> 00:37:18,027
and a guy wearingan iron maiden shirt
667
00:37:18,037 --> 00:37:19,337
in the same band?
668
00:37:19,337 --> 00:37:20,337
Yes.
669
00:37:21,937 --> 00:37:23,667
Yeah, we have Gandhi
in our hearts.
670
00:37:23,667 --> 00:37:26,267
We have Mahatma Gandhi-ji
in our hearts.
671
00:37:26,277 --> 00:37:27,577
And Maiden in your hearts.
672
00:37:27,577 --> 00:37:29,737
And Maiden
in my heart. And Maiden, yes.
673
00:37:29,747 --> 00:37:31,487
It's been an honour for all of us
674
00:37:31,477 --> 00:37:34,947
and may you succeed
in all walks of life.
675
00:37:34,947 --> 00:37:36,677
And, yes,
that's it.
676
00:37:36,687 --> 00:37:37,987
This is considered
very sacred
677
00:37:37,987 --> 00:37:39,287
and very holy,
678
00:37:39,287 --> 00:37:41,887
and we are giving
India to you.
679
00:37:41,887 --> 00:37:44,057
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
680
00:37:44,057 --> 00:37:46,227
Thank you.
Do I wear it?
681
00:37:46,227 --> 00:37:48,827
Yeah.
If you wish to, yes.
682
00:37:48,827 --> 00:37:49,827
Do people wear them?
683
00:37:50,127 --> 00:37:51,867
Yes, they do.
684
00:37:54,907 --> 00:37:55,907
There we go.
685
00:37:56,207 --> 00:37:57,507
This is...
686
00:37:57,507 --> 00:37:59,237
This is Hindi
black metal right here.
687
00:37:59,237 --> 00:38:00,537
Hindi black metal.
688
00:38:09,217 --> 00:38:10,947
Visiting India makes me realize
689
00:38:10,947 --> 00:38:15,717
that my anthropology textbooks
are seriously out of date.
690
00:38:15,727 --> 00:38:18,327
This country is going through
massive changes
691
00:38:18,327 --> 00:38:19,627
and my new Indian metal friends
692
00:38:19,627 --> 00:38:22,227
are part of an emerging
middle class.
693
00:38:22,227 --> 00:38:26,127
For them, metal is a way
to connect to a global culture
694
00:38:26,137 --> 00:38:28,307
and break freefrom the restrictions they feel
695
00:38:28,307 --> 00:38:31,347
in their traditional society.
696
00:38:31,337 --> 00:38:33,507
But India isn't the only
country in this region
697
00:38:33,507 --> 00:38:36,107
going through massive changes.
698
00:38:51,297 --> 00:38:54,337
China is increasinglyopening up to the West,
699
00:38:54,327 --> 00:38:56,497
but the government still keeps
tight control
700
00:38:56,497 --> 00:38:57,357
on the music and culture
701
00:38:57,367 --> 00:38:59,967
they officially let into
the country.
702
00:38:59,967 --> 00:39:01,267
And at this point
703
00:39:01,267 --> 00:39:03,437
I'm not even surewe'll get through customs
704
00:39:03,437 --> 00:39:06,037
traveling with 300 kilograms
of film equipment
705
00:39:06,037 --> 00:39:08,207
on tourist visas.
706
00:39:08,207 --> 00:39:11,247
In China, I will be known as
"S. Duhh."
707
00:39:12,547 --> 00:39:12,977
Duhh.
708
00:39:12,977 --> 00:39:13,977
Duhh.
709
00:39:14,277 --> 00:39:16,017
It was a big kind of hassle
710
00:39:16,017 --> 00:39:18,177
trying to get the visas
and stuff like that.
711
00:39:18,187 --> 00:39:20,347
So we don't really know
what's gonna happen.
712
00:39:20,357 --> 00:39:22,527
What are we gonna say?
713
00:39:22,527 --> 00:39:26,437
We're going to say we're here on a holiday.
714
00:39:26,427 --> 00:39:28,157
We've just come to Beijing
for a holiday
715
00:39:28,167 --> 00:39:30,337
because it's in
the neighbourhood.
716
00:39:35,967 --> 00:39:39,437
Next please.
717
00:39:39,437 --> 00:39:40,437
Hello.
718
00:39:42,047 --> 00:39:44,647
Your passport?
719
00:39:44,647 --> 00:39:45,077
Thank you.
720
00:39:45,077 --> 00:39:46,377
Yup.
721
00:39:48,117 --> 00:39:48,977
That was easy.
722
00:39:48,987 --> 00:39:50,727
Did he ask you anything?
723
00:39:50,717 --> 00:39:51,587
Nothing.
724
00:39:51,587 --> 00:39:52,887
I think we just walked
right through.
725
00:39:52,887 --> 00:39:54,187
Welcome to China.
726
00:40:26,287 --> 00:40:28,017
Biking in Beijing, man.
727
00:40:28,027 --> 00:40:29,327
I don't know.
728
00:40:29,327 --> 00:40:31,497
I don't know if it's good
for the health exactly.
729
00:40:31,497 --> 00:40:34,097
I don't know.
It feels good to ride, but...
730
00:40:34,097 --> 00:40:37,137
I'm choking on the pollution
to be honest.
731
00:40:37,127 --> 00:40:40,597
China is home to one fifth
of the world's population
732
00:40:40,597 --> 00:40:44,937
and where probably 90 percent
of my metal t-shirts were made.
733
00:40:44,937 --> 00:40:46,237
And yet, like India,
734
00:40:46,237 --> 00:40:49,277
no major metal bandhas ever played here.
735
00:40:49,277 --> 00:40:50,577
But searching the Internet
736
00:40:50,577 --> 00:40:53,177
I found one placewhere they sell metal music -
737
00:40:53,177 --> 00:40:56,217
the 666 Rock Shopin downtown Beijing.
738
00:40:56,217 --> 00:40:58,377
Hey, guys,
how are you?
739
00:40:58,387 --> 00:40:59,247
I'm Sam.
740
00:40:59,257 --> 00:41:00,997
Hey!
Welcome to China.
741
00:41:00,987 --> 00:41:01,987
Thank you.
742
00:41:02,027 --> 00:41:04,467
In the past, Chinese youth just listened.
743
00:41:04,537 --> 00:41:06,727
We listened to teachers, parents...
744
00:41:06,957 --> 00:41:09,807
...and accepted what we were told.
745
00:41:11,007 --> 00:41:13,817
We didn't have our own independent thoughts...
746
00:41:14,117 --> 00:41:16,927
...and we didn't have freedom of speech.
747
00:41:17,587 --> 00:41:21,877
Through the music we could begin
to express ourselves...
748
00:41:22,177 --> 00:41:27,677
...and do what we want to do.
Not caring what other people think.
749
00:41:28,667 --> 00:41:34,917
The older generation, including my parents,
represent a traditional Chinese education...
750
00:41:35,367 --> 00:41:40,907
...which is Confucian and Communist
education mixed together.
751
00:41:43,507 --> 00:41:47,677
Chinese parents don't know how to face a
boy who wants to have long hair...
752
00:41:48,137 --> 00:41:52,947
...get a tattoo and learn to play guitar.
753
00:42:06,247 --> 00:42:09,687
The MIDI school was established in 1993.
754
00:42:10,627 --> 00:42:12,647
Back then, China just opened up...
755
00:42:13,027 --> 00:42:18,277
...and many young people
wanted to learn modern music.
756
00:42:18,527 --> 00:42:21,877
At the school they learn all genres...
757
00:42:22,407 --> 00:42:30,997
...including metal and blues,
as well as jazz and improvisation.
758
00:42:31,647 --> 00:42:33,377
One, two, three...
759
00:42:42,497 --> 00:42:46,967
For twenty years, China was completely
closed off culturally from the outside world.
760
00:42:47,257 --> 00:42:52,427
In terms of music, Western rock
had a history of 50 years.
761
00:42:52,997 --> 00:42:57,167
We had to learn it in 10 years time.
762
00:43:04,177 --> 00:43:07,207
It's like heavy metal drum solitary confinement.
763
00:43:10,687 --> 00:43:11,987
In a lot of countries,
764
00:43:11,987 --> 00:43:14,147
big bands from the West
come and tour.
765
00:43:14,157 --> 00:43:15,467
But in China
it's very different.
766
00:43:15,457 --> 00:43:19,357
It hasn't had major
metal bands play here.
767
00:43:19,357 --> 00:43:21,527
How did metal
come to China?
768
00:43:21,587 --> 00:43:30,267
80% of youngsters came to know metal from
listening to a band called Tang Dynasty.
769
00:43:30,377 --> 00:43:36,077
It was the first metal band in China,
and an outstanding one.
770
00:43:42,787 --> 00:43:46,257
It's amazing. I can't believe it.
771
00:43:56,227 --> 00:43:57,527
I can't believe I'm here.
772
00:43:57,527 --> 00:43:59,267
It's a bit surreal actually.
773
00:44:00,567 --> 00:44:01,867
I'm Kaiser
774
00:44:01,867 --> 00:44:04,037
and I was born
in upstate New York.
775
00:44:04,037 --> 00:44:05,337
And around the time I was 12
776
00:44:05,337 --> 00:44:07,507
I think I bought
my first KISS album.
777
00:44:07,507 --> 00:44:10,107
And it wasn't until
I moved to China
778
00:44:10,107 --> 00:44:12,707
for the first time
in '88
779
00:44:13,577 --> 00:44:16,617
that I started playing
in a pure metal band.
780
00:44:16,617 --> 00:44:17,937
That band was called
Tang Dynasty.
781
00:44:30,927 --> 00:44:32,227
The real storyof my coming here
782
00:44:32,237 --> 00:44:33,537
and deciding to play rock
783
00:44:33,537 --> 00:44:35,277
starts with a little...
784
00:44:35,267 --> 00:44:38,737
Shitty Roland Cube 60 amp
and a guitar.
785
00:44:38,737 --> 00:44:40,037
And I came out here
786
00:44:40,037 --> 00:44:42,207
just sure I was going to find
some metal musicians.
787
00:44:42,207 --> 00:44:44,377
And when I got here,the first thing that happened
788
00:44:44,377 --> 00:44:46,547
was I ran into this guy
named Ding Wu.
789
00:44:46,547 --> 00:44:48,707
Ding Wu's got some fucking
blues chops.
790
00:44:48,717 --> 00:44:50,017
He's like bending strings,
791
00:44:50,017 --> 00:44:51,317
he's sliding up and down
the neck.
792
00:44:51,317 --> 00:44:53,487
But one thing he didn't know
how to do really
793
00:44:53,487 --> 00:44:55,217
was make a guitarreally overdrive.
794
00:44:55,227 --> 00:44:56,527
He didn't really know-
795
00:44:56,527 --> 00:44:57,397
I mean, he didn't have
effects boxes
796
00:44:57,387 --> 00:44:58,257
or anything like that.
797
00:44:58,257 --> 00:44:59,987
So anyway,then the lessons began
798
00:44:59,997 --> 00:45:03,037
where I did my whole sort of
Jack Black,
799
00:45:03,027 --> 00:45:04,757
you know, School of Rock
history of rock lessons,
800
00:45:04,767 --> 00:45:06,927
the family trees.
801
00:45:06,937 --> 00:45:08,677
And I said, "Ding Wu,
802
00:45:09,107 --> 00:45:10,407
you are a metal guy.
803
00:45:10,407 --> 00:45:13,447
I mean, it's clear to me
that you are a metal-
804
00:45:13,437 --> 00:45:15,167
I mean, you should be
a fucking headbanger.
805
00:45:15,177 --> 00:45:16,477
I mean, you are."
806
00:45:16,477 --> 00:45:18,637
He can sing like
a goddamned banshee
807
00:45:18,647 --> 00:45:20,807
and he had this likebewitching charisma.
808
00:45:20,817 --> 00:45:22,557
I mean, just a beautiful
stage presence.
809
00:45:22,547 --> 00:45:24,717
And so I just knew,
"dude, man,
810
00:45:24,717 --> 00:45:27,747
we're gonna make
the greatest band
811
00:45:27,757 --> 00:45:29,067
that China will ever see."
812
00:45:50,307 --> 00:45:52,907
A phenomena like Tang Dynasty,we did real well
813
00:45:52,917 --> 00:45:54,657
and we packed stadiums
and stuff,
814
00:45:54,647 --> 00:45:56,377
but most of the people
who came
815
00:45:56,387 --> 00:45:58,127
were not metal fans.
816
00:45:58,117 --> 00:45:59,417
They were just sort of...
817
00:45:59,417 --> 00:46:01,147
Interested in this phenomenon.
818
00:46:01,157 --> 00:46:03,327
They thought it was,you know, a curiosity.
819
00:46:03,327 --> 00:46:05,067
When we used to tour,
820
00:46:05,057 --> 00:46:07,657
people would just sit there
sort of slack-jawed, staring,
821
00:46:07,657 --> 00:46:10,257
not knowing
what the fuck we were.
822
00:46:10,267 --> 00:46:11,137
You know,
I'd hear people,
823
00:46:11,137 --> 00:46:12,877
people would
constantly shout -
824
00:46:14,597 --> 00:46:17,197
which means "hey buddy,
is that hair real?"
825
00:46:20,677 --> 00:46:24,147
The metal look worksfor Chinese males.
826
00:46:24,147 --> 00:46:26,757
This shit sprouts out
of our head quite naturally
827
00:46:26,747 --> 00:46:28,477
and it looks pretty good.
828
00:46:28,487 --> 00:46:30,227
I mean that echoes also with,
829
00:46:30,217 --> 00:46:33,247
I mean, all the great warriors
of ancient times, you know?
830
00:46:33,257 --> 00:46:35,427
Sometimes they'd tie it up
like this or whatever,
831
00:46:35,427 --> 00:46:37,597
but, you know,
but it's long hair.
832
00:46:37,587 --> 00:46:40,627
And so that resonates
for sure.
833
00:46:40,627 --> 00:46:43,227
You know, long hair means
sort of,
834
00:46:43,227 --> 00:46:44,967
you know, martial prowess.
835
00:46:54,507 --> 00:46:57,977
Tang Dynasty is how most peopleheard about metal in China,
836
00:46:57,977 --> 00:47:00,147
but how did they find out
about Western metal?
837
00:47:00,147 --> 00:47:01,877
Prior to, say 1994,
838
00:47:03,617 --> 00:47:06,217
almost every bit of music
that came into China
839
00:47:06,217 --> 00:47:08,387
that was of the metal ilk,
840
00:47:08,827 --> 00:47:12,297
was from students
or children of diplomats
841
00:47:12,297 --> 00:47:13,597
or children of like...
842
00:47:13,597 --> 00:47:16,637
Of multinational
corporations
843
00:47:16,627 --> 00:47:20,097
who made tapes or made copies
or ripped them or whatever,
844
00:47:20,097 --> 00:47:21,397
and then that stuff
circulated.
845
00:47:21,397 --> 00:47:24,867
What really turned
on the tap here
846
00:47:24,867 --> 00:47:27,037
was the advent
of what are called
847
00:47:27,037 --> 00:47:28,337
CD catalogue cut-outs.
848
00:47:29,647 --> 00:47:31,387
When an artist is cut out
of a repertoire
849
00:47:31,377 --> 00:47:32,677
from a record company
850
00:47:32,677 --> 00:47:34,407
to realize some tax savings,
851
00:47:34,417 --> 00:47:36,157
they destroy inventory.
852
00:47:36,147 --> 00:47:37,447
And, of course,
they don't actually destroy it.
853
00:47:37,447 --> 00:47:39,617
They call in,
you know, like...
854
00:47:39,617 --> 00:47:42,657
Tony Fazucci's trucking company
that comes
855
00:47:42,657 --> 00:47:45,257
and takes them straight
to the shipping yards
856
00:47:45,257 --> 00:47:48,287
and then halls this away
to China.
857
00:47:48,337 --> 00:47:50,487
You could find millions of these CDs
from any genre of music...
858
00:47:50,497 --> 00:47:55,017
...jazz, blues, classical, metal music... everything.
859
00:47:55,667 --> 00:47:59,137
Suddenly, all this stuffwas available dirt cheap.
860
00:47:59,137 --> 00:48:01,307
I mean really affordable
for Chinese people.
861
00:48:01,307 --> 00:48:03,037
I mean,
most of it was shit.
862
00:48:03,047 --> 00:48:04,347
I mean, there's a reason
why these artists
863
00:48:04,347 --> 00:48:06,087
were cut out of the repertoire
I suppose.
864
00:48:06,947 --> 00:48:08,247
But there were always like,
865
00:48:08,247 --> 00:48:11,277
there were always diamonds
in there as well.
866
00:48:14,757 --> 00:48:18,217
Heavy metal in China has comea long way since Tang Dynasty
867
00:48:18,227 --> 00:48:20,387
and illegal glam metal CDs.
868
00:48:20,397 --> 00:48:21,697
In Beijing,
869
00:48:21,697 --> 00:48:23,857
I've discovered a growing
underground music scene,
870
00:48:23,867 --> 00:48:26,037
a scene that is producing
the darkest,
871
00:48:26,037 --> 00:48:29,077
most extreme metal I've heard
on my journey so far.
872
00:48:44,167 --> 00:48:45,197
My name is Nong Yong.
873
00:48:45,927 --> 00:48:48,037
I am now 34 years old.
874
00:48:48,207 --> 00:48:55,567
I have always been very interested in music
since childhood, but in metal since 1998.
875
00:48:56,307 --> 00:49:00,607
I was very shocked that music
could be played in such a way.
876
00:49:00,937 --> 00:49:04,907
So I organized a band and
started to play metal music.
877
00:49:05,157 --> 00:49:09,827
At that time, I was part of the first wave
of people playing this type of music.
878
00:49:11,067 --> 00:49:17,927
I possess a certain kind of emotion.
Whenever I face trials in my life, I feel very dark.
879
00:49:19,627 --> 00:49:23,307
How do I express these dark feelings?
I choose to use metal music.
880
00:49:32,977 --> 00:49:36,527
The most important thing about metal
is that it gives young people a tool...
881
00:49:36,657 --> 00:49:39,677
...to express their emotions
in a very frank and direct way.
882
00:49:41,327 --> 00:49:47,277
They long to express
their own hatred and emotions.
883
00:49:48,767 --> 00:49:52,117
I grew up during the tail end of the
Chinese Cultural Revolution.
884
00:49:52,287 --> 00:49:55,547
In my childhood, if youngsters
had hatred for each other...
885
00:49:56,127 --> 00:50:03,527
...they would get together at the front gate
of school and have these brutal fights.
886
00:50:03,987 --> 00:50:11,047
So I think that metal has helped the Chinese
government solve some social problems...
887
00:50:11,427 --> 00:50:16,677
...because youngsters can express
their hatred and emotions through metal.
888
00:50:20,767 --> 00:50:24,777
The music of Chinese metal groups
reflects injustice,
889
00:50:25,397 --> 00:50:29,907
...political inadequacy
and corruption in government.
890
00:50:33,027 --> 00:50:38,887
It also reflects the low standard of
living, poverty and unfair treatment.
891
00:51:15,197 --> 00:51:16,937
I think that we're cominginto a time now
892
00:51:16,937 --> 00:51:18,667
where China's findingits footing.
893
00:51:18,677 --> 00:51:22,147
It can be somethingthat is at once...
894
00:51:22,147 --> 00:51:25,187
Distinctly modern
and unashamedly modern,
895
00:51:25,177 --> 00:51:28,647
and distinctly
and unabashedly Chinese.
896
00:51:29,947 --> 00:51:32,547
That's the movementthat I want to be a part of.
897
00:52:38,917 --> 00:52:40,217
So I've just travelled
898
00:52:40,217 --> 00:52:42,387
to two of the world'smost populous countries,
899
00:52:42,387 --> 00:52:44,117
India and China,
900
00:52:44,127 --> 00:52:47,167
where no major metal bands
have ever toured.
901
00:52:47,157 --> 00:52:49,327
And yet, in the middleof the pacific ocean,
902
00:52:49,327 --> 00:52:50,627
an impoverished nation
903
00:52:50,627 --> 00:52:52,797
with the largest Muslim
population in the world
904
00:52:52,797 --> 00:52:55,397
has had severalbig metal concerts,
905
00:52:55,407 --> 00:52:59,747
even while underan oppressive dictatorship.
906
00:53:04,507 --> 00:53:07,977
We're now facing the fifth
or the fourth...
907
00:53:07,977 --> 00:53:10,577
The biggest population
in the world,
908
00:53:10,587 --> 00:53:14,927
with nearly 300 million people
living in Indonesia.
909
00:53:14,917 --> 00:53:16,217
Unemployment here,
910
00:53:16,227 --> 00:53:17,967
it's staggering how bad
unemployment is.
911
00:53:17,957 --> 00:53:18,817
I mean, officially,
912
00:53:18,827 --> 00:53:20,557
it's only like
10 or 11 percent,
913
00:53:20,557 --> 00:53:23,597
but unofficially it's probably
more like 40 percent.
914
00:53:23,597 --> 00:53:25,327
You know,
and that's a lot of people.
915
00:53:25,327 --> 00:53:26,627
It's a big country.
916
00:53:26,637 --> 00:53:30,107
You could be in like
the most plush,
917
00:53:30,107 --> 00:53:32,717
corporate high-rise,
you know, area,
918
00:53:32,707 --> 00:53:34,007
and then right next to it
919
00:53:34,007 --> 00:53:36,177
there's like shantiesright there on the street.
920
00:53:36,177 --> 00:53:39,647
I mean, people literally living
in the gutter.
921
00:53:39,647 --> 00:53:43,977
And it's ironic to seeso many poor people
922
00:53:44,417 --> 00:53:46,147
in the country
923
00:53:46,157 --> 00:53:49,627
who have a mountain
of diamonds,
924
00:53:49,627 --> 00:53:50,927
sea of gold.
925
00:53:53,097 --> 00:53:55,267
That's ironic, huh?
926
00:53:55,257 --> 00:53:56,557
That's Indonesia.
927
00:53:56,567 --> 00:53:58,737
Hello, Indonesia!
928
00:53:58,737 --> 00:54:02,207
Nonconformity
in my inner self!
929
00:54:17,817 --> 00:54:20,417
♪ Walking these dirty streets ♪
930
00:54:20,417 --> 00:54:22,157
♪ With hate in my mind ♪
931
00:54:23,027 --> 00:54:25,197
♪ Feeling the scorn
of the world ♪
932
00:54:25,187 --> 00:54:27,357
♪ I won't follow rules! ♪
933
00:54:28,227 --> 00:54:29,227
♪ Blame and... ♪
934
00:54:30,397 --> 00:54:32,557
♪ Contradictions arise! ♪
935
00:54:32,567 --> 00:54:36,467
I think there's a whole thingconnected to Brazil
936
00:54:36,467 --> 00:54:37,767
and where I'm from
937
00:54:37,767 --> 00:54:39,507
that's connectedto third world lyrics,
938
00:54:39,507 --> 00:54:41,667
'cause this is their lyrics.
939
00:54:41,677 --> 00:54:44,287
When I'm singing aboutinner-self,
940
00:54:44,277 --> 00:54:47,307
of growing up on thesefucked up streets and shit,
941
00:54:47,317 --> 00:54:50,787
the Indonesian fans,
reading some of those lyrics,
942
00:54:50,787 --> 00:54:52,527
they feel connected to it.
943
00:54:52,517 --> 00:54:55,117
Sepultura are coming from
the third country as well,
944
00:54:55,117 --> 00:54:59,017
and Indonesia with poor,
injustice everywhere,
945
00:54:59,457 --> 00:55:01,187
starving people,
you know,
946
00:55:01,197 --> 00:55:02,497
the corruption.
947
00:55:02,497 --> 00:55:05,527
They're singing about that too
in their lyrics.
948
00:55:05,537 --> 00:55:06,407
You know,
it's a match
949
00:55:06,397 --> 00:55:09,867
with what happened
in this country
950
00:55:09,867 --> 00:55:10,867
all over the years.
951
00:55:12,907 --> 00:55:15,937
Halfway through the show,the kids got so crazy.
952
00:55:15,947 --> 00:55:18,117
The fucking place -
chaos, man.
953
00:55:18,107 --> 00:55:20,707
Hell broke loose
in the mosh pit.
954
00:55:20,717 --> 00:55:22,887
A couple minutes after that
they stopped the entire show
955
00:55:22,887 --> 00:55:25,057
and had these hugebamboo sticks.
956
00:55:25,047 --> 00:55:25,917
And they were like
kind of beating
957
00:55:25,917 --> 00:55:28,517
like the first row of kids.
958
00:55:29,387 --> 00:55:31,987
And they made 20,000 people
sit down on the floor
959
00:55:31,987 --> 00:55:34,157
without making one sound.
960
00:55:34,157 --> 00:55:35,457
You know, like,
961
00:55:35,457 --> 00:55:37,197
I never seen anything like that
in my life.
962
00:55:37,197 --> 00:55:38,927
You know, it was...
963
00:55:39,367 --> 00:55:41,097
None of us, man.
964
00:55:41,097 --> 00:55:43,267
I think we were like,
"holy shit."
965
00:55:44,567 --> 00:55:46,307
We played for the first time
ever here.
966
00:55:46,307 --> 00:55:48,467
We're so fucking proud
to be playing in front of you.
967
00:55:48,477 --> 00:55:51,517
I'm sorry for everything
that happened tonight.
968
00:55:52,817 --> 00:55:54,557
It's a lot similar -the kids in Brazil
969
00:55:54,547 --> 00:55:57,147
or in Eastern Europe.
970
00:55:57,587 --> 00:56:00,197
Rebellion.
Fucking pissed off.
971
00:56:00,187 --> 00:56:01,487
Real pissed off about
this shit,
972
00:56:01,487 --> 00:56:03,657
the way the life is, is...
973
00:56:03,657 --> 00:56:05,817
how they had to, you know,
974
00:56:06,697 --> 00:56:08,437
they grow up in this shithole
975
00:56:08,427 --> 00:56:11,027
and pretty much gonna die
in this shithole.
976
00:56:11,027 --> 00:56:12,757
So what do you do about it,
you know?
977
00:56:12,767 --> 00:56:14,497
So metal comes in.
978
00:56:34,887 --> 00:56:37,057
People were comingfrom everywhere,
979
00:56:37,057 --> 00:56:39,657
from Georgia,
from Surabaya,
980
00:56:39,657 --> 00:56:40,957
even from Bali.
981
00:56:40,957 --> 00:56:43,997
Everyone from mainland people
come just to see Metallica.
982
00:56:43,997 --> 00:56:46,597
I had to sell
my father's shoes
983
00:56:48,767 --> 00:56:50,497
so I can afford the tickets.
984
00:56:50,937 --> 00:56:53,107
So, yes, of course, I have...
985
00:56:53,107 --> 00:56:54,407
My father's angry at me.
986
00:56:55,277 --> 00:56:58,307
I remember driving to the gig,there were...
987
00:56:58,307 --> 00:57:00,477
A fuck of a lot of people
outside
988
00:57:00,477 --> 00:57:05,247
and the stadium was ina very rich part of Jakarta
989
00:57:05,247 --> 00:57:07,417
where a lot of the politicians
990
00:57:07,417 --> 00:57:10,457
and a lot of the old money
families live.
991
00:57:10,457 --> 00:57:14,357
So here we're thousands
and thousands of young kids
992
00:57:14,357 --> 00:57:16,527
with a lot of
kind of adolescent...
993
00:57:17,827 --> 00:57:19,557
That, you know,
994
00:57:19,567 --> 00:57:21,297
and Metallica was on
the other side
995
00:57:21,297 --> 00:57:22,597
of these stadium walls.
996
00:57:22,607 --> 00:57:23,907
And we were playing
997
00:57:23,907 --> 00:57:26,947
and a bunch of people
couldn't get in and so on.
998
00:57:26,937 --> 00:57:28,677
And then, obviously,
999
00:57:29,107 --> 00:57:31,277
pretty much all hell
broke loose out there.
1000
00:57:40,387 --> 00:57:43,857
♪ Die by my hand! ♪
1001
00:57:44,287 --> 00:57:46,457
♪ I creep across the land ♪
1002
00:57:46,897 --> 00:57:49,067
♪ Killing first-born man! ♪
1003
00:57:57,307 --> 00:57:59,477
♪ I rule the midnight air... ♪
1004
00:57:59,477 --> 00:58:01,217
We're sitting up on stageplaying, doing our thing,
1005
00:58:01,207 --> 00:58:03,807
and you can seelike fires and smoke
1006
00:58:03,807 --> 00:58:06,847
and all the, you know,
police sirens,
1007
00:58:06,847 --> 00:58:08,577
and, you know,
all that crap.
1008
00:58:08,577 --> 00:58:10,317
And it was just...
1009
00:58:10,317 --> 00:58:12,917
They basically just fucking tore
the whole neighbourhood up.
1010
00:58:12,917 --> 00:58:15,947
The army chased us
and we were like...
1011
00:58:15,957 --> 00:58:18,557
I was yelling,
"sir, I got tickets.
1012
00:58:18,557 --> 00:58:20,727
I want to get in the stadium.
1013
00:58:20,727 --> 00:58:21,587
We can't get in the stadium."
1014
00:58:21,597 --> 00:58:24,197
And he was like staring at us,
1015
00:58:25,937 --> 00:58:29,407
"you black t-shirt fucks,
you are all communist,"
1016
00:58:29,407 --> 00:58:31,147
and then starts swinging
with everything
1017
00:58:31,137 --> 00:58:33,307
and we just run away.
1018
00:58:34,177 --> 00:58:35,047
And I...
1019
00:58:35,037 --> 00:58:37,207
Got hit
in my head too.
1020
00:58:37,207 --> 00:58:39,807
Even I got the ticket,
1021
00:58:39,817 --> 00:58:41,117
they just hit everything.
1022
00:58:41,117 --> 00:58:42,857
No matter whether
you got ticket or not,
1023
00:58:42,847 --> 00:58:44,577
they just hit everything.
1024
00:58:58,027 --> 00:59:00,197
After the Metallica concert,
1025
00:59:00,197 --> 00:59:02,367
they banned all the metal show,
1026
00:59:02,367 --> 00:59:04,967
they banned
all the rock concerts...
1027
00:59:04,967 --> 00:59:07,137
From the international acts,
of course.
1028
00:59:07,137 --> 00:59:10,607
'Cause they thought that it's
gonna bring a bad impact
1029
00:59:10,607 --> 00:59:12,337
for Indonesian youth.
1030
00:59:12,347 --> 00:59:13,207
Because, you know,
1031
00:59:13,217 --> 00:59:14,517
it's like a mass
demonstration.
1032
00:59:14,517 --> 00:59:15,387
Yeah.
1033
00:59:15,387 --> 00:59:16,687
It's like a mass
demonstration,
1034
00:59:16,687 --> 00:59:19,287
just like what
we had in 1998.
1035
00:59:20,157 --> 00:59:23,197
The main revolution,while Suharto stepped down,
1036
00:59:23,187 --> 00:59:25,787
by the student movement.
1037
00:59:26,657 --> 00:59:29,687
After Suharto stepped down,
1038
00:59:29,697 --> 00:59:30,997
there was some sort of release
1039
00:59:30,997 --> 00:59:34,467
of this likeholding back energy
1040
00:59:34,467 --> 00:59:38,797
that during the Suharto era
you cannot really express.
1041
00:59:38,807 --> 00:59:40,537
So everywhere,people all of a sudden
1042
00:59:40,537 --> 00:59:43,137
got liberated from all this,
you know, oppression.
1043
00:59:43,147 --> 00:59:44,447
You know, like,
1044
00:59:44,447 --> 00:59:47,057
32 years is not a short period,
you know.
1045
00:59:47,047 --> 00:59:50,517
So they feel like
now I can do almost anything.
1046
00:59:50,517 --> 00:59:52,677
Not long after Suharto
stepped down,
1047
00:59:52,687 --> 00:59:56,157
we have a very political
underground scene here.
1048
01:00:29,127 --> 01:00:30,427
In Jakarta,
1049
01:00:30,427 --> 01:00:33,467
most metal bands sing about
social and political issues,
1050
01:00:33,457 --> 01:00:37,357
something I associate more
with punk rock than metal.
1051
01:00:37,367 --> 01:00:40,837
But Indonesia's most popular
metal band, Tengkorak,
1052
01:00:41,267 --> 01:00:44,297
has started to incorporate
more controversial ideas.
1053
01:00:45,607 --> 01:00:49,077
What are you trying to say
through Tengkorak's music?
1054
01:00:49,117 --> 01:00:52,987
We have some themes about our
disagreement with the capitalist countries...
1055
01:00:53,087 --> 01:00:58,877
...as they always push
Third World countries into a corner.
1056
01:00:58,897 --> 01:01:03,277
As you know, the majority
of Indonesians are Muslims...
1057
01:01:03,337 --> 01:01:09,667
...and because of this, they say
that we are a "terrorist country,"
1058
01:01:09,757 --> 01:01:15,177
...and we do not agree with
or respect that statement.
1059
01:01:21,607 --> 01:01:22,907
Most of the songs
1060
01:01:22,907 --> 01:01:25,507
have a very strong political
or social commentary,
1061
01:01:25,507 --> 01:01:27,677
but there was one songwhich was called, I think,
1062
01:01:27,677 --> 01:01:28,547
"Destroying Zionism."
1063
01:01:28,547 --> 01:01:30,717
What are you expressing
through that song?
1064
01:01:30,737 --> 01:01:34,957
Zionism is a system made by the Jews.
1065
01:01:35,407 --> 01:01:42,797
These Jewish people have this system,
which is not good...
1066
01:01:45,567 --> 01:01:51,837
...because they have this goal
to destroy Islamic people.
1067
01:01:52,417 --> 01:01:55,807
Zionists must be destroyed.
1068
01:01:55,877 --> 01:01:58,897
They should be no more.
1069
01:01:58,987 --> 01:02:02,297
If necessary, Israel should be
eliminated from the global map.
1070
01:02:04,117 --> 01:02:05,417
People would hear that song
1071
01:02:05,417 --> 01:02:07,587
and then see your jacket
with a swastika
1072
01:02:07,587 --> 01:02:10,187
and a slash through it.
1073
01:02:10,187 --> 01:02:11,487
Do you thinkthey might see that
1074
01:02:11,487 --> 01:02:12,787
as bit of a contradiction?
1075
01:02:13,857 --> 01:02:18,197
It is not the Jewish people
that we are against...
1076
01:02:18,227 --> 01:02:21,577
...only their system.
1077
01:02:22,767 --> 01:02:26,237
The right wing politicsand the religious leader
1078
01:02:26,237 --> 01:02:30,577
they're kind of more to teach
people of Indonesia,
1079
01:02:31,447 --> 01:02:34,487
"you got to live in Islam way."
1080
01:02:36,647 --> 01:02:38,377
Me, I was born Islam,
1081
01:02:38,387 --> 01:02:41,857
but I don't trust that religion
anymore.
1082
01:02:42,287 --> 01:02:44,457
'Cause for me, religion,
1083
01:02:44,457 --> 01:02:46,187
it's individual.
1084
01:02:46,197 --> 01:02:47,937
It's only between you and God.
1085
01:02:48,007 --> 01:02:52,227
Muslims teach about peace.
Every religion teaches about peace.
1086
01:02:52,307 --> 01:02:56,607
They don't teach to make enemies,
or to make war with others.
1087
01:02:56,687 --> 01:03:00,537
Those are the people who
impose their will on others.
1088
01:03:00,587 --> 01:03:03,567
And they are not good people,
no matter which religion...
1089
01:03:03,587 --> 01:03:12,197
...they could be Muslims, Christians or whoever.
They are not good people in my opinion.
1090
01:03:13,957 --> 01:03:15,257
Cool. That's better.
1091
01:03:15,257 --> 01:03:16,557
Will that stay up?
1092
01:03:16,557 --> 01:03:18,287
Yeah.
1093
01:03:18,287 --> 01:03:20,027
There you go.
1094
01:03:20,027 --> 01:03:21,027
I'm ready.
1095
01:03:29,567 --> 01:03:31,297
You must wash your...
1096
01:03:31,307 --> 01:03:32,177
In the same place?
1097
01:03:32,167 --> 01:03:33,167
Yeah, it's okay.
1098
01:03:35,837 --> 01:03:38,677
I'm in a mosque in Indonesia
1099
01:03:38,677 --> 01:03:41,277
and it's the end of Ramadan.
1100
01:03:42,577 --> 01:03:46,047
So it's Friday,
so it's a big prayer day.
1101
01:03:46,057 --> 01:03:47,057
And uh...
1102
01:03:47,787 --> 01:03:49,957
We're going in
with our new friend, Rudi.
1103
01:03:50,827 --> 01:03:52,997
It's the first foot bath
I've had in a long time.
1104
01:03:59,047 --> 01:04:03,847
Muslims, ideally, should be like me
or like the other people you see.
1105
01:04:04,007 --> 01:04:09,047
Very common. They pray, they go to work.
Like me.
1106
01:04:10,047 --> 01:04:11,447
Normal.
1107
01:04:12,047 --> 01:04:13,817
They're the Muslims.
1108
01:04:41,047 --> 01:04:43,767
Metal is for my life.
Metal is for life.
1109
01:04:44,047 --> 01:04:47,357
Make relationships with friends.
Just hear the music and take the spirit.
1110
01:04:47,417 --> 01:04:48,837
It's only for life.
1111
01:04:49,977 --> 01:04:55,897
But religion is my relation
particularly with my God.
1112
01:04:58,927 --> 01:05:00,667
Amen.
1113
01:05:28,857 --> 01:05:31,897
Metal music has nevershied away from controversy.
1114
01:05:31,887 --> 01:05:34,057
It has always rebelledagainst authority
1115
01:05:34,057 --> 01:05:37,097
and stood up againstmainstream religion.
1116
01:05:37,097 --> 01:05:39,697
But as I was remindedin Indonesia,
1117
01:05:39,697 --> 01:05:42,727
in rare casesit can be a voice of hatred.
1118
01:05:42,737 --> 01:05:44,037
Well, if there's one place
1119
01:05:44,037 --> 01:05:45,767
that's had a historyof dealing with hatred,
1120
01:05:45,767 --> 01:05:47,067
it's Israel.
1121
01:05:47,077 --> 01:05:48,817
So I'm curious to know
1122
01:05:48,807 --> 01:05:51,407
how this has affectedthe metal being created here.
1123
01:05:53,577 --> 01:05:56,607
I think there isn'tany other place
1124
01:05:56,617 --> 01:05:58,347
special as Jerusalem.
1125
01:05:58,347 --> 01:06:01,387
The culture of this place,
this land,
1126
01:06:01,387 --> 01:06:03,117
it's very complicated.
1127
01:06:03,127 --> 01:06:05,727
It's very ancient
on one hand,
1128
01:06:05,727 --> 01:06:07,897
and it's very mixedon the other hand.
1129
01:06:07,897 --> 01:06:09,637
We have here
a Jewish cemetery,
1130
01:06:09,627 --> 01:06:10,927
we have a church
over here,
1131
01:06:10,927 --> 01:06:12,227
and we have a mosque
over there.
1132
01:06:12,227 --> 01:06:13,967
All Jerusalem is like this.
1133
01:06:13,967 --> 01:06:16,997
It's some kind of a harmony
of colours, of prayings.
1134
01:06:17,007 --> 01:06:18,747
Everyone was here -
1135
01:06:18,737 --> 01:06:20,907
Abraham, Jesus, Mohammed.
1136
01:06:46,067 --> 01:06:48,667
Well, I think that it'simportant for an artist
1137
01:06:48,667 --> 01:06:51,697
to reflect his place,
his culture.
1138
01:06:51,707 --> 01:06:53,447
The fact that we live
in probably
1139
01:06:53,437 --> 01:06:56,467
one of the most controversial
places on earth
1140
01:06:56,477 --> 01:07:00,807
and probably one of the more
hostile places on earth,
1141
01:07:00,817 --> 01:07:02,557
it gets in you,
you know,
1142
01:07:02,547 --> 01:07:05,147
this effect of violence
everywhere
1143
01:07:05,147 --> 01:07:06,887
and battle and stuff
like that.
1144
01:07:06,887 --> 01:07:09,487
And probably
that's why...
1145
01:07:09,927 --> 01:07:11,667
We could be heavier
than other bands
1146
01:07:11,657 --> 01:07:12,957
in other places
of the world.
1147
01:07:12,997 --> 01:07:16,807
When I got into the genre of black metal,
I listened to mostly Norwegian black metal.
1148
01:07:16,867 --> 01:07:19,517
I loved them very much
and really connected with them.
1149
01:07:19,547 --> 01:07:24,547
In retrospect they were singing about stories
that were told to them...
1150
01:07:24,617 --> 01:07:26,037
...mother, to mother, to mother...
1151
01:07:26,067 --> 01:07:28,507
...handed down for generations. But...
1152
01:07:28,527 --> 01:07:32,827
...then we started to see with our own eyes,
what they were writing about in their books,
1153
01:07:32,837 --> 01:07:35,957
...because we live it for real.
1154
01:07:46,797 --> 01:07:48,537
If you are a witnessto something
1155
01:07:48,527 --> 01:07:51,127
and you come to write a song,
1156
01:07:51,127 --> 01:07:53,297
your song will be more real
1157
01:07:53,297 --> 01:07:57,197
than someone who just read
about it in history lesson,
1158
01:07:57,207 --> 01:08:00,247
because we live in a country
1159
01:08:00,677 --> 01:08:04,587
when insanity became closer
to reality.
1160
01:08:04,587 --> 01:08:07,607
Here in Jerusalem, here in the Kottel and the
entire region...
1161
01:08:07,617 --> 01:08:11,317
...the three large religions: Islam, Judaism and
Christianity are responsible for all these wars.
1162
01:08:11,337 --> 01:08:15,877
Always... Jews slaughtered Christians,
Christians slaughtered Muslims,
1163
01:08:15,887 --> 01:08:20,107
...Muslims slaughtered the Jews
and the cycle keeps repeating itself.
1164
01:08:21,927 --> 01:08:23,657
When kids in Israel turn 18
1165
01:08:23,667 --> 01:08:24,967
they have to go to the army.
1166
01:08:24,967 --> 01:08:26,707
That's one of the things
that drew me most
1167
01:08:26,697 --> 01:08:29,297
to playing extreme music.
1168
01:08:29,297 --> 01:08:30,167
Because I finished school
1169
01:08:30,167 --> 01:08:31,037
and I was supposed to go
in the army,
1170
01:08:31,037 --> 01:08:32,767
but like fuck that.
1171
01:08:32,767 --> 01:08:35,367
I'm not gonna be a part of that
or do that.
1172
01:08:35,377 --> 01:08:36,247
And I want to do another thing.
1173
01:08:36,237 --> 01:08:37,107
I want to play in a band
1174
01:08:37,107 --> 01:08:38,837
and I want to go travel
the world
1175
01:08:38,847 --> 01:08:41,207
and meet other people that like
the same things that I like.
1176
01:08:41,587 --> 01:08:44,557
I believe if we don't do our army service,
our country will be destroyed.
1177
01:08:44,687 --> 01:08:49,477
It's not like I enjoy it, but if we
don't step forward...
1178
01:08:49,817 --> 01:08:51,637
...we might get swallowed up.
1179
01:08:51,877 --> 01:08:55,147
That's it.
You just have to do it.
1180
01:09:09,207 --> 01:09:13,537
At first, Salem was occupiedwith the occult,
1181
01:09:13,547 --> 01:09:14,407
hence the name -
1182
01:09:14,417 --> 01:09:16,587
you know, Salem witches.
1183
01:09:16,587 --> 01:09:19,627
But then you realize
that your reality
1184
01:09:19,617 --> 01:09:23,517
is scarier than
any Mesopotamian demon
1185
01:09:24,387 --> 01:09:25,687
you can summon.
1186
01:09:26,127 --> 01:09:29,157
Like it's scarierthat I walk down the street
1187
01:09:29,157 --> 01:09:32,197
and someone will show up
and explode
1188
01:09:32,197 --> 01:09:34,367
just because he hates me.
1189
01:09:35,237 --> 01:09:37,847
I'm usually not scared to walk
down the street
1190
01:09:37,837 --> 01:09:39,997
and be attacked by demons
1191
01:09:40,437 --> 01:09:43,467
or, uh, Pinhead
from "Hellraiser."
1192
01:09:43,477 --> 01:09:44,337
Doesn't scare me.
1193
01:09:44,347 --> 01:09:46,087
I watch the movies,
I think they're funny.
1194
01:09:46,077 --> 01:09:47,077
I like 'em.
1195
01:09:47,377 --> 01:09:51,717
I'm more scared of the living
and their actions.
1196
01:09:56,057 --> 01:09:59,517
Someone from the Israeliparliament got mad at Salem
1197
01:09:59,527 --> 01:10:01,687
because we covered a song
1198
01:10:01,697 --> 01:10:04,737
that was identified
with the holocaust.
1199
01:10:04,727 --> 01:10:07,327
And he said,
"the Holocaust is sacred.
1200
01:10:07,337 --> 01:10:09,507
You cannot play metal music
to it.
1201
01:10:09,497 --> 01:10:11,237
You cannot play it now in bars
1202
01:10:11,237 --> 01:10:16,437
or where people will head bang
or dance or hug or...
1203
01:10:16,447 --> 01:10:18,187
The Holocaust is sacred."
1204
01:10:18,177 --> 01:10:20,777
There was someone else
from the parliament who said,
1205
01:10:20,777 --> 01:10:21,777
"Wait.
1206
01:10:22,077 --> 01:10:23,817
It's the best, best vehicle
1207
01:10:23,817 --> 01:10:25,977
for the new generation to learn
about the Holocaust."
1208
01:10:45,507 --> 01:10:47,677
♪ Auschwitz,
the meaning of pain ♪
1209
01:10:47,677 --> 01:10:49,847
♪ The way that I want
you to die! ♪
1210
01:10:49,847 --> 01:10:52,017
One song that's
always been
1211
01:10:52,007 --> 01:10:53,747
particularly contentious,
1212
01:10:53,747 --> 01:10:54,607
and that is the song
"Angel of Death"
1213
01:10:54,617 --> 01:10:56,787
by Slayer.
1214
01:10:56,787 --> 01:10:58,527
I mean how do you feel
about a song,
1215
01:10:58,517 --> 01:10:59,817
you know,
"Auschwitz..."
1216
01:10:59,817 --> 01:11:01,117
"The meaning of pain..."
1217
01:11:01,117 --> 01:11:01,547
"The way that
I want you to die."
1218
01:11:01,557 --> 01:11:03,297
"To die."
1219
01:11:03,287 --> 01:11:04,157
how do you feelabout that?
1220
01:11:04,157 --> 01:11:05,457
Well...
1221
01:11:07,627 --> 01:11:10,657
I don't know if Slayer
actually meant of...
1222
01:11:10,667 --> 01:11:11,967
I don't know
if their intention
1223
01:11:11,967 --> 01:11:13,707
was to hurt
the Jewish people
1224
01:11:13,697 --> 01:11:15,867
when they sang about it.
1225
01:11:15,867 --> 01:11:17,227
I don't think
they are a Nazi band.
1226
01:11:17,607 --> 01:11:19,777
I think that song
1227
01:11:19,777 --> 01:11:23,247
is probably the most
controversial song
1228
01:11:23,247 --> 01:11:24,547
in the history of metal,
1229
01:11:24,547 --> 01:11:29,317
and I won't lie to you,
it also disturbed me,
1230
01:11:29,317 --> 01:11:32,787
because my father
was in the Holocaust.
1231
01:11:32,787 --> 01:11:36,247
But I don't look at itin a negative way.
1232
01:11:36,257 --> 01:11:40,587
I do play it on my stereo
and I do play it as a DJ.
1233
01:11:41,027 --> 01:11:42,757
So I don't take it personally.
1234
01:11:43,627 --> 01:11:47,527
I translate Slayer
in "Angel of Death"
1235
01:11:47,537 --> 01:11:49,277
to they were against
the Holocaust.
1236
01:11:49,267 --> 01:11:52,297
If they were for it,
they will deny it.
1237
01:11:52,307 --> 01:11:56,217
They won't tell a huge
four-minute story about it.
1238
01:11:57,077 --> 01:11:59,677
So do you think"Angel of Death" is sort of...
1239
01:11:59,677 --> 01:12:00,547
It's a monument.
1240
01:12:00,547 --> 01:12:01,847
It's against it
1241
01:12:01,847 --> 01:12:03,577
because it's exposingthe horrors of it?
1242
01:12:03,587 --> 01:12:04,457
It's a monument
of the horrors
1243
01:12:04,447 --> 01:12:06,447
that shouldn't be repeated.
1244
01:12:10,957 --> 01:12:13,117
♪ Angel of death ♪
1245
01:12:14,427 --> 01:12:17,457
♪ Monarch to the kingdom
of the dead ♪
1246
01:12:17,897 --> 01:12:19,627
♪ Infamous butcher! ♪
1247
01:12:20,067 --> 01:12:21,797
♪ Angel of death! ♪
1248
01:12:25,267 --> 01:12:26,567
♪ Angel of death ♪
1249
01:12:31,347 --> 01:12:33,957
Although Slayeris not a Nazi metal band,
1250
01:12:33,947 --> 01:12:36,107
there are a small number
of bands out there
1251
01:12:36,117 --> 01:12:38,287
that do promote Nazi ideas.
1252
01:12:38,287 --> 01:12:39,587
Varg Vikernes,
1253
01:12:39,587 --> 01:12:41,747
otherwise knownas Count Grishnackh,
1254
01:12:41,757 --> 01:12:44,367
was imprisoned for church
burning and murder in Norway
1255
01:12:44,357 --> 01:12:47,827
and is known for his fascist
and racist ideas.
1256
01:12:47,827 --> 01:12:49,127
I was surprised to find out
1257
01:12:49,127 --> 01:12:51,727
that there's also an Israeli
connection to this story.
1258
01:12:53,467 --> 01:12:55,197
The year was '90.
1259
01:12:56,067 --> 01:12:58,667
Salem was just after releasing
a live demo
1260
01:12:58,667 --> 01:13:00,397
called "Millions Slaughtered."
1261
01:13:00,407 --> 01:13:01,707
It was the time
of the tape trading
1262
01:13:01,707 --> 01:13:04,737
and the Norwegian black metal
scene just started.
1263
01:13:04,747 --> 01:13:07,357
That's how Grishnackh heard us.
1264
01:13:07,347 --> 01:13:09,507
The title song,the "Millions Slaughtered,"
1265
01:13:09,517 --> 01:13:10,827
talks about the Holocaust.
1266
01:13:10,817 --> 01:13:13,417
So I guess beingwhoever he was,
1267
01:13:13,417 --> 01:13:15,587
he wrote us back
that the music was great,
1268
01:13:15,587 --> 01:13:18,187
but those lyrics are stupid,
you know.
1269
01:13:18,187 --> 01:13:19,487
"It's too bad that Hitler
1270
01:13:19,487 --> 01:13:21,227
didn't finish the job
that he started" -
1271
01:13:21,227 --> 01:13:24,697
and it was just before
the Gulf War -
1272
01:13:24,697 --> 01:13:26,857
"may Saddam finish you all."
1273
01:13:29,037 --> 01:13:31,207
And, again, you know,
this was not just lyrics
1274
01:13:31,207 --> 01:13:32,947
that were written
1275
01:13:32,937 --> 01:13:34,237
and we're detached from it,
1276
01:13:34,237 --> 01:13:35,967
it's part of us.
1277
01:13:35,977 --> 01:13:37,287
So, obviously, uh...
1278
01:13:39,877 --> 01:13:42,047
We were getting angrier.
1279
01:13:42,047 --> 01:13:46,377
So we got a very... angry reply
1280
01:13:47,687 --> 01:13:48,987
using some cuss words
1281
01:13:48,987 --> 01:13:52,017
I'm not sure you want me
to repeat here.
1282
01:13:52,027 --> 01:13:53,027
And um...
1283
01:13:53,757 --> 01:13:55,927
About a couple of months later,
we uh...
1284
01:13:55,927 --> 01:13:58,957
The police knocks on
the lead singer's door and goes,
1285
01:13:58,967 --> 01:14:00,707
"who hates you in Norway,
you know.
1286
01:14:00,697 --> 01:14:03,297
We just got a bomb
in the mail."
1287
01:14:27,597 --> 01:14:28,467
Anywhere that we go,
1288
01:14:28,457 --> 01:14:31,927
everybody only knowsthe bad news -
1289
01:14:31,927 --> 01:14:33,657
the war and stuff like that.
1290
01:14:33,667 --> 01:14:35,397
And we try to show or to be,
1291
01:14:35,397 --> 01:14:39,297
some kind of good news
coming out of Israel.
1292
01:14:40,607 --> 01:14:42,337
When we played in Turkey
1293
01:14:42,337 --> 01:14:44,507
you always see people
in the crowd,
1294
01:14:44,507 --> 01:14:47,107
they sing with us together,
1295
01:14:47,117 --> 01:14:48,857
and they do like this
with their hands.
1296
01:14:48,847 --> 01:14:51,877
Now, this is what usually
the Muslims are doing
1297
01:14:51,887 --> 01:14:52,757
when they pray.
1298
01:14:52,747 --> 01:14:56,217
It's like they are holding
the Koran book.
1299
01:14:56,217 --> 01:14:58,387
It's amazing.
It's metal people.
1300
01:14:58,827 --> 01:15:02,297
All these warsbetween religions,
1301
01:15:02,297 --> 01:15:05,337
all this massacrein the name of God,
1302
01:15:05,327 --> 01:15:07,057
this is a big confusion.
1303
01:15:07,067 --> 01:15:09,227
We all believe
in the same God.
1304
01:15:09,237 --> 01:15:11,407
And we can stop
all this bloodshed
1305
01:15:11,407 --> 01:15:12,707
and confusion and war.
1306
01:15:18,347 --> 01:15:20,957
I mean if we will singabout the dark,
1307
01:15:20,947 --> 01:15:22,247
we did nothing.
1308
01:15:22,247 --> 01:15:24,417
There is plenty of darkness
in this world.
1309
01:15:24,417 --> 01:15:26,577
I think this is why we should
speak about the light.
1310
01:16:09,527 --> 01:16:11,697
Of all the metal fansthat contacted me
1311
01:16:11,697 --> 01:16:12,997
from around the world,
1312
01:16:12,997 --> 01:16:16,027
I was most shocked to hear
from people in Iran.
1313
01:16:16,037 --> 01:16:19,077
But because of the increased
tensions in the area,
1314
01:16:19,067 --> 01:16:20,807
my visa application was denied
1315
01:16:20,807 --> 01:16:23,837
and I couldn't getinto their country.
1316
01:16:23,847 --> 01:16:26,887
So instead, we're meeting
the Iranians in Dubai,
1317
01:16:26,877 --> 01:16:28,607
where metal heads fromthroughout the region
1318
01:16:28,617 --> 01:16:30,357
are gathering for Desert Rock -
1319
01:16:30,347 --> 01:16:34,687
the only metal festival
in the Middle East.
1320
01:17:14,157 --> 01:17:15,457
My name is Armin
1321
01:17:15,457 --> 01:17:18,497
and I'm 28,
turned 29 two days ago.
1322
01:17:18,927 --> 01:17:21,527
And, well,
I'm an engineer actually,
1323
01:17:21,537 --> 01:17:22,837
a mechanical engineer.
1324
01:17:22,837 --> 01:17:24,147
That's what I do for a living.
1325
01:17:24,137 --> 01:17:28,907
But metal has been with me
since my teenage era
1326
01:17:28,907 --> 01:17:30,637
and I truly love it,
you know.
1327
01:17:30,647 --> 01:17:33,687
Can you tell me aboutsome of the restrictions
1328
01:17:33,677 --> 01:17:37,147
that have been placedon getting access to metal
1329
01:17:37,147 --> 01:17:38,017
in Iran?
1330
01:17:38,017 --> 01:17:40,177
You don't have any CDs sold.
1331
01:17:40,187 --> 01:17:42,347
This is the biggest restriction.
1332
01:17:42,357 --> 01:17:44,527
The music cannot go on.
1333
01:17:44,527 --> 01:17:46,697
So you cannot sell
metal t-shirts.
1334
01:17:46,687 --> 01:17:49,287
Before that,
even jeans were forbidden.
1335
01:17:49,297 --> 01:17:50,597
Long hair -
1336
01:17:50,597 --> 01:17:52,327
I was just caught up
for just having long hair
1337
01:17:52,327 --> 01:17:53,627
by the police.
1338
01:17:53,637 --> 01:17:57,107
They took me to a police office
and said,
1339
01:17:57,107 --> 01:18:00,577
"why do you have long hair
like that?
1340
01:18:00,577 --> 01:18:02,317
Are you worshiping Satan
1341
01:18:02,307 --> 01:18:05,337
or are you in those
kind of bands,
1342
01:18:05,347 --> 01:18:06,647
metal bands?"
1343
01:18:07,077 --> 01:18:10,977
I got caught
by the religious police
1344
01:18:10,987 --> 01:18:12,727
for wearing
a Slayer t-shirt
1345
01:18:12,717 --> 01:18:14,887
and having long hair.
1346
01:18:14,887 --> 01:18:18,357
I was just back from
a Slayer concert in Turkey.
1347
01:18:18,357 --> 01:18:21,387
So I was very...
I almost forgot
1348
01:18:21,397 --> 01:18:23,137
how restricted
this thing is.
1349
01:18:23,127 --> 01:18:25,297
I know of a couple of friends
who were put in jail,
1350
01:18:25,297 --> 01:18:27,897
they had their heads shaved
and they were beaten up,
1351
01:18:27,897 --> 01:18:30,497
because the authorities really
thought they were Satanists
1352
01:18:30,507 --> 01:18:31,377
and they were not.
1353
01:18:31,367 --> 01:18:32,667
They just looked metal.
1354
01:18:33,537 --> 01:18:36,137
They consider it anti-moralistic
1355
01:18:37,007 --> 01:18:41,347
and they say that it's bringing
a lot of excitement,
1356
01:18:41,347 --> 01:18:44,377
which is not good for a music
like in Islamic context.
1357
01:18:59,127 --> 01:19:01,727
There had beensome limited gigs.
1358
01:19:01,737 --> 01:19:03,907
Like two or three years ago,
1359
01:19:03,907 --> 01:19:07,377
there was this gigand the band's called SDS.
1360
01:19:07,377 --> 01:19:12,587
They were covering like from
Morbid Angel and Slayer,
1361
01:19:12,577 --> 01:19:14,747
but no vocals was allowed.
1362
01:19:14,747 --> 01:19:18,217
They said vocals are too harsh
and aggressive.
1363
01:19:18,217 --> 01:19:20,817
And we had to be seated.
1364
01:19:22,117 --> 01:19:24,287
Later on,they canceled all the shows.
1365
01:19:25,587 --> 01:19:27,317
With the system
that we have right now,
1366
01:19:27,327 --> 01:19:30,357
we cannot perform
Western music,
1367
01:19:31,227 --> 01:19:32,527
not only metal.
1368
01:19:32,527 --> 01:19:34,267
And so the metal community
in Iran
1369
01:19:34,267 --> 01:19:36,427
has grown really isolated
1370
01:19:36,437 --> 01:19:38,607
from what had been
in the real world.
1371
01:19:39,037 --> 01:19:42,067
Someone that we knew
has sent us a picture.
1372
01:19:42,077 --> 01:19:45,547
They had gone to Iran
to go visit family
1373
01:19:46,407 --> 01:19:49,447
and they took a picture
of Slayer
1374
01:19:49,447 --> 01:19:52,477
spray-painted on the wall
in Iran.
1375
01:19:52,487 --> 01:19:54,657
And they took a picture
standing next to it
1376
01:19:54,657 --> 01:19:58,997
so they could, you know,
identify that they were there
1377
01:19:58,987 --> 01:20:01,587
and that this was there
and this is Iran.
1378
01:20:01,597 --> 01:20:03,337
And I just kind of looked
at that, you know,
1379
01:20:03,327 --> 01:20:05,497
and I thought, "wow.
1380
01:20:05,497 --> 01:20:08,097
Slayer in a Muslim country."
1381
01:20:08,097 --> 01:20:09,827
You know what I mean?
1382
01:20:09,837 --> 01:20:12,447
That to me just screams "death."
1383
01:20:15,907 --> 01:20:18,077
We met with Tom in Japan
1384
01:20:18,077 --> 01:20:22,847
and he described a photograph
of a Slayer logo
1385
01:20:22,847 --> 01:20:25,017
that had been spray-painted
on a wall.
1386
01:20:25,017 --> 01:20:25,877
Wow, yeah.
1387
01:20:25,887 --> 01:20:28,057
We got lots of that.
Yeah.
1388
01:20:28,917 --> 01:20:30,217
Have you ever seensomething like that
1389
01:20:30,217 --> 01:20:31,517
in your country?
1390
01:20:31,527 --> 01:20:34,137
I have done something like that
in my country, okay?
1391
01:20:46,267 --> 01:20:48,007
In a lot of the Middle East,
1392
01:20:48,007 --> 01:20:50,167
conservative governments
and religious authorities
1393
01:20:50,177 --> 01:20:53,637
repeatedly censorand restrict metal music.
1394
01:20:53,647 --> 01:20:56,247
But the city of Dubaiseems completely open
1395
01:20:56,247 --> 01:20:57,547
to anything Western,
1396
01:20:57,547 --> 01:20:59,717
and is one of the fastest
growing tourist destinations
1397
01:20:59,717 --> 01:21:01,447
in the world.
1398
01:21:01,457 --> 01:21:03,197
So I'm going to talkto some metal fans
1399
01:21:03,187 --> 01:21:04,917
who were born and raised here
1400
01:21:04,927 --> 01:21:06,667
to get their thoughtson the spread of metal
1401
01:21:06,657 --> 01:21:08,387
throughout the region.
1402
01:21:08,397 --> 01:21:10,567
My full name,like in the Arabic tradition,
1403
01:21:10,567 --> 01:21:13,167
Omar Abdula Aziz
Mohammed Khan Abdula.
1404
01:21:13,167 --> 01:21:14,907
Our licenses
are like this wide,
1405
01:21:14,897 --> 01:21:16,197
driver's license.
1406
01:21:16,197 --> 01:21:19,237
Basically,
this is called a kandura
1407
01:21:20,107 --> 01:21:24,007
or a lot of the experts
call it a dishdash, okay?
1408
01:21:24,007 --> 01:21:25,307
And this is a guthra.
1409
01:21:25,307 --> 01:21:26,607
And, basically,
1410
01:21:26,607 --> 01:21:27,477
it's not
a Ku Klux Klan outfit.
1411
01:21:27,477 --> 01:21:29,207
It's basically
mostly white
1412
01:21:29,217 --> 01:21:31,387
to reflect the heat
of the sun,
1413
01:21:31,387 --> 01:21:33,127
'cause it's really
hot here
1414
01:21:33,117 --> 01:21:33,987
and it gets really
uncomfortable.
1415
01:21:33,987 --> 01:21:35,717
They do come in
different colours
1416
01:21:35,717 --> 01:21:37,887
and they're extremely,
extremely comfortable,
1417
01:21:37,887 --> 01:21:39,617
and they have very good
ventilation.
1418
01:21:39,627 --> 01:21:42,237
Good for playing metal in too.
1419
01:21:42,227 --> 01:21:43,087
Keeps the airflow going.
1420
01:21:43,097 --> 01:21:43,967
In high school,
1421
01:21:43,967 --> 01:21:45,267
I played "Purple Haze"
on stage
1422
01:21:45,267 --> 01:21:46,267
with a black one
of these.
1423
01:21:46,997 --> 01:21:47,997
And a bandana.
1424
01:21:48,737 --> 01:21:51,347
Metal is generally comingfrom the West,
1425
01:21:51,337 --> 01:21:52,637
and I guess, in a way,
1426
01:21:52,637 --> 01:21:54,367
it's part of the process
of globalization.
1427
01:21:54,377 --> 01:21:56,117
What's your opinion on metal
1428
01:21:56,107 --> 01:21:57,837
and its spreadaround the world?
1429
01:21:57,847 --> 01:22:01,317
If you say globalization,
I know a lot of...
1430
01:22:01,317 --> 01:22:03,057
Like 1,500 years ago
1431
01:22:03,047 --> 01:22:05,217
a lot of the ideas
from the East,
1432
01:22:05,217 --> 01:22:06,517
you know,
during the Dark Ages,
1433
01:22:06,517 --> 01:22:09,547
crept from the East
to the West.
1434
01:22:09,557 --> 01:22:11,727
And I think it's just a cycle,
you know.
1435
01:22:11,727 --> 01:22:13,027
"You guys discover
something cool.
1436
01:22:13,027 --> 01:22:14,327
Okay, bring it over.
1437
01:22:14,327 --> 01:22:16,927
Okay, oh, that's a nice
instrument the Arabs play.
1438
01:22:16,927 --> 01:22:18,227
Okay, let's use that one
in my song.
1439
01:22:18,227 --> 01:22:19,957
And the Indians
have the sitar.
1440
01:22:19,967 --> 01:22:22,137
Okay, let's mix that."
I mean...
1441
01:22:22,137 --> 01:22:26,047
I don't think it's a bad idea
when it naturally happens.
1442
01:22:26,037 --> 01:22:27,337
Right.
1443
01:22:27,337 --> 01:22:28,637
If you want to talk about
the IMF and the World Bank,
1444
01:22:28,637 --> 01:22:29,937
then we can discuss.
1445
01:22:32,547 --> 01:22:33,847
With the help of Internet,
1446
01:22:33,847 --> 01:22:36,447
obviously Internet
was the main driver
1447
01:22:36,447 --> 01:22:37,747
for globalization,
1448
01:22:37,747 --> 01:22:39,047
because it's just easier
to reach,
1449
01:22:39,047 --> 01:22:40,777
information to reach anywhere.
1450
01:22:40,787 --> 01:22:42,517
I don't think anyone
in the world
1451
01:22:42,517 --> 01:22:44,247
benefited from
mp3 downloading
1452
01:22:44,257 --> 01:22:45,557
as much as we did.
1453
01:22:45,557 --> 01:22:46,857
Because we started
discovering new bands
1454
01:22:46,857 --> 01:22:48,157
through the Internet,
1455
01:22:48,157 --> 01:22:49,887
downloading their music
and listening to it.
1456
01:22:49,897 --> 01:22:50,767
Especially
we couldn't get it.
1457
01:22:50,767 --> 01:22:52,937
We didn't have
any access to it.
1458
01:22:52,927 --> 01:22:54,227
I apologize
to all the bands,
1459
01:22:54,237 --> 01:22:55,537
but we had to do this.
1460
01:22:55,537 --> 01:22:57,277
It was the only way
we could discover them.
1461
01:22:58,137 --> 01:22:59,437
So, Lars, you know,
1462
01:22:59,437 --> 01:23:01,607
most of the fans we're meeting
around the world,
1463
01:23:01,607 --> 01:23:04,637
the only way they can get music
is by downloading it
1464
01:23:04,647 --> 01:23:05,947
on the Internet.
1465
01:23:05,947 --> 01:23:06,817
You know,how do you feel about that?
1466
01:23:06,817 --> 01:23:08,117
I think it's a great thing,
yeah.
1467
01:23:08,117 --> 01:23:08,987
I think it's great.
1468
01:23:08,977 --> 01:23:10,277
I mean it...
1469
01:23:11,147 --> 01:23:14,177
Obviously it's the way
to share the stuff
1470
01:23:14,187 --> 01:23:15,917
and I think it's awesome.
1471
01:23:15,917 --> 01:23:18,957
I think that we were somewhat
um...
1472
01:23:18,957 --> 01:23:21,557
Flabbergasted at the um...
1473
01:23:21,997 --> 01:23:23,737
At some early Internet things
1474
01:23:23,727 --> 01:23:25,897
that were going
on a few years ago,
1475
01:23:25,897 --> 01:23:27,627
but we've sort of-
we're at peace with that
1476
01:23:27,637 --> 01:23:30,677
and we champion it
like everybody else.
1477
01:23:30,667 --> 01:23:32,837
What the Internet has done,
you know,
1478
01:23:32,837 --> 01:23:35,867
which is a great thing
of bringing everything,
1479
01:23:35,877 --> 01:23:38,047
you know,
and making everything available
1480
01:23:38,047 --> 01:23:39,787
and global and so on.
1481
01:23:39,777 --> 01:23:41,947
I mean it's just awesome.
1482
01:23:41,947 --> 01:23:43,677
I mean, listen, at this point,
1483
01:23:43,677 --> 01:23:45,417
if kids can get their hands
on the music
1484
01:23:45,417 --> 01:23:46,717
then it's a great thing.
1485
01:23:47,147 --> 01:23:48,887
Now you can download music,
1486
01:23:48,887 --> 01:23:51,917
you can access everything.
1487
01:23:51,927 --> 01:23:53,667
So it's easy for most
of the people
1488
01:23:53,657 --> 01:23:56,257
around the middle East
to listen to metal.
1489
01:23:56,257 --> 01:23:58,427
It's gonna grow.
It's fucking gonna grow.
1490
01:24:02,767 --> 01:24:04,067
The Desert Rock festival
1491
01:24:04,067 --> 01:24:07,537
is like a yearly anniversary
for metal heads basically.
1492
01:24:07,537 --> 01:24:11,437
I mean Lebanon, Kuwait,
Bahrain, Oman,
1493
01:24:11,447 --> 01:24:13,187
Doha, Saudi Arabia.
1494
01:24:13,177 --> 01:24:15,777
You can name every
Middle Eastern country,
1495
01:24:15,777 --> 01:24:19,677
there's people out here tonight
for it.
1496
01:24:19,687 --> 01:24:22,727
Yeah, baby! It's about time!
1497
01:24:58,287 --> 01:25:00,017
♪ You crossed the line ♪
1498
01:25:00,027 --> 01:25:02,197
♪ You remembered my name ♪
1499
01:25:02,627 --> 01:25:04,797
♪ Let time run backwards ♪
1500
01:25:04,797 --> 01:25:06,957
♪ As we're heading that way! ♪
1501
01:25:07,397 --> 01:25:08,397
Come on!
1502
01:25:10,867 --> 01:25:13,897
It was my first show ever.
1503
01:25:13,907 --> 01:25:16,507
It was the day after
my birthday.
1504
01:25:16,507 --> 01:25:17,807
Best birthday party
I could have.
1505
01:25:20,407 --> 01:25:22,147
When you have tough times,
1506
01:25:22,147 --> 01:25:25,177
which in our country
is not so scarce,
1507
01:25:25,187 --> 01:25:26,927
it's a relief for you.
1508
01:25:26,917 --> 01:25:29,947
You truly put
all your ambition,
1509
01:25:29,957 --> 01:25:32,127
thoughts and dreams
into it.
1510
01:25:32,127 --> 01:25:32,997
You want to speak out
1511
01:25:32,987 --> 01:25:35,157
and there aren't
as many outlets
1512
01:25:35,157 --> 01:25:37,757
as there should be
to do this.
1513
01:25:37,767 --> 01:25:40,367
We found this in metal.
It's speaking to us.
1514
01:25:40,367 --> 01:25:42,097
It's talking about
our problems.
1515
01:25:42,097 --> 01:25:42,967
It's talking about our wars,
1516
01:25:42,967 --> 01:25:45,567
about our aggression,
about our oppression.
1517
01:25:45,567 --> 01:25:47,297
It's giving us the chance
1518
01:25:47,307 --> 01:25:49,907
to release all thisbottled up anger
1519
01:25:49,907 --> 01:25:51,637
in a positive way
1520
01:25:51,647 --> 01:25:53,387
so we don't have to go
and do it
1521
01:25:53,377 --> 01:25:55,107
in a negative way.
1522
01:25:55,117 --> 01:25:57,287
Yeah!
1523
01:25:58,587 --> 01:26:02,057
A chance to be togetherand enjoy the time
1524
01:26:02,057 --> 01:26:04,667
free of political shit outside.
1525
01:26:05,527 --> 01:26:06,827
So it's...
1526
01:26:06,827 --> 01:26:09,867
This is something
more than important.
1527
01:26:09,857 --> 01:26:10,727
It's essential.
1528
01:26:10,727 --> 01:26:12,897
Yeah, it's essential.
1529
01:26:19,407 --> 01:26:22,017
♪ I'm waiting ♪
1530
01:26:22,007 --> 01:26:24,167
♪ in my cold cell ♪
1531
01:26:25,477 --> 01:26:27,207
The stories I've heardfrom fans here
1532
01:26:27,207 --> 01:26:29,807
have made me realizejust how much is at stake
1533
01:26:29,817 --> 01:26:33,287
for metal heads in this part
of the world.
1534
01:26:33,287 --> 01:26:34,587
For some of these fans,
1535
01:26:34,587 --> 01:26:36,317
Desert Rock is the only place
1536
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where they can safely show
their devotion to heavy metal.
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And that's far beyond anything
I've had to deal with
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as a metal headgrowing up in Canada.
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So I've travelledover 40,000 kilometers
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since the Wacken festival
in Germany,
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but there's one last stop
I have to make.
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I'm heading back to India,
to the city of Bangalore,
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where something historic is
about to happen.
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My favourite band of all time,
Iron Maiden,
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is playing the firstmajor metal show
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in this country's history.
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And with 30,000Indian metal heads
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lining up at the gates,
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this is one concertthat I have to be a part of.
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Maiden! Maiden! Maiden!
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Maiden! Maiden! Maiden!
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This is the biggest showIndia's ever had.
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It's going to be chaos.
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I don't think you'll hear
a louder crowd
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anywhere in the world
because...
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I mean...
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We haven't experienced shows
like this.
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So, you know,
it's like 20 years
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of just pent up feelings
and stuff.
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They're all gonna come out.
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And the minute
Bruce hits the stage
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we're all gonna go
like berserk.
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I think I'm gonna like
gush fountains.
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I mean, are you surprisedthat your music
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has deeply connectedwith people
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from so manydifferent cultures?
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Um...
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Well, I suppose it should,
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but after years and years of...
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Of traveling around the world,
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kids are kids.
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It doesn't matterwhat culture you come from.
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At least a certain proportion
of kids,
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in whatever cultureor society,
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want to get up and just go,
"Agh!" Like that.
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And... and...
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We kind of provide
that soundtrack.
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♪ Fear of the dark! ♪
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♪ I have a constant fear
that something's always near ♪
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♪ Fear of the dark ♪
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Bangalore!
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♪ Fear of the dark! ♪
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♪ I have a phobia ♪
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01:29:30,257 --> 01:29:32,427
♪ Someone's always there ♪
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Yeah!
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♪ Have you run your fingers
down the wall? ♪
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♪ Have you felt
your neck skin crawl ♪
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01:30:00,187 --> 01:30:02,787
♪ When you're searching
for the light? ♪
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♪ Sometimes when you're scared
to take a look ♪
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♪ At the corner of the room ♪
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♪ You've sensed that
something's watching you! ♪
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♪ Fear of the dark! ♪
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♪ Fear of the dark! ♪
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Standing here with India'snew generation of metal heads,
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I can feel the excitement
in the air.
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It's like I'm 13
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and I'm backat my first big metal show.
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I've realized on this journey
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that although heavy metal
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may be part of the process
of globalization,
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something unique is happening.
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Metal connects with people
regardless of their cultural,
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01:30:41,397 --> 01:30:44,867
political or religiousbackgrounds.
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01:30:44,867 --> 01:30:48,337
And these people aren't just
absorbing metal from the West.
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01:30:48,337 --> 01:30:49,637
They're transforming it,
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01:30:49,637 --> 01:30:51,807
creating a new outletthey can't find
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01:30:51,807 --> 01:30:53,537
in their traditional cultures,
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a voice to expresstheir discontent
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with the chaos and uncertainty
that surrounds them
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in their rapidly changing
societies.
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And for metal headsall across the globe,
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metal is more than music,
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more than an identity.
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Metal is freedom,
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and togetherwe are now a global tribe.
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♪ Yeah! ♪
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♪ Hallowed be thy name! ♪
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♪ Yeah! ♪
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♪ Hallowed be thy name! ♪
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01:31:46,467 --> 01:31:49,077
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah! ♪
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♪ Yeah... ♪
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Maiden fuckin' rocks!
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