Originally Posted by: RGX312l...
Music scene: There is an unspoken rule to suppress all heavy metal and "rock' music since it is STILL being associate with drugs and violence. The 'heaviest; stuff you can hear on public radio are songs like Smoke On the Water. Forget Megadeth or the early Metallica stuff and don't hold your breath for Iron Maiden or Dio to be on radio. There is not even good-"clean" Satriani on the airwaves.

One exapmle of how ball-less the radio stations here: they always , without fial, fade off the ending gtr solo for Purple Rain and Still Got The Blues. Really pisses you off, right?

I hear ya with the radio deal. I've never been very satisfied with radio playlists. It's not quite as bad here as you describe, but Houston's oldest Rock station (30+ years) while not being heavy, was still the only station that would "dare" play Pantera or Metallica on occassion. They (Clear Channel) fired everybody and changed formats to Tejano rap (rap in Spanish). But really I can't say I even miss 'em. Sometimes college radio has spurts of quality. But it's hit and miss.