Military Recruiters Set Up Shop at the Ozzfest

[Kat45]

I guess since they can't camp out at high schools and after-school hangouts during the summer, they thought a big metal concert would be the place to go now to yield good prospects. I'm shaking my head as I post this.

<a snip from the article>

Aesthetic differences aside, the metal-military gap really isn't so pronounced. Precision and aggression - traits that serve a soldier well - are two staples of the music. And unlike its equally aggressive (but less musically disciplined) cousins, punk and hardcore, metal is generally apolitical; its legions are an ideological blank canvas.

"The kids who go to these shows make great soldiers," says Nerkowski, who works in the Hartford recruiting office. Reel in that energy, he says, and "undisciplined kids can make great leaders."

http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=3764

[DS1]

1. Most Slayer songs are anti-war, and I've never heard a pro-war

Metallica song.

[flvegan]

2. I'm wondering if they'll roll in with The Warped Tour this year.

Perfect demographic. Young, full of energy, needing direction.

Except, of course, that the last time I went (2 years ago), the entire crowd was SO anti-Bush, anti-govt fascism, that the enlistment officers would probably be crowd surfed right over the back fence.

[Sven77]

3. didnt ozzy hate bush

i mean war pigs is a great song. he had a picture of bush on the concert screen with an image of bush with a red clown nose. the black sabbath drummer even put a not on the website saying he didnt approve. has ozzy sold us out, maybe hes to old and drugged up.