Society and Metalheads.

I listen to a large selection of music, I listen to Jazz and Classical, even all the way to Death Metal. I blame a large portion of that on guitar, ever since I started playing I have grown a fond understanding of my music and the technical aspects of this music. Bands like Nevermore or Dream Theater who have 20 minute songs with tasteful solos and thrashy as hell riffs influence my playing on a large scale.

I guess I look like a typical metalhead, 'used' to have long hair down past my shoulders, blue jeans, band shirt... but what I don't understand is why 'metalheads' are frowned upon in society. I cut my hair, wore some brighter colours and all of a sudden I don't take as much flac from people that I used too. I guess people get angry if everyone else doesn't look like them or maybe they just became 10 years more mature and are examining me for professionalism and how sophisticated I look.

Overall i'm not impressed with how I can't look how I want without somebody telling me it's wrong, dirty, unprofessional to have something as simple as long hair. Women have long hair, I guess that's professional. Comes off to me as sexist, I didn't know there was a rulebook that men had to have short hair. "Jesus" had long hair, did he not?

Anyways, rant over.