yeah, my dad was a metalhead.

he was more into prog-metal, but he was a metalhead - he followed prog into metal when prog died. well, metal and blues. there was a lot of high-end blues done in the 80s.

and, my mom is really a metalhead. my dad just wanted the musicianship; he was less of a nerd than me, but leaned that way. my mom is full into satan-worship, leather jackets, motorcycles, gratuitous drug use and forehead beer can smashing. she's a stereotype.

and, it's absolutely the reason why i grew up hating metal.

but, this is a normal gen x reaction to the excesses of the baby boomers.