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	ConservativePunk.com I’m not a Conservative (I’m more of a Heinlein Libertarian), and I’m not really a punk (I’m more of Metalhead (well really more of what back in the early 80’s was called rivetheads, but that term has morphed into something else now)), but I love this site, www.conservativepunk.com.  Most punks are considered liberals and the majority try to belittle those who think in more conservative fashion (which is total against what punk is supposed to be about, letting people be who they are, without ridicule or preconceived notions of what is “right”).  I may not agree with everything that is on this site, but I’m glad to see that someone is trying to counteract the liberal only viewpoints of the majority of punk websites. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Published Monday, June 07, 2004 9:05 AM by donxml Filed under: Random Access Comment Notification If you would like to receive an email when updates are made to this post, please register here Subscribe to this post's comments using RSS Comments Joe Duffy said: Pantera, Slayer, or 80's hair band (e.g. Whitesnake) metalhead? June 7, 2004 8:41 PM DonXML Demsak said: My metal roots go back to NWOBHM (see www.nwobhm.com), which was in the 80-82 timeframe. Basically, the first 2 Iron Maiden albums (plus the first 2 Def Leppard albums), and then all the metal spawned by that genre (Metallica, Anthrax, Overkill etc.). Yes, I also got into the LA Metal scene (VanHalen and then the hair bands), plus the progressive metal of the NJ scene in the late 80's (Prophet, Xenon, TT Quick). I made it thru the mid to late 90's thanks to guys like Butch Walker, and now in the early 00's pop-punk has seemed to replace the hair metal genre. June 8, 2004 6:32 AM EMDoc said: Regardless, of how you got to the metal point you are now, www.conservativepunk.com is an excellent site. June 17, 2004 11:42 AM

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