Yeah, i even think its possible Chuck is coming out of his grave to teach all the suckers out there what REAL METAL is.
My god, compared to the crowds you encountered, deadskinmask, the people in my environment (Germany) are almost open-minded. Well, of course, only few have good musical taste. Well, I talk to them, we exchange CDs..and if I want them to listen to hard stuff they don't like, they say "I don't want to, it's too hard for me" instead of "I don't want it, it's shit."
You can easily track down the process of degeneration in a society if you look (and listen) what the young folks there calls entertainment..