Here's a post lifted from the Sludge site which makes a pretty good assessment of a metal head. There was some blow hard on there calling Tool fans geeks, I'm no fan of Tool but "geeks?" Any read this:
Frome Metal Sludge forum:
Heavy metal fans = nerds, dorks, geeks,......
We're all no different than Star Trek geeks (and some here no doubt are).
I can never understand the mentality of any metalhead who can't comprehend that he/she's a fucking geek too.
Let's do a character comparison:
Let's say a sci fi nerd knows the script to his favorite characters in the Star Trek movies, spends all his time on forums talking about how The Next Generation is vastly superior to Deep Space Nine, buys the computer games, reads the books, subscribes to sci fi magazines, buys the action figures, wears the t-shirt, maybe even models his look off his favorite character, attends the conventions and constantly argues with other geeks about how Star Trek is infinitely superior to Star Wars...
... is NO more of a geek than...
A metal fan who knows all the lyrics to his favorite band and learnt to play their songs on guitar, spends all his time on forums talking about how Master of Puppets is vastly superior to the black album, buys the computer games (Ed Hunter, Queen's The Eye, Motley Crue pinball, Kiss Psycho Circus etc.), reads the autobiographies, subscribes to rock magazines, buys the action figures, wears the t-shirt, maybe even models his look off his favorite band member, attends the concerts and constantly argues with other metalheads about how Metallica is infinitely superior to Megadeth...
It's the same shit. I've said it before and I'll say it again, all of us here are just nerds who got sick of being the "geek" in the playground and instead became the "freak" instead. It's just a cunning disguise for geeks to fein coolness.
Like it's a coincidence so many bands took their names from Lord of the Rings...
Frome Metal Sludge forum:
Heavy metal fans = nerds, dorks, geeks,......
We're all no different than Star Trek geeks (and some here no doubt are).
I can never understand the mentality of any metalhead who can't comprehend that he/she's a fucking geek too.
Let's do a character comparison:
Let's say a sci fi nerd knows the script to his favorite characters in the Star Trek movies, spends all his time on forums talking about how The Next Generation is vastly superior to Deep Space Nine, buys the computer games, reads the books, subscribes to sci fi magazines, buys the action figures, wears the t-shirt, maybe even models his look off his favorite character, attends the conventions and constantly argues with other geeks about how Star Trek is infinitely superior to Star Wars...
... is NO more of a geek than...
A metal fan who knows all the lyrics to his favorite band and learnt to play their songs on guitar, spends all his time on forums talking about how Master of Puppets is vastly superior to the black album, buys the computer games (Ed Hunter, Queen's The Eye, Motley Crue pinball, Kiss Psycho Circus etc.), reads the autobiographies, subscribes to rock magazines, buys the action figures, wears the t-shirt, maybe even models his look off his favorite band member, attends the concerts and constantly argues with other metalheads about how Metallica is infinitely superior to Megadeth...
It's the same shit. I've said it before and I'll say it again, all of us here are just nerds who got sick of being the "geek" in the playground and instead became the "freak" instead. It's just a cunning disguise for geeks to fein coolness.
Like it's a coincidence so many bands took their names from Lord of the Rings...
ALL HAIL METALGEEKNESS! 
