Questionnaire about metalheads

[CF87]

1. Where are you from?

Bridgeport, Connecticut.


2. What is your gender?

Masculine & Feminine.


3. How old are you?

24.


4. Which is your professional situation?

Unemployed. Waiter,Dishwasher,Landscaper.


5. Which is your personal situation?

Single.

6. Do you have children?

No.

7. Which is your religion?

Atheist.


8. Do you have a defined political belief?

Do not give a fuck about politcs.



9. At what age did you discovered the metal music and how? 12,13. Faces of Death VHS tapes.



10. What attracted you in this music (except the sound)?

Pessimism,Death.


11. What was the reaction of your entourage?



12. Which kind of music do your parents listen?

Rock.


13. Which are your favorite metal sub-genres?

Death Metal
Doom Metal
Gothic Metal
Progressive Metal
Industrial Metal


14. Which are your favorite bands?

A listen to so much stuff it's hard to say.



15. Do you listen to others music styles than metal? If yes, which one?

Hard Rock
Pop, Rock
Grunge
Gothic
Blues
Country
Rap, Hip Hop
Electro, Techno
Jazz
Classical music



16. How much CD(s), Vinyl(s), DVD(s) have you?

Around 3,4 hundred cds, Sold a few hundred.

17. How many metal concerts have you already assisted?

Decent ammount when a teen. Mostly shows in Upstate,NY.



18. Are you a member of a music band?

No.


19. By which way do you inquire about metal music?

Internet.



20. Did you change since you have been listening to metal music (physically or/and mentally)?

No


Do you think that the metal (or the music) can have an influence on the behavior or that it is rather the character of the person that brings him to listen to certain music style?

No.



21. Do you have literary and/or film genres preferences?


Horror, Mob.

22. What metal for you represents and which words occur you to describe this music?[/QUOTE]

Diversity,Variation.

 

[Bitencourt29]

1. Where are you from?
Sao Paulo, Brazil

2. What is your gender?
• Masculine

3. How old are you?
33 years old

4. Which is your professional situation?
• Manager

5. Which is your personal situation?
• Single

6. Do you have children?
No.

7. Which is your religion?
• Atheist (Raised as a catholic)


8. Do you have a defined political belief?
• Centre-left

9. At what age did you discovered the metal music and how?
12 years old, thanks to my cool cousins who owned a nice collection of metal albums

10. What attracted you in this music (except the sound)?
• The graphics and the atmospheres developed by the groups
• The rebel and provocative aspect of this music

11. What was the reaction of your entourage?
Don't care.

12. Which kind of music do your parents listen?
• Classic Rock
• Pop
• Blues

13. Which are your favorite metal sub-genres?
• Black Metal
• Death Metal

14. Which are your favorite bands?
Incantation, Taake, Darkthrone, Immolation, Nile, Candlemass

15. Do you listen to others music styles than metal? If yes, which one?
• Classical music


16. How much CD(s), Vinyl(s), DVD(s) have you?
About 1.400 cds and some 50 DVDs


17. How many metal concerts have you already assisted?
About 100 concerts


18. Are you a member of a music band?
No.


19. By which way do you inquire about metal music?
• Internet
• Roadie Crew (brazilian magazine)


20. Did you change since you have been listening to metal music (physically or/and mentally)?

Physically:
• Purchase of T-shirt(s) in the effigy of bands
• More black clothes


Mentally:
No.

21. Do you have literary and/or film genres preferences?

• Science fiction / fantasy

22. What metal for you represents and which words occur you to describe this music?

Metal is a huge part of my life, period. I really live it.

 

[theoden236]

Questionnaire:



1. Where are you from?
Watertown, CT, USA

2. What is your gender?
Male

3. How old are you?
25

4. Which is your professional situation?
Employee

5. Which is your personal situation?
Single

6. Do you have children?
No way!!

7. Which is your religion?
let's just say i'm neutral

8. Do you have a defined political belief?
nope, politics fucking suck. they're all dead inside

9. At what age did you discovered the metal music and how?
hmm, i would say around age 10, mainly via word of mouth

10. What attracted you in this music (except the sound)?

• Tackled themes: death, religion, mythology, fantasy, horror,
science fiction, Satanism, gore, vampirism, violence, political
• The graphics and the atmospheres developed by the groups
• The rebel and provocative aspect of this music

11. What was the reaction of your entourage?
never really had an entourage

12. Which kind of music do your parents listen?

• Hard Rock, Metal
• Pop, Rock
• Variety, Song
• Grunge
• Punk
• Blues
• Country
• Jazz
• Classical music

13. Which are your favorite metal sub-genres?

• Black Metal
• Death Metal
• Doom Metal, Gothic Metal
• Progressive Metal

14. Which are your favorite bands?
opeth, immortal, enslaved, candlemass, krisiun, etc.

15. Do you listen to others music styles than metal? If yes, which one?

• Folkloric music
• Other: Prog Rock, Neofolk, some indie rock & ambient shit

16. How much CD(s), Vinyl(s), DVD(s) have you?
don't know, stopped couting a long time ago

17. How many metal concerts have you already assisted?
i'd say around twenty, but that's a very rough guess

18. Are you a member of a music band?
no, but i have a solo project right now (see signature)

19. By which way do you inquire about metal music?

• Internet
• Television
• Specialized revues
• Closes

20. Did you change since you have been listening to metal music (physically or/and mentally)?

Physically:
• Purchase of T-shirt(s) in the effigy of bands
• More black clothes
• Long hair (from age 15 to 19)

Mentally:
it can have a strong influence on the weak-minded.

21. Do you have literary and/or film genres preferences?

• Literary and/or film genres (ex. fantasy, science-fiction, horror&#8230
• Writers (ex. Lovecraft, Tolkien&#8230
• Films


22. What metal for you represents and which words occur you to describe this music?
i guess you could say metal represents one thing to me: a middle-finger to the mainstream

 

[WCannibal]

Everyone's single.

 

[Avigrus]

In my defence that's because i have a head like a half-sucked mango.

 

[Kreated]

1. USA
2. Male
3. 27
4. Employee
5. Single
6. No
7. Protestant
8. Right wing in general, but from far-right to moderate/liberal on depending on the issue in question
9. Other (friends)
10. Themes (darkness, mythology, etc), atmosphere
11. Some friends like metal but most don't
12. Pop, Country
13. Black, industrial, symphonic, nu / alternative, thrash
14. Summoning, Kampfar, Immortal, Blut Aus Nord
15. Yes- mostly electronic, rock / pop, folkloric, classical, soundtrack
16. mostly mp3s
17. not that many
18. no
19. internet
20. music influences me but it is more accurate to say that I seek out music that matches the mood I am already currently in
21. fantasy, historical, epic, surreal, romantic

 

[arg]

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[corpseripper]

1. Where are you from?
Oklahoma City, OK, US


2. What is your gender?


• Masculine


3. How old are you?
34



4. Which is your professional situation?


• Employee



5. Which is your personal situation?


• In couple, married


6. Do you have children?
No


7. Which is your religion?
other



8. Do you have a defined political belief?


• Centre-left


9. At what age did you discovered the metal music and how?
Age 12, about 1989
• Other


10. What attracted you in this music (except the sound)?

• Tackled themes: death, religion, mythology, fantasy, horror,
science fiction, Satanism, gore, vampirism, violence, political, other
(specify)
• A certain philosophic vision: misanthropy, nihilism, pessimism, Manichaeism…
• Lyrics of songs
• The graphics and the atmospheres developed by the groups
• The rebel and provocative aspect of this music
• Other

All of the above



11. What was the reaction of your entourage?
Not quite sure what that means, but I've been accused of being a "devil-worshipper" on more than one occasion



12. Which kind of music do your parents listen?
Crap


13. Which are your favorite metal sub-genres?

• Heavy Metal, Power Metal
• Speed Metal, Thrash Metal
• Black Metal
• Death Metal
• Doom Metal, Gothic Metal
• Symphonic Metal




14. Which are your favorite bands?
Iron Maiden, Dio, Cannibal Corpse, Nile, Nevermore, Megadeth, Morbid Angel, Slayer, Obituary, W.A.S.P. etc etc etc


15. Do you listen to others music styles than metal? If yes, which one?

• Hard Rock
• Pop, Rock
• Grunge
• Punk
• Rap, Hip Hop
• Classical music
• Other



16. How much CD(s), Vinyl(s), DVD(s) have you?
cd's- too many to count
vinyl-about 100
dvd's(music dvd's? Not very many)



17. How many metal concerts have you already assisted?
Lots



18. Are you a member of a music band?
No



19. By which way do you inquire about metal music?

• Internet
• Other



20. Did you change since you have been listening to metal music (physically or/and mentally)?

Physically:
• Purchase of T-shirt(s) in the effigy of bands
• Accessories « metal » (Belts with nails, bracelets, military boots, kutte…)
• More black clothes



Mentally:
• Do you think that the metal (or the music) can have an influence on the behavior or that it is rather the character of the person that brings him to listen to certain music style?
The latter, but there are a few nuts out there.



21. Do you have literary and/or film genres preferences?

• Literary and/or film genres (ex. fantasy, science-fiction, horror…) horror
• Writers (ex. Lovecraft, Tolkien…)Stephen King
• Directors
• Films Goodfellas, Nightmare on Elm Street, Clerks, Spinal Tap, The Fog
• Other

 

[heavymetal29]

I ended my work and I got a 5,5 grade in 6. So thanks a lot for your answers!

Here I post the results of the questionnaire. I also made a version of the questionnaire with graphics that you can see at this address (in French): http://www.fichier-pdf.fr/2012/03/17/analyse-questionnaire/

If you want to see my work in full you can join me by personal message or by mail (nicolas29@bluewin.ch), because I don't know if I can publish it on Internet because of the copyright and things like that.



1. Where are you from?



2. What is your gender? (112 answers)

• Masculine (93)
• Feminine (19)


3. How old are you?

Mean age: 25,1 years old


4. Which is your professional situation? (107)

• Apprentice, Student (55)
• Employee (36)
• Manager (6)
• Unemployed (6)
• Craftsman, Farmer, Independent (3)


5. Which is your personal situation? (107)

• Single (65)
• In couple, married (39)
• Divorced (3)


6. Do you have children? (109)

• No (91)
• Yes (18)


7. Which is your religion? (101)

• Atheist (46)
• Agnostic (17)
• Christian (14)
• Other (11)
• None (8)
• Deist (2)
• Satanist (2)
• Pagan (1)


8. Do you have a defined political belief? (102)

• No (49)
• Right-wing (16)
• Left-wing (11)
• Centre (6)
• Centre-left (5)
• Far left (4)
• Far right (4)
• Yes (4)
• Centre-right (3)


9. At what age did you discovered the metal music and how?

• Closes (70)
• Internet (17)
• Television (11)
• Radio (9)
• CD's (6)
• Specialized revues (6)
• Other (4)


10. What attracted you in this music (except the sound)?

• The graphics and the atmospheres (52)
• Tackled themes (45)
• The rebel and provocative aspect (27)
• A certain philosophic vision (22)
• Lyrics of songs (19)
• All (14)


11. What was the reaction of your entourage?



12. Which kind of music do your parents listen?

• Pop, Rock (64)
• Variety, Song (55)
• Classical music (44)
• Jazz (35)
• Hard Rock (35)
• Blues (29)
• Folkloric music (23)
• Metal (23)
• Country (14)


13. Which are your favorite metal sub-genres?

• Death Metal (70)
• Black Metal (66)
• Thrash Metal (57)
• Heavy Metal (46)
• Doom Metal (41)
• Speed Metal (32)
• Folk Metal, Pagan Metal (30)
• Symphonic Metal (30)
• Power Metal (28)
• Progressive Metal (24)
• Gothic Metal (21)
• Industrial Metal (19)
• Metalcore (10)
• Grind (9)
• Nu Metal, Alternative Metal (4)
• Stoner (4)


14. Which are your favorite bands?

• Slayer (22)
• Iron Maiden (18)
• Immolation (15)
• Metallica (15)
• Opeth (14)
• Behemoth (13)
• Black Sabbath (13)
• Darkthrone (13)
• Immortal (13)
• Cannibal Corpse (12)
• Megadeth (12)
• Candlemass (10)
• Death (10)
• Emperor (10)
• Nile (10)
• Pantera (10)
• Therion (10)
• Rhapsody (of Fire) (9)
(8): Blind Guardian, Judas Priest, Morbid Angel, Motörhead, Nightwish, Sodom
(7): Children of Bodom, Deathspell Omega, Dissection, Enslaved, Manowar, Taake
(6): Bathory, Celtic Frost, Epica, Hate Eternal, Napalm Death, Paradise Lost, Septic Flesh
(5): Agalloch, Archgoat, Arch Enemy, Blut Aus Nord, Deicide, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Dimmu Borgir, Ensiferum, HammerFall, Helloween, Incantation, Inquisition, Kreator, Mayhem, Savatage, Sepultura, Vader


15. Do you listen to others music styles than metal? If yes, which one?

• Hard Rock (56)
• Classical music (54)
• Pop, Rock (44)
• Punk (36)
• Electro (30)
• Blues (27)
• Folkloric music (26)
• Jazz (25)
• Grunge (18)
• Rap, Hip Hop (17)
• Gothic (16)
• Film score (11)
• Variety, Song (11)
• Country (9)
• Nothing (6)


16. How much CD(s), Vinyl(s), DVD(s) have you? (108)

• >500 (29)
• 200 - 500 (19)
• 100 - 200 (18)
• 20 - 100 (18)
&#8226; <20 (8)
&#8226; Yes (11)
&#8226; No (5)


17. How many metal concerts have you already assisted? (108)

&#8226; <10 (28)
&#8226; >100 (16)
&#8226; 20 - 50 (16)
&#8226; Yes (16)
&#8226; 10 - 20 (13)
&#8226; No (10)
&#8226; 50 - 100 (9)


18. Are you a member of a music band? (110)

&#8226; No (70)
&#8226; Yes (23)
&#8226; Before (17)


19. By which way do you inquire about metal music?

&#8226; Internet (108)
&#8226; Specialized revues (53)
&#8226; Closes (34)
&#8226; Television (8)
&#8226; Concerts (3)
&#8226; Radio (1)


20. Did you change since you have been listening to metal music (physically or/and mentally)?

Physically:
&#8226; Purchase of T-shirt(s) in the effigy of bands (78)
&#8226; More black clothes (49)
&#8226; Long hair (45)
&#8226; Bracelets (24)
&#8226; Belts with nails (21)
&#8226; Military boots (21)
&#8226; Kutte (20)
&#8226; No (13)


Mentally:
&#8226; Do you think that the metal (or the music) can have an influence on the behavior or that it is rather the character of the person that brings him to listen to certain music style?



21. Do you have literary and/or film genres preferences?

&#8226; Literary and/or film genres
Science-fiction (42)
Fantastique (38)
Horror (35)
Thriller (13)
Fantasy (12)
Historical (12)
Action (10)
&#8226; Writers
J. R. R. Tolkien (23)
H. P. Lovecraft (17)
Stephen King (13)
Edgar Allan Poe (7)
Charles Baudelaire (4)
Ray Bradbury (4)
J. K. Rowling (4)
(3): David Gemmell, Victor Hugo, Friedrich Nietzsche, Marquis de Sade
(2): Isaac Asimov, Céline, Philip K. Dick, David Eddings, Dean Koontz, Michael Moorcock, George Orwell, Arthur Schopenhauer, Bram Stoker, Jules Verne, Voltaire, Bernard Werber
&#8226; Directors
Tim Burton (12)
Quentin Tarantino (12)
Peter Jackson (9)
Stanley Kubrick (8)
David Lynch (7)
Steven Spielberg (6)
Clint Eastwood (5)
Martin Scorsese (4)
&#8226; Films
The Lord of the Rings (14)
Star Wars (9)
Aliens (6)
Fight Club (6)
(3): American History X, Apocalypse Now, Kill Bill


22. What metal for you represents and which words occur you to describe this music?

Passion (9)
Freedom (8)
Powerful (8)

 

[Onder]

7. Christian

lol faggot scum.

16. How much CD(s), Vinyl(s), DVD(s) have you? (108)

&#8226; Yes (11)
&#8226; No (5)

- "How many cds do you own?"
- YES
- "Are you a christian?"
- YES
- "How did you become a christian?"
- NO
- "Why do you believe in God?"
- YES

retards.