Personally, I find him very obnoxious and not contributing anything good to society in general. Plus, I have no idea why people find him funny. I honestly don't associate him with metal, so I'm not quite sure what you're getting at there? He may like some hard rock bands, but who cares? If Howard Stern is the poster boy for metal, then by all means tell me where the nearest store is so that I can buy myself some country music.
~Brian~
Well, he plays more metal than anyone else in talk radio--that may not be saying much but when you think about it that makes him somewhat special. Also, he runs the sybian bit at least once a week--if you can find more entertaining radio than that please let me know.
If you listened to him on earth based radio in the last 5 years, you did hear a crabby guy who had his creativity choked out of him by the FCC and conservative media owners. This Stern no longer exists, now that he has the freedom to do whatever he wants on satellite.
Metal is edgy. Stern is edgy. He was doing stuff 10 years ago that people are just getting around to now:
American Idol? Stern did it in the late '80's.
Are you smarter than a 5th grader? Stern was doing that in the 70's!
Lesbian/gay dating shows? Stern was doing that in the early 80's.
I am certain that things he is doing now will be copied in a watered down version for mass consumption in a few years.
For me, metal is edgy music, appreciated by few, that influences the mainstream while retaining it's own identity. When you take that definition and apply it to talk radio, you get Howard Stern.
Just my 2cents.
BTW I am not trying to change opinion, or force anyone to like something they do not like, or make statements that people would consider bigotry. I was just curious is all since every metal fan I know here in south florida just loves HS.
