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Yes you certainly have. Besides, it'll be good to to listen to some music to my liking today since I was at my university society end of year ball and the students union nightclub last night. There's only so much of the music you hear in most nightclubs that I can handle - no matter how much I've had to drink. :)

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Well, they had a live band playing covers - mostly chart stuff and some classics (mostly of the pop music variety though). At the nightclub obviously it's mostly electronic dance and pop - lady gaga, Rihanna etc. They have different club nights - one is underground stuff but not of the metal/rock variety; another is old school pop from the 90s, 80s, 70s and 60s. They don't have a night for rock/metal. You may hear indie band like Arctic Monkeys, The Killers et al. Possibly some post-punk bands but that's at a night club in town. There is a rock and metal society which puts gigs on and sometimes takes over the university radio to play metal. There is an alternative music night club which has a mix of things - hip hop, house, dubstep on a monday, pop on a Wednesday which is when most go because most people aren't into rock/metal stuff. Other nights it's mainly alternative rock, grunge, nu metal, metalcore, emo and some metal classics. Wish there was a a better place to go really, but that's the only 'metal/rock' venue there is. They have gigs regularly though.

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I hear you midnight. I brought my metal. CDs. One time. To my school dance. Once but. Everytime. Kids. Keep saying No heavy metal. I got pissed word. Got out that I brought metal. CDs. Even the teacher in my home room ask me to show her the CDs I did. And my responsed. To that. I didn't go. Cause I wasn't gonna go listein to that hip hop shit Cause I was in high school where rap was big

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Hey Ghouly! Nice to meet you to. It is good to have girls on the forum. I've met other girls irl but they were into emo stuff and metalcore and some things like Iron Maiden. But not many who had a good knowledge of 70s hard rock and metal. Yes everyone here is pretty cool. And helpful too with recommendations. :) Sent from my GT-I9195 using Tapatalk

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I'm sure you'll find the lads around here to be some of the coolest' date=' as online metal communities go. ;)[/quote'] In my case, 'cool' evoking the image of a crocodile warily peering out at all the newcomers to the watering hole, looking for that one springbok with the big mouth and tenuous grasp of theology.
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