Metal Mondays: Addressing the predatory nature of 2000s scene music culture

My early high school years were, unsurprisingly, not amazing. Being a gay band kid in a rural, sports-centric school district was not easy, especially as an underclassman. In those first two years, pop-punk music became a huge escape for me. Ever since the first time our band played “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs” by Fall Out Boy my freshman year, I was hooked.

That’s why this installment of Metal Mondays is simultaneously very painful for me to write and also very important. The 2000s scene music community that gave rise to bands like Asking Alexandria and Bring Me The Horizon was also incredibly predatory toward young women and girls.