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... out every time something happens with shootings at schools and blame it on rock music. Rap is the music that gives the message of killing and shooting people. I don’t think it is right that they blame artists like Marilyn Manson and Ozzy Osbourne for children that have weak minds when it comes to music that deals with death. Finally, my last point is that the media judges a musician by the way they look and from what they have heard about them. They don’t read or listen to the lyrics to the songs, they judge by their image and that is the wrong way to look at someone. The newspapers add to the affect by talking about how heavy metal music and Goth music are a bad influence on a child’s mind and "School Shooting are always caused by troubled teens who listen to heavy metal music," they write. The reason they do the shootings is not because they listen to a certain genre of music; it is because they have weak minds that can’t handle the lyrics the singers write. There are bands that write lyrics about things that they have experienced in their lives. The music I just happen to listen to is heavy metal and Goth metal The bands in Goth metal have names such as Cradle of Filth, Six Feet Under, Suicidal Tendencies and Type O Negative. They are all known for having songs that deal with death and other dark things. Six Feet Under is a band who I’m not too familiar with so I really can’t talk about how they influence children. All I know is that their most recent album features a guy on the cover getting a lobotomy by machines. Cradle of Filth is a band that uses witchcraft with music to write really sick and twisted lyrics. The people of the United States do not approve of their music or concerts so the band is now banned from all 50 states. I don’t see what the big deal is with people listening to heavy metal. I think those people who listen to it, and take the lyrics seriously have a weak mind. T...