Metal

Metal is a genre character from The History of Rock & Roll, and the third oldest child in the family band. His genre is inspired by traditional heavy metal bands of the 1970's.

Metal made his first appearance in the first comic, and has since been more involved with The Five Genres. Metal is the bands only drummer (although Grunge eventually learned), and drums are his only instrument. He was the first to leave the band after Disco committed suicide, and ever since, blames the incident on himself.

In the 1980's, Metal joined The Metalheads with fellow subgenres Thrash and Speed. He left The Metalheads because he was tired of them disrespecting other people’s music and allegations of hiding satanic messages in his lyrics. Guilty by association, people judge Metal as being indifferent or even mean because of his brutal honesty, even among members of his own family. However, in reality, he can be quite friendly and helpful.

His character has received negative response from metal fans because of what he considers to be his favorite bands and are debated as if they are "real metal". The comics respond to these critics through the Thrash character who has more of a bias.