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• I love death metal music, but this guy does sound an awful lot like the cookie monster. Is the $20k for screamo lessons?

  Luke Thursday 14 June, 2012 - 10:20 AM

• @Emily

  If only the world were that simple. Besides, the section of government that gave Ouroboros the grant is only linked a tiny bit to the section that operates school funding. It's not just a band playing music you don't like being funded either, it's also an unknown orchestra, a team of unknowns playing classical instruments, who finally get some work and extra recognition by recording an album that will be heard or bought by one third of the current generation of people. Please don't call death metal rubbish - most tracks in rap, hip-hop, RnB and (nowadays) techno and dubstep all use computer programs and other people's copyrighted music to make the "next big hit" while these guys practice every day to hit the right chord or drum piece at the high speed required.

  Adrian Monday 4 June, 2012 - 5:09 AM

• Yeah, of course the money could have been spent somewhere else. But so could a lot of the money that's been used over all these years, that has been put into entertaining, hosting & "feeding" people like yourself, who are lucky enough to be part of the "corporate lifestyle". Overpriced food and drinks feeding the already wealthy - nice perk hey! That money could have been put towards feeding some homeless that night, right?! Bit hypercritical isn't it?! $20K for being part of the music scene and putting blood, sweat & tears, and EVERY LAST CENT YOU HAVE into it - also a nice perk, and in both cases, well deserved for hard work & determination. Neil, your a very educated man, and have done a hell of a lot for all sorts of charities, communities etc. but you don't and can't know everything. Check out "Metal For The Brain", "The Think Tank" and many many other "Metal" events and organisations that put their profits into research for worthy causes - do ya research or keep your opinion to yourself next time pal... Especially when you know nothing, i repeat "NOTHING" about metal!
  By the way - the metal community of Australia sincerely thanks you for the exposure... Any publicly is good publicity, you know that, ya dingleberry :) Thumbs up! Horns up \m/

  Mikbok Sunday 3 June, 2012 - 3:57 PM

• I don't care what the song is about, its total rubbish and I would prefer $20,000 of tax money going to support a school setting up a band or lessons for children with musical talents that cannot otherwise afford them. If the band is so success and making a name for themselves then they don't need the grant do they? Give it to young children creating some positive music and stop with this rubbish.

  Emily Wednesday 30 May, 2012 - 3:44 PM

• @ those last few comments hahahaha I am going on tour and I am making you psy for it eat it Cheryl hahahaha

  Therivael Wednesday 30 May, 2012 - 2:20 AM

• continued...

  ...I would say that the potential employment generated from this enterprise, and the tax revenue gained, will be enough to justify the relatively small gamble of $20k. Many more expensive job-making schemes have come a cropper, without Cheryl wading in to insult everyone involved in the process.

  Working for heavy metal bands has paid off my mortgage. It is a legitimate art form, a growth industry, popular worldwide (and I mean truly worldwide, not just the western world), a mature musical genre (Black Sabbath released their first record in 1969), and an employer of thousands of people.

  Relax, Cheryl. It's money well spent, nobody is hurting anyone, all they are doing is bringing a little pleasure, some music into people's lives. What could be wrong with that?

  Clesmos Tuesday 29 May, 2012 - 7:07 PM