Videos That Used To Freak Me Out At An Early Age

Years and years ago,when I was a tot,growing up under the wing of my father musically had already warped my terribly young nubile mind. He was a staunch metal fan (still is,although he leans more towards Dream Theater and the blues now),raising me on a diet of Anthrax and Megadeth. I remember when I got my first boombox,packaged in the box was a tape of Rust in Peace and Extreme II:Pornograffitti,but my Moms was bummed on the parental advisory sticker on it so she made my dad take me to take it back. Good call Mom heh. Being raised by a man who owned the Iron Maiden discography (er tapeography,this was a while ago ya know),he would tune in to Headbangers Ball every time and guess who was there with him? Granted I can take with me an appreciation for fun Lizzy Borden videos,and the occasional Lita Ford jam (even at a young age I could remember getting hot on that video),but being so young and naive could have its way with you as well.


The one that sticks out vividly,and what inevitably spawned my love for the man Id be willing to bet,is King Diamond "Welcome Home". I mean the shrieks were much too intense for a guy who thought Grim Reaper and Bruce Dickinson had the highest ones he had heard. Then you have the scene with the good ole King torturing the helpless old lady. Im not sure if it was my poor subconscious fucking with me,or if it was my Pops taking jabs at me and mentioning something about him pushing her down the stairs,but that scared the shit out of me. I would dip out the room like a fuckin track star once i heard that first "graaaaandmaaaaaaaaaa!". It took me several weeks to finally muster up the balls to watch it,but I have my good ole Dad to thank for that. He was pretty good at forcing me against my will to watch that shit.



Next would have to be what is the most ludicrous of them all. Soley based on what would come to be found out later on in life,and how,dare I say it,gay it really was all along. It all started with an open chord playing eighth notes and that fucking catwalk. Goddamn I'd never go see what was going on in the kitchen with Moms faster than after hearing that. Yet another video I was forced to sit and watch,cause deep down I was hyped on the song. I'd get to the part where the db reader is going out of control and cup my hands over my eyes,so I could still hear the jam. After countless eye covering chump moves,the gauntlet was thrown to watch the remainder of the video,and yet I knew what was gonna happen I stepped up to the challenge and kept them open. As brutal as a head explosion can be,you cant help but feel like a pussy once the pants fall off. It could be a homophobic thing way back when that the pants falling off was what really scared me,but that couldnt be true by any means.