"Fat Dela Metal"

Why is it that more and more musicians in the rock scene today are getting fatter and fatter?

I do not mean to insult anyone (heck, I am fat myself but is still very far from obese) but since I started to become an active member of the band scene, I had been observing about this trend. I was still in doubt if it is a good generalization or I am just witnessing a product of coincidences.

However, attending the Fete Dela Musique last Saturday proved that what I was pondering has a lot of truth in it.

I got interested with this because as I know, rockers, especially heavy metalheads, in general, are those who experienced or is experiencing the worst in life and are writing songs about it without giving a f*ck about what other thinks.

Rockers favored the simplicity of power chords and pentatonic scales in expressing their anger because complicated musical discipline is beyond their financial reach. With this logic, we can say jazz and classical musicians are those that are generally well-fed, therefore seeing fat people in these genres are not new.

But then again, why in modern times this scenario seems to be in the opposite? I think this “phenomenon” can be attributed to one word: Economy.

Whatever it is that is happening in the economy, if it is going good or bad, more rockers are being spawned by well-fed families and they are getting “heavier” (pun slightly not intended :)).

What do you think?