82-Year-Old Heavy Metal Fan Talks About His Longstanding Love Affair With Rock Music

January 14, 2009

Owen Brown, an 82-year-old heavy metal fan from Weobley in Herefordshire, U.K. has spoken to BBC News about his longstanding love affair with rock music. Watch the one-and-a-half-minute video at this location.

A couple of quotes from the report follow below.

On how he got into heavy metal:

Owen: "I didn't like other, certain music — I liked the rock. I built up from there and got [into] heavy metal."

On what he likes about heavy metal music:

Owen: "Well, it's the rhythm in it, you know. JUDAS PRIEST and IRON MAIDEN, there's a lot of good drumming and guitarists."

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