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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 7128471">I wasn't around in the real early days, but I started gaming in about 86. A few years later, in about '89 when I got into 7th grade, I started developing an interest in heavy metal and picked up guitar. But well before that, I had already started buying Iron Maiden Posters simply because I liked the imagery (and hadn't even heard their music yet). I think the subject matter of heavy metal and gaming has a lot of cross-over. Among the musicians I knew, the hard rock guys were definitely not into RPGs, but the metal guys were. I think it largely boiled down to the sound and subject matter. Everything from death to doom, thrash and British New Wave all kind of blended well with the gaming stuff I was interested in. Just look at the cover art of metal albums and many of them could work as a cover of a D&D book. And I think the connection became a lot more conscious over time (bands like Bolt Thrower and Iced Earth were clearly influenced by this sort of hobby). In my mind it is pretty hard to separate the two things. That music was often on in the background when we made characters or played.It wasn't the only music that influenced gaming though. I remember a lot of people who were into punk playing, as well as there being a lot of goth and industrial people.</blockquote>