When they convene in Tampa to nominate Mitt Romney for president next week, Republicans will not hear a note from the city’s most notable musical exports: death-metal bands such as Deicide and Obituary.
The South Bronx hatched hip-hop and Seattle birthed grunge rock. Tampa gave the world death metal, a boundary-pushing style of heavy rock that features lyrics that can be decidedly anti-Christian.
Some say it’s ironic that a party that includes large numbers of religious conservatives would hold its convention in the city that fostered a musical genre known for album titles like “To Hell With God” and “Butchered At Birth.”
“It’s kind of like having a group called Abstinence for the Sexually Anxious holding its convention in San Francisco,” said Steve Huey, a critic at AllMusic.com. “Or a group called Society for the Hatred of Corn deciding to meet up in Iowa.”
via Death metal, the sound of Tampa, won’t be heard at Republican convention | Reuters.