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METAL UP YOUR PODCAST - All Things Metallica

Episode 174 - A Conversation With Austin Manning

METAL UP YOUR PODCAST - All Things Metallica

Clint Wells

Clint Wells, Ethan Luck, Heavy Metal, Arts, Nashville, Metal Up Your Podcast, Metal, Music, Society & Culture, Thrash Metal, Metallica

4.9775 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2020

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

Austin Manning is a die-hard Metallica fan based in New York City. He's the chapter head of NYC Attitude, a black ticket holder, has traveled the world seeing the band, and won meet and greets. Austin is also a black/trans man. Austin reached out about having a conversation with us about his experience in the metal community in the hopes that it would give a unique perspective, build empathy and inspire other people of color or in the LGBT community to be themselves and know they aren't alone. With everything happening in the world right now in respect to racial injustice and the ongoing fight for people of color to be treated fairly, we thought this was a conversation worth having. We talk through Austin's upbringing in Dallas, the first time he heard Metallica, attending both Orion festivals, traveling to Vegas and seeing the boys at the Apollo. His experience as a black ticket holder, meeting the band, standing on stage with Metallica, what it's like being one of a few black/trans people in a predominantly white genre of music, and more. Music is a powerful tool reminding us all that what unifies us is what we love. Our compassion and empathy. Our appreciation of art, live music and loud electric guitars. In this context what you look like or how you define yourself in terms of sexual orientation or gender is irrelevant. James Hetfield made this point repeatedly on the 2017 stadium tour in his inspiring speech before For Whom The Bell Tolls. There are links below for people interested in supporting Black Lives Matter and other causes that bring awareness to and amplify the voices of the marginalized. We hope you'll take the time to investigate, educate yourself, and listen. Thank you.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Metallica, here they come, the kings of metal.

0:05.0

Oh, not burn!

0:23.6

This is New York Attitude, and you're listening to Metalop Your Podcast.

0:43.3

And I'm Ethan Luck Podcast. I'm Ethan Luck.

0:57.1

And I'm Clint Wells.

0:58.4

This is episode 174.

1:00.2

And this episode, we have an amazing, amazing conversation with our new friend who we met in the past.

1:06.3

But a new friend Austin Manning out of New York City.

1:08.6

Right.

1:08.9

Austin Manning is a diehard Metallica fan. He's part of the New York

1:12.7

Attitude chapter up there. He came to our two-year anniversary party, and we met him through

1:17.9

Sarah Sobeck and Gene Bromon, two names that you should all know by... If there was like a

1:22.2

metal up your podcast quiz, those two names, I feel like like would be part of the test. Right.

1:28.7

So we met Austin.

1:29.7

He's a huge fan.

1:30.9

He tells us his Metallica story.

1:37.2

Now, what's particularly and culturally fascinating about him right now is that he is a black trans Metallica fan and metal fan.

1:39.3

And Austin wanted to come on the show not to preach or be overly political, which it wasn't,

1:44.2

but just to sort of give his perspective about what it's like to be a person like him in the

1:49.3

metal community as a metal fan living in New York City.

1:53.1

And Ethan and I thought that was a great idea.

1:56.0

And there's a lot of crazy stuff going on in the world.

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