Why do hard rock and metal music not appear on TV?

I ask this question myself everyday when I tune into MTV or vh1 but then I realize that every company wants to make profit and there is nothing wrong in that. read more

Metal_Treasure Before metal, the only music genre I really liked was hard rock because I didn't know metal existed. This is the reason I know pretty well both genres. My comparison is based on the most typical cases and tendencies in these genres. read more

This is an important distinction, because the heavy-metal classification seems to carry a stigma that "hard rock" does not. When I was younger, AC/DC was considered a heavy metal band by most people. They were marketed that way, usually playing on bills with other heavy-metal acts, and going to an AC/DC show was still considered a little "dangerous," although that was largely a perception without much actual merit. read more