Probably one of the funniest quotes I have ever read.

“In the West, heavy metal is generally associated with low lifes and trailer trash,” says Dekker, “but the situation in Egypt is completely reversed. These kids are the children of diplomats and other well-off Egyptians..."

I don't know what disturbs me more; this kids misguided interpretation that metal in the west is associated only with low life's or that somehow coming from a pedigree background makes metal cool.

In the west (and most of the civilized world) metal is the music of the youth... period. It knows no class lines and in the last decade has proven that it knows no color. Metal is the expressive voice of teen angst.

Being children of well-to-do diplomats somehow takes some of the edge off of what is and should be edgy music. I don't know - visualizing some disgustingly wealthy kids rocking out on their high ticket instruments in their dads mansion seems to lack a certain credibility in my book.