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* "White Metal" or "Unblack Metal" is this to [[Captain Obvious|Black]] [[Black Metal|Metal]].
* In [[The Eighties]], [[Televisa]], then (and still) the most powerful Mexican TV network, was faced with a dilemma. As one of Mexico's self-appointed [[Moral Guardians]], they had to ostracize any music that plays harder than 2 on the [[Mohs Scale of Rock and Metal Hardness]] to prevent the "[[Think of the Children|family values]]" crowd from viewing them as traitors, but doing so meant losing [[Money, Dear Boy|those profitable demographics that enjoyed rock music]]. So they decided to [[Bowdlerise]] rock music, playing [[Spinoff Babies|children's bands like Timbiriche]].
* [[Stryper]] is a stand-out example of Christian metal, having gained popularity even among the secular crowd, although their brand of Christian glam metal did not sit well with the more conservative Christian crowd, who viewed Stryper's faith to be anathema to the heavy metal subculture which has often been associated with satanic imagery. Japanese metal critic Masanori Ito praised the band and promoted them both in the metal magazine ''Burrn!'' and on his radio show, which led Stryper to gain a following in Japan and secure a deal with CBS Sony. And speaking of satanic imagery, Michael Sweet admitted in an interview<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcOqe73NICg MICHAEL SWEET of STRYPER: Giant Coffee Machines in Heaven, Satanist Fans, Equality, More]</ref> that even ''Satanists themselves'' listen to Stryper even if it's just for the music, though he did opine that the band's message would still sneak through them.
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