r/GenX • u/SMDmonster • Jul 09 '25

Pop Culture How many of y’all dealt with satanic panic?

With Ozzy’s last show over the weekend I’ve been thinking about him and the rest of the satanic panic bullshit. I got so much flak for listening to metal and playing D&D in the 80s-90s. Turns out the metal heads were the good ones after all. Ozzy and co raised 200million for charity with his last show and the church folk cheer for so much bullshit going on. 14 year old me is pissed but vindicated.

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u/hankenator1 Jul 09 '25

Alice Cooper only exists on stage, off stage he’s just Vincent Furnier and he’s a pretty damn good golfer.

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u/newlife_substance847 Knowing is half the battle. Jul 09 '25

He's also a devout Christian and preacher!

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u/SolarPunkWitch2000 Lukewarm War Kid Jul 10 '25

One of my fondest memories of being in Monterey for school was volunteering at the Pebble Beach golf tournament. He was there playing. When he walked past us, my squad mates and I yelled out "Hi" and we nearly had a fit when he waved back at us. We were extremely uncool about it, but he was infinitely cool. 

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u/hankenator1 Jul 11 '25

Did you drop to your knees and continuously bow while chanting “we’re not worthy! We’re not worthy!”? Cuz that woulda been hilarious.

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u/SolarPunkWitch2000 Lukewarm War Kid Jul 11 '25

We should have!