EP/62: METAL & WELLNESS

Is Heavy Metal Good for Your Health?

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Heavy metal music might not conjure up images of positive mental health, but research shows that for some people, a little metal might be just what the doctor ordered. ​It’s time to challenge those negative stereotypes and learn about the health benefits of metal. While we’re at it, we’re going to find out why sharks love heavy metal too.

Joe Daly is an award-winning music journalist who joins us today to explain the healthy metal paradox. Joe regularly contributes to Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, Men’s Health and Bass Player Magazine among other outlets. We reached him in San Diego.

About JOE

Joe Daly has interviewed hundreds of artists over the past twenty-five years, including Black Sabbath, Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Public Enemy, The Pixies, Moby, Def Leppard and a legion of European black metal and death metal outfits of whom you have almost certainly never heard.

When Joe’s not writing about himself in the third person, he additionally works as research assistant for various authors and he has served as music editor for both The Weeklings and The Nervous Breakdown.  Joe is also a live music photographer who practices way too much on his two dogs. Together, they live near the beach in San Diego and when Joe’s not taunting the sun with his pasty Irish skin, you can find him at home, blasting Motörhead at neighbor-bothering volumes, beating on a perfectly good bass guitar or yelling at the television during hockey games.

Learn more about Joe and read his work at joedaly.net and follow him on Twitter & Instagram @joedaly_ca