MetalSucks Maniac Steve Hamlin sent us the link to this 24 minute documentary, Heavy Metal Jr., which follows six tween boys and their band, Hatred. Inevitably, a few of you will criticize these kids for, I dunno, like Marilyn Manson or whatever. But you know what? If you do, you’re an asshole. These kids are keeping the dream alive, and clearly, they’re pretty committed. Also, I already like them better than Black Tide, or Bad 4 Good, or whatever adolescent metal band you wanna name.

Watch this when you can – all of it. It’s totally worth it.

-AR

In the early 90s, Steve Vai assembled, wrote all the music for, and produced a band called Bad 4 Good, consisting of members no older than 17 and often as young as 12 or 13 (which makes the semi-nude photo of the band, above, that much creepier). The most notable member, I suppose, was lead singer Danny Cooksey, a child actor best known for playing Arnold and Willis’ precocious little white brother on Diff’rent Strokes, Eddie Furlong’s GN’R lovin’ buddy in Terminator 2, and, of course, the bad ass rebel on the cult classic shitcom Salute Your Shorts.

Even with Vai’s involvement, this band sucked hard, and the irony of a bunch of kids under the age of 18 releasing a single called “Nineteen” should be lost on no one (were they dreaming of what they might do when they eventually turned 19?). By the time the band broke away from Vai and changed their name to Mother’s Milk, no one gave a shit about them anymore, if anyone gave a shit in the first place. After the jump, check out a Bad 4 Good EPK and the video for “Nineteen.”

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