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REAL LIFE NEWS: MIGHT AS WELL FACE IT, YOU'RE ADDICTED TO BLACK SABBATH

by Hazed

A Swedish man has been officially declared addicted to heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and is to receive sickness benefits for his addiction.

Roger Tullgren, a 42 year old man from Hassleholm in southern Sweden, has had his lifestyle classified as a disability by the Swedish Employment Service, which has agreed to pay part of his salary. His new boss has also given him special dispensation to play loud music at work.

According to a Swedish online newspaper called The Local, Tullgren got into heavy metal when his older brother bought a Black Sabbath album in 1971 (the report doesn't say which album it was that did the damage). He became a fan, got the obligatory tattoos and skull and crossbones jewellry and started to attend heavy metal gigs. Last year he attended almost 300 shows, while also playing bass and guitar in two rock bands.

Tullgren says he has always had difficulty holding down a job, mainly because he is absent all the time. Yeah, you can see why he keeps getting fired! Psychologists have decided that his obsession with heavy metal counts as an addiction, hence the help he will receive. However other occupational psychologists in Sweden are baffled by this decision and see it as completely nutty.

Now, how do we get Fed players officially classed as addicts so they can play at work?

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