History Is Revisionism

I detest revisionism as it is sometimes directed at the Holocaust, et cetera. I want to stand by history.
But I see that is not the case.
Not in comics, in which it is referred to as retcon or retroactive continuity - altering an established history of a fictional work.
Not in music...

I found a group of young people who wished to debate the origin of the term 'metal' as it pertains to music in general and guitars in particular.

There is a reference in 'Born to Be Wild.' And there were two band, Led Zeppelin and Iron Butterfly. These two bands were loud at times and on the then cutting edge of the guitar as it was being explored in the late 1960s.
Their names - two flying items made of metal...intentional contradiction in terms, rebels with long hair.

But where is this knowledge contained? The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? The word is not disseminated anywhere. It is left to tribal knowledge and being relatively trivial, not maintained.

And I find it sad.
In an age where people put faith in Wikipedia as a purveyor of facts it serves to show we are losing touch with our history in very meaningful ways.

As a child I would pore over the Encyclopedia Britannica for hours. I would read the footnotes and the references. Look at the authors and wonder if I would ever be as knowledgeable as to be asked to contribute to what I considered the sum total of the worlds knowledge.
These people that authored sections were the leading people in the field, The people without peer. Or a collection of people so formidable in their insight and wealth of facts to share.

And now, we have the internet; where anyone can post something and claim it fact, and you know somewhere it will gain traction.Whether true or not.

"The United Nations garden contains several sculptures and statues that have been donated by different countries. This one is called "Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares" and was a gift from the then Soviet Union presented in 1959. Made by Evgeniy Vuchetich, the bronze statue represents the figure of a man holding a hammer in one hand and, in the other, a sword which he is making into a plowshare, symbolizing man's desire to put an end to war and convert the means of destruction into creative tools for the benefit of all mankind. "