Steve Byrne is a licensed psychologist in private practice and a tenured faculty member in counseling at Alfred University. He has taught the course The Psychology of Heavy Metal and Punk Rock, which might be the only class to ever see Ghost on a field trip. In his spare time, he tries (and fails) to impress his wife and kids with 90’s music trivia and random thoughts about bands they haven’t heard of.
Steve Byrne
A Psychological Perspective on Merch Collecting, From Hobbyists to Obsessives
What drives us to collect? And what does that say about us, psychologically?
Is Heavy Metal to Blame for Violence + Satanism? A Psychological Perspective
Why does society keep treating metal this way?
Not Metal Enough – A Psychological Perspective on Gatekeeping
Psychologist Steve Byrne goes deep on the culture of gatekeeping.