a sense of envy and competition is what spurs us on. a jam session with the band out of nowhere in the basement of a tenement block on the city's outskirts someone always keeps watch outside in case the police show up but down here it looks like a band practice anywhere in the world. molly if you play well i play c. is that ok for you. there are thousands of rock musicians here in mashad many come from middle class families like condition religious hardliners reviled the western rock they play. and they see heavy metal as the devil's work.