attack attack!.. revolutionaries or confused hipsters?

[sonic assassin]

for those of you who arent familiar.. theres a band masquerading around the metalcore scene called attack attack!. they are fond of V neck shirts and low tuned guitars. the music is a mix of obvious metalcore, pop punk, autotune, death screams and synthy dance breaks.

this single is the perfect example

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5886Nb_psg

so.. are they revolutionaries for getting all this stuff in one song, or just some confused nu school hardcore boys grasping at straws?

[overdrivethree]

they're no more fake or genuine than 99.9% of bands in the hardcore scene. yes, the crab walk thing is kind of silly. whatever. that whole scene/sound has been rubbed in the ground, and people are just mad because they're young and pretty successful.

i saw an interview with their frontman. he was actually the most articulate and down-to-earth band dude i've seen in the mainstream for a while. they're not stupid, that's for sure.

[Captain Scrummy]

[Jack017]

So what's 'Autotune' ?

[McHaven]

They're terrible. They're spoiled suburban kids that got lucky combining some of the worst elements of pop music and directing it to stupider 14 year old kids. I like the name though.

[Jack017]

*skips to 0:50*

Ohhhhhhhh now I get it.

Really not my type of music, but i'm sure the 14 year old 'hardcore' girls at my school will quote their lyrics on facebook or something.

[Mike Shevlin]

Butthead: Ah...huh huh...they're bangin their heads...huh huh
Beavis:...ah..yea...and that chick is pretty hot...she like me..
Butthead:....ah....no way buttmunch...I saw her first.....

[sonic assassin]

Originally Posted by overdrivethree

they're no more fake or genuine than 99.9% of bands in the hardcore scene. yes, the crab walk thing is kind of silly. whatever. that whole scene/sound has been rubbed in the ground, and people are just mad because they're young and pretty successful.

i saw an interview with their frontman. he was actually the most articulate and down-to-earth band dude i've seen in the mainstream for a while. they're not stupid, that's for sure.

theyve been through 2 different singers at this point. although im not sure it matters. if you're all t-pain and screams, anyone can do it

im a little frustrated with how THIS of all things is getting over. anyone can do that.

but its the same frustration with most pop music. i write intelligent metalcore-esque music and i have this dribble to contend with.

[distortedbass93]

Looks like the dude is trying to break the keyboard with his head.

[J. Crawford]

Hahahahaha. The dude with the keys is too funny!

This sounds like the little kid version of Dethklok.. I died a little inside.

[TortillaChip520]

I used to like attack attack, till i realized that ALL their clean vocals are autotune...
It gets old fast.
They have good breakdowns though.

I also noticed that they use alot of the same chord progression throughout different songs.

[J. Crawford]

I feel something bad happening.. Im actually enjoying this song.. without the video its not too bad..

Man, I cant believe I said that.

[overdrivethree]

eh, personally i'm burned out on all of that kind of stuff, whether it's badly performed or if its technical and tight.

but i watched the "Stick Stickly" video, and thought to myself that they're just the culmination of all the lousy hardcore that simmered on the surface of the punk/indie underground during this last decade. it's no surprise to me at all that some band would get huge doing a mainstream variation of that genre/sound. it's happened before with many other trendy genres that either built up in the underground, or enjoyed a cult following before erupting to a mass (youth) audience.

[southshoreconor]

my band got snowed in at a wyoming gas station with this band. they seemed like cool guys at the time. but yeah, the utter death of rock music.

[LaklandBass]

theyre like mindless self indulgence..... fun to listen to but the world only needs one. oh well, just like all of their pop/punk dbag counterparts im sure theyll be here today gone tomorrow. the only good thing about pop/punk is that its just like rap... songs are loved and forgotten all in the same week.

[Joe Gress]

Bunch of crap. If your going to mix a bunch of metal with weird sounds and extreme vocals you need to do it right:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr8qJ...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-SM2...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt856_nRxQk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qboe5CebixA

[wetzelman1]

one of them is named Wetzel......



FANTOMAS RULEZ DOOD!!!

[Burlington]

Worst. Band. Ever.

[southernrocker]

They are really good at being a terrible band. In other words, they suck!

[not_jason]

I have the hardest time believing they are actually serious. But then again, who would joke about this? It's some complex sort of post-post-irony, where sincerity and sarcasm are indistinguishable.