|  | | 
05-05-2005, 01:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | | What kind of bands are in your area?
Sign in to disble this ad
I didn't want to hog up any of the hardcore thread with complaints... that's all that bands do in my area! If I go to a show, at least one of the bands will be hardcore... usually much more. There is a splash of indie here and there... but for the most part hardcore hardcore hardcore... I'm sure some of them are metalcore... but... let me see if I get this
Hardcore = metal influenced punk... but don't call a Hardcore guy metal.
Metalcore = metal influenced metal influenced punk... but don't call them metal.
Right?
Anyway, I'm wondering, is that's what all bands around the world are doing? If you go to a local show, what's happening?
__________________
Mediocre Bassist Club Member #4
|
05-05-2005, 01:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | | I don't hate all hardcore... but 75% of the bands try to sound like the other 25% and do a horrible job at it.
__________________
Mediocre Bassist Club Member #4
|
05-05-2005, 01:38 PM
| | | | Around here, 'Screamo' is the rage. There's a lot of death metal too, but the death metal bands are rarely any good. But damn I hate screamo. Even the name sounds stupid. Actually, now that I've thought about it, there is about three or four bands in my area who don't fall into those categories (us being one of them).
Graeme |
05-05-2005, 01:39 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oak Park, MI | | Around here everyone wants to sound like the White Stripes, UUGH!!!  |
05-05-2005, 01:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Austin, TX | | | There is no scene here. Tragically, although the greater area is about 500,000 people, among them, it seems none are willing to be in a band, emo, death metal, pop/punk or otherwise.
Which is really, really weird.
__________________
-"Actual journalism? Isn't that when you don't commit crimes?"
-"Hell no, it's when we commit really good crimes."
"Of course a shortcut isn't easy. If it was easy, it'd just be The Way."
|
05-05-2005, 03:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: San Jose, CA | | | out of all the local shows ive been to only 2 bands havent been variations of "screamo" or "hardcore" |
05-05-2005, 03:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Upstate NY | | | I see a lot of blues, rockabilly and r&b motown things around here.
__________________
-Mr.Phil
|
05-05-2005, 03:33 PM
| | an actor who wants to run the whole show | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bridgeport, CT | | | In CT there are alot of shows. As far as local bands, its mostly hardcore. A few good bands, and a bunch of ok bands. There is also alot of metal-core (i hate that term) bands. And metal bands. I play in a Metal band and we get booked on both hardcore and metal-core bills. We usually get a mixed response at all-ages HC shows. Seems like the younger kids aren't sure if if it's "cool" to like our band. But at 21+ shows, or mostly metal bills people seem to love us...I don't really understand it.
Edit: Theres alot of other stuff too. Rock, Folk, Bluegrass, Jazz, Etc..I'm not really exposed to those scenes though.
Last edited by 43% burnt : 05-05-2005 at 03:36 PM.
|
05-05-2005, 03:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Isle of Lucy | | | Cover bands, cover bands, and more cover bands. And loads more of one man, acoustic cover guys. They all seem to cover the same songs, too.
__________________
Fender MIA Member #17L|Lefty Union Member #4|Cigar Club Member #5
|
05-05-2005, 03:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Big Sound Central | | | At school: pretty much only bad metal/hardcore comes through, with the occasional lame tribute band. On the campus it's largely indie rock, with a few people trying to cash in the noise rock trend.
At home: Lots of old school hardcore and thrashcore, as well as a lot of improvisation experimental sound and noise artists.Very cool.
__________________
Ameeeeeericaaaaaaaa/Eatin' my lunch from a single bowl/In my paaaaaarents basssssement/Where I'm livin'/Happy Birthday!/I'm 43.
|
05-05-2005, 04:36 PM
| | | | alot of really of trippy sounding bands around here, as well as a good deal of ska. |
05-05-2005, 04:42 PM
|  | I Know Nothing | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Columbia River Gorge, WA. | | | Jam bands get the most gigs (durn hippies!), then funk, straight-up blues, country, classic raWk cover bands, and some shoe gazers in the city an hour away. |
05-05-2005, 04:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Nashville, TN | | country   |
05-05-2005, 05:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Augusta, GA & Saint Louis, MO | | | A lot of bands around here try to get the exact same sound as some older rock bands (Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, AC DC, Beatles, etc.). The other half goes for the screamo/emo/political punk crap. It all sounds terrible to me.
__________________
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
|
05-05-2005, 05:26 PM
| | | | It's Omaha so we got the whole Saddle Creek Records thing - Bright Eyes, Cursive, etc. Also, a lot of alt country stuff.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad Johnson  Drop a city kid on a farm and let him milk a bull... see who's smarter in that situation. | |
05-05-2005, 05:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: bennington, vermont | | | it's almost all screamo or hardcore around here. |
05-05-2005, 06:31 PM
| | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by 43% burnt In CT there are alot of shows. As far as local bands, its mostly hardcore. A few good bands, and a bunch of ok bands. There is also alot of metal-core (i hate that term) bands. And metal bands. I play in a Metal band and we get booked on both hardcore and metal-core bills. We usually get a mixed response at all-ages HC shows. Seems like the younger kids aren't sure if if it's "cool" to like our band. But at 21+ shows, or mostly metal bills people seem to love us...I don't really understand it.
Edit: Theres alot of other stuff too. Rock, Folk, Bluegrass, Jazz, Etc..I'm not really exposed to those scenes though. | I really hate how narrow minded some kids are. They should like the music for what it is, not because it's what's cool or popular at the time.
Graeme |
05-05-2005, 07:14 PM
|  | Registered User
Moderator for EHX Forums | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Houston/Nacogdoches | | | is there a difference between all these "core" style bands? I never hear one. Scream=hardcore=metalcore=crappy houston death metal
thats how it goes here |
05-05-2005, 07:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Austin, TX | | | Don't forget heartcore. No, I'm not kidding. I wish I was.
__________________
-"Actual journalism? Isn't that when you don't commit crimes?"
-"Hell no, it's when we commit really good crimes."
"Of course a shortcut isn't easy. If it was easy, it'd just be The Way."
|
05-05-2005, 07:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Michigan, USA | | They're all crappy emo bands...
There is one really good "british punk" band, but they're like 40 minutes from me. I've seen i'm twice.
__________________
Remember, grammar is the difference between, "I helped my uncle Jack off a horse," and "I helped my uncle jack off a horse."
| | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | |
