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09-22-2008, 08:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry WV | | | Why can't metal bands be happy they are playing metal?
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I was looking at some sites for Metal bands and every single site the promo photos were the "Angry Band" pics.
I find it slightly amusing and started laughing at most of the photos. Look mad for the camera, PERFECT! |
09-22-2008, 08:52 PM
|  | - that dog won't hunt, Monsignor. Moderator | | | | | It's the third part of the triumvirate:
1) brick wall
2) train tracks
3) look mad
no idea. it is funny most times though.
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09-22-2008, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Blisshead  It's the third part of the triumvirate:
1) brick wall
2) train tracks
3) look mad
no idea. it is funny most times though. | If brick wall is not available, replace with falling apart stone structure. As in an old church.
Must wear black clothes OR a an obscure Dutch metal band T-Shirt for "street cred". |
09-22-2008, 08:54 PM
| | - that dog won't hunt, Monsignor. Moderator | | | | | also, if you go back in time to dim and weird part of human history, called the 80's, cover everything with leather, and preferably, metal spiky studs.
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09-22-2008, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Blisshead also, if you go back in time to dim and weird part of human history, called the 80's, cover everything with leather, and preferably, metal spiky studs. | Font for band name must either look like it is seeping liquid to mimic blood or or have sharp pointy edges to emulate a device of torture. |
09-22-2008, 09:11 PM
| | - that dog won't hunt, Monsignor. Moderator | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fenderhutz Font for band name must either look like it is seeping liquid to mimic blood or or have sharp pointy edges to emulate a device of torture. | Being completely legible = bad. You must work for it.
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09-23-2008, 05:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Boston, Taxachusetts | | | Aw c'mon it's just part of the image.
How about all the angry or violent terms used for bass gear...your arsenal, pummel the audience with brutal bass tone...etc. |
09-23-2008, 06:06 AM
| | Member | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | | Mwaaahaha! This is so true. I used to be in a metal band and always got flak for not looking "metal" enough. The vocalist wore dredlocks, tattoos, piercings, goatee, and here I am, jeans and a t-shirt. I've never seen a music scene MORE concerned about image than the metal scene. |
09-23-2008, 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by fenderhutz Font for band name must either look like it is seeping liquid to mimic blood or or have sharp pointy edges to emulate a device of torture. |
Don't forget the umlauts. Lots and lots of umlauts.
Dammit, I'm going to form a metal band just to name ourselves "umlaut". It wouldn't be spelled out, it would just be an umlaut - WITH ANOTHER UMLAUT OVER IT!!!
Now THAT would be metal!!!!! 
EDIT - Just to clarify ... My post implies that I'm making fun of metal, which I am.  However, that doesn't mean I hate it or look down at it or those who love it. Progressive rock might be my favorite genre, but I *do* like metal and have a growing collection of it.
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09-23-2008, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by dave64o Don't forget the umlauts. Lots and lots of umlauts.
Dammit, I'm going to form a metal band just to name ourselves "umlaut". It wouldn't be spelled out, it would just be an umlaut - WITH ANOTHER UMLAUT OVER IT!!!
Now THAT would be metal!!!!! | hahhaa, dam I wish I thought of that!
What people need to learn to bring back is the Metallica strained neck, crushing beer cans look. That's where it's at! |
09-23-2008, 08:28 AM
| | | | Back in the 80's there were loads of PARTY metal bands. Then Nirvanna happened, and now you're not allowed to play any kind of rock and ENJOY yourself.
It sucks |
09-23-2008, 08:42 AM
|  | I Fink U Freeky | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Portland, OR | | | 'cause happy metal = bon jovi... and nobody wants that! |
09-23-2008, 10:42 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Auburn Nebraska | | SLAYER IS HAPPY (at least Tom is):  |
09-23-2008, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Yngwie 4String SLAYER IS HAPPY (at least Tom is): | That could easily be a cover photo for Teen Beat magazine.
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09-23-2008, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by dave64o Don't forget the umlauts. Lots and lots of umlauts.
Dammit, I'm going to form a metal band just to name ourselves "umlaut". It wouldn't be spelled out, it would just be an umlaut - WITH ANOTHER UMLAUT OVER IT!!!
Now THAT would be metal!!!!!
EDIT - Just to clarify ... My post implies that I'm making fun of metal, which I am. However, that doesn't mean I hate it or look down at it or those who love it. Progressive rock might be my favorite genre, but I *do* like metal and have a growing collection of it. | If you're a more tongue-in-cheek, self-aware metal band willing to poke fun at the stone-facedness of the genre, you could call yourselves "Umlaut du Fromage".
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09-23-2008, 12:04 PM
| | On the TB leaderboard for low talent/gear ratios! | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: NJ | | The "du Fromage" part is French so that just won't work for metal. It's got to be German to have cred - Umlaut des Käses.
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09-23-2008, 12:07 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | I found this pretty funny.  |
09-23-2008, 12:08 PM
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09-23-2008, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by baalroo That could easily be a cover photo for Teen Beat magazine. | No kidding and yet that's them from the Reign in Blood era. Single handidly the scariest, nastiest metal album ever made. Check out the dudes on the cover carrying the devil/demon in the chair. They got wood. Now that's hilarious!
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09-23-2008, 03:45 PM
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