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Metal?

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BullFrog36

Jun 4, 2007
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#1
Im kinda new to the forum, but from what ive read there seem to be alota people against metal and hardcore music for some reason, they seem to think that theres a lot less talent to be found in there geners. I am myself a fan of metal but i also have a huge appreciation and liking of blues, jazz, punk, pretty much every type of music except most rap and most country. So just asking what peoples problems are with meal/hardcore music. Or maybe some of u all like it too. IDK thats why im posting this.

Peace,
:ninja:
 
#2
As Richard Feynmann(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman) said with one of his book titles:

What Do You Care What Other People Think?

Seriously. Like a lot of things the only time the "don't like" or "look down upon"'s come out are when someone has a musically closed mind. That can be good or bad. IMO, it limits one if listening & enjoyment is limited to one type of music.

That said, I share you rap idea....unless RATM is considered "rap on steroids".
 
#5
That was my first impression when I first joined these forums. Every once in a while someone will put their 2 cents into a thread saying their dislike for metal or certain bands in threads with titles such as "What gear did Alex Webster use on The Bleeding?". People mostly post this way just for a reaction.
 
#6
Metal addresses things most people would rather ignore, this is why it will never be mainstream. Most people who actually play music are generally excepting of all music, but the average person just doesnt get it. FACT OF LIFE. The truth is for every great singer, guitarist, drummer, and bassist in any other form of music I can name a metal musician that is just as good or better.


IM METAL TO THE CORE!!:bassist:
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#11
Metal was all I used to listen to....in the 80s. Now, not so much. When I am in the metal mood though, Ill listen and play my Peavey Tracer with the music...I like metal when it comes to guitars... metal and bass, not so much. Ive got bad memories of Def Leppard and their horribly boring picked "bonk bonk bonk" same-note bass lines.:eyebrow:
Steve Harris and Billy Sheehan, now thats some good metal bass.
I will say Id take the hardest punk/metal/thrash whatever over ANY rap though. Yuk.
 
#14
I went through a 6 year metal binge. Cut my teeth on old Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Macabre (Death Metal with a hilarious sense of humor), Iced Earth, Exodus, Blind Guardian etc. Got more into it, looking into all the subgenre's and finding really awesome bands. Later on I was mostly a Death and Thrash kind of person, sticking to bands like Cranium, Death, Bolt Thrower, Crucified Mortals, Necrophagist, Dark Angel, Cannibal Corpse, Crystal Age and so on. There's some great bands in metal and some amazing musicians, but there's A LOT of crap, a lot of copycat bands and tons of horribly over-rated bands. Examples would be Slayer, Hypocrisy, Nevermore, Meshuggah, King Diamond, Savatage, Dimmu Borgir and pretty much any metal band you see featured somewhere mainstream, like www.ultimate-guitar.com an certain magazines. Nowadays I rarely listen to metal except for a couple of bands I still put on every so often, like Death or Opeth. I stick mostly to what people label "post rock" and "math rock," stuff like Don Caballero, Isis, Pelican, Godspeed You Black Emperor etc.

What I never got about metal was the whole "scene." There's so many people that see metal as a brotherhood. Never understood it. Or people that take metal as a way of life. To me it's just another genre of music to enjoy and for the most part metal shows are more fun than most other shows you can see. But to make your whole lifestyle, dress, attitude and musical selection revolve around it just always seemed silly to me. I was always the guy hanging out with the metal crowd, a bunch of dudes with leather and spikes, long hair and death metal shirts, me just dressing in whatever and acting however.

Oh well, it's their choice, I don't have any say in it and no reason to let it bother me, I just never really understood why people did it. Oh well.
 
#15
Raum said:
I went through a 6 year metal binge. Cut my teeth on old Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Macabre (Death Metal with a hilarious sense of humor), Iced Earth, Exodus, Blind Guardian etc. Got more into it, looking into all the subgenre's and finding really awesome bands. Later on I was mostly a Death and Thrash kind of person, sticking to bands like Cranium, Death, Bolt Thrower, Crucified Mortals, Necrophagist, Dark Angel, Cannibal Corpse, Crystal Age and so on. There's some great bands in metal and some amazing musicians, but there's A LOT of crap, a lot of copycat bands and tons of horribly over-rated bands. Examples would be Slayer, Hypocrisy, Nevermore, Meshuggah, King Diamond, Savatage, Dimmu Borgir and pretty much any metal band you see featured somewhere mainstream, like www.ultimate-guitar.com an certain magazines. Nowadays I rarely listen to metal except for a couple of bands I still put on every so often, like Death or Opeth. I stick mostly to what people label "post rock" and "math rock," stuff like Don Caballero, Isis, Pelican, Godspeed You Black Emperor etc.

What I never got about metal was the whole "scene." There's so many people that see metal as a brotherhood. Never understood it. Or people that take metal as a way of life. To me it's just another genre of music to enjoy and for the most part metal shows are more fun than most other shows you can see. But to make your whole lifestyle, dress, attitude and musical selection revolve around it just always seemed silly to me. I was always the guy hanging out with the metal crowd, a bunch of dudes with leather and spikes, long hair and death metal shirts, me just dressing in whatever and acting however.

Oh well, it's their choice, I don't have any say in it and no reason to let it bother me, I just never really understood why people did it. Oh well.
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I wear metal band shirts and have long hair, I love metal, but my life doesn't revolve around it. But changing your personality to fit in with the scene is just stupid, one can love metal, dress metal, and still be him/herself.
 
#17
Raum said:
What I never got about metal was the whole "scene." There's so many people that see metal as a brotherhood. Never understood it. Or people that take metal as a way of life. To me it's just another genre of music to enjoy and for the most part metal shows are more fun than most other shows you can see. But to make your whole lifestyle, dress, attitude and musical selection revolve around it just always seemed silly to me. I was always the guy hanging out with the metal crowd, a bunch of dudes with leather and spikes, long hair and death metal shirts, me just dressing in whatever and acting however.

Oh well, it's their choice, I don't have any say in it and no reason to let it bother me, I just never really understood why people did it. Oh well.
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I totally agree with you on this one. I wear metal shirts on occasion, but wearing any additional junk like spikes or leather just because you're expected to is absolutely ridiculous IMO. When I go to alot of metal shows, it almost feels as if the majority aren't even there for the music.
 
#19
BullFrog36 said:
Im kinda new to the forum, but from what ive read there seem to be alota people against metal and hardcore music for some reason, they seem to think that theres a lot less talent to be found in there geners. I am myself a fan of metal but i also have a huge appreciation and liking of blues, jazz, punk, pretty much every type of music except most rap and most country. So just asking what peoples problems are with meal/hardcore music. Or maybe some of u all like it too. IDK thats why im posting this.

Peace,
:ninja:
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From many conversations over the years here - I have found many people have the same experience as me - that is, we played heavy metal when we were kids (many years ago) - but grew out of it!! :p
 

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