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Stone/Doom Bassists Thread Part 39: Flip Flops & Zubaz!

#982
I find it weird that you guys have been discussing the significance of my erratic thinking patterns.... as if these dots were a secret language... . they're not..just me typing all streamed out in consciousness and not caring ... uh oh... what.. the... flying....
 
#985
Toastfuzz said:
Its a bit of a pet peeve of mine how metalheads often do that indie attitude thing where they snub their noses at people who listen to more popular metal bands, and if you ask them their influences, they name 10 bands that you (or most people, metalheads included) have ever heard of. Then when you name somebody that actually has a tad of recognition, their response is "oh, I used to listen to them, when I was in 8th grade or so"

Normally I brush it off as typical metalhead behavior but yeah it makes it really hard when you're talking musician to musician and trying to communicate.

I'm pretty sure I found my band just because I listed Sleep as an influence on the CL ad. The drummer found my ad and called me because of it. Our band sounds nothing like Sleep, but we initially got together just figuring "well, if they like Sleep, they can't be all bad."
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Personally I really can't stand that attitude, either. But whatever, I'll listen to what I want. I don't care if a bajillion other people like it, or if only maybe a few other people know about it. I listen to music because I enjoy it, not as some sort of collector of rare and obscure bands.

If metalheads get like that, call them hipsters.

After all, the founders of the genre, Black Sabbath, are pretty damn well known and mainstream by this point. Doesn't mean that their music is any less good than it ever was.

I used to do that whole metal elitism thing... in high school. Then I did this thing called growing up. Or, at least I did where music's concerned.
 
#986
The_Janitor said:
Yeah, I was just trying to find some kind of common ground with the guy. I guess my friends and I can be intimidating, but we're pretty laid-back, non-judgmental people. A lot of people assume metal fans are very closed-minded, but it's almost always the opposite.

****, I like bluegrass, jazz, classic country, Pinback, The Flaming Lips, the list goes on and on...
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Yeah... the guitarist in my doom band is also the guitarist/singer/songwriter in the folk/rock band I'm in. In addition to originals, we cover Bob Dylan, Joe Purdy, a little Hendrix (as a closer sometimes), and the Moody Blues.

I've also played in one-off bluegrass bands a couple times (one of which has only done a performance once, but jams all the time... because apparently when you get a bunch of metalheads together on acoustic guitars at somebody's house, what comes out is bluegrass, including hilariously bad covers of Judas Priest).
 
#987
Sartori said:
Personally I really can't stand that attitude, either. But whatever, I'll listen to what I want. I don't care if a bajillion other people like it, or if only maybe a few other people know about it. I listen to music because I enjoy it, not as some sort of collector of rare and obscure bands.

If metalheads get like that, call them hipsters.

After all, the founders of the genre, Black Sabbath, are pretty damn well known and mainstream by this point. Doesn't mean that their music is any less good than it ever was.

I used to do that whole metal elitism thing... in high school. Then I did this thing called growing up. Or, at least I did where music's concerned.
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Well said.
 
#989
*snip* because apparently when you get a bunch of metalheads together on acoustic guitars at somebody's house, what comes out is bluegrass, including hilariously bad covers of Judas Priest).[/QUOTE]

Whoa. Next time record that. Have you heard Ancient VVisdom? Folk black metal stuff... I heard some call it campfire black metal.:eyebrow:
 
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#995
JoeVictim said:
Here is a little thing I wanted to ask about because a lot of "metalheads" have this stigma, do you like rap?

Stoner Doom 40: oh, I used to listen to them, when I was in 8th grade or so
;)
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I don't actually own any, but I enjoy a lot of it now when I'm riding around in cars with people. Depending on what it is. Every musical genre has stuff I like and stuff I don't.
 
#996
Niff said:
in totally non-doom, open minded music news, i am a sucker for electronic music sometimes. i am actually really enjoying the resurgence of 80s videogame-esque tracks floating around the internet recently.

http://perturbator.bandcamp.com/ - Terror 404 available there is pretty awesome.
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If you like videogamey music check out my soundcloud (posted a link a couple pages back). I have some metal covers I did using an NES sound chip. I always thought the NES sounds were pretty gnarly...it works fairly well for metal stuff haha.

edit: here's my soundcloud. https://soundcloud.com/hydrasbreath
 
#998
JoeVictim said:
Here is a little thing I wanted to ask about because a lot of "metalheads" have this stigma, do you like rap?

Stoner Doom 40: oh, I used to listen to them, when I was in 8th grade or so
;)
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some older stuff is fairly decent. I like when they incorporate that minimoog whine from the 80's and early 90's.

I also don't mind die antwerd one of my friends plays it when we're riding around in her car. It's not too bad. Most of the modern club stuff I can't stand though.
 

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