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Things that are Metal...and things that aren't

Metal :bassist:

songs made from 2 riffs
playing those 2 riffs 50+ times
playing as fast as possible
no rests
breakdowns at the end of every song
constant double bass
constant palm mutes
constant heavy distortion
tuning so low no one can hear it
my wife's grandpa (he killed Nazis in WWII after surviving Omaha beach)
Marine Corps

Not Metal :scowl:

songs that have melody
songs that have a point
songs that have structure
clean guitar tone
a drummer that's clean
standard tuning
my wife's grandma (she plays in a bridge club and suffers from chronic flatulence, come to think of it, that is kinda metal)
Navy
Army
Air Force
using smilies in your post about metal
 
Uh öh...

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levis76 said:
Navy
Army
Air Force

Navy, Army, and usaf up to Korea are all very metal. How could the soldiers at Normandy or sailors fighting and dying below decks, submariners living in their own filth for months at a time just waiting for the fight that might mean they never go home and the brass balls of bomber and fighter pilots who risked everything while their enemies lit up the sky with flak and aa fire... be anything but metal as hell? What about the fmf corpsman who runs into enemy fire to dress the wounds of fallen marines with no regard for his own well being?

Sorry to be all ranty, but implicating that the other branches are not metal just ruffled my feathers. My 80s hair metal boa's feathers.

Go navy!
 
I think it's kinda funny how homophobic lots of metal is, yet it's one of the few genres of music that generally draws in the guys while driving away the girls....

A power ballad titled "Suck my love pump." is definitely metal.

Metal: Power
Not Metal: Power ballads

Metal: Anger... towards something...
Not Metal: Anger... towards injustice

Metal: D!@ks with hot chicks
Not Metal: Hot chicks with d!@ks

Metal: lots of blood
Not metal: when it's the Blood of Christ

Metal: Long, black, greasy hair
Not metal: Long, black greasy hair with hairspray
 
Are:
Weird symbols
UFOs
Goblins
Gargoyles
Brick Walls
being pissed off
being pissed on
having visible scars
infections
Wrecking balls
misspelled wordz
not calling her back


Not:
light beer(unless its really cheap)
Kegel excercises
Pinot Grigio
Angels
Floral paintings.
Lamaze classes.
Kids Birthday parties
Any movie with Renée Zellweger
The fact that I knew there was an accent over the "e" in Renée
Public television
School
learning
Intact trousers
Lattes
baristas at Starbucks
Jersey Shore
Bravo (the tv station)
boat shoes with no socks
boat shoes with socks
goofing on metal

Wanna bet ?

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