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Okay, so here I am again caught in an Ultimate Guitar thread arguing with some metal head. I say Nu Metal's the best thing that hits the world while metal. He, on the other hand, insists that nu metal wouldn't be around if not for the pioneers.
I was getting really pissed so I took some time off the computer. That's when it hit me. I realized how pointless the whole argument was. Metal is metal, nu metal (despite its name) is a totally different thing. Why can't we just appreciate both without having to compare?
Here's my story. I used to be really into rap. My tape collection consisted of 2Pac, The Benjamins, Jay-Z, etc. Then I started to get into alternative and punk. As a matter of fact, I first grabbed a guitar just so I could learn to play "Time Of Your Life" by Green Day. Some time later, I bought a Nevermind tape, and so started my Nirvana era. About a year later, I saw the "Sweet Child O Mine" video by Guns N Roses, and I thought, "Damn, that's one sweet solo!" and so I started getting into classic rock and metal. I loved Metallica, I loved The Eagles, I loved The Scorpions, and I loved practically every band that could shred and tear up a guitar's fretboard. That was also about the time I became a fan of Clapton, Satriani, and Hendrix.
Then I started college. My friends were heavily into Korn. Back then, I didn't understand. The only Korn video I ever saw was "Here To Stay", and I thought it was pretty cool, but it never really wowed me. And yes, I used to believe that Korn was nothing compared to Metallica or any other band from the 80's, which to me was the golden age of music.
However, my outlook did a 180 once I got hold of a copy of Korn's "Who Then Now" video. As soon as I heard the crunching opening riff of "Blind", I knew this was the kind of rock I was meant to play. And for almost a year, I was the most closed-minded freak in the world. If it wasn't nu metal, it was crap (thus the username). That was my philosophy. I despised punk, totally hated alternative, and forgot all about grunge and classic rock.
Recently, it all just dawned on me like a beam of light breaking through the rainclouds (sorry for being overdramatic here). If I could only use every genre of music I've ever loved, I could be more creative as a songwriter and as a guitarist. I could be the one who revolutionized rock music once more.
Music is music, no matter what. And in my opinion, no genre is better than the others. It all comes down to the musical tastes of the listener. If we could only be more tolerant about what we listen to and less concerned about genre, music would definitely be at a golden age once again. If we would only build bridges instead of walls. This is a salute to every band out there who seek to create hybrids instead of stereotypes, who aim to transcend genres instead of conform!
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alvarols
: la neta estas bien guey. Nu metal es una mierda.
Una estrellita por looserPOSTED: 05/27/2004 - 11:33 am / quote |
DParis
: haha you suckPOSTED: 05/27/2004 - 12:11 pm / quote |
Valhalla
: I will not tolerate communism.POSTED: 05/27/2004 - 01:12 pm / quote |
Laser
: ah, so alvarols' first lnaguage isn't english. Sort of really sucks a lot...POSTED: 05/27/2004 - 01:17 pm / quote |
bubba
: If people would stop whining about their musical
adventures and start doing local things to change,
we would be there by now.POSTED: 05/27/2004 - 01:30 pm / quote |
Encore_God
: Bands who cross genres have generally done a really abysmal job of it...think rap metal, techno nu metal, nu metal....POSTED: 05/27/2004 - 03:05 pm / quote |
TheAxeAbuser
: i think the whole point of this article was about treating all music the same/equal. No ARGUINING!!!!
and what are u guys doing replying to this article?
ARGUING thats what. Perhaps u should rad more than the first paragraph guys!POSTED: 05/27/2004 - 03:29 pm / quote |
Dezerado
: i think we know this. raise you hand if you don'tPOSTED: 05/27/2004 - 03:56 pm / quote |
Damicksta2k
: Well sorry for being the awkward one, but I'm likin this article! People argue waaay too much over which genre of music is better, if we stop the arguing and agree that we all got different tastes and that we ain't all gonna like the same thing, it might leave more time to create new music.
I really don't get why people can be so pig-headed about a particular type of music. I know loads of people who like hip-hop and that cheesy pop stuff (which i'm not a particularly big fan of), but i would never judge them by that. So iff people are different, accept it!
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Klown
: you realize the changes, you'll change again. thats just the way it works.POSTED: 05/27/2004 - 05:02 pm / quote |
Cameo
: So let me get this straight... you used to listen to real music... now you gave in to the dark void of guitar-less Nu-Metal. Cool.POSTED: 05/27/2004 - 05:32 pm / quote |
strigoi_vii
: that article kind of described me. in my opinion most of use too. i had my nirvana era along with my nu-metal era but i grew out of it. i mean, who starts liking satriani or guns n roses without first getting into the popular bands at the moment like good charlotte or what not. soon they will realize it and like better tastes in music. so just let them like what they want and dont clown on them.POSTED: 05/27/2004 - 05:46 pm / quote |
strigoi_vii
: "in my opinion most of use too." us***  POSTED: 05/27/2004 - 05:47 pm / quote |
msierragtz
: what's the point?
"I am wirtting an article to explain that i love korn" HUH? I don't carePOSTED: 05/27/2004 - 06:36 pm / quote |
no_name69
: people should listen to....WAT THEY WANT TO LISTEN TO!!! period.POSTED: 05/27/2004 - 08:25 pm / quote |
Jesusdude89
: you are a pathetic souless individual.POSTED: 05/27/2004 - 09:20 pm / quote |
rockon004
: everyone has their own opinon. Respecet all peoples taste, dont make fun of other types of music. There i just summarized the whole articlePOSTED: 05/27/2004 - 09:21 pm / quote |
sargasm
: I've noticed that rants like this are only produced by those who get their music dissed.(im not implying anything, im just being observant)
Anyway, this article sucks, mainly because I have heard this same rant countless times before... and this one isnt particularly well written or anything. However true it may be, it really doesnt apply to anyone. I always hear people saying things like "I hate people who only listen to a certain type of music" or "I hate people who listen to the type of music they listen to to fit into a peer group or a label" but really, I have never in my life met someone who did only limit themselves to one type of music, or listened to the music they do just to fit under a certain label. I've never seen it happen, yet I've seen countless rants condemning this invisable phenomminon. It just strikes me as odd is all.POSTED: 05/27/2004 - 10:40 pm / quote |
MetallicAddicct
: alvarols:
la neta estas bien guey. Nu metal es una mierda.
Una estrellita por looser |
traduction:
Really
youre lame and stupid, nu metal its shitty stuff, only one star(rating) for being such a looserPOSTED: 05/27/2004 - 11:21 pm / quote |
reed
: You're no saviour, retard. Crap article.POSTED: 05/27/2004 - 11:22 pm / quote |
be-back
: I can tell that you got really far from that worst music taste but you still need to discover the Swedish Metal taste.POSTED: 05/28/2004 - 01:04 am / quote |
numetaldude
: Wow! I'm flattered that all of you would take time to comment on my article (flame or otherwise). Thanks, guys! I'm touched!POSTED: 05/28/2004 - 08:42 am / quote |
numetaldude
: Oh, and it seems to me a large number of those who made comments never made it to the sixth paragraph. OH well..  POSTED: 05/28/2004 - 08:46 am / quote |
MonkeyAteMySoul
: these arguements are stupid, its people generally telling us not to use critical thinking in order to decide what music we like, just to make sure we don't hurt anyones feelings awwww, poor you, how are we supposed to realize whats good without realizing whats a huge bag of dog shite, such as this article or nu-metalPOSTED: 05/28/2004 - 04:17 pm / quote |
God withus
: I like this article. No matter what genre, music is music. 5 stars from me. POSTED: 05/28/2004 - 05:36 pm / quote |
Scottydont26
: If it doesn't have a guitar solo...IT'S NOT METAL!
This point can not be debated. It is a fact.POSTED: 05/28/2004 - 05:47 pm / quote |
biohazardous56
: wow
complete waste of my freaking time
heyheyhey u sound like ur gonna go through an emo phsase really soonPOSTED: 05/28/2004 - 07:16 pm / quote |
Backup Guitar
: Gee, what a great message.
Too bad most of us already got the idea a couple YEARS ago...POSTED: 05/28/2004 - 08:13 pm / quote |
Man Made Errer
: As Backup Guitar said, most of us already got the idea a couple years ago. If you really are past or in college, which I deduce from your fourth paragraph, then I must say, something isn't right.
By now, you should've realized that somethings in this world just don't match up. For example, humans. We will always, always, always blindly disagree on one thingoranother. It's simply human nature, look at our past, look at the commentsfor this article. It's just in our blood, in our instincts to act like that. No matter what, there will be always one group of people who will hate another group of people simply because they do things differenty, act differently, think differently, etc. Are you so blind to not even see it in religion? Just look at the middle east. Two peoples who live right next to each other MUTILATE themselves because they believe in different ideologies. Not because they've performed some great infraction or atrocity, not because they've waged war against each other for centuries, but because they believe in different things, in different ways of getting, virtually, the same thing. (Natrually, there are other facotrs involved, but this isn't a history lecture.)
Bring that to a smaller scale, and you find yourself with people who listen to a certain genre of music being bashed simply because they choose to listen to different music, enjoy it and like it more than another genre of music. People are being bashed because they have different tastes.
(Comment Continues in Next Entry...)POSTED: 05/29/2004 - 12:31 am / quote |
Man Made Errer
: (Continued Comment...)
It's like if I tasted chicken, and I said, "Wow, this tastes so much better than beef or lamb!" someone would come along and say "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOU SUCK YOU IGNORANT FOOL HOW CAN YOU LIKE CHICKEN FUCKING BIRDS WHO EAT ANYTHING AND CAN'T EVEN FLY AND ARE SO FUCKING ANNOYING! BEEF AND PORK ARE SO MUCH FUCKING BETTER! AND THEY'RE SUCH FUCKING AWESOME ANIMALS!" And natrually I would come up with some other shit etc.
Why? No reason. People like to be intolerant of other people's views or opinions. They can't stand the fact that someone will do something differently. Allright, so what if someone thinks "X Band" is really good and talented and you think "X Band" is really shitty, untalnted and generic? They like it, so let them do what they want. It's not hurting you, your band is still making music and money.
If you don't like they way the music industry and our society works, think about it, and go do something productive about it. Don't bash someone 'cause they do things differently. That won't get you anywhere.
The fact remains, "numetaldude" that I doubt you're past (or in) college right now, because if you were, you would've realized this after countless history lessons, either in highschool or IN LIFE. I'm not saying your genre sucks, or my genre is better, but I am telling you that what you seek-- "peace, co-operation and acceptance" in our 'music society' cannot be reached unless we find our Mahatma (sp?) Ghandi of music....POSTED: 05/29/2004 - 12:31 am / quote |
zakk_wylde4
: You can play every Genre, led zeppelin did, hard rock, blues, folk, reggae(dyer maker) bluegrassPOSTED: 05/29/2004 - 09:28 am / quote |
TheDrifter
: I dont see why people dis on everyone else music so much. Just because you dont like it dosent mean it sucks, what ever happened to an opinion eh? I mean for ***s sake its music, its like wine, its about personal taste, just because you dont like nu metal dosent mean it sucks, i personally think the songwriting is brilliant on a lot of those bands. I listen to a huge varitey of music, nu-metal, punk, 80's metal (Metallica kicks everyones ass!), emo, gothic, grunge. If people would just crawl out of their little corners and actually listen to a wider variety of music with an open mind. You might discover some genres arent that bad. Or you might not. And if thats the case, keep it to your self. Nobody wants to hear you bitch and nobody wants their own genres of music put down. Who do you think ur changing. You must think if you say "This band sucks" enough times people are just gonna stop listening. Stop bitching and let people listen to whatever the *** they want.POSTED: 05/29/2004 - 10:56 am / quote |
Black_Flame
: I can tell that you got really far from that worst music taste but you still need to discover the Swedish Metal taste.
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HAHA ! Amen to that ... Swedish metal is sooo good ... for all of you reading this go a buy a Sonata Arctica Cd right now !POSTED: 05/29/2004 - 04:25 pm / quote |
PoondendaDos
: what a stupid articles...that was dumbPOSTED: 05/29/2004 - 06:48 pm / quote |
GUMY
: I agree that it all depends on the listener but Nu metal sucks . Ohh I to like beans noofwormPOSTED: 05/29/2004 - 08:02 pm / quote |
Ash-Ock
: music is music. there are different variations, and always will be different variations in music. so if you don't like one band because their 'pop punk' or 'death metal', it means nothing. so blow it out your ass.POSTED: 05/30/2004 - 01:07 am / quote |
ndat
: Yeah good article, but your stating the obvious to alot of people lol.POSTED: 05/30/2004 - 01:56 am / quote |
ndat
: Yeah good article, but your stating the obvious to alot of people lol. And nu metal does'nt suck its just all the bands who suck (play uncomplicated metal) get dubbed nu metal thus everyone associates it with sucking when its not really nu metals falt its bastards bringing down the name of nu metal. We must rise and reclaim the glory that could be NuNu Metal... ahhhh someone stop me before I hurt myself, lol ranting is fun.POSTED: 05/30/2004 - 02:00 am / quote |
costa
: i agree with vahallaPOSTED: 05/30/2004 - 04:53 am / quote |
CaptainCrash
: Well put, I can see though that you have gone through a very versitile musical transition, who knows, maybe you will discover classical music, and go through a classical only phase. I did.POSTED: 05/30/2004 - 05:42 am / quote |
FlyingFuc!<
: this article sucked. a waste of time. i didn't want to hear your life story. just shut the *** up.POSTED: 05/30/2004 - 11:41 am / quote |
Deicide89
: at least the article informed the ppl who are narrow minded..it's true ppl, musical taste cannot b discussed. You can't make someone like a type of music just because you like it...you could just play em a songs or two...but don't offend them or anything; it's hard, but it can b donePOSTED: 05/30/2004 - 02:55 pm / quote |
AndyGray
: what the *** does this have to do with standing as one?POSTED: 05/30/2004 - 02:56 pm / quote |
irish lamma
: and then there was this angle standing there and she said
"WHO CARES!! I don't!POSTED: 05/30/2004 - 03:24 pm / quote |
>>AlbiN<<
: Good point. All genres have the potential to be equal, and the art of combining styles can produce some brilliant music. However, the musicians who choose to play genres are not always talented (eg punk rockers are normally crap musicians). Not bad article tho'.POSTED: 05/30/2004 - 03:33 pm / quote |
harm0n20
: hmmmm im hungry for some cupcakes. boring article but true. actually i didnt read it at all. whatever.POSTED: 05/30/2004 - 08:53 pm / quote |
Mr Omnipotent
: hmmm from 2pac to green day to claptin to korn, you are an idiot my friend. some genres have no place in this world, like the TRL punk bands. go pull a kurt cobain and shoot yourself, you have nothing useful to say.POSTED: 05/31/2004 - 12:02 am / quote |
6slip6knot6
: good article dude, nice job. but it is kind of pointless. i like nu metal more than metal myself, but i do like both categories.POSTED: 05/31/2004 - 09:08 am / quote |
6slip6knot6
: also how do you go from rap to punk to hendrix and then korn?!?!?!?!?! weird man..POSTED: 05/31/2004 - 09:09 am / quote |
revolution
: yeh nice points but surely music will get better if everyone is trying to make there genre the best because they'll be working harder to make it better?POSTED: 05/31/2004 - 01:11 pm / quote |
deansouthpaw
: god i could post up an article talking about how paint dries and it would be much more interesting and useful than this articlePOSTED: 05/31/2004 - 04:58 pm / quote |
homerjaysimpson
: this artical was more about the idiot who wrote it not music. new metal sucks long live the classics!!!!!POSTED: 06/01/2004 - 06:53 pm / quote |
punks-not-dead
: im not to big of a fan for nu metal but hey everyones got their own thing y aknow.. i mean tons of ppl hate punk adn thats great dont listen to it then...if u dont like it dont listen to it !!!! dont tell ppl wat they like sucks cuz its their own opinion mutha ***a'sPOSTED: 06/01/2004 - 10:05 pm / quote |
biohazardous56
: now we shall all flame as one
muawahhahahahaha
hahahahahaPOSTED: 06/02/2004 - 12:48 am / quote |
Chili_dog
: hey punks-not-dead, learn to write properly you dirty ***ing cunt.
I dont give a rats about the article, but you should SHUT UPPOSTED: 06/02/2004 - 02:03 am / quote |
blistabass
: If all genres of music got along, music wouldnt be interesting now would it? Nu metal is for assholes and dont insult ppl because they speak another language.POSTED: 06/02/2004 - 08:01 pm / quote |
Punk lives on
: i agree that numetalis for assholes! an which came first metal or nu-metal? nu metal is just a of shoot of metal so actually nu metal would not exist if it was not for metal!POSTED: 06/07/2004 - 04:02 pm / quote |
PychoArtRocker
: Dave Matthes(who i am not a fan of at all) put it best when he sayed "good music is good music and every thing els can go to hell" and dont point out my bad speeling.POSTED: 06/10/2004 - 12:28 am / quote |
SickGirl
: i have to agree with the article. im not really into the classic rock or the heavy metal from the 80's but i do agree that music is music and no one should say one band or soloist sucks cus maybe they dont. if you dont like pop-punk than thats ok cus maybe alot of other people do. labels are for soup cans not music. music is music and it shouldnt be critisized b/c of the type.POSTED: 06/10/2004 - 06:10 pm / quote |
metallicafan180
: i don't know if we should all stand as one. but i don't really care either. this article is gay. besides, you gotta admit that arguing over whether metal/nu-metal or punk is better is kinda fun. POSTED: 06/19/2004 - 01:07 pm / quote |
Frankenfesten43
: I don't think it matters, I like any kind of music. As long as it sounds good. Mind you, Hip hop is B****cks.POSTED: 06/20/2004 - 07:50 am / quote |
IllegalMOFO
: whoever wrote this article...............Listen to some Black Sabbath 24 hours straight, maybe then we can talk.POSTED: 07/02/2004 - 12:48 pm / quote |
washbrnxb105
: thank god that someone finally feels the way I do. I get so mad when people say someone isnt "real" metal or "real" punk or a "real" fan of a certain type of music, but just a poser. I always told people who gives a shit if they like the music let them like the music who cares is they dont look the part of the stupid stereotypes that everyone has in their minds. Music is meant to be enjoyed by whoever wants to enjoy it. Do you think SLASH cares who listens to velvet revolver.... NO..... he wants the music to be enjoyed. I think that music should no longer have stereotpypes because that takes away the individuality that we want and by stereotyping others you are then stereotyping yourself because you are putting someone in a stereotype and if you put everyone else in a stereotype then you would not be able to say you do not belong in a stereotype because you put yourself in a stereotype by saying you are real metal or real punk or real anything. that is why everyone needs to give up their stereotype and be a person and not a peoplePOSTED: 07/12/2004 - 03:31 am / quote |
washbrnxb105
: and metal that is recently introduced is new metal and they both sound the samePOSTED: 07/12/2004 - 03:34 am / quote |
vanceboy
: This article deserves -1000 stars. FÜCK you bitches.POSTED: 07/16/2004 - 02:11 pm / quote |
lpclassic696
: here learn something, ethnomusicology, a study of how different styles of music relate to each other. Try figuring it out sometime, maybe you'll learn something and be able to improve yourselves and guitaristsPOSTED: 08/04/2004 - 11:46 am / quote |
ibanezrg
: Good point in this article.POSTED: 08/06/2004 - 03:27 pm / quote |
The Jin
: fighting over genres is stupid, but it still doesnt change the superior stature of one genre over another... like Rock over RapPOSTED: 08/11/2004 - 06:36 am / quote |
greendaynaz87
: i still think metal sucks...mujajajja just jokinPOSTED: 09/05/2004 - 07:22 pm / quote |
GLADIATOR
: I LIKE EVERY FORM OF MET@L.POSTED: 09/18/2004 - 05:02 am / quote |
Tom Trendy
: People have a right to their own opinions but its retarded when they start hating on the someone who has a different opinion than them. Music is music, it pulls different emotions out of different people. Fighting makes no sense.POSTED: 09/19/2004 - 06:57 am / quote |
godofthunder
: my favourite bands are black sabbath, guns and roses, wishbone ash, machine head and led zeppelin. this is basically classic rock with one exception... i love 'classic rock' but why not spend less time arguing about who gets what label, and more time playing the music we want to hear, listeing to what we want to hear, and remembering everyone else has a different opinion... we can't all be right (except me)POSTED: 11/09/2004 - 12:59 am / quote |
allenm
: this isnt exactly a great article but it has a good message. my favourite bands often use different genres in different songs (E.g: michael franti, ben harper).POSTED: 11/11/2004 - 08:22 am / quote |
tom_nik
: godofthunder:
my favourite bands are black sabbath, guns and roses, wishbone ash, machine head and led zeppelin. this is basically classic rock with one exception... i love 'classic rock' but why not spend less time arguing about who gets what label, and more time playing the music we want to hear, listeing to what we want to hear, and remembering everyone else has a different opinion... we can't all be right (except me)
true thatPOSTED: 12/07/2004 - 07:11 am / quote |
jk88
: GOOD ARTICLE.. THERE ARE TOO MANY CLOSED MINDED OBSESSIVE PPL... ABOUT WATEVR GENRE HEREPOSTED: 12/13/2004 - 02:15 pm / quote |
monkeyspks
: ok, that was not the article i expected it to be. instead of telling people how to "stand as one", you basically tell your life story music-wise. that was an extremely boring thing to read. i got bored after the part about 2pac. i'm not trying to be mean but that did not have anything to do with what the title has to say. the ending is good, though (even though it sounds like a preacher, haha jk)POSTED: 12/18/2004 - 05:00 pm / quote |
dwnbowden
: it was an alright article but quite often people who cross genres do it badly and the only people who have done it well are the red hot chili peppers with funk metalPOSTED: 12/29/2004 - 09:03 pm / quote |
TuckerOBaker
: FUCK YOU, NUKE THAT SHIT IF ITS JEWISH!POSTED: 12/30/2004 - 02:30 am / quote |
Mental Hop
: monkeyspks:
ok, that was not the article i expected it to be. instead of telling people how to "stand as one", you basically tell your life story music-wise. that was an extremely boring thing to read. i got bored after the part about 2pac. i'm not trying to be mean but that did not have anything to do with what the title has to say. the ending is good, though (even though it sounds like a preacher, haha jk)
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Yeah I agree with Monkeyspks on that one. Pretty run of the mill article with not much to say. It should have been longer and actually made a point but instead you lost focus and talked about your changing tastes for the majority of it. The last few paragraphs were the only ones worth reading. If you're going to tell us to stand as one then do it and don't tell us how much you really liked The Offspring. Commit.POSTED: 04/10/2005 - 10:51 pm / quote |
olp07
: Good article! I don't think that you will ever get everyone to agree on something though, however I do agree that people need to be more open minded when it comes to music. Why should a song be classified punk or rock only on the fact that it has a solo? I dont really see a reason for genres,except for allowing new bands to have a bigger fanbase. There is no reason for people refusing to listen to a song just because it is classified "rock" or "rap". Just listen to the freaking song, and if you like it, keep it, if not, dont listen to it again. People bash other genres when they dont realize that chances are they have songs that they listen to that fit that category. I dont think that people will ever agree to accept all genres, but I think that people should at least be a little more tolerant about them. Its the same in race, there will never be an equal, but at least people can realize it and be tolerant of other things. Just because its different dosent mean its wrong!!!POSTED: 08/02/2005 - 09:43 pm / quote |
cab00se
: ok i didnt really like the artical...but still i can see why people hate differnet types of music...like me i hate rap and hip hop and pop...but i can see why people like it...i personaly just think its gay and dont think anything less of the people who like it...unless there ass holesPOSTED: 08/20/2005 - 01:05 am / quote |
Maggot penis
: Imnot sure what to say so. Here goes. You can all suck my dick. POSTED: 12/29/2005 - 04:47 am / quote |
9_11_4
: I agree with the article
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Nor'Easterbass
: because then classic bands like metallica will start writing songs with like, country in it... oh, woops. do any of u ppl who write these have a life?POSTED: 05/15/2006 - 11:03 am / quote |
Nor'Easterbass
: ...and because rock/rap is almost the worst thing to happen to either genres. i say **** bridges. lol.POSTED: 05/15/2006 - 11:06 am / quote |
Nor'Easterbass
: then again, "scene" kids suck too, so maybe you've got somewhat of a point....POSTED: 05/15/2006 - 11:07 am / quote |
youreallygotme
: I hate nu metal but you have probably the best point of any rant on this website POSTED: 07/23/2006 - 03:30 pm / quote |
fender f**kwit
: look at all of the most successful bands/artists/genres of the last half century. they were huge and great and brilliant because they fused genres. rock started as a fusion of the blues and a whole load of other crap; hendrix fused blues, rock and jazz; clapton was blues/classic rock/psychadelic; nirvana was hardcore punk and melodic pop; radiohead was post-punk, grunge, glam, jazz, electronica, classical (radioheads influences could go on indefinitely)
anyway the ponit is you lack artistic vision if you set out a set of rules for your music and refuse to look outside your sad little metal box. if you do that then music will never, ever progress and you end up with triviumPOSTED: 09/29/2006 - 06:57 pm / quote |
hemi-san
: sure why not join together.....to kill rap and emo!!!POSTED: 12/26/2006 - 12:44 pm / quote |
Post Disastor
: well put, if music is based entirely on personal opinion than no matter how long you argue or what points you prove its impossible to name one style "better" than another.POSTED: 05/14/2007 - 01:05 pm / quote |
Skam127
: AMEN.. i like music.... yes just music everything from Anthony Kedis screaming Give it Away to beethovens cascading piano riffs, from Eminem telling everyone to get the **** out of his life to coldplay tenderly telling a girl they will fix them, from Justin Timberlake bringing sexy back to Led Zeppelin showing us the stariway to heaven... Thankyou for showing me there are still people who enjoy al music and don't get tieed up in genre wars.POSTED: 07/25/2007 - 12:47 am / quote |
EricC89
: Music is Music, I agree. But heres the thing, I am a ?Metalhead, and you can't really say metal is metal, there are so many sub-genres within it. Theres death metal, power metal, nu metal, prog metal, the list goes on. As a metalhead you would think i would be fighting with you, but no, music is music and to each his own, i see no point in argueing just because you dont like the other persons music, it is brainless and a waste of time. Genre wars shouldent even be valid in any way, you just cant compare 2 seperate genres, its impossible, for exaple, i know people who try to compare country to death metal, do you see a point in that? comparisons such as this are just idiotic, but all music fans do need to be united to support the general advancement of the industry, not just one specific genre.POSTED: 12/23/2007 - 03:46 am / quote |
IamAwesomeness
: i agree with this dude. as for me, i used to only listen to like classical music rly. but then i got into bands like drowning pool, system of a down, linkin park etc. and i loved it. and well now i love all kinds of music. everything from classical to heavy metal. alot of you people hav to learn to appreciate sumthing from all kinds of music. i hate how people build walls and take up arms against other genres.
or wen metalheads are like "o **** punk music! put sum metal on and blow them away! they cant play like those dudes"
i LOVE both genres. i play both genres
and honestly metal is rather easier to play then punk. wen i teach sum1 how to play the guitar. i teach them a metal song becuz its SO EASY. and ive successfully done this many times so go figure -.-.
point of the matter is all music is awesome and love it for wat it is.take sumthing from all kinds of music. dnt limit urself. trust me, its awesome to be able to love all kinds of rock.POSTED: 03/16/2008 - 12:15 am / quote |
AlienMetalhead
: I love it when people say they like all sorts of music or a bit of everything. Then i can play them some of my fav. music and they take it all back.POSTED: 07/27/2008 - 09:35 am / quote |
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