Yeah, also i think there are levels of Mainstream music or something. Kind of like, Mainstream of overall music (pop music) and mainstream music within Heavy Metal (like Iron Maiden,Judas Priest and etc..)
As a metal fan, what other genres do you like that is not heavy metal?
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Yeah, also i think there are levels of Mainstream music or something. Kind of like, Mainstream of overall music (pop music) and mainstream music within Heavy Metal (like Iron Maiden,Judas Priest and etc..)
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Heh, i just changed it, cause people kept accusing me of being a fake or something of another user, who was my brother...
what the fuck are you smoking??
metallica, zeppelin, and floyd combined have probably sold 400 - 600 million albums worldwide
they are 10000000000000x more "mainstream" than panic at the disco
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Go look at, say, My Chemical Romance's sales over the past few years and compare to, say, Opeth's and Bathory's. There are 3 different levels there. MCR is selling like hotcakes, Opeth is selling solidly but much lower, Bathory is selling low compared to the others but still halfway decent. That's the point he was trying to make. Sure, Panic isn't THAT mainstream, and it was a bad choice for an example, but the point is true mainstream acts that sell like fucking water in the Sahara whereas mainstream metal sells like water in Texas, and my point of underground selling like oil in the Middle East, to continue the metaphor.
there's nothing wrong with "mainstream music"
what are you referring to is "pop" music, which is short for popular music
and yes I do hate popular music
what are you referring to is "pop" music, which is short for popular music
and yes I do hate popular music
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I'm not saying there is anything wrong with mainstream music, but good mainstream like Pantera and shit mainstream like MCR don't sell at the same level, so why not make 3 catagories instead of 2 and lumping great bands who sell well because they are great in with the shit bands who sell because they are popular and most people have shit taste.
I think i see some people who don't like some mainstream music just because it's "mainstream", but personally i like some few mainstream bands (not cause they are mainstream). Not because they are mainstream, but simply because they just sound good. Some people should give a chance to these few good bands too, i'm not naming anyone but yeah, that's what i think. For example, I'll always still like Metallica's early stuff. I don't give a crap if they went mainstream later on, cause i don't even listen to their later stuff anyways. even though i heard their albums a million times and now i listen to a ton more underground stuff, i'll still like the old metallica stuff...:Smug:
I would make 4 categories actually
modern pop
mainstream
semi - maintream (bands like behemoth, rappers like jedi mind tricks)
underground (obscure artists)
modern pop
mainstream
semi - maintream (bands like behemoth, rappers like jedi mind tricks)
underground (obscure artists)
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I wouldn't name the 3rd semi-mainstream, I'd name it sidestream or underground and name the 4th obscure or very underground, something like that. You can't really call Behemoth mainstream at all.
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they are among the most popular "underground" bands, that's why I call them semi-mainstream
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I usually will listen to Classical, Opera, Avante Garde, Prog... anything generally good and I not pop or anything mainstream.
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LuminousAether
My name is Distance
I listen to many different styles of music.
folk
neofolk
grunge
post grunge
hardcore
punk
post hardcore
post rock
indie rock
prog rock
jazz
psych pop
country rock
space rock
alt country
tropicalia
bossa nova
funk
reggae
old school country
The list goes on and on. The only styles of music I cannot stand are opera and polka.
folk
neofolk
grunge
post grunge
hardcore
punk
post hardcore
post rock
indie rock
prog rock
jazz
psych pop
country rock
space rock
alt country
tropicalia
bossa nova
funk
reggae
old school country
The list goes on and on. The only styles of music I cannot stand are opera and polka.
if the bands on radio are any indication, this is one of the worst genres of music ever
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Bush kicks some ass, Seether is decent, there's a shitload of underground post grunge out there as well. Myspace has plenty.
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