embarrasing bands/artists you liked before getting into metal

[ohiogrinder]

Duran Duran
A-Ha
Simple Minds
Marillion
Wham!
Journey

I still like those bands......

nothing wrong with liking Duran Duran.

 

[Astrum]

GTA VC radio stations FTW!

I could listen to those for hours one end

you know what i realized? I have a slipknot and rob zombie poster in my room that i never bothered to take down from a long time ago

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

I used to listen to strictly Alt. Rock with some mainstream metal stuff

Incubus, Taproot, Chevelle, Radiohead, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Linkin Park, Korn, Slipknot, Mudvayne, Pantera, Trust Company, Children of Bodom, Smile A Perfect Soul

 

[Tubbs]

Slipknot and Korn.

Oh man, they suck imho!

 

[IWP]

Let's see, where do I begin?

Blink 182
Green Day
Hawthorne Heights
Nirvana
311
Taking Back Sunday
Silverstein
Rufio
Aiden
Avenged Sevenfold
Slipknot
Atreyu
Incubus

 

[Hatebreeder]

I still listen to Sense Fail, At The Drive-In, and Aiden in good conscience. I always had a weakness for decent post-hardcore.

 

[ohiogrinder]

I still listen to Sense Fail, At The Drive-In, and Aiden in good conscience. I always had a weakness for decent post-hardcore.

you a fan of Fugazi by any chance?

 

[Hatebreeder]

you a fan of Fugazi by any chance?

Hell yes. Them, Minor Threat, and Rites of Spring.

 

[Wires & Waves]

I dont find it embarassing as I still alot of the bands, but I was into stuff like Portishead, Elliott Smith, Joanna Newsom, Bjork, Slint, Neutral Milk Hotel, Radiohead etc. etc.

man you cant have been into metal very long

i prefer most of that stuff to metal anyway

Hell yes. Them, Minor Threat, and Rites of Spring.

fuck yeah, rites of spring = greatest emo band ever!

 

[Hatebreeder]

fuck yeah, rites of spring = greatest emo band ever!

Indeed. Too bad people hear the word "emo" and immediately close their minds.

 

[Ender Rises]

On thread topic, I used to listen to Nirvana obsessively, then pulled my head out of my ass and was big into other grunge. Early in my metal listening I loved Black Label Society and Damageplan, and now I listen to mainstreamish metal bands such as Carcass and Opeth and I am moving into lesser known stuff.

 

[ohiogrinder]

On thread topic, I used to listen to Nirvana obsessively, then pulled my head out of my ass and was big into other grunge. Early in my metal listening I loved Black Label Society and Damageplan, and now I listen to mainstreamish metal bands such as Carcass and Opeth and I am moving into lesser known stuff.

were you ever a fan of The Melvins?

 

[Ender Rises]

Unfortunately I could never find anything by them, to download or to buy. I looked at many points and didn't find shit.

 

[Mort Divine]

Backstreet Boys
N'sync
A*Teens
Good Charlotte
Simple Plan
(insert random shit pop group)

I have no problem with any of the 90s alt. rock bands I used to listen to (and still do) before I liked metal, Our Lady Peace and Live are bands I still love, with OLP being one of my favorite bands still.

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

Unfortunately I could never find anything by them, to download or to buy. I looked at many points and didn't find shit.

If you smoke weed- you will LOVE the melvins, trust me.

 

[Mort Divine]

Indeed. Too bad people hear the word "emo" and immediately close their minds.

^this

I hate that people don't even know the real meaning of the word emo, it brings to mind shit like Fall Out Boy and that annoys me.

 

[Astrum]

Because people think about "emo" kids, who listen to fall out boy.

 

[Ender Rises]

Not real emo kids. Just the mainstream posers.

 

[Mort Divine]

Because people think about "emo" kids, who listen to fall out boy.

Yes, but that doesn't excuse people from shunning a honestly good genre based upon the dolts that listen to bands that are not even part of the genre.

Kind of like my former dislike of all things indie.

 

[Hammer of Might]

I owned two Limp Bizkit albums several years ago, but I think half the reason was to fit in at school. I did find it kind of cool and 'rebellious' at the time though, before I had any musical identity basically. Iron Maiden changed that.

Well, I dunno about their older stuff with Max - but I haven't ventured into that because I owned a few of the newer albums with the other dude - all of which sucked.

Start venturing. Now.