Greetings from a N00B

[Nico]

The answer is in your sig, dorian.

 

[ethereallights]

The concept - Metal is not for everyone.

Opeth are for everyone, especialy since the release of Damnation. This kind of goes against... metal.

Opeth aren't for everyone. "Damnation" was more of an expirement, so what does it matter as long as they make good music? Maybe it's not metal

 

[{**9**}*CaptainQuark*]

"To mainstream or not to mainstream –*that is the question", as Hamlet would have said if he'd seen this thread.

Opeth became "rumsrent" in Sweden (that's Swedish for "acceptable") after the release of Damnation – they even appeared on the TV morning shows, playing to the housewives and unemployed!

Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is a matter of taste/preference. Personally I couldn't give a fuck WHO else likes the choons, just as long as Mikael o grabbarna keep on making 'em!

 

[mot-]

J.S. Bach is mainstream! Sellout!

 

[cityofthemoon666]

i think its totally underground to say "what the fuck happened to this forum"

 

[{**9**}*CaptainQuark*]

i think its totally underground to say "what the fuck happened to this forum"

Oh how mainstream…

 

[Adventageous]

music is music...example (and i dont care if you like the band of not) Modest Mouse came out a while ago with great music and great songwriting...recently, they become "famous" because of a few thousand ad campaigns. did i know this when i went out to buy the cd? shit no. i bought the new one and two of the old ones and i said, damn these guys are good. it didnt matter which one i listened to, my mood about the band was not based on how they were doing "socially"...on a commercial level. personally i think the exact opposite. if a band isnt making any money and they play music i like, id rather they be considered sellouts so i can get a copy of their music (and so they can keep creating more).
Opeth isn't and probably never will get to the sellout stage, but just a lesson for those people who think if music they listen to goes pop, they should stop listening to it...let alone stop supporting it.

Peace

 

[Jon Snow]

what the fuck happened to this forum?

 

[{**9**}*CaptainQuark*]

I believe it's called 'expanding your horizons'.

 

[RavenousDaemon]

Modest Mouse's Float On video is cool. Who gives a fuck about its mainstreamnessness....

 

[Adventageous]

whats bad is that some people are not able to recognize the difference between good and bad

 

[RjBeals]

Whats bad is continually seeing visions of a pelvis thrusting storm trooper.

 

[dorian gray]

the one farthest from the camera is wearing sneakers....
is that a 10 watt amp in the background of the first picture?

 

[dorian gray]

no, i mean over by the weight set, closer to the kitchen...

 

[dorian gray]

uhhhm. wheres the guitar?

 

[deliverance]

D2, stormtroopers don't need guitars to make music. they get their jedi powers via telapathy from vader, and use them to make glorious music..and put it through 10 watt peavy amps.

 

[dorian gray]

^ D1, thanks. i never thought of that. that explains the cable thats just laying there.

 

[deliverance]

star wars nonsense.

 

[sweet majestic darkness]

Maybe we could just have a sticky thread for everyone's "How I got into Opeth" stories

I second that. There was the one Christianmetalhead whostarted one, and then thats where most others posted theirs. A+++ idea!

 

[dorian gray]

uhm...its christianmetalheadUS. how would you feel if you knew how bad his feelings were hurt?