I found a new band to hate!!!

[Line666]

You know how hipsters are with all of their pitiful irony, throwback clothes, and clueless appropriation of disparate counter-culture symbolism and style?

Modern scene kids like these seem to be nothing more than a variation of that theme. Desperate kids latching on to the most obvious and easily copped traits of all these various fringe groups and characters, while disregarding what any of it may have originally stood for. What makes it extra annoying is the irony. They're obviously weak for mainstream culture and all of the associated pop music histrionics, yet they're still trying to look the part of the emo/hardcore/non-conformist fringe-dweller.
The obvious explanation is that this look has simply become just another uniform of just another counter-cultural movement, worthy of appropriation by this new generation of clueless quasi-hipsters. It's a fashion statement. It's another ironic way of looking like you're giving the middle finger to mainstream conformity when all you really want to do is be exactly like everybody else who does the same thing.

In all seriousness, I can't say that I'm truly bothered by this crap. If I said that, I'd have to say that so many other aspects of pop culture bothered me too. Sure, I don't want to be exposed to any of it - but I can easily write it off, disregard it and get on with my business. This crap is in the same category.

Well yeah, metal has always been about disregarding culture to a degree, which I suppose is why it has never really been a seriously popular genre, there just isnt enough people wanting to break away from the herd to engage with it. So when you get these funky fringed crabcore dudes who try to mold some counter-culture (which as you say is a part of culture in itself) with metal then it is always met with controversy and disregard from the metal "die-hards".

The problem I have with not wanting to accept culture is that everything we do is inherently steeped in it, you might think you disregard culture by hating fashion and by wearing just jeans and a t-shirt and being yourself, but jeans and a t-shirt are a product of our culture. To me jeans and tees are just as much a stereotype as skinny jeaned emo kids, one to me says boring nice guy and the other says product of bad vampire movies.

I'd say really, you're forced to engage in culture unless you want to be a hermit and die alone. I hated fashion because I always thought it was inherently pointless, but ultimately its inescapable, now I dress well because its an outward reflection of the way I feel represents me, I don't hate fashion anymore because by hating something that is always going to be there I was ultimately damaging the way I wanted to present myself.

 

[Cyanide_Anima]

wtf. i finally decided to listen to the song. i thought you guys were just being mean, cus you guys been mean lately. but, after completion of the song, which i thought would never end , i came to the conclusion that i was wrong. i hope the metal torch doesn't get passed down to this kind of uhh, crabcore. i need to smoke a bowl.

 

[meeseface]

the cat was better on the keyboard than the crabcore keyboardist

 

[Sweetnothing]

This crabcore things is blowing the fuck up. 74 members in the group now in just 4 days.

then there's the macho man cover

I joined the FB group few weeks ago though, my gf followed ( she lol'd when I pointed this thread to her)
crabcore, BRILLIANT

 

[meeseface]

wow...a compelation of different bands and their breakdowns

they are pretty shitty, the only one that i thought was ok was as blood runs black, just because of the little mini solo they throw in

 

[meeseface]

wow...and those kids are calling this "new" genre either nintendo metal, nintendo core, or nes core. this new shit thats coming out is really getting out of hand

 

[Cryo114]

I dont know if you guys have seen this but if not, you may have kick started something....

The Guardian posted this on there site...

Scene and heard: Crabcore

There's a new music genre in town – and it's more baffling than anything else you'll hear. Brace yourself for the crabcore of Attack Attack!

 

[Pot]

 

[AudioGeekZine]

I can't see anything online posted about crabcore before June 14th HERE.

 

[DaWolf]

I want to start a crabcore band, but where can I get those crabinets I would need ? My music store said "what?"
Or are there any crab impulses around ? ¯\(°_o)/¯

 

[Line666]

So apparently Joey produced Attack Attack!'s latest, so we can all worship it now.

 

[ahjteam]

...it was already said in the first page

 

[Line666]

Ah, my dumb ass missed that.

Probably cos it was in an edit.

 

[Cryo114]

I can't see anything online posted about crabcore before June 14th HERE.

It was posted on the 23rd.

 

[AudioGeekZine]

Might as well exploit this trend.

Crabcore shirts are here: http://audiogeek.spreadshirt.com/us/US/Shop/Index/index/category/Crabcore-48160/

 

[Metaltastic]

JON, HOW DARE YOU NOT PUT A PICTURE OF A CRAB ON THAT SHIRT

Inexcusable, absolutely inexcusable

Oh man, it should totally be a picture of a crab and then an apple core

 

[AudioGeekZine]

I hear ya Marcus but You need really high DPI images for printing, so I went with a classic design with guaranteed quality when printed.

 

[GarethSE]

nah should be a matte black cutout of the guy doing the crab thing on a plain, bright coloured background, total ipod advert style, with

"I <3 Crabcore" on the chest

make one like that with a pink background and ill buy one for definate

 

[Line666]

nah should be a matte black cutout of the guy doing the crab thing on a plain, bright coloured background, total ipod advert style, with

"I <3 Crabcore" on the chest

make one like that with a pink background and ill buy one for definate

+1 on this.

 

[AudioGeekZine]

If only I knew how to do that.