I hate grunge.
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Krow
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The Ozzman
Melted by feels
I was exaggerating because it's super seldom. I got invited to a Super Bowl party this year but I tend to remove myself from gatherings where alcohol is served. Not in all cases, but most.
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I am 43 year old. You are younger than me. The pussy aura of metal in the mid 90s drove kids to hip hop. I mean, Anthrax was singing about the smell of their feet while NWA was talking about sex and violence...which is more interesting? Metal was unrelatable and esoteric whereas hip hop resonated and also sounded good and was upbeat vs. depressing. I think it is healthier to listen to more optimistic and energizing music. It is easier to complain about other people doing the wrong thing than it is to take the decisive action. And, especially if you pay attention to the lyrics, the vast majority of current metal lyrics are just lists of complaints and resignations articulated in the most flamboyantly theatrical and over-emotional way possible.
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The pussification started when metal was pushed aside by grunge and lost its way. The real problem is that because the touchy feely depression type stuff gained mainstream status, new generation's thought that was what metal was supposed to be. Luckily, a segment of the metal world, especially in Europe, went towards a fantasy or medieval theme. Rhapsody and Hammerfall came out around '98 with songs about knighthood, templars and what not. They were soon joined by the likes of Dark Moor, Freedom Call, Thy Majestie, Majesty, and the war history obsessed Sabaton. It's interesting that Kamelot and Dark Guardian preceded all of these by a decade or so. The closest stuff like that got to the mainstream was Dragonforce though.
Heavier bands (some with harsh vocals) with a war/fantasy/medieval bent include Doomsword, Ensiferum and Wisdom. Heavy Metal in the 1970s was mostly about Black Sabbath and Judas Priest. Deep Purple had great inroads in it being among the founders even if remaining under the Hard Rock term.
Krow
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Grunge saved metal by killing off hair metal cancer and letting the genre regrow properly. Riffs replaced tight pants and hairspray and all was right in the world again.
I know I keep repeating it but this thread is about kicking a dead horse any way.
I know I keep repeating it but this thread is about kicking a dead horse any way.
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Sorry but I would say 90% of the grunge music suck more dick than a porn star. Grunge sucked! Bad singers who don't shower and guitar players who can't play leads. Notice how when 90's grunge bands go on a reunion tour they have to bring three other one hit wonders with them just to justify coming to their lame excuse for a show. Music really did run off a cliff after Nirvana. 80s metal scene was more diverse than the 90s grunge scene. Grunge scene was basically dead by 1996. It was a quick life & death. Rock imo has never returned to prominence. Music turned to shit in the 90s. Everyone was angry, miserable and many of those bands died from dope.
Oblivious Maximus
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EchoForever
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I think it's fair game to admit that you haven't listened to much metal outside of the very immediate examples.
Also your age is getting in the way of me actually taking your comments seriously.
Also your age is getting in the way of me actually taking your comments seriously.
TechnicalBarbarity
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Blurry_Dreams
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this
i'd rather listen to Motley Crue 24/7 than have to listen to a random Grunge album all the way through once
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This just simply isn't true. Jerry Cantrell & Kim Thayil are both amazing guitarists who can shred with the best of them.
CiG
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He must be thrilled to have the forum retard co-sign his opinion.
Slammed
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Then he too should get a signature that takes up more real estate than any message he has to say.
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any of you oldschoolers remember the gap of time where everyone had huge-as-shit sigs?
what happened to that??
what happened to that??
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All of those grunge bands had a singer who sounded like his foot is caught in a bear trap and he is trying to get out. You could make fun of anybody from the 80's glam metal bands vocally speaking, you could find worst of the worst vocals and they are likely way better than anybody from the grunge bands. That whole grunge movement in the early 90's has spawned what we have today 25 years later. That grunge shit influenced a generation of people in a very negative way.
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