The tell-tale signs of the "I've outgrown metal" syndrome:
- Metal bands who, when asked by interviewers which metal bands they listen to or have been influenced by, list no metal bands... "Oh, I only listen to singer-songwriters, indie, techno, and trip-hop these days..."
- The "only metal bands whose heydays were in the 80s (DiAnno-era Maiden, Motorhead, etc.) are valid and credible" claim
- The denial that ANY-- even ONE-- metal band to have come out in the 90s is good
- Speaking of metal in an ironic, "I'm-so-hip-and-above-that-and-I've-got-a-shag-haircut-even-though-I-had-a-fucking-lion's-mane-6-months-ago-and-I-wear-those-trendy-black-small-framed-glasses" condescending manner
- Revisionist history... denying, for example, that a few years ago you were listening to death metal and instead fomenting the myth that you were always into 'hip', 'deep' bands, often punk(ish), like Killing Joke, Neurosis, Swans, Fugazi, etc, and fucking singer-songwriters.
Remember, you can't escape your metal past. There are some things, after all, that a 'hip' haircut, a pseudo-eclectic attitude, brand new cut-and-pasted-sensitive-indie-playlist, and a sudden disavowal of past pursuits cannot obscure.
It will haunt you, your past. Face it, you ARE METAL.
- Metal bands who, when asked by interviewers which metal bands they listen to or have been influenced by, list no metal bands... "Oh, I only listen to singer-songwriters, indie, techno, and trip-hop these days..."
- The "only metal bands whose heydays were in the 80s (DiAnno-era Maiden, Motorhead, etc.) are valid and credible" claim
- The denial that ANY-- even ONE-- metal band to have come out in the 90s is good
- Speaking of metal in an ironic, "I'm-so-hip-and-above-that-and-I've-got-a-shag-haircut-even-though-I-had-a-fucking-lion's-mane-6-months-ago-and-I-wear-those-trendy-black-small-framed-glasses" condescending manner
- Revisionist history... denying, for example, that a few years ago you were listening to death metal and instead fomenting the myth that you were always into 'hip', 'deep' bands, often punk(ish), like Killing Joke, Neurosis, Swans, Fugazi, etc, and fucking singer-songwriters.
Remember, you can't escape your metal past. There are some things, after all, that a 'hip' haircut, a pseudo-eclectic attitude, brand new cut-and-pasted-sensitive-indie-playlist, and a sudden disavowal of past pursuits cannot obscure.
It will haunt you, your past. Face it, you ARE METAL.
