Rap guide to metal

[The Colorado Kid]

Rap guide to metal

 

[Mardoch]

That was pretty interesting.

Overrated: KISS

Yes, KISS was one of the earliest metal bands, and their theatrics, kabuki-style makeup and pyrotechnics paved the way for any number of descendants. Many, many bands (and fans) can trace their roots to hearing ALIVE! or ALIVE II, and nearly everyone of a certain age had a KISS poster on their wall. And you know what? They sucked. Their riffs were primitive, their lyrics insipid. They were The Village People with worse songs, Insane Clown Posse with a bigger fanbase. Outside of "Rock and Roll All Nite" and "Detroit Rock City" it is virtually impossible to name one KISS song that has had any staying power. When it became clear that without makeup they were just a middling, middle-aged hard-rock band of no distinction, they put it back on. And Gene Simmons's money-hungry behavior, which has plastered the KISS logo on anything and everything, and made original members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss (responsible for two of the group's best songs, "Shock Me" and "Beth" respectively) nothing more than wage laborers—has done nothing to burnish the group's reputation. They're a more shameless—and admittedly more influential—version of MC Hammer or Vanilla Ice, a tremendously successful commercial band wishing desperately for critical acclaim that will never, ever come.

And though it would almost certainly garner much rawrawrawrHATE...I agree with every word of that. KISS is a good show, but they make crap music.

 

[TheLongshot]

And though it would almost certainly garner much rawrawrawrHATE...I agree with every word of that. KISS is a good show, but they make crap music.

I'm sure Eddie Trunk would have a heart attack if he read that.

While I also agree that Kiss is overrated, I don't begrudge their spot in the R&R HOF, because I do think they were influential as far as big stadium productions.

 

[Mardoch]

I begrudge the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" as an entity because it's not related in any meaningful way to reality.

 

[raising_iron]

^^^THIS!