Sick of new metal

[Chryst Krispies]

They're great, you just can't expect them to revolutionize the way you think about breakfast.

Jeff

That's true.... unless you add Muscle Milk. Then all bets are off.

 

[STINNETT]

whats wrong with bands these days, wheres the originality? .........

If you're looking for originality, why are you trolling Myspace for scene bands?

That's like trying to strike up an intellectual discussion at Hot Topic.

 

[Jevil]

Hey now, let's leave corn flakes out of this.....

I fucking love those bastards, they never get boring.

I thought you prefer rice krispies rataher than corn flakes.

 

[Notuern]

There has been no good music since 1990.

 

[Jevil]

Hey now, let's leave corn flakes out of this.....

I fucking love those bastards, they never get boring.

I thought you prefer rice krispies rataher than corn flakes.

 

[P-E]

There has been no good music since 1990.

Taste is subjective but Wintersun (Wintersun), The Sound of Perseverance (Death), The Gallery (Dark Tranquillity) and Traced In Air (Cynic) are all albums I consider masterpieces and all were all released after 1990.

edit : come to think of it, I might just have not understood sarcasm?

 

[HandsOfDespair]

There has been no good music before 1990.

Fix'd

Each his own I guess.

 

[Notuern]

I might just have not understood sarcasm?

Both yes, and no on that one!

I do think that there is allot of good music during the 90's, but during the 70's and 80's there was just sooooo much great music out there!
During the 90's i could probably namedrop about 10 albums that i thought was great, but in the 70's and 80's there was an insane amount of albums that where great, just some bands from those years:

Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin
AC/DC
Deep Purple
Aerosmith
Queensryche
Judas Priest
Metallica
Megadeth
Slayer
Anthrax
Exodus
Testament
Kiss
Van Halen
Yngwie Malmsteens Rising Force
Cinderella
Ratt
Dokken
Winger
Loudness
Pantera(Pre-Phil era.)
Dream Theater(Basically 90's, but still.)

And thats just the first that come to mind, but i could probably list about 5 times as many artists/bands that where awesome in those years.
But sure, the 90's and 2000's has had some great bands as well, but not NEARLY as many.

 

[JBroll]

You, like many before you, are falling into the trap of comparing the gems of decades past with the 'average' of today - there are still great musicians around, but since you hear so many current *bad* musicians your perspective on current situations gets skewed. Even if you consider Cinderella, Dokken, and pre-Phil Pantera to be greats, I doubt you could really see just how much awful, irredeemable shit came out of LA in the 80s.

There's still great music being made today, but don't forget that you don't have the hindsight with new music that you have with old stuff - a bunch of old farts already filtered out most of the garbage from decades past, so a lot of gems seem like they must have been far more common. We will do the same for today's music and pass it on to those who come after us - circle of life, that whole sort of thing.

That's all a side note, though... you seriously need to be at least fucking 40 to be reminiscing about the 'good old days' like that, so get off my lawn and pick up some new records.

Jeff

 

[Notuern]

You, like many before you, are falling into the trap of comparing the gems of decades past with the 'average' of today - there are still great musicians around, but since you hear so many current *bad* musicians your perspective on current situations gets skewed. Even if you consider Cinderella, Dokken, and pre-Phil Pantera to be greats, I doubt you could really see just how much awful, irredeemable shit came out of LA in the 80s.

As my friend is a collector of 80's demos, both thrash, glam, heavy metal and hard rock, im pretty well aware of what was around LA in the 80's.
And as such, ive also heard an absolutely endless amount of signed and unsigned bands from the 80's.

My dad was very in to the hard rock/heavy metal scene during the 70's, and played in a band him self.
So due to that ive heard tons of demos and "less famous" bands from the 70's as well.

So in my case im actually more aware of the awful, irredeemable shit that came out back in those days then most of the guys on this forum(Apart from the people that grew up back then.)

There's still great music being made today, but don't forget that you don't have the hindsight with new music that you have with old stuff - a bunch of old farts already filtered out most of the garbage from decades past, so a lot of gems seem like they must have been far more common. We will do the same for today's music and pass it on to those who come after us - circle of life, that whole sort of thing.

I never said that there wasn't any good music today, just less.
Now im not that in to downtuned "bring teh br00talz" kind of music, but i do appreciate great music no matter what genre it is.

I do like:

Alice In Chains
Damageplan
Lamb Of God
Dimmu Borgir
In Flames
Enslavement of Beauty
Nevermore
Opeth
Meshuggah
Strapping Young Lad

And i could name allot more, but its getting boring to namedrop.. so dont get me wrong, i do appreciate some modern music, but when comparing the amount of good music, i still think that the 70's and 80's wins.
If you think something different, thats great.

That's all a side note, though... you seriously need to be at least fucking 40 to be reminiscing about the 'good old days' like that, so get off my lawn and pick up some new records.

Jeff

Well, if someone starts a thread about new music sucking i will probably write my opinion about it in there.. if the subject doesn't suit you, dont read the thread at all!

 

[JBroll]

You hooligans and your whippersnapping shenanigans... back in my day when we complained about music we had to walk down to the record store and be music snobs there - 40 degrees outside, and the hills were so steep we were upside-down half the time! Now get your grimy little paws off my 8-tracks!

Jeff

 

[Notuern]

You hooligans and your whippersnapping shenanigans... back in my day when we complained about music we had to walk down to the record store and be music snobs there - 40 degrees outside, and the hills were so steep we were upside-down half the time! Now get your grimy little paws off my 8-tracks!

Jeff

Oh snap, Jeff just ran out of good comebacks!

 

[Chryst Krispies]

I thought you prefer rice krispies rataher than corn flakes.

I like them too

 

[JBroll]

Oh snap, Jeff just ran out of good comebacks!

Good comebacks? Back in my day we had to whittle comebacks out of shag carpet and the bones of our enemies! Get a job!

(Who needs comebacks when ribbing the youngest old guy in existence practically writes itself?)

Jeff

 

[CatharsisStudios]

This band is fuuuuuuuuucking epic




your fucking close minded







only old people like OLD METAL

 

[SentencedToBurn]

music is better now then it EVER was. when i say that, i mean there are so many bands out there doing great things, more so then in recent past. the problem is that music itself isnt as popular as it was. Its harder for a band to break into the business... etc. etc.
You have to know where to look is the catch. Finding a great band is like finding a needle in a haystack quite frankly, but that doesnt mean there aren't LOADS of bands that still rock.

 

[Metal Overload]

This band is fuuuuuuuuucking epic




your fucking close minded







only old people like OLD METAL

Hahaha, see??

Good one Ryan!

 

[clarbaden]

If you're looking for originality, why are you trolling Myspace for scene bands?

That's like trying to strike up an intellectual discussion at Hot Topic.

does hot topic sell kittens?

 

[clarbaden]

what the fuck is hot topic? sounds like a gay porn magazine. ROB

ki


UPS

 

[clarbaden]

This band is fuuuuuuuuucking epic




your fucking close minded







only old people like OLD METAL

again a quote about kittens might be accetable