Tebus
An abode of few.
I specifically asked Peter if he listened to any of the nu-metal that's over here in the states. And he said they don't categorize different types of metal. They just listen to what they like regardless of what it is. So basically, I'm saying that I don't think they are trying to fit into a certain genre of metal, I just didn't get that mindset from them.rahvin said:i also think this is not their objective. to my knowledge, nu metal elements popped up in r2r because they thought they sounded good and were an interesting change in direction.
however, i must say this idea is pretty fucked up anyway. they should have seen where all of this would lead and they should have focused on some peculiar set of sounds in order to avoid being put in connection with the "real" nu metal bands, if they wanted to keep their previous fanbase. everybody thinks about these things when making music, so please don't tell me they live on an island where doing "only what was in their heart" was an option, since i guess noone does. they tried a formula, the label said ok. i think it wasn't a very good formula, especially since they don't sell as much as mudvayne.
if they're happy, kudos to them. but i'm not, and hooray for me too.
rahvin.
But I don't really understand the idea where people associate a certain type of sound with more record sales. I mean I know where everyone is coming from, but the whole concept that bands need to completely stay away from a certain area seems close minded to me. It seems like writing an album anymore involves what group of people you want to sell to, as if bands are supposed to sell to a particular type of audience. You can look at it as selling out either way. They can keep there sound rigid as what it was before so that only metal elitists will buy it. Or you can do whatever you want to do, and write music for yourself. And if people happen to buy it, wonderful. I mean considering how many people dislike R2R, it's almost like they went in the direction of going less commercial. In my opinion, when you write music with other peoples expectations in mind, that's when people start to sell out, regardless of what people they are considering when they are deciding who to appeal to. Either way, it comes out as trying to sell out to a specific audience. It all seems very image based. When I buy an album, I kind of try to pretend no one has or ever will hear of it. And that kind of forces me to listen to it for musical and lyrical content only, regardless of what everyone else labels it as. If I like the music and lyrics great. If not, then I stay away from that band. It's not to say that the music "sucks" but I just don't get anything out of it.
Anyway, I probably repeated myself a bunch of times there and when a little off the topic, so sorry about my rambling.
