The Punk Education Thread

[MicShazam]

Originally Posted by elphenor

that is terrible music

GET OUT

Totally cool if you think so, but did you actually give an honest listen?

I don't think Death are all that great. Kind of overrated.
But it's got some charms and is massively influential.

I guess what I still wonder the most about you is: Do you actually base your feelings of disdain towards metal on experience and knowledge, or is it a knee-jerk thing?

[Ol’ Qwerty Bastard]

Originally Posted by elphenor

no amount of dropped tuned guitars and distortion are gonna make me want to slam my head against a wall the way Jad Fair does with 2 chords on detuned guitar

[Frownland]

Knee jerk.

[MicShazam]

Originally Posted by elphenor

I don't actually hate metal, that's just for a laugh

mostly I'm lukewarm towards it because it's rock that's supposed to rock but really doesn't rock

and this creates the cheese factor because technical playing is just not intimidating

my ears are with Lou Reed when he said "the essence of rock is a non musical form of music"

no amount of dropped tuned guitars and distortion are gonna make me want to slam my head against a wall the way Jad Fair does with 2 chords on a detuned guitar

I think I kind of get it.
Honestly, a lot of metal is boring when it tries to be heavy. Too much metal has very little sense of groove and you get a feeling the musicians involved would not be able to jam together very coherently if asked to.
There are so many bands that rise above this though.
While I find most supposedly great black, death and thrash metal acts to be downright boring, there's so many bands that forge their own path into awesome sounding territory that I still end up calling myself a massive metal fan, even if I don't care about most of the canon.

[Ol’ Qwerty Bastard]

i like deftones

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by elphenor

when I jam with people here and there it's like a litmus test I have to ask if they like Deftones then tell them nvm don't come over

that's the petty part where I "hate" it it's super popular atm and I just want to talk about other music I find more interesting

1: A lot of metal fans of the worst sort (trad metal/NWOBHM) are gonna fall through your Deftones net.
2: The petty part is the whole thing.

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by Qwertyy

i like deftones

3: Deftones is ass and so are you for liking them.

[Ol’ Qwerty Bastard]

Originally Posted by Frownland

3: Deftones is ass and so are you for liking them.

i felt bad about it until i found out exo likes them, now i'm confident in my body.

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by Qwertyy

i felt bad about it until i found out exo likes them, now i'm confident in my body.

Mother****er likes Phil Collins.

[MicShazam]

I like that one Deftones song, Knife Party. Their newest album also had some qualities, but... eh. Boring band.

Just like Phil Collins, they have a couple allright songs, and that's it.