im a rapper and I would like to make a comment on the band SOAD


I think there ok they got a few good tunes .

There's enough decent nu metal out there, but the problem is that it's almost a derisive term the same way that disco was in the 80s once the fad was over with. A lot of bands that are respected avoid the nu metal tag just because of the stigma involved with being labeled a "nu metal" band.

There are some things I like about nu-metal—like its emphasis on rhythm and the fact that it eschewed the guitar wanking so common in a lot of metal that preceded it—and there is some nu-metal I enjoy—like Soulfly, early Korn and early Papa Roach—but even the stuff I like isn't exactly mind blowing and I find that I rarely listen to it these days.

I'm definitely with you there.

Nine basically said what I was going to about this. John was meaning that bands like his, and others that are still around that were once thought of, or are still thought of as nu-metal bands...how they supposedly changed their sound and aren't what should be called nu-metal anymore. John isn't an idiot...but he's not exactly a music guru either. Either way. Nu-Metal from its hay day years, it was stunted from the start. Not a lot of bands cared to sit their band apart from others in the genre. Got pretty boring.

I agree man. But there are a lot of people here on the forum, and outside of the forum in our day to day lives that just say nu-metal had absolutely no good qualities about the genre. They're wrong but to each their own...

I listened to early Korn a lot, early Papa Roach a lot...I'd say that I don't really listen to a lot of either band anymore though, what with my change in taste of music as I got older. You ever listen to Simon Says? They were a diamond in the rough in my opinion, as far as a nu-metal band went. They had some neat little qualities to their music that most other nu-metal bands were oblivious to.

Nu metal never died its still going on even now in 2014 its just not called nu metal anymore its called just Rock or alt metal or rock :hphones:

... or, "Hey! Look what I found for a dollar in the used bin!"

Where I'm from, I find Linkin Park records, SOAD records, Hoobstank records, Korn records, Adema records in $5 bins all the time.

i would buy a Hoobastank one and just break it and walk out of the store.

That band was just awful and what a stupid name, Hoobastank. (ugh)

They only ever had one or two songs that I didn't entirely hate. Aside from that. Yes, they were/are awful.

Very opinionated folks. I know of Hoobastank, but they don't necessarily "irk" me like you guys.

Now if you brought up BrokenCyde, I can see where you're coming from.

SOAD is like, one of the few nu metal bands I actually like.. The self titled debut is my favourite thing they did. I don't listen to much else by them, but I really like their first album.
I dunno, maybe it's because I'm 17, but still, I like it. My favourite Nu Metal band is Maximum the Hormone though, if you can call it that.

The band that got me into metal is Iron Maiden. I still prefer the Paul D'ianno era over Bruce Dickinson, probably because I heard it first. It also sounds a bit more punk-ish, and I love Punk. But I also like Bruce. Other than that, the big four got me into Thrash Metal.