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(Sub)Genres Part 2: Thick Skulls and Broken Balls

by Scott on June 19th, 2007

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not going to sit here and focus on one band. This was just the beginning of my discovery of bands like Nothingface and Mudvayne. Brilliance is creativity. Nu Metal bands are just bands that were influenced by their favorite bands and brought their own breed to the pony show. Now these days we’ve breed so many sub genres that now we are starting yet a new one called the “New Wave Of American Heavy Metal”, which I think is a total rip off of the NWOBHM. We’ve Genre’d and sub-genre’d so much that we have to recycle old genre’s with a twist.

As Metal-Heads we all know what its like to be shunned and looked at as being different just because of the music we listen to. Then we turn around and cast away one of our own just because its not like the other. There are so many bands out there today that are starting to sound the same and I see it happening all over again. Its hard for me sometimes when I go to buy a new CD and I’m afraid to buy a CD because I’m so afraid of disappointment. I’m Afraid that I’m going to buy a CD and its going to suck royally. This is exactly what led up to Napster. People were tired of getting ripped off by bands because they hear one single on the radio and go buy a CD and its full of crappy fillers (AKA Papa Roach). So hell, if I can get the song for free that’s awesome! And to totally top things of, I don’t get the rest of the crap with it, that’s a bonus. Unfortunately for the record industry and the bands this cost a lot of people a lot of money by saving a lot of people a lot of money. But this is a whole other can of rotten worms I’m not willing to open right now.

So anyway, moving on. Do we need so many sub-genres? Is it necessary to label everything? Why are people so hateful of certain sub-genres? If I hear a band that catches my ear and I really like it then I buy the CD. Why hate it just because it is not YOUR favorite genre. Everyone thinks they have something to prove and want to save face because they think something is “Uncool”. That’s what rock and roll has always been about, saying ”Screw what you think is cool or not, I don’t care so F**K OFF!”. So, once again…Is it necessary to label every different sub-genres? The record stores don’t think so, they just separate CDs by major genres, perhaps they’re on to something.

(Sub)Genres Pt. 1

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