May 4th, 2003, 10:07 AM
Credentials, Mutiilation? Do I need credentials to give my opinion?
Well, I have listened to metal for many years, so I am 'qualified', in that sense, to talk about it.
I'm actually into a bit of punk and hardcore, and also feel that the best music in these styles is 'pure'. The Cro-Mags, for one, were much better before they added metal into their equation. Don't go into the history of each genre, stating how they're all fusions of initially disparate styles, blah blah blah... I know. Each style reached a point where it was, more or less, 'pure'. That is when each genre produced its best music, don' t you think? Metal's golden age was either early 70s (Sabbath, Purple, Heep, etc.), or the early/mid-80s (Maiden, Priest, NWOBHM, et al), depending on your perspective. The genre is a fucking mess now, with all this cross-pollination of genres. It doesn't work, on the whole.
I guess what prompted my DH post was hearing one-too-many whiny faux-hardcore kid berate and ridicule metal-- and then either play in or support a band that has plagiarized the fuck out of metal music. Yes, metal is easy to poke fun at and stereotype- but isn't HC? In almost ALL of the bands, almost all of the players have short hair, dress the same, whine about social issues that some nerd with a guitar is never going change, etc. Same formula as metal, only the examples are different. I could go on here, but you know the story.
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