Metal Versus The World
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Written by a local in ultimate-guitar
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/columns/junkyard/metal_versus_the_world.html
When I mention “heavy metal music”, what is the image that comes into your mind? Unintelligent, suicidal, anger-filled men with viking style messy long hair, dressed in black from head to toe? Who like to kill small animals and burn churches, and make incoherent chaotic noises and call it music? Is that your idea of Metal? I think it probably is. I can say from experience, the vast majority of people who are not “into” metal have a warped idea of what this genre actually is. Take this example: “I don't listen to metal because it messes with the mind to a certain extent” A person in my class wrote that on a school message board last semester. Do you agree? If you do, I am here to brutally attack your perverted and horribly twisted idea of metal, in the most “metal” way possible......... -
Nice read, well, non metalhead will never understand.
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very very good article!
I didn't know that bout Bruce though..
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Originally posted by Master -_-:
very very good article!
I didn't know that bout Bruce though..
Ditto, only knew he has a tv show, Flying Heavy Metal. You got SCV don't you? Cannel 72, can't remember when does it air.
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.....this writer sounded too pessimistic and think too highly of himself.
The replied below summed it up;
Dude, you can justify metal without writing that its more difficult. You say "easy" stuff like Aerosmith - have you ever written a guitar part like Dream On? Sure, it's easy to play, but some might say it's also easier to invent a metal lick than it is to write a catchy blues-based solo like Joe Perry. Using the dissonance and accidentals like you state Black Sabbath used doesn't make you better.
Your article isn't written to equalize metal with other genres; you went right past that and decided to degrade and put down guitar players of every other type of music just to make yourself seem more AWESOME. That's pretty arrogant.
I've been playing for a while, and when I want something more difficult to play, I play Hendrix or Slash. And don't say I'm just not good at guitar; style like they have needs to be felt and practiced.
You have proven to be just as much of a bonehead you say metalheads aren't. I have a lot of metalhead friends, and they're some of the most relaxed, chill people I know, so yes, your argument is true. But be less of an ******* next time. Metal is not synonymous with musicality, it takes just as much of a musician (and more so in some cases) to write an emotional blues piece or a flashy jazz solo as it does to play ridiculously fast.
You're like the guy who came up to me at Guitar Center last week: "Dude, that sounded pretty good. You should play metal instead, it takes more skill." To which I responded, "Nah, I prefer the Aerosmith stuff." He then scowled at me, picked up an ESP, and started to shred so loudly I had to stop playing. This guy was wearing an Abercrombie shirt.
I apologize for the long post, everybody, but I feel like that needed to be said. -
/me headbangs
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Originally posted by 93'guy:
/me headbangs
.....which song are you headbanging to right now?