Rush sign Roadrunner Records Deal

Meh, whatever bro, if you don't want to chat then don't. It's just that I wasn't into popular music at that time, so I don't know nearly anything about the musical scene of my late childhood/early teens. Playing and listening to classical music was the very reason I managed to exist those years.

Discovering DT in 2004 at the college of music in which I studied changed that dramatically.

CCVP wrote: Meh, whatever bro, if you don't want to chat then don't. It's just that I wasn't into popular music at that time, so I don't know nearly anything about the musical scene of my late childhood/early teens. Playing and listening to classical music was the very reason I managed to exist those years. Discovering DT in 2004 at the college of music in which I studied changed that dramatically.

I was am and will be into classical music always and forever and yet I know what kind of atrocity Nickelback was (are they still around?). And I can't believe they were signed to the same label that gave me many years ago Arise and Chaos AD by Sepultura.

The T wrote: CCVP wrote: Meh, whatever bro, if you don't want to chat then don't. It's just that I wasn't into popular music at that time, so I don't know nearly anything about the musical scene of my late childhood/early teens. Playing and listening to classical music was the very reason I managed to exist those years. Discovering DT in 2004 at the college of music in which I studied changed that dramatically. I was am and will be into classical music always and forever and yet I know what kind of atrocity Nickelback was (are they still around?). And I can't believe they were signed to the same label that gave me many years ago Arise and Chaos AD by Sepultura.

Well,  I was completelly oblivious to the popular music scene. I actually scorned it as something of a lesser form of art, which was quite was quite stupid, even for a kid.

As for RoadRunner, wasn't it one of the very first "true" metal labels to condone "alternative metal"? I mean, they did released Chaos AD and Roots, which were the descending and rock bottom for them, respectively, with some quite big promotion.

And Henry is also right, rock in Brazil is nothing but a form of bourgeois rebellion, so it only rarely reaches on to the mainstream media, even though we have one of the biggest metal scenes in the world.

What excellent timing!

CCVP wrote: And Henry is also right, rock in Brazil is nothing but a form of bourgeois rebellion, so it only rarely reaches on to the mainstream media, even though we have one of the biggest metal scenes in the world.

Yeah, I feel like it's sh*tty in a North American way that wouldn't appeal to foreigners. However, you can still use Google, you should know about what is probably the worst rock band of all time. :P

This is the most I have ever heard of Nickelback in these last few posts........Also I assume it is the most attention they have gotten on PA...shame on us.

The T wrote: Yes I heard Nickelback before comig here though of course the exposure was minimal. But don't you worry we have our own horrendous rock bands in South America. Actually, I'd say that rock in that part of the big American continent is far worse than in the North. But Nickelback is a force to be reckoned with anyway. Few times in history has suckiness been taken to such a masterful degree.

I would say that there are far worse genres of music in South America and Latin America than rock. Two specially hated genres that get unreal praise and media attention were pagode and melodic (carioca) funk (back in the 90's) and (comercially prepared and pasteurized) sertanejo music (both in the 90's and now). Emo and indie rock had some degree of success, but nothing really lasting.

Really, the 90's were an accursed decade if you weren't in western Europe or in Canada/US.

Catcher10 wrote: This is the most I have ever heard of Nickelback in these last few posts........Also I assume it is the most attention they have gotten on PA...shame on us.   I have to agree with Caio, South America is a gargantuan metal market....even though it barely hits the mainstream in most countries. Even in that small pimple of a country in SA (Uruguay) I walk around Montevideo wearing my Rush and DT concert tees and many people give me the thumbs up! Yet you will never hear them playing on radio or even in record stores........And since this is a Rush thread, just check out Rush in Rio DVD especially the Porto Alegre scenes.......amazing crowds and attitude towards the band.   I wish we had that here in NA.

What? Rock and metal were born in the US, it's bigger than everywhere, it is cultural! You have that in your blood the same the cariocas have samba in their blood. The thing is, we are more "fanatic", for a lack of a better term, because there are nearly no support outside the metal circles. But still, I hear that things were much more tr00 some 10-20 years ago.


Edited by CCVP - September 08 2011 at 12:14

Yeah, music fans generally are only interested in hearing the hits from famous bands. I don't understand it though, surely people have heard Start Me Up and Livin on a Prayer enough times that they don't really need to buy expensive tickets to hear it again...

ExittheLemming wrote: Am I the only person in the world who has never heard a single Nickelback song?

Consider yourself fortunate.

Padraic wrote: ExittheLemming wrote: Am I the only person in the world who has never heard a single Nickelback song?  Consider yourself fortunate.

Real deep stuff, yea.