The Open-Minded Music Fans Club

Hell yeah I'm joining, but for the record i detest emo, mainly because of emo kids. I think Drum n Bass should be added to that list also, same with Reggae. I love rap, especially 2pac and Eminem. Punk is also great, although i can't really forgive it for destroying prog , but the important thing is to try and understand why the fans like it that type of music embrace the reason.

Opinions on metalcore anyone?

HughesJB4 wrote: Opinions on metalcore anyone?

Oh no! My friend loves that stuff, but, from what I've heard, it's so formulaic! Uninteresting metal, same ol' breakdown, and...wait for it...melodic chorus! I think it only really consists of a few bands, though, doesn't it? I give the genre a go quite often, because my friend always says OOH OOH YOU GOTTA LISTEN TO THIS, but I've never liked it (so far) :/

Mind you, it's not as bad as a lot of those "deathcore" bands like Twitch of the Deathnerve. Most of them only aim to stick a "bree bree" in there a zillion times and the saaaaame breakdown. I like some death metal, but I've never liked deathcore. It's just not aiming to get anywhere, I think it's mainly for people who just want to be in a band for the fun of it. And shout bree bree. The drummers are often pretty good, though! I saw Job for a Cowboy supporting someone, and I felt sorry for the drummer. He was a much better musician than the rest of the band.


Edited by popeyethecat - April 15 2008 at 07:22

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:   Prog is destroyed?   Oops sad news if it's true, lets tell the hundreds of bands that send their submission to Prog Archives that they don't exist. Today Prog is more alive than Punk, at least real Punk, not all the hybrids that people call Punk today.   Iván

Quoted for truth.

It's possible to love prog but also consider it dead or destroyed. Like me, for example! I'm one of those strict 70's kind of prog guy, but I really love that stuff (which is why I'm here because none of the other boards I go to have ever heard of true progressive rock).

I guess I can be called open-minded because I don't care about what genre of music I'm listening to at any certain time.  We had the Blue Scholars (hip hop/rap, but in a good way) come to our school and I was able to enjoy myself just as much as any other concert.  Sure it's music in 4/4 and it's sampled from other artists and there's not much besides him talking/rapping, but I was able to overlook that nonsense and just enjoy the sounds and messages they had.

While I'm at it, I guess I could recommend the Blue Scholars to people now that I've mentioned them.  They're a local band for me, representing the Seattle area.  They play hip-hop, but they have good and important messages in their music and some of their stuff is pretty tasteful.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wz79goWQrYU

The best Avant-Prog was the RIO stuff from the 70's, in my opinion. I've checked out a couple of modern bands but not really liked them. Nimal and L'Ensemble Rayé being to exceptions.

Edited by Philéas - April 16 2008 at 08:52

There's this weird solitude that comes from listening to 70's prog when you have the mindset that this type of music isn't made anymore. It takes me to a completely different world than anything else I listen to....