I Can't Believe That's A Genre: Official Thread
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Topic: I Can't Believe That's A Genre: Official Thread
Posted By: Textbook
Subject: I Can't Believe That's A Genre: Official Thread
Date Posted: July 02 2010 at 20:32
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Inspired by the Deathcore thread, here's a list of silly genres. All are real with actual artists/albums you can check out. I'm not including samples because it would actually be a lot of work but also because part of the fun is googling for these crazy things yourself and reading articles/reviews of the insanity, let alone the sound samples you can find. If we want to talk silly genres, how about
Lowercase (a form of music centred around silence)
Bitpop (not BRitpop, this is Bitpop with no R, which is basically music intended to sound like video game music)
Nintendocore (metal mixed with Bitpop)
Mighty Power Groove (god knows, some kind of metal sub-genre. What is it with metal and sub-genres?)
Vegan Edgecore
Oh let's just do the cores for a moment.
Cuddlecore
Frenchcore
Jesuscore
Crabcore
Queercore
Pornocore
Slowcore
Happy Hardcore
Terrorcore
Doomcore
Darkcore
Crunkcore
None of these are made-up, go read about them yourself if you must.
Jump Up (some sort of drum and bass thing)
Powerviolence
Shoegaze (a rare case of an insult to the genre becoming its name- this name still cracks me up)
And let's not forget both Shoecore and Slowgaze.
Black Metal and Death Metal are fine but have a foot in both camps and you're Blackened Death Metal. I don't need to list them all but of course we pretty soon get into the general adjectives that get appended to these sub-genres and you end up with Post Extreme Symphonic Nu Neo Alternative Drone Epic Progressive Blackened Death Viking Metalcore. (That is made up but it's not far off.)
Baggy (British dance music)
Cybergrind (basically grindcore done electronically)
Aggrotech (electronic music trying to be all cool and sinister)
Glitch Hop (electronically messed up hip-hop)
Screwed & Chopped (rap music played very slowly with phrases looped and repeated over and over. Huge in Texas apparently.)
There were all those stupid steps. Dubstep and Twostep were alright but soon we had Hardstep, Techstep, Skullstep, Joystep, Brostep, Clownstep... I wish I was kidding.
Donk (lads doing dance music. Also called Bouncy House and Scouse House)
Oi (working class punk- still a silly name)
Others I can't be bothered explaining: Picopop, Nitzhonot, Gamewave
Sludge and Crust have to be some of the most unsexy genre names out there.
Psybient
Illbient
Bubblegum Dance
Snap Music (not that bad a name but it's really awful, rap with deliberately simple, hollow beats and lyrics)
Liquid Funk
Neurofunk
Ghettotech
Ethereal Wave
Songster
Chiptune
Jumpstyle
I could go on... but I'd rather not. Reading up on some of these is depressing.
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: July 02 2010 at 20:43
| Corecore |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: July 02 2010 at 20:52
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Lowercase improv isn't really based around silence, it's just more willing to be soft and slow moving and not sound like music. The albums that have really long periods of silence seem to be the exception rather than the norm. You can still think Keith Rowe and Fennesz are ridiculous, but they're not for the reasons you claim. :P AMG has http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:7745 - some http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:407 - rather http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:2962 - strange http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:7189 - subgenres . ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 02 2010 at 21:04
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Yes, add core to any noun and you have... Oh sh*t, I'm Beercore! XD http://www.last.fm/tag/beercore - Oh wait. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: July 02 2010 at 21:07
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A Person wrote:Posted By: Textbook
Date Posted: July 02 2010 at 21:30
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These are funny but you're making them up. The most striking ones are the ones that are real.
I also think its funny when everyone hops on a genre that doesn't really happen. I remember Jungle back in the 90s, Jungle was going to be this big huge deal that would eat the world, books were out about it, it was all the rage. I think it was done for good in about four months.
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: July 02 2010 at 21:35
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hey, oi punk is the sh*t! Whats not to love about good ol street punk with choruses consisting of nothing but OI! OI! OI OI OI! I mean damn, that's good writing. And my made up genre: Applecore or what about progcore? The combo of prog and....core would be, something? |
Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: July 02 2010 at 21:36
| I remember reading in Nintendo Power about a genre called Chip-Hop- Hip-hop with video game sound effects. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: July 02 2010 at 21:54
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Metal subenres. Almost all of them. -Death metal -Black metal -Blackened death metal -Progressive death metal -Technical death metal -Doom metal -Death doom -Drone doom -Funeral doom -Traditional doom OH JUST SHUT THE F**K UP YOU'RE MAKING ALL THIS S**T UP ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: July 02 2010 at 22:34
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I like to keep my metal simple. Metal Thrash Death Prog Alternative If a band dosn't really fit into one, it just gets bumped to metal. Personally, I want to start an "omni metal" band. It incorporates EVERYTHING. And I mean everything |
Posted By: Textbook
Date Posted: July 03 2010 at 03:06
| That's an awesome idea for a genre, not omni-metal, but omni, which makes a deliberate attempt to include some element of all known genres. Some prog has been broadly like that but I don't think anyone's ever had a comprehensive attempt. It's extremely impractical though, probably not really doable, unless it was a one-off Amarok style composition, but to be impressive it would have to flow, not have sudden transitions. |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: July 03 2010 at 03:08
| it should be made illegal to add "-core" to anything anymore. |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: July 03 2010 at 03:15
You don't even have http://www.last.fm/tag/wizardcore - wizardcore  ------------- 
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Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: July 03 2010 at 03:16
According to Winamp ID3 tags, Primus is their own genre  ------------- "WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!" -The Great Gig in the Sky |
Posted By: Textbook
Date Posted: July 03 2010 at 03:18
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I am actually familar with wizardcore, I just left it out because I thought it was a bit banal. My favourite cores are the ones where it's not clear what they are- witness the glory of crabcore- whereas wizardcore is obvious.
Another one that almost got in, but didn't because it's not actually that wierd (but here it is now) is cowpunk which is country western punk.
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: July 03 2010 at 08:59
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Posted By: Kojak
Date Posted: July 03 2010 at 09:13
I don't know about where you are, but here, Jungle was massive. I loved Jungle, used to go to the clubs and raves for days on end for the Jungle djs. I thought it was so much better than drum and bass, which could sometimes be so cold and technical. There is still an active underground movement producing the oldstyle Jungle sound, as oppposed to the drum and bass sound it sort of morphed into. |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: July 03 2010 at 12:50
The first subgenre would be Metal Metal  ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: July 03 2010 at 12:53
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electroclash
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: July 03 2010 at 12:59
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: July 03 2010 at 13:08
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I just read about "fastcore punk" Also, there's a band called Clitgore  http://www.myspace.com/clitgoregrind - http://www.myspace.com/clitgoregrind |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: July 03 2010 at 14:04
Yeah, this is why I shall do it! I dont care how disjointed or flat out terrible it may end up. If I do this, I want it included on this site WITH my own genre which would be "omni" |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: July 03 2010 at 14:05
touche Kos |
Posted By: Kestrel
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 02:14
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Haha, Crabcore. Now I have a word for one of the sh*ttiest songs ever, Attack Attack!'s Stick Stickly. http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Crabcore - |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 02:27
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Jesus Christ, don't link directly to ED, are you insane? Also, I've never been able to figure out what post-jazz and post-minimalism meant. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 02:29
I tried to explain post-jazz once by editing a saxophone onto a fence post once. And I thought the same thing about linking to ED. |
Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 12:33
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Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 12:40
I like Michael Jackson Brutally Kicking the sh*t Out of a Rabbit f**ker.
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Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 12:54
| Wizard Rock (which may or may not be the same thing as the Wizardcore Joel posted a while ago) is literally music based around the Harry Potter universe. |
Posted By: Textbook
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 15:31
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Well there is a Wizard Rock used to refer to the trend in the 70s for rock bands that sang about wizards and dragons and pieces of gold and all that sort of thing, though it's a lyrical thing rather than a musical thing. Wizardcore is a neologism that specifically refers to this Harry Potter thing. |
Posted By: Textbook
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 16:04
| Another intriguing little lyric based genre is Horrorcore. It's a rap sub-genre where you simply attempt to be as offensive as possible which is saying something given how offensive some normal rap lyrics are. If you think some of that satanic/porn/violence metal can have nasty lyrics, well in horrorcore not only can you make out what they're saying but the lyrical density of rap means you say a lot more of it. |
Posted By: notesworth
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 22:00
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There's also Twi-Rock, based around Twilight. Nobody mentioned Harsh Noise. I haven't heard any but it's an awesome genre name. I want to mix Powerviolence, Harsh Noise, and Deathcore and make the ultimate "annoy your mom" music.
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Posted By: Textbook
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 22:13
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I used to refer to that type of music as "granny scaring music" but I don't think it took off as a genre name.
See also something like "dad rock" which is a commonly used term to refer to complacent rock from bands who were big 10-20 years ago but is perhaps not actually a genre.
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Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 22:19
"Unblack Metal?"
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 23:22
I thought I once read about a genre, which I thought was called horrorcore, that was like extreme DnB/Jungle but with samples from horror movies, so it's darker than your typical extreme beat electronica. At the time I thought that was stupid, but now I can't find it on AMG so maybe I imagined it. It certainly makes more sense, to me anyway, for some electronic music to be called horrorcore instead of the Insane Clown Posse.
Dad rock is an insult, I'm pretty sure that doesn't count. :P ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Any Colour You Like
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 23:42
| Gorecore is pretty funny. |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 00:12
Posted By: Any Colour You Like
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 00:16
| http://www.last.fm/tag/music - Music Music |
Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 00:19
That is already the worst genre ever. I don't care what anyone says.  |
Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 00:27
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Posted By: Textbook
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 03:38
| I thought Christian Black Metal was called White Metal. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 05:11
How about Soft Metal? ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Noak
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 07:25
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No Pigf**k? That'd odd.
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 20:10
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Ah, Nintendocore. The genre with exactly one band: HORSE the band. (To be fair though, they're good.)
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: July 08 2010 at 14:39
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I Can't Believe It's NOT A Genre: - GenreCore - Genre-Metal - Bat-Punk - Paper-Scissors-Rock - Stoner-Punk - Grey-Metal - Between-Life-and-Death-Metal - Stinking Jazz |
Posted By: Textbook
Date Posted: July 20 2010 at 15:18
| I forgot Madchester and Pigf**k. (Yes it's a genre, not that obscure either, including noted bands like Big Black and Jesus Lizard. People are just hesitant to use its name.) |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 20 2010 at 15:39
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Tack "core" onto just about anything...
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: July 20 2010 at 15:50
cool riff by the way, but saunds very similar to In Flames song Trigger
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: July 20 2010 at 16:01
ProgCore R.I.O.Core ZeuhlCore AvantCore SymphoCore EclecticCore IndoCore / RagaCore SpaceCore PsycheCore ItalianoCore BluesCore DjentCore CoreCore SharkoctopusCore |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: July 20 2010 at 16:08
| Neopostgentlegiantcore |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 20 2010 at 16:08
Correction.....that would be called crappcore or also krappcore. -------------   
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: July 20 2010 at 16:27
This song makes no sense at all. It starts like a breakdown in the middle of some generic DeathCore band, the verse sounds like this horrible EmoCore thing and it ends like some evil 90's EuroDance tune. AmericanCore. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 20 2010 at 16:37
Why do you French hate us so much!!!!
 Can't we all just get along? I'll stick to my krappcore.....
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: July 20 2010 at 16:37
Crab people, crab people *BOOM boom BOOM boom* Taste like crab, talk like people. ------------- 
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 20 2010 at 16:39
SpongeBob would call that "KrustyCrabcore" -------------
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: July 20 2010 at 16:48
Small confession: in France, we have a band somewhat similar to this genre (minus the EuroDance parts). It's called Betraying The Martyrs and it sounds like if Muse and Linkin Park started a DeathCore side project. Everybody hates them. At least, I hope that everyone hates them. Besides, since it doesn't seem that anyone in Europe started to do this "CribCore" thing, allow me to think it's 100% American and that, in Europe, we have Arch Enemy, Opeth and Gojira. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 20 2010 at 17:05
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^
Never heard it and I already hate it...
Small confession.....I am Honduran...but the whole world is a melting pot right?? -------------
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: July 20 2010 at 17:16
Yeah, but, no, but, yeah, like, you know, Honduras is in South America, so it makes you an American, no? Or am I mistaking Honduran and Hungarian? |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 20 2010 at 17:37
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Gggggeorge Thoroughgood: Bbbbbad to the Bbbbonecore.
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 20 2010 at 17:40
Silly European.....Honduras is in Central America........and Hungarian is a food group...Hungarian goulash...I mean jeezzz comeon...
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Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: July 21 2010 at 01:59
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I can't believe that's a genre! -No-wave -New age-classical (how can something be both new age....and classical?) -Desert rock -Death-roll -Psychobilly -Progressive rock If I made a band, it would be a gospel metal band. No, not a christian metal band, a band that literally fused hymns with metal. |
Posted By: Textbook
Date Posted: July 21 2010 at 04:27
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Here's another memorable one, "sh*tgaze". Prominent enough to have its own page on wikipedia too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sh*tgaze - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sh*tgaze
I don't think anyone's mentioned the oft-mocked Riot Grrrl genre either.
Ooh we forgot about Grebo.
There's also Paisley Underground which may just be the worst genre name yet.
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Posted By: JemJem714
Date Posted: July 21 2010 at 05:32
This thread has lightened up a rather dull morning at work. Thank you! And no... I don't actually have anything to contribute (at least I'm honest)
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Posted By: Textbook
Date Posted: July 21 2010 at 07:00
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I'm not sure if we already did electroclash. That was a lot like jungle in that it was tipped as this great big thing that was going to be a huge advent but it barely ever got off the ground.
And it's not really a genre but the "garage revival" spearheaded by The Strokes really annoyed me. It was something the music magazines were trying to force onto people, hugely irritating.
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 21 2010 at 09:46
Is there a Disneycore??
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Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: July 21 2010 at 22:13
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Symphonic death country. Okay I don't know if that's a genre, but that'd be...interesting. |