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Re: Best Album of the 00s elimination- Round 2
I hear that but the main point is Buckcherry is still waving the flag for hard sleezy rock n roll and for that I can't complain. I have seen them live and they put on a hell of a show. You should take a closer look at Shinedown. Their first record I think is their best.
Re: Best Album of the 00s elimination- Round 2
I know what your saying Tyler, I agree it kinda ruined rock in a way,(too polished), but the album does have some good hits. Crawling, One Step Closer, In the End. Granted they're all the same song, but I think it's a little better than some albums remaining for that fact alone. I compare it to Bostons debut album, a album which is polished & over produced for it's time, but damn it had some pop hits.
For the record, I hated them at first for a few years & felt Chester just screamed like Cobain ( basically did). I agree, generic, but whatever I don't carre anymore. I have all my indie rock albums now, I'm too old to follow it much anymore. Besides, if I buy albums nowadays, it's usually albums I wish I bought in the 90's or am trying to expand on a bands catalogue. Not new shit.
Re: Best Album of the 00s elimination- Round 2
Hybrid Theory.. To my ears... sounds like Korn. With an MC. Period.
they took korn's sound. neutered it.... got a rapper... and aimed it at the kids that were into that whole scene.... i'm not gonna lie... i'll put it right out on front street..
when the first korn record came out... it FLOORED me. one punch fucking knockout.
it was raw.. brutal.. full of emotion and REAL anger.. it grooved in a way that has many times been imitated.. but never duplicated ( even by korn )....
deftones... same thing.. adrenaline was a GEM...then "that sound" blew up...everyone wanted that vibe... much like hair bands in the 80's.. and grunge bands in the very early 90's.. shit-tons of bands popped up playing "nu metal"... the more bands there were.. the more watered down they were... record companies ain't stupid.. they started snapping up these kids playing that shit ... getting em in a studio and selling records by the fucking truckload... hybrid theory was (in my eyes)the point where it all became a huge fucking parody of itself. my opinion of the album isn't an indictment of the scene itself but rather pointing out that THAT particular record was an un-authentic cash in at the end of the genre's mainstream popularity....they were TOO perfect.. I remember the first time i heard "one step closer"... i thought too myself "are they fucking serious, with this shit" and "if yer gonna scream, skinny blond kid, at LEAST sound like you mean it." imagine my surprise... when.. lo and behold.. it blew up...they have changed since... you'll never see them "go back to their roots.. it'd be commercial suicide... they have conveniently changed to suit the times... because that's all they EVER were about. ..playing what's "popular".... i'm just surprised not as many people have seen through the bullshit posturing...
Re: Best Album of the 00s elimination- Round 2
apologies everyone... i get a little heated when it comes to certain artists..
(anyone wanna ask me about godsmack? lol)
i think i got all the LP shit outta my system... hopefully, at the very least, i've at least provided some entertaining rants...
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Re: Best Album of the 00s elimination- Round 2
Everybody steals from everyone.
And by the way tyler, not to insult you, but your style of posting makes it very hard for me to read all of your posts. I tend to quit halfway through.
Re: Best Album of the 00s elimination- Round 2
@tyler: i agree about the whole manufactured argument about lp but if the music sounds ok to me i'll listen to it.
i agree about most of the bands you've mentioned but just because someone sounds like someone else doesn't mean i won't listen to their music.
i'm tired of the "it's a cash grab album" "manufactured band" and all the other arguments for people not to listen to certain bands. if the songs sound nice to me, great. if i'd be judging the bands by how they were formed and why and what their members do with their life i'll stop listening music in general.
and what is great metal for you might not be great metal for everyone. it's a matter of taste.
