Yeah Linkin Park is an embarrassment. And FakeBoobsRule has a bit of a more accurate definition of selling out. Selling out really occurs when the band lets the producer tell them to stop trying to do their own thing and do this.. this will sell better.. go more pop with this album, theyll love it... here tweak this,, nah take that out nobody will understand, you want the people to understand you... shit like that. When the band actually does that shit.. THATS selling out. And it all ends up sounding poppy, mainstream, gay.. pretty much the same as everything else because thats what the mainstream brainwashed MTV crowd wants to hear. Something that sounds "different but the same." Lmao I really do hate MTV.. I blame alot of shit on them. Sure many artists have been able to progress and do phenomenol things due to MTV coverage, but at the same time that allows MTV to control mainstream musical opinion, and shape and form it to its own desires. And as far as Linkin Park's "rapping" goes... lmao... I dont even want to speak about it, I was embarrassed just listening to it, as if I might somehow be affiliated with that pathetic drivel-bound bullshit.
To Scream, who said this: "Just because they are changing their style with the scene doesn't mean they are selling out. It means they are making money. If they are happy then so be it. If they hate themselves for the music they make then burn them down. I personally don't mind their new stuff." I dont wanna laugh at you but I had to chuckle, man. That is pretty much exactly what selling out means. Forming their music to fit what everybody else wants in order to make more money. Musicians who are in it for the money only, as opposed to the love of music and the desire to change peoples lives somehow, are transparent and obvious. And they are the people that make some mainstream hit that sells out, then they drop back into nothingness because they have their money, but no real musical inspiration. Why do you think 3 of Linkin Parks middle albums were remixes and live albums and other shit and this and that... they dont know what the fuck to do next. Other than release another pathetic album full of new pathetic songs for MTV America to pretend to understand and like. Sorry to the people that like LP.. not trying to stereotype or criticize you guys AT ALL, I totally respect peoples opinions. Its just that they are a joke to me.
Smashing Pumpkins havent put a good album out since Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness. They stopped a concert because people were moshing. Like WHAT THE FUCK!? ITS A CONCERT! Another example of a sellout band.
I hate to say it but Greenday has absolutely sold out. I still even like some of their new shit but that doesnt take away from the fact that they have, in fact, sold out.
Good Charlotte.. they came from Waldorf, Maryland which is in my neck of the woods, and they sold out before they were even mainstream. I have so many friends that know them and grew up with them its not even funny. The only song of theirs I like is "Hold On."
KoRn will never sell out.. they will just continue to evolve their music, running away from the endless supply of imitators, until it is nearly unrecognizeable. Either that or until they lose everything they have, and that raw emotion pops back up to the surface. But with Brian gone.. I dunno. Jon is still the shit though.. hes producing some good shit.. he still cant sing like Maynard can, but hes gotten better. And musically, he is a production genius. For those that didnt know, he produced the entire soundtrack to Queen of the Damned. Including producing and conducting the symphonic and orchestral parts. That shit was beast. Long live KoRn. Whatever the fuck they do, is A-OK with me.
Lets see... who else sold out... Cant think of anything.
This next part is directed mainly at SlipknotPsycho, and possibly anybody else who might be able to comprehend the music Im about to introduce you to...
Have you ever heard of a band called Unexpect? It is an 11 person Supergroup, and the most musically fantastic and enlightening experience I have ever gone through. The bassist uses a fuckin 9 string.. theres all sorts of instruments.. but heres the thing: Every note they hit is so perfectly precise and on time you wouldnt believe it. And every aspect of it is so perfectly choreographed and orchestrated, it is just mind-blowing. To just about the entire population of people who listen to metal/rock/hell any music, it will be too much.. an orgy overload of symphonic orchestrated madness. But to the few who posses the mind to comprehend it.. it is life changing. Its a secret band for the most part, the world isnt quite ready for them yet, but in time it will be. Check them out on Myspace or projectplaylist.com.. The album, called "Un A Flesh Aquarium" Is a complete experience. If I remember correctly, its basically like a soundtrack for some crazy vision of somebody that went under for surgery and woke up in this crazy reality.. its absolutely insane. The vocals are done by a male and a female, and the female is so operatic, its like a female Maynard James Keenan, only with a more defined opera background. There are so many different musical inspirations that can be heard, that really all you can say is that it is a conglomerate of musical genres. It is its own genre. Check that shit out Slip, and any other musicians or music lovers that think they can handle it.
