This is why i stick to underground music...
Like Hardcore and undergrounf hip-hop
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This is why i stick to underground music...
Like Hardcore and undergrounf hip-hop
There is SOME glimmer of hope, though. Classic bands from the late 80s, early 90s are thankfully still thriving- REM, Sublime, 311, Supergrass, The Dandy Warhols, stuff like that.
I can't stand emo and crappy stadium "punk rock."
I really hope Psychedelic rock and GUITAR BASED rock (blues/jazz riffs and GOOD SOLOS) make a comeback. I really do. We need people who RESPECT their guitars, not just strum repetetive 3 note power chords with a lame singer.
AND STOP WITH THE FUCKING SONGS ABOUT LOVE AND SADNESS. It's getting OLD.
Emo is a genre that has been misinterpreted for far too long. Those bands like My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday and shit, that's not true emo, it's just some warped, poppy-produced refined cruddy excuse for rock'n'roll... True emo is dark, hardcore with more metal roots. If you are interested to hear what emo is suppose to sound like, listen to Saetia.
Emo has nothing to do with singing about killing yourself because you girlfriend dumped you and you are too weak to kill her, so I'll whine and play my guitar.
every band youd listed id call mainstream and in my opinion not good outside of sublime, and none of them feature great guitar. as for psychadelic the scene today is probably bigger than it ever has been, just not mainstream,Quote:
Originally Posted by Purple Banana
and guitar based rock it is out there, try looking, it is out there and its great. i just posted a guy with blues jazz riffs and literally some of the best solos ive heard in my life, and it appears you didnt give it the time of day. so please get a clue or stop complaining. think outside the box
mainstream music is not for people who listen to music, at least not anymore. jam bands saved my life.:stoned:
Rock music is the reason the industry began declining. It started in the '50s. Rock in general has always been stupid music made for stupid people. Or shoud I say, slow people? No, stupid is the correct word. Of coarse there have always been exceptions, and there always will be. If you want the industry to change, change it. It only continues this way because you keep paying them.
I believe though, with this high rate of decay, it wont be long until it collapses and a new era of music listening rises. In fact, it began in the '80s with the label Dischord, and has only been getting stronger since.
As a side note, Joe Bonamassa is fairly good, but not the end all to guitar playing. Not even remotly close. Not even top 10 good.
first of all, not even top ten isnt saying much when millions of people have picked up the instrument. he is the best playing today. saying he is fairly good undermines everyone to have picked up the instrument. if he is fairly good then all but about 5 people playing today are fairly bad or worse. you are a musician. because if by your standards bonamassa is "fairly good" nothing special, i would love to hear what you have to say about yourself. because if i am calling bonamassa fairly good, you are some of the worst dogshit i have ever heard. note that by my standards bonamassa is great, you are decent, definitely above dogshit(well not the singing) but dont deserve a record contract or to make it outside of local bars.
really, i have no problem with people not liking bonamassa, it is an opinion, but to say he isnt great is just ludicrous. like i have no problem with people not like srv, blues isnt for everyone, but saying he is anything less than great is fucking ridiculous.
dont pretend like rock music started declining in the fifties. belive me i like some old tunes but no one under the age of 90 believes that pal the beatles werent even around yet. so i know you want to seem all cool saying that rock music was better in the fifties, but it is a joke. you are literally, and yes i mean literally literally the only man on earth who thinks that. my guess is it is some sort of an attempt to act like you are the ultimate authority of music and it gives you an excuse to talk down to people who talk about great music. "oh man you like led zeppelin well fuck that aint nothin compared to that balls to the wall 20s rock" something along those lines.
talk to me again when you come down off the high 1950s horse.
The underground electronic scene is thriving. Dank music, fresh, original, hard.
DnB :stoned:
Suhl, what's with you tonight? You're being way too harsh and critical, man. I wouldn't classify the Dandies as mainstream, nor is it underground. Personally, around the Baltimore-DC metro area, 90% of the 'underground' scene completely sucks. (Well that's because you don't know good music- Fuck that, good music is different for everybody.)
And sure, Supergrass and 311 are a bit mainstream. But so what? The whole "Mainstream music automatically sucks" bit seems a bit high horse to me.
Some of Supergrass's stuff, possibly not in the arena of guitar solos or jazz riffs, but they have a lot of genuinely good songs with interesting lyrics.
Respect other people's views, and try not to be so haughty sometime...
EDIT: I have checked out that page. Why did you assume I didn't, and then proceed to be so critical?
I never once assumed that MCR or anyother "emo" band was actually emo. Stuff dating back from Sunny Day Real Estate from Seattle is generally credited as being the first wave of emo. And I thought they sucked back then, too.
Mainstream does not equal shitty, nor sell-out. If you look at a good amount of mainstream music, even in the 70s-90s, a lot of the top-selling artists were GREAT. Unfortunately, that's not ALWAYS the case now. But some mainstream vocalists, like Norah Jones, Christina Aguilera, ect. have amazing voices. And they're mainstream too.