Is Heavy Metal "Rebellious"?

[Dannyalcatraz]

Personally, I think this thread is a classic example of sampling error- I bet most of us are metal lovers, and some may be overestimating it's popularity.

Yes, it's showing up More and more in advertising/soundtracks for new products, but that's more a factor of targeting Genreration Y than general acceptance. Try playing some Whitechapel at a social gathering that represents a good cross-section of society and you'll get a very different result than implied by this poll.

 

[jonesy]

Personally, I think this thread is a classic example of sampling error- I bet most of us are metal lovers, and some may be overestimating it's popularity.

When everyone I know likes it it's hard not to. But that might be a sampling error too. Scandinavia has an overly large population of metal bands compared to the rest of the world.

 

[Hungry Like The Wolf]

Yes, it's showing up More and more in advertising/soundtracks for new products, but that's more a factor of targeting Genreration Y than general acceptance. Try playing some Whitechapel at a social gathering that represents a good cross-section of society and you'll get a very different result than implied by this poll.

Whitechapel aren't exactly metal though. They are apart of a genre that is the next logical step from bands like Earth Crisis. Just as they were the logical step from crossover bands like Cro-Mags and Sheer Terror.

Other than that, I see your point but I don't consider metalcore to be metal.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I do: like I said earlier, they can call themselve Gummi Bear Swing if they want, but musically speaking, technically speaking, metalcore (and other genres mentioned in this thread) are subgenres of metal.

 

[Hungry Like The Wolf]

I do: like I said earlier, they can call themselve Gummi Bear Swing if they want, but musically speaking, technically speaking, metalcore (and other genres mentioned in this thread) are subgenres of metal.

Well, I guess we'll disagree then. I see a clear ideological and stylistic link to punk, more so than to metal.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Well, I guess we'll disagree then. I see a clear ideological and stylistic link to punk, more so than to metal.

Yeah, let's- because while I see the link to punk, I think the link to metal is clearer...

Besides, punk & metal have been cross-pollenating for decades.

 

[El Mahdi]

...Besides, punk & metal have been cross-pollenating for decades.

Yup! And they had an illegitimate child...

 

[TarionzCousin]

Yup! And they had an illegitimate child...

According to this poll, this guy is at best "barely rebellious." Sex, drugs, prosthetic limbs, and rock and roll, baby. Oh, and lots of drugs, because nothing says "Establishment" like a heavy cocaine addiction.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Betcha he's a staunch Republican...

And when he's old enough to run for Prez, he'll use his own music for his campaign with some lyrical revisions...

"Conservative people! Conservative people!
(Ahhhhh!)
Conservative people! Conservative people!
(Ahhhhh!)..."

 

[Remus Lupin]

Now now, don't go spoiling our fun with politics!