Panthanas said:
I like the metal as well. Too many bands to name. Old school metal is good and a large portion of the new music is as well. At least in my humble (not really) opinion.
Ouch. To each his own, but both of these bands are, again in my humble (not really) opinion, phenomenal, amazing and, dare I say, spectacular!
Just out of curiosity, how do you feel about Audioslave?
Anyway, throw my vote in for metal! Throw up your devil horns!
Frankly I thought Velvet Revolver and Audioslave should have gone out together in the:
We got better lead singers tour.
My biggest problem with RATM was their "vocalist", his lyrics stunk, his voice was crap and his personality is something akin to a wet T-shirt left out in the sun too long (I've met him). Same thing with SOAD, their vocalist did an interview and was asked what did SOAD mean, his response was arrogant and in the end, didn't really answer anything. Again, his lyrics are uninspired for the style of music they claim to be making. If he weren't trying to pawn himself off as a "thinking man's" metal writer, I could probably tolerate them a litte more, but if you're going to claim to have deep, insightful lyrics, then they should proabably be at least one or the other if not both. (sorry for the sarcasim) On the positive side, I think the musicianship with both groups is superior, RATM got rid of their vocalist, which was a smart move, I think SOAD should do the same.
Not that my metal has to be insightful and deep. I love hair metal, but then it doesn't claim to be one thing and deliver something else. I also love three chords and scream real loud, its fun. But if I want insightful, I listen to Queensryche, Rush and Dream Theater (and a smattering of Triumph and a few others). Even though these are great groups, I have gripes with them too - I'm an equal opportunity producer and find something wrong with everyone's music (to include my own). It's what I get paid to do(sometimes anyway).
I guess I what I'm trying to say is that if you want to rock, don't claim to be better than anyone else because of your (insert whatever here) and then don't deliver on that point. I mean, Alice Cooper never claimed to be Tolstoy, but then Tolstoy's stage show isn't as cool.
