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Originally posted by (antihero)
Were you not the one who said you hated Wayne Static because he claims to be goth, yet plays with rappers? What if he likes rap? Is that not allowed? See, I'm not goth, and I'm not 13, so I dunno how the system works. If goths are only allowed to like thinks pertaining to the gothic lifestyle, then I see your point. I'm not trying to defend the fact that he's goth; I could care less about it. I'm just not very good at being bigoted. |
I'm not bigoted against rap.... original rap... the kind that had a POINT was good.... but on the subject of bigots.... WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK RAPPERS ARE!!!!!!!!!!!! There sexist assholes! That's what they are! And that is not being a bigot? Yes.... I'm obviously missing something..... Anyway... here's a quick cut and paste so you don't miss it, ok?
Well, Antihero, get pissed because I have some more to say and I have ways to back this up, even if it's just through another member who knows more about music than you do... at least about genres pertaining to music and subcultures. Bear in mind, I was raised in a family of metal heads. So yeah, metal is something I know alot about.
Think about it, why would a band that could easily make the jump to mainstream, not do it? Is there any reason you can think of. Don't you think, that since there are people who hate the radio and MTV and bands played on either, that there would be bands played on either? Most of the bands with that mindset remaining ARE metal. Metal is no longer for the poor kid who really wants to be on the football team but for some reason couldn't be, it's not for the kid who BEAT UP the football team.... Even though the football team listens to "metal"
Bassically, yes I listen to some mainstream shit (the only bands I usually list in here) but if you pay attention really closely you will learn that most of the mainstream music I listen to came before punk. Punk, then later grunge (remeber, I know more than just mainstream grunge) rewrote the way rock politics function. After those two subcultures, there became a deffenate line between mainstream and underground... or at least bands that TRIED to stay hidden and stayed true to their music.
So here we are today, two sides to take. One or the other. Mainstream or underground. One or the other. There's nothing wrong with choosing mainstream, just stay away from the underground is all I'm saying. Static X, Slipknot, Ill Nino, Papa Roach, System of a Down, all of those bands... their nu metal, and the equivelent to pop punk. They're doing to exact same thing that Blink 182, Green Day, and Sum 41 did.
Static, I was trying to help you out.... that and you did something that pissed me off, alot. But I was more trying to help you, give you some insight from a real metal head. Sorry if I sound like a bitch, but like I said, I grew up in a family of metal heads.