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why won't chester bennington just die already?
will: wanton sex god:
this topic sucks.
Shaft:
Wuuurgh Linkin Park are gheyyyyy.
Metora is a great album. It is catchy, there are some really nice chord secquences in it, and the production is fantastic. I'm not out to sodomise LP (The stuff they did with Jay Z was... Well you know...) I almost want to agree with people who say everyone is jealous of them.
When Hybrid Theory was released, Linkin Park were another alt rock band that all the alt rock kids were into. Then - Commercial success - ARRRGHHHHHH NOOOO, THE FACT THAT AN 8 YEAR OLD MIGHT BE ENJOYING THE SAME MUSIC THAT I ENJOY IS TOO MUCH FOR ME TO TAKE! MUST... FIND... MORE... OBSCURE... MUSIC! I am just waiting for the day an artist like Merzbow is played on the radio, and people condemn it for being too catchy.
Nirvana's songs were uninspiring, the recordings really weren't that great, and Kurt's voice - Ugh, Kurt's voice. *Grind grind grind*
Having said that, Heart Shaped Box is a halfway decent song. I still don't like them, though.
"Because you care what I think"
Johnny C:
1) What's with all the "this topic sucks?"
2) The "angst" issue I brought up was the fact that every song of theirs that I've heard (all of Hybrid Theory, the singles from Meteora) is pretty much constructed out of cliched angst - not even angst put across in a convincing or interesting or witty manner or anything, just "RHOAHHHH, HEAR ME OUT NOW, YOU GOT TA LISTEN TO ME I'VE HAD ENOUGH RIGHT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW" voiced with a throaty X-TREME scream.
If I can dislike emo's angst for being cliched and wrapped up in shimmering guitar, I can dislike Linkin Park's angst for being cliched and wrapped up in nu-metal.
a pack of wolves:
--- Quote from: Shaft ---When Hybrid Theory was released, Linkin Park were another alt rock band that all the alt rock kids were into. Then - Commercial success - ARRRGHHHHHH NOOOO, THE FACT THAT AN 8 YEAR OLD MIGHT BE ENJOYING THE SAME MUSIC THAT I ENJOY IS TOO MUCH FOR ME TO TAKE! MUST... FIND... MORE... OBSCURE... MUSIC! I am just waiting for the day an artist like Merzbow is played on the radio, and people condemn it for being too catchy.
--- End quote ---
What the hell? Okay, leaving aside the fact that I have no clue what an 'alt rock' kid listens to (although I'm guessing it's the Smashing Pumpkins), I heard that first Linkin Park single when it came out. It was nu-metal, really really blatant nu-metal. Happily it had a catchy chorus, so I didn't really mind it. It was an ok bit of fluff. But critical credibility? Oh come on, they never had that.
Robbo:
As fair as I remember, Nu Metal is mostly a bastardised form of Alt. Rock with a few other things thrown in like Rap or whatever.
Though I presume they had underground fans like most bands do in some ways. Those poor people.
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