Rock and Metal are DEAD. Let's chat about guitar nerds ruining` the scene. 

Very true just witnessed this yesterday. 55+ yr old's dressing like baristas playing Creed covers lmao

Good point about compositional naivety, some of the most innovative songs would be considered full of "mistakes" by modern audiences and classical music types. Except those mistakes me the song interesting and exciting to listen to. Neoclassicists tried to make Shakespeare "perfect" and "harmonious" and butchered his plays in the 18th century. Same bullshit repeating right now in the age of STEM, the whole vibe is tech, logic and perfection, not organic innovation, messiness and expression.

Ah, missed this one It'd be cool if the stream was done weekly (or bi-weekly) on some fixed schedule, like RU-vidrs usually do Also having a Discord channel, for announcements and a community That way much more people could come to the streams and you could make it grow Cheers

I'm always confused when Metallica wannabe-defenders would defend Kirk and Lars' mediocre playing (put against their band's status) but yet, would fire their band members for being either too sloppy, either not being able to grow with the rest of the band. It's never a middle ground with this whole ordeal. If big amounts of ppl like something, it gets overhyped, because ppl get into this with way too much passion and attitude often forgetting that any hype/trend/style has an end eventually. Same deal is when in the early 2000s nu-metal nerds were going insane about Deftones' vocals calling it "genius" and trying to do that but 10 times worse and would say that they are trying not to be like everybody else. HAHA

Justice... is STILL the standard 👍

I recently saw a small hardcore show here in Boston, first show since the pandemic, hardcore here in Boston at least has some pretty exciting young bands, but probably not on the path to world tours or making a living these days.

What the fuck? I can't watch the live chat comments anywhere!

good chat, cheers

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100% agree on the 'dumbness' - first couple or three dimmu albums are a great example. Interesting riffs and then got relatively boring. naivety is exactly the right term.

I have heard a similar discussion on Finn McKenty’s channel and the whole “djent killed metal” doesn’t really hit with me because even rock bands that don’t sound “djenty” get much publicity. I have another event in mind when I think of the death of rock, the death of MTV. MTV was where all sorts of genres could just mash together. Now people just get stuck in their own silos. How the hell do rock bands sell their albums to Taylor Swift fans today? How do they sell their albums to hip hop fans? Djent isn’t known enough by anyone for people to make a judgment. What has ended up happening is with no new music played on radio or no MTV to push it is a lot of very good music is just lost into the infinite mass that is Spotify and Apple Music. Also for those who say “everyone looks like baristas” are we suggesting people look like gangsters instead? Bring out the 80’s spandex and leather? All the people who say that never seem to have a good idea on what should be worn. It’s kind of telling I never heard of either Periphery or Dirty Honey before I picked up a guitar. To me that screams out “marketing problem.”

Just another old man screaming at the clouds. GET OFF MY LAWN!