I know that there is a long tradition that defies this... but I still live under the illusion that if you're going to shred a guitar and scream at me, you at least need have a chance at beating me up in the alley behind the club.
The Tiger Beat Metalheads are lacking that core, defining notion... whining aggressively is not the same thing as screaming in rage.
I'm with Matt Groening on this one. It spans musical genres as well. Aside from "The Old School Lunch Hour" I can't really stand to listen to the hip-hop station here anymore as approximately 80% of the songs are pretty much just some guy or guys repeating one phrase over and over again (c.f. "Ay baybay", "Lean Wid It, Rock Wid It", etc).
Despite Bad Religion and Tiger Army -- it's the pervasiveness of these kinds of bands that's kept me away from Warped in recent years. I love energy in music -- but I want it to at least feel authentic, and so much of this seems lacking in that department.
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I know that there is a long tradition that defies this... but I still live under the illusion that if you're going to shred a guitar and scream at me, you at least need have a chance at beating me up in the alley behind the club.
The Tiger Beat Metalheads are lacking that core, defining notion... whining aggressively is not the same thing as screaming in rage.
I'm with Matt Groening on this one. It spans musical genres as well. Aside from "The Old School Lunch Hour" I can't really stand to listen to the hip-hop station here anymore as approximately 80% of the songs are pretty much just some guy or guys repeating one phrase over and over again (c.f. "Ay baybay", "Lean Wid It, Rock Wid It", etc).
Despite Bad Religion and Tiger Army -- it's the pervasiveness of these kinds of bands that's kept me away from Warped in recent years. I love energy in music -- but I want it to at least feel authentic, and so much of this seems lacking in that department.
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