20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death toady

[fr33]

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Blasphemy! Load and Reload were epic.

Yes-to people who weren't Metallica fans. Hardcore Metallica fanboys worldwide rejected those albums violently, including myself. Load made it crystal clear that the "Metal" in Metallica was no longer relevant to the band. Let them continue to pump out FM pop radio-friendly albums that soccer moms can enjoy. The metal world has moved on.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

In memory of one of the last great Metallica CDs (the Black Album being last, of course)

 

[Natural Citizen]

The German bands stayed true to the melodic rock/metal of the 80's during the 90's so that got me thorough the 90's. 90's music, to me, just seemed like angry noise.

 

[fr33]

Yes-to people who weren't Metallica fans. Hardcore Metallica fanboys worldwide rejected those albums violently, including myself. Load made it crystal clear that the "Metal" in Metallica was no longer relevant to the band. Let them continue to pump out FM pop radio-friendly albums that soccer moms can enjoy. The metal world has moved on.

Here's where I disagree with you. Do you think the members of Metallica only like metal and not other types of music? They enjoy many types of music. I do too and I appreciated Load and Reload for what they were. Am I not allowed to like both Metallica and Johnny Cash? There are many perspectives to consider and to only consider one to be acceptable is just wrong.

 

[Natural Citizen]

I liked Doro Pesch's cover of Metallica's Nothing Else Matter's better than the original one. Probably just because she's schmokin hot even at 50 now but still a very good cover from the Metal Queen and she's stayed true to the genre. I have her complete library from as far back as the Warlock days and up until the new one she just released. She did a good cover of Breaking The Law too.

 

[thoughtomator]

The deification of the marginally-talented Colbain and crew was one of the primary factors that drove me to abandon modern culture. While he was selling record numbers of albums, I was listening to band after band, night after night, in the same genre but a million times more talented, that got absolutely nowhere in the music industry. Nirvana was hard, first-hand proof that the music industry isn't about music.

 

[CPUd]

Don't forget the Swedish bands:

 

[Todd]

Actually Nirvana was just ripping off The Pixies (at least that's what he said) and both bands were musically genius. When people say "all that grunge crap" they usually have no idea who The Pixies are because they were from the 80s and I don't really associate Nirvana with any bands from the 90s (not even Foo Fighters really)

I was just gonna say when the young girl in the Teen video says "I love how it goes from (thrash) to mellow".


Thank you Pixies.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Here's where I disagree with you. Do you think the members of Metallica only like metal and not other types of music? They enjoy many types of music. I do too and I appreciated Load and Reload for what they were. Am I not allowed to like both Metallica and Johnny Cash? There are many perspectives to consider and to only consider one to be acceptable is just wrong.

I don't mind incorporating other genres-queen and thin lizzy and many others have-Metallica just declined in quality while doing it. (they also became copyright trolls, but that's another story)

 

[fr33]

The deification of the marginally-talented Colbain and crew was one of the primary factors that drove me to abandon modern culture. While he was selling record numbers of albums, I was listening to band after band, night after night, in the same genre but a million times more talented, that got absolutely nowhere in the music industry. Nirvana was hard, first-hand proof that the music industry isn't about music.

It's an interesting perspective to read about. My perspective was that I was the teenage son of nutty control freaks that would not only forbid my music tastes, confiscate my CD collection, but would also forbid me from attending any musical performances at the time. Yet radio and friends allowed me to hear them.

It could be that Nirvana was a product of such oppression, but then again, I was part of such a minority of people who was forbid modern music.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

LOL this thread in New Posts is like the occasionally flashing reminder... 'you are old. you are old'

 

[Bman]

Here's where I disagree with you. Do you think the members of Metallica only like metal and not other types of music? They enjoy many types of music. I do too and I appreciated Load and Reload for what they were. Am I not allowed to like both Metallica and Johnny Cash? There are many perspectives to consider and to only consider one to be acceptable is just wrong.

It's a valid point. Doesn't change the fact that Metallica started to suck with the philosophy changes in their music they adopted while recording the Black album. They use to be Metallica, then they became for lack of a better term a cover band.

 

[fr33]

It's a valid point. Doesn't change the fact that Metallica started to suck with the philosophy changes in their music they adopted while recording the Black album. They use to be Metallica, then they became for lack of a better term a cover band.

I just don't agree. Probably because I never swore an oath to be metal all my life. I doubt Metallica did either. A cover band? They covered a few songs. Whiskey in the Jar was an awesome cover btw.

Have you ever in your life liked Johnny Cash? If so did you only like one of the styles of his art?

 

[fr33]

Would you be one of those hipsters that booed Bob Dylan for playing an electric guitar?

 

[heavenlyboy34]

I just don't agree. Probably because I never swore an oath to be metal all my life. I doubt Metallica did either. A cover band? They covered a few songs. Whiskey in the Jar was an awesome cover btw.

Have you ever in your life liked Johnny Cash? If so did you only like one of the styles of his art?

You must've missed their covers of tunes by Bob Seger, Queen, The Misfits, etc. If Metallica didn't want to stick to metal, why keep the name? It's become a silly irony now. I almost joined the Metallica club in the 90s. They were dedicated to metal. I didn't have the FRNs to join, which has turned out to be a good thing. I did a report on Hetfield in '96 or so. The more you dig into the history of the band, the more you see they've betrayed their roots and original intentions. Perhaps if Cliff had lived things would've turned out better.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

LOL this thread in New Posts is like the occasionally flashing reminder... 'you are old. you are old'

tell me about it, brother.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Would you be one of those hipsters that booed Bob Dylan for playing an electric guitar?

Dylan's style wouldn't necessarily change because of a different type of guitar. He still would've sounded like himself. Jazz and blues players in the 20th century made the accoustic->electric transition with no problem. I personally know a jazz bassist who's equally at home playing jazz on electric and upright bass.

 

[fr33]

Dylan's style wouldn't necessarily change because of a different type of guitar. He still would've sounded like himself. Jazz and blues players in the 20th century made the accoustic->electric transition with no problem. I personally know a jazz bassist who's equally at home playing jazz on electric and upright bass.

Dylan changed pretty much like Metallica did. He changed from folk to rock. Diehard folk fans were angered when it happened. Of course I wasn't alive for all that but to me it's much like the change Metallica went through.

Since this topic is about Nirvana.... I remember grunge fans saying they sold out when Nevermind was released because it had too much glam and wasn't punk enough.