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The worst thing to happen to TV. The ONLY good thing about "MTV" was the old Headbanger's Ball hosted by the man, Riki Rachtman. Nowadays, everyone from stupid elementary kids to middle schoolers, esp. HS'ers and college kids watch this stupid channel and continue to embrace it. It chafes my balls that people love the stupid shit they spew to everyone. They don't even show music anymore, it's all really stupid shows. Teaching hot girls to be prude, to dress like little whores, who are cock-tease, stuck up bitches. Teaches people to be either: emo fags, wiggers or pretty boys.
MTV can suck my balls.
by Spartans! December 3, 2004
Get the MTVmug. The down-tuned nu metal sound is simply absurd. The strings are down so low they are virtually hanging off the neck, leaving a woolly, indistinct barrage of black noise. QUIT TRYING TO BE SOMEONE. Only kick ass rock like Motley Crue's which the entire Dr. Feelgood set was tuned down to D for added power.
Samples, DJs, scratching, and all that lameness: Please! Is it rock or dance? Aside from the sheer lack of creativity involved in samples, the whole vibe of rock 'n' roll with its jamming and unpredictability is removed in a sea of computer-generated mechanical perfection. And while DJ-ing may be quite a skill (debate that elsewhere), to class DJs as musicians is pretty laughable. Anyway, all that stuff is just nauseating. AND their use of loops is simply down to bad musicianship. Losers.
Stupidity: If you asked me to describe any nu metal band in ten words, intelligent would not be one of them. Not would it be if you gave me 1000 words. This manifests itself in the lyrics, where Durst et al, too dense to think of anything to actually say, simply swear for four minutes in a time in a bid to persuade us that they are hard. It's not working, mate.
Melody vs. rap: One problem with guitars tuned sub-sonically low… no one can sing over them. Besides which, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park and co. couldn't carry, let alone write, a tune to save their lives. So instead they rap, all very well except that rap depends on a) clever lyrics and b) diverse instrumentation. So with the same beat and essentially same feel, structure, and sound to every song, it is fair to say that all nu metal is in fact one song.
Lack of stage presence: It always startles me how much the members of Stain'd have in common with The Thunderbirds in their on stage movements.
Manufactured: Rock & roll is about rebellion. It is about independence, freedom, and attitude. So a band that is controlled, nay, manufactured by the record company is surely against the spirit of rock & roll. Indeed, it is not unfair to point out that manufactured rock & roll is an oxymoron -- a CONTRADICTION IN TERMS. In other words, these complete idiots posing as rock & rollers are puppets to the industry, simply a cynical, money-making scam which the record companies create and we are supposed to follow like sheep. Then MTV play them relentlessly, selecting the bands that suit the MTV, politically-correct, plastic and unthreatening (to them) way, at the same time rejecting other artists putting out quality product… the record companies and MTV work together to tell you what to listen to. Are you going to let them do that?
FIBI (For Idiots By Idiots): No real comment necessary here (but here's one anyway) ever noticed the lame audiences nu metal attracts? And the way they dress
Samples, DJs, scratching, and all that lameness: Please! Is it rock or dance? Aside from the sheer lack of creativity involved in samples, the whole vibe of rock 'n' roll with its jamming and unpredictability is removed in a sea of computer-generated mechanical perfection. And while DJ-ing may be quite a skill (debate that elsewhere), to class DJs as musicians is pretty laughable. Anyway, all that stuff is just nauseating. AND their use of loops is simply down to bad musicianship. Losers.
Stupidity: If you asked me to describe any nu metal band in ten words, intelligent would not be one of them. Not would it be if you gave me 1000 words. This manifests itself in the lyrics, where Durst et al, too dense to think of anything to actually say, simply swear for four minutes in a time in a bid to persuade us that they are hard. It's not working, mate.
Melody vs. rap: One problem with guitars tuned sub-sonically low… no one can sing over them. Besides which, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park and co. couldn't carry, let alone write, a tune to save their lives. So instead they rap, all very well except that rap depends on a) clever lyrics and b) diverse instrumentation. So with the same beat and essentially same feel, structure, and sound to every song, it is fair to say that all nu metal is in fact one song.
Lack of stage presence: It always startles me how much the members of Stain'd have in common with The Thunderbirds in their on stage movements.
Manufactured: Rock & roll is about rebellion. It is about independence, freedom, and attitude. So a band that is controlled, nay, manufactured by the record company is surely against the spirit of rock & roll. Indeed, it is not unfair to point out that manufactured rock & roll is an oxymoron -- a CONTRADICTION IN TERMS. In other words, these complete idiots posing as rock & rollers are puppets to the industry, simply a cynical, money-making scam which the record companies create and we are supposed to follow like sheep. Then MTV play them relentlessly, selecting the bands that suit the MTV, politically-correct, plastic and unthreatening (to them) way, at the same time rejecting other artists putting out quality product… the record companies and MTV work together to tell you what to listen to. Are you going to let them do that?
FIBI (For Idiots By Idiots): No real comment necessary here (but here's one anyway) ever noticed the lame audiences nu metal attracts? And the way they dress
Nu Metal blows. Slipknot is one of them.
No, 13 masked jackasses who scream shit, from podunk Iowa aren't cool.
No, 13 masked jackasses who scream shit, from podunk Iowa aren't cool.
by Spartans! December 2, 2004
Get the Nu Metalmug. A white person who thinks he's black. Usually has a scrubstache, thinks he's a hard ass. Listens to shitty music. Loves those fat, nasty white hoes or mexican hoochies. Smokes too much, smells like smoke. Has a shitty or no job. Drives like a nig in a clapped out van or other shitty vehicle. Wears the worst clothes, doesn't know how to walk, talk or wear a baseball cap right. Dumber than rocks. Not going anywhere in life. Doesn't know how to hold/operate a firearm properly.
by Spartans! November 8, 2004
Get the wiggamug. Thee greatest metal band, ever! Along with kickass Judas Priest, Maiden kicks the shit out of any of the shitty new bands. Iron Maiden, we salute you!
by Spartans! February 2, 2005
Get the Iron Maidenmug. NOT A STUPID BAND. THEY AREN'T ROCK. A good ol Chevrolet Chevelle. Thee top end model of a Chevy Malibu. One of the greatest cars, ever. DETROIT MUSCLE
by Spartans! January 8, 2005
Get the chevellemug. Dr. Feelgood
Kickstart My Heart
Wildside
Knock 'em Dead Kid
Looks That Kill
Girls Girls Girls!
Too Young To Fall In Love
Kickstart My Heart
Wildside
Knock 'em Dead Kid
Looks That Kill
Girls Girls Girls!
Too Young To Fall In Love
by Spartans! November 8, 2004
Get the Motley Cruemug. The ONLY decent thing on that stupid ass channel called MTV. On during the late 80's through the early 90's. Hosted by a cool person named Riki Rachtman, he'd feature kickass metal. He actually knows what he talking about. There is a new version of the show, but isn't good, or the same as the old one, because today's nu metal blows.
by Spartans! December 3, 2004
Get the Headbanger's Ballmug.