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So does, say, Kid Rock and Marilyn Manson, which fall under Tom's def
of nu-metal. Just cos Fred Durst is a self-important dickhead doesn't
mean everyone else is.
― Ally, Monday, 4 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
I don't think Kid Rock belongs in that category, though - he sounds
too damn cheery and comfortable with himself, and his music is too
straightforward to fit the dark-twisted my-stepdad-touches-me-funny
mold.
― Patrick, Monday, 4 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
I think I prefer the super-broad genre umbrella of mook-pop, as Spin
or whoever put it (though I first read about it at maura.com).
Pointlessly, occasionally amusingly disaffected boyz making big
noize. This genre also takes in Oxide And Neutrino's blinding "Up
Middle Finger" as somebody smarter than me pointed out somewhere else
on the forum causing me a GASP of critical respect.
― Tom, Monday, 4 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
Kris, you got me. I'm only bitter because Wes Borland barely nudged
me out in the Bizkit guitarist auditions a couple years ago. The
bastard, I think it was those contact lenses that did it.
As far as nu-metal fans being 13-year olds, I have driven past Frat
Row on several occasions and heard Limp, Crazytown, etc., blaring
from the houses. I think equating nu-metal with old metal is a
little off, because the fanbases are certainly different.
But Tom, you're probably right about Travis. Whereas the nu-metal
loons irritate the piss out of me with their abrasive stupidity,
Travis is more like water-torture--ignorable at first, but eventually
lethal. Lulling and boring us to death, rather than annoying us
until we kill them.
― Clarke B., Monday, 4 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
Sorry, kids, but I think it's all bollox.
― the pinefox, Friday, 8 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link