Bands that should get more respect than they do.....

wonderturtle said:
Know nothing about slayer. Tell me why you chose them. I group them (probably ignorantly) with countless metal hair bands. Assume I am wrong. Why?
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wonderturtle said:
Know nothing about slayer. Tell me why you chose them. I group them (probably ignorantly) with countless metal hair bands. I assume I am wrong. Why?
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Slayer threw a curve ball into music not seen since the british invasion and not seen again until nirvana. But it wasn't a mainstream influence as much as Slayer influenced rock and metal bands for the next 30 years.
I can probably write a 30 page term paper on how just the song "raining blood" changed music.
Here's a cool thing.
Raining Blood, 1986, 12 million views on youtube
Repentless, 2016, 12 million views on youtube
30 fucking years and they still don't suck.

What Slayer did was be the most kick ass metal guitarist ever as kids, BUT the neighborhood drummer dude was into punk rock. So all the members had to figure out how to make this work.
This spawned seriously SEVERAL genre's of music that came after. Thousands of bands took what they did and ran with it in a million different directions.
 
+1 for Slayer.....although I think they garner plenty of respect.......one of the four founding fathers of thrash.......reign in blood was supposed to be my wedding entrance song, but the damn DJ forgot to bring it..........as far as bands that deserve more respect, it has to be Clutch. These guys have been around a long time and they never, ever get off the road. Very few bands have the musical diversity that they do, from heavy thrash, to funk metal, to stoner rock, to jam band, to blues rock; these guys can do it all. No stage set, no pyro, just four guys playing their brains out every night. They never get any air time or notoriety, way under appreciated. Coming to NJ in two weeks, FYI.......
 
oobaa47 said:
+1 for Slayer.....although I think they garner plenty of respect.......one of the four founding fathers of thrash.......reign in blood was supposed to be my wedding entrance song, but the damn DJ forgot to bring it..........as far as bands that deserve more respect, it has to be Clutch. These guys have been around a long time and they never, ever get off the road. Very few bands have the musical diversity that they do, from heavy thrash, to funk metal, to stoner rock, to jam band, to blues rock; these guys can do it all. No stage set, no pyro, just four guys playing their brains out every night. They never get any air time or notoriety, way under appreciated. Coming to NJ in two weeks, FYI.......
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I may actually not go, it's like $12 PER TICKET service fee, plus parking, plus at the worst venue in america.
Fucking hell.
I've seen them 16? 20? Times? First time was in 1996
 
gtluke said:
Slayer threw a curve ball into music not seen since the british invasion and not seen again until nirvana. But it wasn't a mainstream influence as much as Slayer influenced rock and metal bands for the next 30 years.
I can probably write a 30 page term paper on how just the song "raining blood" changed music.
Here's a cool thing.
Raining Blood, 1986, 12 million views on youtube
Repentless, 2016, 12 million views on youtube
30 fucking years and they still don't suck.

What Slayer did was be the most kick ass metal guitarist ever as kids, BUT the neighborhood drummer dude was into punk rock. So all the members had to figure out how to make this work.
This spawned seriously SEVERAL genre's of music that came after. Thousands of bands took what they did and ran with it in a million different directions.
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this is what I am talking about. I'm not into metal so I (ignorantly) group them all together. obviously, like other genres there are some that deserve more respect - e.g., just plain better and/or more influential. thanks.
 
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First time I saw Clutch was early nineties, they opened for Pantera one summer........I was with my family in disney in early October this year, was looking up something online and sure as sh**, Clutch was at the house of blues in Orlando. I told my wife pretend I don't exist for 3 hours, I need a break from the mouse 😉..........
Clutch in Orlando......
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I think Clutch probably fits more into the "bands that should be more famous" category, and not the "bands that should get more respect" category.
 
oobaa47 said:
First time I saw Clutch was early nineties, they opened for Pantera one summer........I was with my family in disney in early October this year, was looking up something online and sure as sh**, Clutch was at the house of blues in Orlando. I told my wife pretend I don't exist for 3 hours, I need a break from the mouse 😉..........
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That was 1997, I was there 😉
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And Neurosis opened @ChrisG
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Convention Hall in Asbury Park
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wonderturtle said:
this is what I am talking about. I'm not into metal so I (ignorantly) group them all together. obviously, like other genres there are some that deserve more respect - e.g., just plain better and/or more influential. thanks.
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Sam Dunn has done a pretty extensive cataloging with his Metal Evolution series of documentaries if you ever interested in learning more.. it used to be on VH1 every 5 seconds.
 
Thin Lizzy..
Most people only know the Boys are Back in Town.. which is a great tune.. but they have some great stuff.. I would put Phil Lynott right there with Keith Richards and Lemmy as just true rock and roll soul who live(d) and breathe(d) it.
 
gtluke said:
You call yourself a metal head and don't like slayer. You call yourself a car guy and call a mustang a muscle car.
I have a name for your type.
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Haha yeah I like metal bands that actually know how to play guitar. And yeah a mustang with a big block V8 is a muscle car. I call you thin-skinned!
 
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