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Alex Dee Rokket Heart of Metal
Number of posts : 1095 Age : 41
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Tue Dec 27, 2011 8:15 pm | |
| hah i thoroughly enjoyed that grunge parody, funny as it is there is also some grain of truth behind it. The main point is that metal killed itself off from the mainstream by at times taking itself too seriously and outside of the context of its fanbase and other times just taking too many left turns. Also the extravagant and reckless spending had something to do with the downfall of many of the popular bands of the day.
In hindsight, I think if grunge did anything positive is that it kicked metal back into the underground where its musical credibility could be restored again. It managed to wipe off the fakey pop hair bands that had oversaturated the music industry at the time. Unfortunately it also took away the support from various metal bands that I think deserved it. Primarily talking about the variety of thrash bands that were on their way up and whose growth was stunned by grunge's popularity.
Nevertheless grunge did not prevent metal from continuing to develop in the undergroud, at the time the death metal scene had gained a lot of momentum and was drawing in a whole new generation of metal fans. Some of those bands like Cannibal Corpse and Morbid Angel also found fame in the mainstream. It wasn't so much that metal was no longer popular but there really weren't too many differrent and intersting bands.
One also wonders how a band like Pantera was able to sustain its growing popularity at a time when metal was seemingly considered dead and buried. I think what ultimately changed is that people were no longer tolerated of having hundreds of watered down Motley Crue and Poison clones. The audiences now wanted variety. it was enough to have one really good band rather than hundreds of sub par clones.
All this was soon to change anyway. With the birth and shortly thereafter the mass proliferation of the internet, music promotion would take on a whole new twist. People no longer needed MTV to tell them what to listen to. Places like Napster provided metal audiences with a vast variety of metal bands, and it in a sense came at the right time for European metal. It came right at that juncture when many European bands were reaching their respective creative landmarks. Whatever had happened to metal in the early 90s was no longer relevant for the late 90s as the scene had once again exploded with new bands and new styles, the only major difference is that metal's poppularity had shifted from the US to Europe. | |
| | | Fat Freddy Metal, Movies, Beer
Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:43 am | |
| Glad you dug it ADR. Sh*t, I just thought it was funny. _________________ "If you're a false, don't entry, because you'll be burned and died!"
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| | | Fat Freddy Metal, Movies, Beer
Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Thu Dec 29, 2011 8:42 am | |
| It's METAL time on my Hub again... here's my review of the new Megadeth...
http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/Megadeth-TH1RT3EN-Roadrunner-Records-2011
Will probably have a review of the new Iced Earth up sometime soon too _________________ "If you're a false, don't entry, because you'll be burned and died!"
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| | | James B. Scurvy Skalliwag
Number of posts : 12875 Age : 60
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:38 am | |
| nice review Kieth _________________ | |
| | | Fat Freddy Metal, Movies, Beer
Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:14 am | |
| - James B. wrote:
- nice review Kieth
Thanks man! Went back to the bargain DVD bin for my newest installment, 1984's "RED DAWN" http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/It-Came-From-the-Bargain-Bin-RED-DAWN-1984 _________________ "If you're a false, don't entry, because you'll be burned and died!"
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| | | Fat Freddy Metal, Movies, Beer
Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:52 pm | |
| Been listening to KISS' CREATURES OF THE NIGHT a bunch this week... so I sez "Hey, sounds like the next installment of Retro Metal Review!"
And thus, it was done.
http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/Retro-Metal-Review-Kiss-CREATURES-OF-THE-NIGHT-Casablanca-1982
_________________ "If you're a false, don't entry, because you'll be burned and died!"
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| | | manny mini boss
Number of posts : 21101 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:59 pm | |
| - Fat Freddy wrote:
- James B. wrote:
- nice review Kieth
Thanks man!
Went back to the bargain DVD bin for my newest installment, 1984's "RED DAWN"
http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/It-Came-From-the-Bargain-Bin-RED-DAWN-1984
I am going to watch this flick this weekend, inspired by your ramblings | |
| | | Fat Freddy Metal, Movies, Beer
Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:03 pm | |
| - manny wrote:
- Fat Freddy wrote:
- James B. wrote:
- nice review Kieth
Thanks man!
Went back to the bargain DVD bin for my newest installment, 1984's "RED DAWN"
http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/It-Came-From-the-Bargain-Bin-RED-DAWN-1984
I am going to watch this flick this weekend, inspired by your ramblings Awesome. Feel free to stop by my Hub and leave a comment once you've watched it. _________________ "If you're a false, don't entry, because you'll be burned and died!"
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| | | Fat Freddy Metal, Movies, Beer
Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Sun Jan 15, 2012 10:42 am | |
| The newest IT CAME FROM THE BARGAIN BIN entry is up, and this time the lucky winner is 2007's "I AM OMEGA," the uber-low-budget knockoff of "I Am Legend" from our pals at the Asylum:
http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/It-Came-From-the-Bargain-Bin-I-AM-OMEGA-2007 _________________ "If you're a false, don't entry, because you'll be burned and died!"
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| | | Fat Freddy Metal, Movies, Beer
Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:51 pm | |
| Another day, another Hub entry about another mediocre movie...
http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/It-Came-From-the-Bargain-Bin-VERTICAL-LIMIT-2000 _________________ "If you're a false, don't entry, because you'll be burned and died!"
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| | | Fat Freddy Metal, Movies, Beer
Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:03 pm | |
| Moving away from Metal and movies, I decided it was time for a Hub about my other geeky obsession, the Simpsons. I give you the Top Ten Rock N Roll Simpsons moments!
http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/Top-10-Rock-N-Roll-Moments-on-The-Simpsons
_________________ "If you're a false, don't entry, because you'll be burned and died!"
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| | | MetalGuy71 Bukkake Tsunami
Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:48 am | |
| Great job, dude. I should've known the Ramones would be at number one. I mighta argued for Aerosmith, but hey, it's your blog. The Homerpalloza episode had one a my favorite "throw-away" gags ever. Homer meeting Billy Corgan. "Hi, Billy Corgan Smashing Pumpkins" "Homer Simpson, smiling politely" It was just dumb & quick, but always gets a laugh from me. _________________ I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too.
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| | | Fat Freddy Metal, Movies, Beer
Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:18 am | |
| - MetalGuy71 wrote:
The Homerpalloza episode had one a my favorite "throw-away" gags ever. Homer meeting Billy Corgan.
"Hi, Billy Corgan Smashing Pumpkins" "Homer Simpson, smiling politely"
It was just dumb & quick, but always gets a laugh from me. My fave bit in that episode is the exchange between two Generation X'ers in the audience when Homer comes out onstage: " Ohhh, the cannonball guy. He's cool." "Are you being sarcastic?" (Pause) "....I don't even know anymore!" _________________ "If you're a false, don't entry, because you'll be burned and died!"
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| | | MetalGuy71 Bukkake Tsunami
Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:06 am | |
| That episode also made me look at Peter Frampton in a different light. He had a pretty good sense of humor about himself. _________________ I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too.
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| | | Fat Freddy Metal, Movies, Beer
Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:07 am | |
| - MetalGuy71 wrote:
- That episode also made me look at Peter Frampton in a different light. He had a pretty good sense of humor about himself.
...and we learn that he buys his stage props at Pink Floyd's yard sale. _________________ "If you're a false, don't entry, because you'll be burned and died!"
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| | | MetalGuy71 Bukkake Tsunami
Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:18 am | |
| - Fat Freddy wrote:
- MetalGuy71 wrote:
- That episode also made me look at Peter Frampton in a different light. He had a pretty good sense of humor about himself.
...and we learn that he buys his stage props at Pink Floyd's yard sale. And gets pissed when Sonic Youth raids his cooler... _________________ I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too.
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| | | Fat Freddy Metal, Movies, Beer
Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:21 am | |
| I could've easily done a top 20 list but the article was long enough as it was. Maybe somewhere down the road I'll do a Part II. I was e-mailing back and forth with one of my friends/fellow Simpsons geeks all weekend brainstorming possible nominees for that list, and I ended up leaving off quite a few, like the show where Homer went to Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp and met Jagger, Richards, Tom Petty, Lenny Kravitz, Elvis Costello, etc. I actually had that one on an early draft of the list but cut it in favor of Hullabalooza cuz I liked the Hullabalooza episode better. The "ret-con" episode which revealed Marge & Homer as college students in the 90s (and credits Homer as the inventor of grunge music with his band "Sadgasm") almost made the list too. ...and even though it might not be totally "rock n roll," I almost put in the episode where Homer was in the mental hospital with the guy who thought he was Michael Jackson, just cuz it's an all time classic. ...Geez, that's three right there. I just need seven more for a sequel!! _________________ "If you're a false, don't entry, because you'll be burned and died!"
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| | | Fat Freddy Metal, Movies, Beer
Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:27 pm | |
| Bored this afternoon, whipped up a new Hub on some of my favorite bands and how they dealt with the dreaded Lead Singer Change over the years.
http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/The-Dreaded-Lead-Singer-Change
_________________ "If you're a false, don't entry, because you'll be burned and died!"
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| | | Fat Freddy Metal, Movies, Beer
Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:03 am | |
| In honor of the forthcoming new album, I wrote a slobbering fanboy entry about Overkill:
http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/OVERKILL-East-Coast-Thrash-Metal-Masters
_________________ "If you're a false, don't entry, because you'll be burned and died!"
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| | | Fat Freddy Metal, Movies, Beer
Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:20 am | |
| Well, this is kinda cool... one of my old Hubs about 70s Star Wars comic books got an out-of-the-blue boost from GeekChicDaily.com today when they featured it in a block of Star Wars related stuff on their site. Dunno how it turned up on their radar, but thanks to whoever brought it to their attention...
http://www.geekchicdaily.com/region/national/story/ad-set-a/star-wars-3d-geek-this-week-droid-deliverer
(Click this link, then click on the highlighted bit about the "skinny, whiskered Jabba the Hut" to see my story) _________________ "If you're a false, don't entry, because you'll be burned and died!"
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| | | Fat Freddy Metal, Movies, Beer
Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:51 pm | |
| Been on a Ramones kick the last couple of days so I decided to turn it into a fanboy ramble on my Hub blog:
http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/I-Wanna-Be-a-Ramone
_________________ "If you're a false, don't entry, because you'll be burned and died!"
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| | | jstate Metal is in my blood
Number of posts : 3361 Age : 51
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:29 pm | |
| A great read and tribute to a great band. Though I own End Of The Century I've never watched it. At some point I just decided I'd rather not know the inter-workings of their history and just let the music stand alone. First saw them in 1990 at two separate college shows on back to back nights. The first night was at my friend's brother's college and since he ran the shows we got to meet them before hand along with playing a killer game of stick ball in the big foyer where the concert was held. One of those things I really appreciate a heck of a lot more now than I did then. We then got invited to the show the next night. Because of that experience Brain Drain will always get my sentimental favorite award. Worst part of it was I had a signed poster and picture of us lined up like a baseball team that was later destroyed in some college relationship drama. What I wouldn't give to still have both today. | |
| | | Fat Freddy Metal, Movies, Beer
Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Sat Feb 18, 2012 1:35 pm | |
| Been on an Accept kick this week and with their new album STALINGRAD on the way I felt it was time for a fanboy-babble Hub about them...
http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/ACCEPT-German-Metal-Legends-Return-With-STALINGRAD _________________ "If you're a false, don't entry, because you'll be burned and died!"
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| | | MetalGuy71 Bukkake Tsunami
Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Tue Feb 21, 2012 12:56 pm | |
| - Fat Freddy wrote:
- Been on a Ramones kick the last couple of days so I decided to turn it into a fanboy ramble on my Hub blog:
http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/I-Wanna-Be-a-Ramone
Just read this today. Very well done, sir. Nice tribute without swinging from their nutsack. I watched the embedded video for Joey's version of 'Wonderful World' too. I love that version. Gives me a lump in my throat whenever I hear it. Nerdy triva bonus: The teen boy in the video is a young Michael Pitt, who plays Jimmy on the HBO series 'Boardwalk Empire'. _________________ I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too.
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| | | Fat Freddy Metal, Movies, Beer
Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:44 pm | |
| Thanx MG. I'm having fun doing those "A Brief history of so-and-so" articles on different bands.
The one I did on Accept got a thumbs-up from Peter Baltes himself on their Facebook page the other day. Groovy! _________________ "If you're a false, don't entry, because you'll be burned and died!"
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