The Pissing Contest that is br00tality"

My wife (who likes metal but isn't really a die-hard fan of it) came with me to a show in which Neurosis played and she thought it was hilarious that the vocals consisted on unintelligible barking and shrieking while the in-between banter with the crowd was extremely polite and appreciative. It is nice, though, to see bands that show their appreciation to the crowd and let their music do their talking for them instead of carrying on as if they're TOTALLY BRUTAL~ 24/7.

The last thing I did that was remotely "Br00tal"..... Was take a dump that made the water in the toilet dissapaear.

manny wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

Stender wrote:

exact33 wrote:

I think that bands who have to rely on swearing to get attention really dont have much to offer lyric-wise.

Yeah I agree, i mean I have nothing against swearing but geez...have some tact.

At the same time, I always thought that Dee Snider's stage banter was as entertaining as the show itself. Same thing with Ted Nugent. Both used the f-word generously for sure. However, it seemed like it was more in "fun" and less in "anger". I never felt like Dee Snider or Ted Nugent was yelling at me.

I have to agree and it was so over the top, and purposely comical, and the difference the audience is included in their curseathon., not being cursed at.

I dont know - I just find it less interesting if someone goes up and relies on cursing to grab the audiences attention.

I don't know if they're "relying" on it so much as A - they probably talk that way anyway and B - audiences expect it.

I've stopped going to as many shows as I used to for this reason. It does get real annoying.

I don't respond well to being yelled at in any venue.....

Don't yell at me at work
Don't yell at me at a concert
I don't want to go to a church where the preacher yells at me from the pulpit

Just play the music and stop talking so much.

bassman wrote:

I don't respond well to being yelled at in any venue.....

Don't yell at me at work
Don't yell at me at a concert
I don't want to go to a church where the preacher yells at me from the pulpit

Just play the music and stop talking so much.

I feel the same way if I go to a "hippie" show with the o' lady. and........they rant some political rhetoric fpr 20 minutes. Regardless if I concur or not......I always yell "shut up and write a song about it"

I paid $ to hear music.....if I wanted to hear talikin....I'd call them...or visa versa.

two thoughts

1. Hormones will drive the young to make as much loud noise as possible, and older people whose testosterone etc. have waned will find it annoying. I do agree that the constant need for some sort of progression of "harder and faster" has resulted in increasingly annoying music. I personally feel that we reached a point of diminishing returns some time ago now, but that's just what someone my age would be expected to say, eh?

2. Twenty years from now the Brootal generation will be making exactly the same complaint about their kids music, which I'm guessing will be alternating bursts of pain and pleasure sent directly into their audio nerves by implanted micro-chips or something. It can only end when the testosterone etc. drives people to listen to sounds so brutal that they are actually rendered sterile by the noise. Hey, it could happen, right? We can always hope.

Fat Freddy wrote:

...or "fargin'!"

"Come on you fargin iceholes! I wanna see you fargin bastiges form a fargin old school circle fargin' pit! Knock down that wall, and that wall, and that fargin' wall! This is fargin' WAR!"

"You lousy cork sarkers need to get in the fargin pit so you wind up wit your bells in a sling!"

I need to see that movie again!