Unorthodox Metal Opinions?

Though metal is my main gig I still dig the following artists:

Sweet Surrender
Garth Brooks
Neil Young
Bob Dylan
Peter Cetera
Duran Duran
Peabo Bryson
Sergio Mendes
The Temptations
Chris Ledoux (the most metal of all country western!)
Anything Bluegrass

Also, "grunge" is basically a different mold of rock and metal. Nothing more, and certainly nothing less. Good stuff.

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Also, "grunge" is basically a different mold of rock and metal.

Folks 'round here tend to be more open minded about the grunge "thang" than at some other forums I've hung out on. There are a few out there that will tar 'n' feather you if you even hint that you may have, at one time, kinda sorta enjoyed "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Next thing you know they're gettin' out the pitchforks and torches and they're running you out of town on a rail.

Fat Freddy wrote:

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Also, "grunge" is basically a different mold of rock and metal.

Folks 'round here tend to be more open minded about the grunge "thang" than at some other forums I've hung out on. There are a few out there that will tar 'n' feather you if you even hint that you may, at one time, have kinda sorta enjoyed "Smells Like Teen Spirit." :

It's frustrating to see. I was lucky since I got into rock and metal a bit after the grunge scene had settled in. Thus I embraced both; it didn't feel like a dichotomy to me. The funny thing is I've never had many friends that like the taste of rock and metal, so I didn't have to suffer a guilt trip because I rarely heard any negativity about it.

Hell, if one were to speed up Smells Like Teen Spirit, it would be borderline thrash!

I enjoy Eye II Eye as much as Tokyo Tapes

I like Slip Of The Tongue.

I like Blaze era Maiden.

The 80's kicked butt. That's when I came of age musically. May not listen to a lot of it now but it was sure great while it was happening.

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Chris Ledoux (the most metal of all country western!)
Anything Bluegrass

(psssst, actually it's Johnny Cash. ) Carry on, nothing to see here.

Dark Horseman wrote:

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Chris Ledoux (the most metal of all country western!)
Anything Bluegrass

(psssst, actually it's Johnny Cash. ) Carry on, nothing to see here.

Whisper ye not, for correct ye are. How could I forget?!

Boris2008 wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Owning CDs by "grunge" bands (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, etc.) does not make you the enemy, a sell-out or a traitor to the metal scene.

This!

In fact, there is no such thing as being a traitor to the metal scene. If you dig a record, you dig it, end of story.

That sounds an awful lot like TRAITOR talk to me!

DevZor wrote:

Boris2008 wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Owning CDs by "grunge" bands (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, etc.) does not make you the enemy, a sell-out or a traitor to the metal scene.

This!

In fact, there is no such thing as being a traitor to the metal scene. If you dig a record, you dig it, end of story.

That sounds an awful lot like TRAITOR talk to me!

Let me guess, you're a Manowar fan...

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

yeah, 'A Matter of Life And Death' is fairly passable, but 'The Final Frontier' is just about the most boring thing I've heard from them. I'm sitting there wondering what in the world is going on as they're doing this.

Sadly, being a big Maiden fan, I have to agree. I just never could really get into The Final Frontier. I also had that problem with MoLaD, but eventually grew on me. Dance Of Death was the last Maiden album to really draw me in from the get go.

I guess I should say here that I've heard nothing of Maiden's after Fear of the Dark. Not even the Blaze stuff.

I really like the final frontier. Quite a bit.

I think 'Keeper of the Seven Keys 1' is way, way, way better than the second one. The second one is probably one of the weaker Helloween records, as a whole record.

MetallicSeminarian wrote:

I really like the final frontier. Quite a bit.

I did too. In fact it's probably my favorite of the Bruce reunion albums.

I'll not only take the reunion records over the "Blaze" stuff but I also like them better than No Prayer or Fear Of The Dark.

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

I think 'Keeper of the Seven Keys 1' is way, way, way better than the second one. The second one is probably one of the weaker Helloween records, as a whole record.

HELL YES. I've been tryin' to convince folks around here of that for YEARS.

Saviour Machine is not a metal band.

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

I think 'Keeper of the Seven Keys 1' is way, way, way better than the second one. The second one is probably one of the weaker Helloween records, as a whole record.

I wholeheartedly agree with this. If I'm in the mood for some helloween, I am much more likely to pull out part I rather than part II. Half of part II does absolutely nothing for me.

corplhicks wrote:

DevZor wrote:

Boris2008 wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Owning CDs by "grunge" bands (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, etc.) does not make you the enemy, a sell-out or a traitor to the metal scene.

This!

In fact, there is no such thing as being a traitor to the metal scene. If you dig a record, you dig it, end of story.

That sounds an awful lot like TRAITOR talk to me!

Let me guess, you're a Manowar fan...

Lol, little too for my taste...

Do you not crave intense and violent physical contact and fellowship with other males for the pursuit of respect?

I completely gave up on Helloween about 90 seconds into Dr Stein, so yes I much prefer ptI

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

Do you not crave intense and violent physical contact and fellowship with other males for the pursuit of respect?

While being all oiled up wearing fur boots and loin cloths. How very "over-compensating" of them.

RESPECT ME!!!

DallasBlack wrote:

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

yeah, 'A Matter of Life And Death' is fairly passable, but 'The Final Frontier' is just about the most boring thing I've heard from them. I'm sitting there wondering what in the world is going on as they're doing this.

Sadly, being a big Maiden fan, I have to agree. I just never could really get into The Final Frontier. I also had that problem with MoLaD, but eventually grew on me. Dance Of Death was the last Maiden album to really draw me in from the get go.

I like Final Frontier, but Matter Of Life And Death just didn't really do anything for me, it's my least favorite Maiden album by far.

James B. wrote:

I like the band Keel (Brian Jay and Marc Ferrari are a great tandem)

The best 80's Quiet Riot album was the S/T with Shortino at the helm.

Tesla was THE BEST MTV band of the late 80's

Jake E. Lee is Ozzy's best guitarist after Rhoads

I like Keel too, I don't if that's "unorthodox" though.

I think QRIII is the Quiet Riot album.

I think Psycho Circus is a decent KISS album.

I love everything Dragonforce has done.

While i'm not really a fan of grunge or alternative bands, I do like some grunge-ish albums like Dokken-Shadowlife and Warrant-Belly To Belly

Slip Of The Tongue is my favorite Whitesnake album.

I occasionally listen to pop music like Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Jessica Simpson, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, etc.

I think "All For You" is an underrated Annihilator album.

MetallicSeminarian wrote:

The best thrash metal has memorable hooks.

Everyone should agree here!

Fat Freddy wrote:

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Also, "grunge" is basically a different mold of rock and metal.

Folks 'round here tend to be more open minded about the grunge "thang" than at some other forums I've hung out on. There are a few out there that will tar 'n' feather you if you even hint that you may have, at one time, kinda sorta enjoyed "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Next thing you know they're gettin' out the pitchforks and torches and they're running you out of town on a rail.

And like most genres, a lot of the good stuff was under the radar. Everybody got sick of Nirvana and Pearl Jam to some degree. As much as I loved STP's Core I played it to death, but there was other stuff along the same lines such as Gruntruck or New Idol Sun to freshen things up for those of us who happened to like that particular sound.