Ugh, it kills everything. My brother (mid-50's) was the drummer for a thrash metal band for most of his adult life, but quit a few years back because the late nights don't mesh with his construction job. He says the new drummer is great, a guy in his mid-30's, so has more energy to get through a show without almost dying of a heart attac…
Ugh, it kills everything. My brother (mid-50's) was the drummer for a thrash metal band for most of his adult life, but quit a few years back because the late nights don't mesh with his construction job. He says the new drummer is great, a guy in his mid-30's, so has more energy to get through a show without almost dying of a heart attack. But the band is begging my brother to come back. Apparently the new guy is woke--so woke and scoldy that they can't take it anymore! He scolds them about their t-shirt design, ancient song lyrics, stage banter, things they say in casual conversation. He wants them to Do! The! Work! Anyhow, I'm kind of shocked that wokeness has come for an aging metal band.
Back in my day, our bands played at eardrum bursting decibels with subliminal messages worshiping Satan that encouraged suicide. THAT was metal. Man, kids these days...
Metal is often scolding and condescending. Lamb of God, System of a Down were two of my favorite bands in high school; the music is amazing but the lyrics are so condescending and cringe. Especially System. Guys who know little-to-nothing about geopolitics talking about the Iraq war and cults of personality. Please. Also, people like Rage against the Machine. Musicians who think they know the first fucking thing about politics.
Yeeeah, thats a good point and great examples. Great music from naïve hypocrites. Even Cake, while not metal, was great music and now its just cringey FB memes.
Ha one of my best friends (early 50s) had a locally popular hardcore band back in the '90s; they reunited recently (yeah I know) and their new drummer is one of their early fanboys who is at least 15 if not 20 years younger. I thought he was hilarious and a really cool in person IRL but on social media he is witheringly woke--he's one of these who doesn't talk to his own relatives anymore because they voted the wrong way. My friend has woke as shit late-teen/early 20s kids so I guess he's versed in playing along and puts up with the drummer because he's happy to get out of the house playing music again but I just find it weird that people into what is essentially an "eff you" art form could be so different in this way.
Ugh, it kills everything. My brother (mid-50's) was the drummer for a thrash metal band for most of his adult life, but quit a few years back because the late nights don't mesh with his construction job. He says the new drummer is great, a guy in his mid-30's, so has more energy to get through a show without almost dying of a heart attack. But the band is begging my brother to come back. Apparently the new guy is woke--so woke and scoldy that they can't take it anymore! He scolds them about their t-shirt design, ancient song lyrics, stage banter, things they say in casual conversation. He wants them to Do! The! Work! Anyhow, I'm kind of shocked that wokeness has come for an aging metal band.
Scold Metal, the newest sub-genre. Like most metal, it’ll make your ears bleed but this time it won’t be the good way.
Back in my day, our bands played at eardrum bursting decibels with subliminal messages worshiping Satan that encouraged suicide. THAT was metal. Man, kids these days...
Metal is often scolding and condescending. Lamb of God, System of a Down were two of my favorite bands in high school; the music is amazing but the lyrics are so condescending and cringe. Especially System. Guys who know little-to-nothing about geopolitics talking about the Iraq war and cults of personality. Please. Also, people like Rage against the Machine. Musicians who think they know the first fucking thing about politics.
Yeeeah, thats a good point and great examples. Great music from naïve hypocrites. Even Cake, while not metal, was great music and now its just cringey FB memes.
Ha one of my best friends (early 50s) had a locally popular hardcore band back in the '90s; they reunited recently (yeah I know) and their new drummer is one of their early fanboys who is at least 15 if not 20 years younger. I thought he was hilarious and a really cool in person IRL but on social media he is witheringly woke--he's one of these who doesn't talk to his own relatives anymore because they voted the wrong way. My friend has woke as shit late-teen/early 20s kids so I guess he's versed in playing along and puts up with the drummer because he's happy to get out of the house playing music again but I just find it weird that people into what is essentially an "eff you" art form could be so different in this way.