2 posts tagged “douchebaggery”

Right up front I want to say that I've liked these guys way back in 2001 and their first mp3's that were released on the internet, and I still like them.

Two things I think feed into this:

1. Disgruntled "fans" who are obsessed with knowing all the underground music and want to keep it to themselves. Believe me, this is a certain pride in listing off a bunch of bands that nobody has heard of to ones confused friends. I was like that to a point in High School. For me, though, I've grown out of this tendency (especially as I have expanded my musical horizons to include everything from Bob Dylan to Between The Buried and Me).
   
2. People get really upset when genre's are mixed in an unexpected way. For instance, in the above video MCR was following Slayer, a strange mix if there ever was one. And hardcore Slayer fans, like all metalheads, can be elitist  douchebags*.
   

One thing I don't understand is that back then there was so much hype over this band you could cut it with a knife. Now that they're mainstream they somehow aren't any good? The albums are stronger in both musical content and concepts. I think there are just a whole bunch of people who like that they know all the underground stuff and if they go mainstream they get all pissy about it. I can't imagine anything more childish.

If you don't like 'em (and that's perfectly fine) don't listen, don't buy their albums, don't go to their shows. If you're at a festival and they come up, sit it out. Bottling just ruins it for people who actually want to be there.

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* I'm not saying all Slayer fans, hell, I have some Slayer in my library. But metalheads can be giant douchebags, especially when they are in groups at festivals. Also, I would like to note that I think it was a bad idea to have MCR and Slayer even on the same bill, little lone one right after the other.