Post by "The Freq" on Sept 3, 2010 19:56:24 GMT -5
Ok, I'll be blunt. I didn't attend the show at Foggies on Sept. 2 but I watched the videos from the show. All I can say is... what crap! First, you have guys with great gear tuned down so low in pitch that it makes no difference what you play at that point because it's inaudible. 2nd, the vocals suck. How many ways can you sing like the growling cookie monster. Come on...it's stupid! They might think they're being taken seriously but it just makes me want to laugh. I know a lot of others that think it's some funny shit. It sounds gay that's why. Growling so much you can't make out the lyrics may have a point but I just can't take it seriously. It's like watching a bad "B" horror movie with no name actors. Then, drummers in these bands are rarely miked. WHY?
Guitar players come in with tons of amps stacked to the ceiling and basically drown the drums out OR all you hear is cymbals. The drummer is beating the shit out of his kit and because he's not miked, half his performance is swallowed in guitar and bass volume. One word....STUPID!! What a waste. Then, we have the singer (I use that term loosely) singing through a brutally "small" P.A. system blowing every vocal chord in his, or her neck while screaming their heads off. Never in my life have I seen so many bands playing the bars with NO P.A. system to match their music gear. Like come on. What happened to quality???
Yeah, ok, some like this particular brand of crap metal but it's time to bury the growling vocals. It's old news man. It's like listening to someone do hammer ons on a guitar. It's time to "reinvent", come up with something fresh.....unique......ORIGINAL. Sure, these bands may do ok for venues but it's still dull. There are no dynamics at all. It's like listening to a machine gun fire off for 2 hours. Some may enjoy that, but I know most don't. Listening to the band "Blood Drunk" did it for me. Brutal. I was expecting so much more and got less. It's funny, wrestlers use the cookie monster vocal, these types of metal bands use it, and goofy cartoons use it. It's time to put it to rest.
Of course, this is my opinion and if you don't like it, write my congressman. :-)
The Freq (me want cookie) :-)
Guitar players come in with tons of amps stacked to the ceiling and basically drown the drums out OR all you hear is cymbals. The drummer is beating the shit out of his kit and because he's not miked, half his performance is swallowed in guitar and bass volume. One word....STUPID!! What a waste. Then, we have the singer (I use that term loosely) singing through a brutally "small" P.A. system blowing every vocal chord in his, or her neck while screaming their heads off. Never in my life have I seen so many bands playing the bars with NO P.A. system to match their music gear. Like come on. What happened to quality???
Yeah, ok, some like this particular brand of crap metal but it's time to bury the growling vocals. It's old news man. It's like listening to someone do hammer ons on a guitar. It's time to "reinvent", come up with something fresh.....unique......ORIGINAL. Sure, these bands may do ok for venues but it's still dull. There are no dynamics at all. It's like listening to a machine gun fire off for 2 hours. Some may enjoy that, but I know most don't. Listening to the band "Blood Drunk" did it for me. Brutal. I was expecting so much more and got less. It's funny, wrestlers use the cookie monster vocal, these types of metal bands use it, and goofy cartoons use it. It's time to put it to rest.
Of course, this is my opinion and if you don't like it, write my congressman. :-)
The Freq (me want cookie) :-)
