The only music I pay for is live music nowadays. I don't buy cd's anymore, I rather burn them and sometimes I buy an LP. Not necessarily to fuck with the music industry, but also because I don't have much money and I'm more fond of LP-sleeves than lousy small cd's.
You just used wikipedia to show something as a fact, thus voiding any ounce of credibility. What don't you understand? People listen to music they like. Do you really think that someone is going to suffer through music they don't like because they think the drummer looks cool? No, ALOT of people don't give a shit what the musician looks like. When you're listening to a song, you're not seeing anyone, unless of course its live or whatever, but even still if the music sucks, they're not going to listen to it. Do you really think that Mortiis and Berzerker's music sells because of their image? Are you retarded? Of course Gwar has a big stage show, but once again, who cares about a stage show if the music is unlistenable. "I listen to these guys because they look cool, I really don't like the way they sound though"
if image did not mean anything then why do most metal heads and metal bands look exactlly the same. Remember how big a deal it was when metallica cut thier hair? I knew metalheads who told me they stopped listening to them because they cut thier hair.
Eh, I'm not sure, but Matthews, do you consider all metalbands with longhaired, bandshirtwearing bandmembers image-based?
You don't suppose that their change in music had anything to do with people not liking them anymore? Can you not hear a difference between Load and Ride the Lightning? Saying metalheads look the same would be no less ignorant and stereotypical than saying that all rap or country listeners look the same, or all black and chinese people, for that matter. Going by your theory of image importance, if all metalheads and bands look the same, than why do the sales differ so much? If they're all looking the same, and image matters so much, you'd think all sales would be equal too, huh?
Dude, people actually said they didn't liked Metallica anymore because they'd cut their hair. That doesn't say anything about the band image or the music quality though, more about those metalheads.
From personal experience, that had a lot to do with the entire package of new shit music and a change in image, though more the music, if they were still making music like their first four albums, no one would care how they looked.
I'm not sure, the Black Album wasn't that shitty. I think it sucks as much or perhaps less as And justic for all.
Nobody would care what Metallica looked like because they would've died out at around the release of the Black album. If they didn't change their image nobody would listen to them. Because changing the image is the same as evolving the music; it comes with the same package.
BtBaM are technical because they use a shitload of different time changes, key changes, harmonies, melodies, vocal techniques (both screaming and singing), various rhythms, and it's also generally more progressive than any other 80s thrash metal band. It's not all just shredding and chugging. Download their song called "Mordecai", and it's a prime example of their thechnical ability.
Yea i know that they changed thier music style but I heard several people say they stopped listening to them because they cut thier hair. which at the time i thought they were very stupid but these type of people are out there. and I know metalheads can look very diverse but I said most metalheads not all. Are you trying to say that thier is no metalhead image? I have been to many concerts and at the metal ones there is the majority of guys who look just like the guy in your sig. also I never said that image is the one limiting factor but it does play a huge role in sales and gathering a fanbase which is really hard to ignore.
They certainly aren't the only band around that utilizes all of that. harmonies and melodies could be found in practically any piece of music, screaming and singing happen in any song with vocals, various rhythms make up most any thrash song, any Watchtower song could easily be found as more progressive than every btbam song. See the above statement for a description of shredding and chugging. (various riffing, anyone?) The songs I've listed off previously show much more "thechnical" ability than this "mordecai" you've offered up.
There is a metalhead stereotypical image, of course, but if anything this further pushes my statement that they aren't dressing for the part, as those fans are looking like the musicians, and therefore being themselves, more than trying to cash in on an image. Do you really believe that if an artist has the "metalhead" image, and the music absolutely sucks that they will succeed?
