Red Mosquito

theplatypus wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:bass strings rattling off the fretboard

Yeah, what the hell was that all about?

Guitar strings, cargo shorts -- everything fit a little looser in the '90's.

i kinda liked the rattling bass.

hey remember Moby? I used to like him. Is he embarrassing now? I think he's just forgotten.

BurtReynolds wrote:i kinda liked the rattling bass.

hey remember Moby? I used to like him. Is he embarrassing now? I think he's just forgotten.

I had a couple of Moby tracks pop up in the mix on the drive into work this morning.

BurtReynolds wrote:i kinda liked the rattling bass.

Would you say you are all about the bass?

BurtReynolds wrote:i kinda liked the rattling bass.

Kevin Davis wrote:

theplatypus wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:bass strings rattling off the fretboard

Yeah, what the hell was that all about?

Guitar strings, cargo shorts -- everything fit a little looser in the '90's.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

theplatypus wrote:An interesting piece on nu metal: http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2015/8/ ... f-nu-metal

This was great, cheers.

Yeah this was fantastic read.

I still stand by System of a Down's debut (and followup), and I find it hard to seriously group it with the rest of the late 90s nu-metal.

MONSTER riffs on SOAD's debut. I agree they have nothing to do with nu-metal. Opening track is a ripper f'sure.

Kevin Davis wrote:

theplatypus wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:bass strings rattling off the fretboard

Yeah, what the hell was that all about?

Guitar strings, cargo shorts -- everything fit a little looser in the '90's.

don't forget those bullhead jeans

Yeddie Yedder wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:

theplatypus wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:bass strings rattling off the fretboard

Yeah, what the hell was that all about?

Guitar strings, cargo shorts -- everything fit a little looser in the '90's.

don't forget those bullhead jeans

Thank god that trend didn't make its way down this far

Yeddie Yedder wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

theplatypus wrote:An interesting piece on nu metal: http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2015/8/ ... f-nu-metal

This was great, cheers.

Yeah this was fantastic read.

I still stand by System of a Down's debut (and followup), and I find it hard to seriously group it with the rest of the late 90s nu-metal.

MONSTER riffs on SOAD's debut. I agree they have nothing to do with nu-metal. Opening track is a ripper f'sure.

like a mother fucker

This thread is six pages deep and I feel like we haven't fully considered:

I really want someone to make a nu-metal documentary using that article as a template.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Yeddie Yedder wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

theplatypus wrote:An interesting piece on nu metal: http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2015/8/ ... f-nu-metal

This was great, cheers.

Yeah this was fantastic read.

I still stand by System of a Down's debut (and followup), and I find it hard to seriously group it with the rest of the late 90s nu-metal.

MONSTER riffs on SOAD's debut. I agree they have nothing to do with nu-metal. Opening track is a ripper f'sure.

like a mother fucker

I wouldnt put SOAD in that category either.

SOAD were an alternative metal band that were able to become popular due to the success of nu metal.

Also because of how freaky-looking their guitarist is

Simple Torture wrote:This thread is six pages deep and I feel like we haven't fully considered:

Classic B.

I hated System of a Down the same way I hated all those bands. They have some defining traits, sure, but the net impression they left on me was always the same.

At the time I was deep into my classic rock phase and wasn't very open to new rock music outside of a few heavy hitting favorites (Pearl Jam and Radiohead mostly and Green Day to a lesser extent) but SOAD was one of the rare exceptions that grabbed me.

I like the songs "Sugar" and "Toxicity" a lot. I don't really know much about the band. I always saw them as being closer to Dead Kennedys than to Korn.

They were just better than all the other popular hard rock bands of the time.