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Am I the only one into both Grunge/Alt Rock + Hair Metal?

posted 17 years ago by princecraig
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I know a lot of people knock this film for focusing on hair bands but I like hair metal, I must confess. I like both alternative metal and hair metal (also thrash, progressive, power metal)

Some examples:

Hair metal: Motley Crue, Quiet Riot, Cinderella, Great White, Guns N' Roses, Ratt, Skid Row, Dokken, Twisted Sister... maybe a few others

Alternative Metal/Grunge: Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Faith No More, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, The Melvins

[–] princecraig 17 years ago

It seems like you can't like one and not hate the other. Why is that?

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[–] nativenewyorker88 9 years ago

People are tribal? Or don't want to admit to their guilty pleasures?

Btw, there's a clip somewhere on youtube where they ask heavy metal band members their guilty pleasures music wise. Hilarious and surprising. Some admitted to liking Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera, Abba (!).

[–] santiagoperez 17 years ago

I agree with you! Although I don't like most of the second wave of glam metal like Poison or Europe, or some grunge bands like Nirvana or Pearl Jam i still think you're right. And all these are metal bands not like dumb nu metal band nowadays!

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[–] princecraig 17 years ago

Didn't Skid Row and GNR tour with Soundgarden?

[–] nativenewyorker88 9 years ago

Axl Rose was a Nirvana fan (even asked them to tour with them) but Cobain wasn't a fan of Axl Rose which caused Axl to turn all prissy (hurt feelings and all). And Rose did like Soundgarden (don't know how the rest of the Gunners felt) but Izzy, Duff, and Axl did say they admired Nirvana.

[–] spllmatt 16 years ago

I think that when people limit the kinds of music that they can listen to they're really cheating themselves. I love the grunge stuff and the metal stuff. when I was a kid I was very resistant to different types of music, my dad is a big beatles and stones guy and I hated them only because they didn't fit "my style". my older brother was a metal guy so I was taught that punk sucked. when I got a little older and didn't care so much about outward appearances, I found alot of great music that I was missing.

by the way, now I'm gonna have to dig up some melvins. they were awesome. what about mudhoney? they were a really cool band at that time.

[–] marcag 16 years ago

I like both. In my car six disc changer now- NIN, Smashing Pumpkins, Ratt, Kiss, and Too Short :P

[–] Julian_JD_K-93 16 years ago

I like to make mix CDs and on the one in my car and I got:

Smashing Pumpkins-Zero, To Forgive
KISS-Unholy, Calling Dr. Love
KoRn-Blind, Souvenire, Polotics
Slipknot-Opium of the People, Pulse of the Maggots
The Smiths-William It Was Really Nothing
Radiohead-Wierd Fishes, Idioteque
Massive Attack-Inertia Creeps
Dido-Here With Me, Don't Think of Me
Dethklok-Birthday Dethday, Into the Water
Nine Inch Nails-Everyday is Exactly the Same, Closer
Iron Maiden-Number of the Beast
Metallica-Creeping Death, Enter Sandman, Master of Puppets
Rob Zombie-American Witch, Dragula, Dead Girl Superstar
Sonic Youth-Kool Thing, 100%
Beethoven-Moonlight Sonata
Slayer-Raining Blood

That is how much different kinds of music I like

"Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size do you?"-Master Yoda

[–] mariahscary 16 years ago

personally i can't stand either genres but i still really enjoyed the movie. i think i liked the portrayal and film style of the movie. as far as actually being a metal fan myself, i must confess i'm not into the genre, but i do like some alt rock ... though not really the bands that have been listed.

[–] slitherydee3 16 years ago

Yeah, I agree with you.

"The hair thieves, they come in the night..."

[–] beerbelly918 16 years ago

I have all those groups with the exception of the Melvins(never heard of them but I'll have to check them out)in my CD collection and on my MP3 player.I also have Neil Young,The Beatles,Rolling Stones along with Hank Williams JR., Alabama, Waylon Jennings and more.It's pretty interesting when it's on random play and Metallica is followed up by Johnny Cash...