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Flux: "Yeah, the "Nu Metal" thing might be a bit unfair. If I said "Angry-Meathead Quasi-Prog Metal," I would've been much more accurate."
Fucking idiot. For a start, you clearly know nothing of the media concept that is 'nu metal'. Tool pre-date any working idea of 'nu metal' in the media by well over seven years. It's a catch-all term used to identify certain rock/metal bands who are actually relevant to the audience in question, and who, as a result, have actually sold more than the usual 'cult audience' span of records. It's also used mainly in the UK media. Anyone using their brain can see that there's a world of difference between Tool and Linkin Park. The former began in 1991, and moved beyond the Soundgarden-stylee template of their opening EP to create on of the only dynamically individual voices in rock music today. The latter put themselves together to try to duplicate Korn's "Pearl Jam with Big Riffs" template, but with mainstream pop success. I am very glad that both succeeded, because heavy rock music needed both to thrive in the way that it has in the last four or five years. Nirvana were an overhyped flash-in-the-pan. Korn, Faith No More and the Deftones helped create the heavy musical climate that we see today, with assistance from Offspring. Without them, we wouldn't have bands like Tomahawk, System Of A Down, etc.
By the way, anyone who uses the term 'progressive' as a pejorative without clarification is an utter moron. And anyone who uses the word 'meathead' to describe Tool has no understanding of the band, their lyrics or their music. But then I'd expect nothing less from Flux, who appears wholly incapable of reaching outside the confines of his own wee musical ghetto. Sad little man. |
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