Comments on: And you thought heavy metal fans were nasty …

By: Ishamael

Ishamael — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:27:34 +0000

Purps. Your devastatingly narrow and culturally confined comment concerning metal and metal heads is offensive. I for one have never heard ‘RAAAAAWWWRRRR’ shouted incoherently in a song. In fact, the fact that you could actually utilize onomatopoeia and spell the sound out proves that it indeed was not incoherent but very much of the opposite.

I listen to many styles of music but metal is my niche. Just because you do not understand an art form of expression does not mean you can besmirch its worth with ignorant ramblings; educate yourself before you speak. Most of my friends are metals heads to varying degrees and each one of them would give the shirt off their back to someone in need and have done so many times.

Finally I would have to say that I don’t actually care if I have good taste in music or not; I like what I listen to and that’s all that matters so I most definitely do not consider myself and idiot as your closing paragraph states we all are.

Good day.

By: RB

RB — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:21:18 +0000

Indie=Independent (ie. independent/not major record label or movie studio as the case may be)

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:49:18 +0000

Alright, well, I was reading the comments and felt the need to argue with Purps.
Firstly, there are many, many metal-heads who are both gentle, and at ease. You just haven’t met them and are making a stereo-typical statement about a select few.
Secondly, Metal isn’t just random yelling or random growling. Yes, in a few sub-genres of metal there IS quite a bit of it, but mostly there are lyrics, you just have to give it a chance and actually listen to the music. Try “Suicide Silence,” or “Attila” or anything between the two if you are having troubles finding metal with lyrics.
Thirdly, the comment about not liking anything below 140 bpm, have you ever heard of something called a “breakdown?”
Alright, I’m done

By: moogoesthecow

moogoesthecow — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:42:15 +0000

WOW this is so wrong its not even funny
nice “study”….

By: Purps

Purps — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:41:13 +0000

Heavy metal listeners are gentle and at ease. This must be a joke, not that a metal listener couldn’t be these things it’s just that all of them I know are nothing like that. Most metalheads have poor dispositions and are usually very vocal about their distaste for any music that doesn’t have a tempo of at least 140 and lyrics that don’t contain RAAAAAWWWGGHHH or AAARRRGGWWHHH shouted incoherently through a song.

Also just as they used indie as an umbrella term, they use creative, outgoing and aggressive in a similar way. They should’ve just saved time on the research and said “everyones musical taste is unique and complex to mirror ones own self.” No one listens to just one type of music otherwise you would be depriving yourself of too much.

As for labeling indie vs emo. That’s just like rap vs hip-hop, or jazz vs blues, etc.. Sometimes it’s just better to not label something because then you’ll have people say “oh well, that band is emo rock new wave alternative punk fusion and I’ll defend to my grave that they pioneered that genre.”

Two facts will always remain constant:
1. Everyone everywhere always thinks they have good taste in music. and 2. Everyone everywhere is pretty much an idiot.(including me and you)

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:45:09 +0000

I fail to understand how indie can be a genre when it (usually) applies to the method of production rather than the style of music.

By: BlankJebus

BlankJebus — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:38:30 +0000

Yea, there’s a HUGE difference between indie and emo. Just another dumb music article that mislabels music, get it right or don’t do it at all. Everyone else above me has already hit the points, no need to repeat.

By: saitokthx

saitokthx — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:10:08 +0000

Pop music fans are not very creative but hardworking, outgoing, gentle and generally not at ease

that’s me alright

By: sultanofswing

sultanofswing — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:51:29 +0000

I can’t help but agree with mr-cash. Indie has a sort of air of mystery around it in the sense that it essentially encompasses a wide genre of sounds. It is by no means distinctive. The only thing it seems to say to me is that indie fans (who tend to be in their teens. Surprise, surprise!)are more focused on self definition rather than goal oriented work. Naturally, constant focus on the self yields very little actual creative output. I think the appropriate thing to say is ‘It’s just a phase’. Thus the results of the experiment are explicable. Can I back this up with a source? No. But look around you.

By: Bla

Bla — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:11:51 +0000

‘Indie’ is a blanket term used to describe anything from pop to punk, and everything in between. Mr Crash nailed it, it’s a slippery tag that is only really used when no other genre appears to apply. Kinda like ‘Alternative’ but makes less sense.