Being narrow minded helps you fight the banalization of music spreading like a disease.
I for one fight for my Heavy Metal, even if I won't ostracize other kinds of music. Still we're debating Heavy Metal here:
I don't listen to all types of metal. I can't bear to listen through most Death bands, not a big fan of cookie monster vocals. The only one that kept my interest - and I listen to it every once in a while, not on a regular basis - would be VADER. Fuckin' loved their sound and Pete's vocals aren't as inintelligible as that. I also confess that I haven't delved deep into the style, but again, we'll get there on the why nots further on.
I am a HUGE fan of Heavy Metal, plain and simple and Hard Rock. Most of the music I listen to comes from before the 90s, before I was born, because I simply can't connect to these new kinds of metal that popped up during my decade, such as Death/Dooms, then the Thrashcores, and other such cr*p such as "x"-cores and NO-Metal.
Give me the NWOBHM anytime, I've been digging up bands that have laid there forgotten for ages, such as Bronz, Praying Mantis, Aragorn, Angelwitch, Picture, Black Widow, Ritual, Brocas Helm, Medieval Steel and there's loads and loads more to discover. And this is what I want to get across as a point for my first sentence.
There's wat too much music now on the internet for you to listen to all of it, and most of it isn't worth your time. So stick to what you specially like, dig into the archives for those records and bands of a period you particularly like, and support the bands that still preach the Heavy Metal Faith to this day. And I don't mean just the PRIEST or MAIDEN. I mean the smaller bands. For example, here in Portugal we have a decent scene, but it is populated by Death/Grind/Black Metal. If you're lucky you'll get some Thrash concerts every now and then, and quite a lot of punk. But when it comes to Heavy Metal, the visible fans, those who lend their faces to showing their love for it, can be counted on the fingers of hands and toes out of a scene of thousands!
For instance, I know for a fact that while the 80s generation still has some (now respectable sirs) supporters, my generation is a desert for the original form of our favourite music!
So yeah, NARROW MINDED for the win! I'll listen to samples of other stuff from time to time and if someone recommends a band to me, I'll check it out, many times just to get arguments to refute that band. But it has happened that I opened exceptions to the rule and there's quite a few bands that I can enjoy, from time to time. On my daily life I eat Heavy Metal from sun to sun and into the night!
This is the attitude that has gone missing in most scenes, people are getting too comformist, turning into sheep that follow the latest trends when barely 10 years ago each of us strived to be unique!
Wow, long rant to the sound of Rainbow In The Dark, but I hope I managed to get my point across! 
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by J.D. DIAMOND from Thursday, April 16, 2009 4:15:11 AM)| |  | J.D. DIAMOND wrote: | | (lol!) Thanks MG! No,I don't work at a radio station but I do research alot of metal and have for the last 25 years! I have at least around 70 different metal bands...ranging from hard rock/heavy metal.....to heavy metal...to death,speed,thrash and black metal....all thier original CDs,I would have to count them though! lol!
I am VERY NARROW-MINDED when it comes to music.I don't like "a little bit of everything"(like 95% of people do)...no,I onnly like hard rock,and metal but only the traditional way,no trends.I don't go out of my way to be like this,I just like what I like ya know?(lol!) I don't look down on people who "do like a little bit of everything"...but when I tell them I only like hard rock the classic style(AC/DC...Sabbath)and metal traditional metal...they kinda look at me like I am weird.As I have said MG,I admit I am a very narrow-minded person when it comes to music! lol!
| | | MG_Metalgoddess wrote: | | Mg is wondering if J.D. Works at a radio station..... LOL You know all these albums cover to cover... I think thats great!
| | | J.D. DIAMOND wrote: | | 
RUNNING WILD UNDER JOLLY ROGER 1987
This band sucks throughout thier career in my opinion,but this album is the only listenable album from Running Wild to me,its still not that "great" but the vocalist does not try and whale operetic vocals on this album,its more of a mid-range Paul Di Anno (when Paul is not screaming in high pitch)type of vocal style.And the songs are ok,not giving this album an "A" in grading but rather a C+.Still,a worthy "heavy metal album" with no thrash qualities here,just heavy metal.
Not one of my favorite albums,but as I mentioned..a little cheesy,but a worthy heavy metal album I guess. |
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