Grunge Fans Recall How They Felt About Nu-Metal on Reddit
Grunge followers are having a dialogue about how they felt about nu-metal when it turned widespread on Reddit.
The Seattle rock scene exploded by the tip of 1991, so bands similar to Alice In Chains, Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam have been all large by the next yr. Record labels all wished their very own model of a “grunge” artist, so different rock bands popped up everywhere that match beneath the umbrella.
As with many different subgenres, this reign solely lasted for thus lengthy. By 1994, numerous these artists reached their peak. In April of that yr, Kurt Cobain died. Just a few years later, Alice In Chains stepped largely out of the general public eye and Soundgarden broke up in ’97.
Who Invented Grunge?
While grunge was experiencing a downward spiral, Korn have been creating their very own revolution. Their self-titled debut got here out the yr Cobain died, and over the following few years, different bands similar to Limp Bizkit, Deftones and Slipknot have been gathering their very own followings and paving the way in which for what turned often called nu-metal.
Just as with grunge, immediately numerous teams have been creating this fashion of heavy music, complemented with hip-hop and digital components, together with Linkin Park, Papa Roach, Evanescence and plenty of others.
So how did grunge followers really feel about nu-metal?A Reddit person wrote a put up on the Grunge Reddit Page titled “How Do You Feel About Nu-Metal as Grunge Fans?,” and it included a photograph of a bunch of nu-metal band logos. Keep studying to see what some followers stated — we broke down the dialogue by those that favored it and people who did not.
Grunge Fans That Like Nu-Metal
We’ll begin with those that had (largely) constructive sentiments about nu-metal as a style, or not less than some particular bands. Some people stated that they love nu-metal, whereas others had combined emotions, however nonetheless identified the great points of the music.
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See some feedback bulleted beneath.
- “I have a lot of mixed feelings but I absolutely love Deftones, Slipknot’s first two records were hard as fuck, Korn can be a pretty mixed bag but they have some gut wrenching bangers 100 percent and Jonathan Davis is a great singer. Toxicity is a classic album and System of a Down definitely deserves a whole lot more respect.”
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“I got into ‘nu-metal’ for a few years in my 20s. Looking back a lot of it was corny and kinda terrible but bands like the Deftones, Sevendust and Breaking Benjamin still have some songs that have held up great.”
- “I HAAAAAAATED it back then. I still kind of do, but now it’s sorta nostalgic and somewhat fun. So I half enjoy it. But it really depends on the band, I never liked many,” they wrote. “I just recently listened to the 1999 Staind album and it’s actually really good, a lot more genuine than other nu-metal, kinda bridges the two well to me.”
- “I did, when Nirvana was over, Korn and Deftones had a really fresh sound, never got into the other bands.”
- “I like it better than grunge honestly.”
Some different bands individuals praised all through the dialogue have been Static-X, Nonpoint and Incubus.
Nu-Metal: Tales From a Scene
Grunge Fans That Dislike Nu-Metal
Of course, there have been loads of feedback in opposition to nu-metal each then and now. See a few of the responses bulleted beneath.
- “I was never able to get into it. For me, ‘grunge’ has a certain authenticity and genuine emotional impact to its darkness.By contrast, Nu metal always felt like an edgy 13-year old’s attempts to be deep. More of an aesthetic than anything real.”
- “Not my thing. When Korn’s ‘Clown’ first came out I saw the video on MTV and thought that it was really unique, but the whole thing quickly turned into something I didn’t connect with. As a ‘genre’ it seemed to be 50 percent broke-ass Millennials posturing as hip hop stars and doing a lame version of what RATM actually did well, and 50 percent suburban white kids complaining about life much more than their broke-ass hip hop wannabe peers or than their Alt Rock predecessors, whose complaints tended to focus on social issues and not exclusively on mom and dad not understanding them like the Stainds and their contemporaries.”
- “Two good bands and a bunch of terrible garbage. Mainstream Rock And Roll more or less became corporate schlock again after Grunge. It was a terrible time to be a young rock fan, and I personally found myself going back to the classics in that era because I couldn’t stand it. I will personally fuck with System of a Down and Deftones any day tho. And RATM was early 90s.”
Read the complete dialog on Reddit.
