Things that annoy the shit out of you

[The Metal Maniac 0]

That facetious example annoys the shit out of me.

 

I've actually seen people describe their band like that. I only kinda made that up.

 

I see where you're coming from, but it still annoys me sometimes; I suppose a few things together ain't bad, but when you're claiming to be about 7 different things at a time (which, again, I've actually seen people do) it gets pretty damned annoying.

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0]

That's just a sympton of a strong need for an attention grabbing gimmick, false individuality, and double dipping at the snack table.

[Matt Young 0]

I am only replying here to inform Agent that the name "Oedipus and the Motherfuckers" was used by some friends I had in high school 5 years ago for a punk band they formed. They even recorded a CD.

 

It's still a good idea for a name and he had no idea it had been used, but nonetheless, it's been done.

[Guest PlatinumBoy]

What annoys the shit out of me is when I'm driving my car with a CD that I have in and people dislike it and just decide to change it or bitch about it the whole trip. When I'm in other people's cars, I just grin and bear it--because it's their car. The worst was when some girl insisted we listen to Britney Spears and bitched for half an hour because I refused and of course her saying "Your the only guy who listens to this shit! Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, no one listens to this shit! Why not watch MTV for some real bands, all your CDs suck--NSYNC is better!" and such. What's worst of all is when people just take out the CD without asking. Just to show some of the worst--these were generally giving kids rides home back in high school or when I'm at home over Summers, here are some examples of the CDs that people just ejected from MY car's CD player because they thought they were crap...

 

Highway 61 Revisited by Dylan, On the Beach by Neil Young, Good News for People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse, the Eric Clapton Unplugged, and Greatest Hits 1974-1978 by Steve Miller Band. Of course the people taking these out all wanted to listen to pop or nu metal or Poison or what not. The best was hearing why they hated it, like for example, "What the hell is this shit? Neil Young!?!? On the Beach? This stuff makes no sense, he's talking about a Farmer's Market..... what the hell?"

 

So basically, if your in someone else's car don't bitch at them and take their music out. I've endured Good Charlotte and the like in other's cars and as stated above it's annoying when someone tells you that "Like a Rolling Stone" is awful and the guy can't sing and then pops in Nelly... in your car.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

its annoying when incandenza calls people hipsters for liking hipster bands even though the person heard the hipster band before they were considered a hipster band. and so what if I wear my coller up?

[Henry Spencer 0]

People who claim that they listen to everything annoy me. More often than not, these people turn out to hate music.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

its annoying when incandenza calls people hipsters for liking hipster bands even though the person heard the hipster band before they were considered a hipster band. and so what if I wear my coller up?

It was all in jest. I was poking fun at your attempts at musical snobbery.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

its annoying when incandenza calls people hipsters for liking hipster bands even though the person heard the hipster band before they were considered a hipster band.  and so what if I wear my coller up?

It was all in jest. I was poking fun at your attempts at musical snobbery.

you showed me. I don't like them anymore.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

Can I at least listen to Gary Numan?

 

maybe I should once again share my musical opinions. I don't think Incandenza would like me much.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

Look, I just think you missed the mark on the Ponys. That's it.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

Look, I just think you missed the mark on the Ponys. That's it.

I never said anything about the Ponys.

[The Amazing Rando 0]

here are some examples of the CDs that people just ejected from MY car's CD player because they thought they were crap...

 

Highway 61 Revisited by Dylan, On the Beach by Neil Young, Good News for People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse, the Eric Clapton Unplugged, and Greatest Hits 1974-1978 by Steve Miller Band.

They would have been ejected from my car and placed gingerly under my front tire for even DARING to touch Dylan or Clapton and saying they suck.

 

*rants, raves, exits folder*

 

 

I am annoyed by anyone whose thoughts on various artists change the second they aren't on TV anymore or don't have a hit song out there to overplay.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

Look, I just think you missed the mark on the Ponys. That's it.

I never said anything about the Ponys.

 

You said they were terrible!

[Jorge Gorgeous 0]

RAP!? MORE LIKE CRAP! CHECK OUT THIS CRADLE OF FILTH CD!

 

I hate that. I don't care if someone doesn't like rap music, but to deny that its music is a joke.

[Henry Spencer 0]

It also annoys me when I ask my mom why she doesn't like rap music, and she pretends not to be racist in her explanation.

 

Actually, it more amuses me than annoys me.

[godthedog 0]

i myself have no interest whatsoever in why my mom doesn't like rap music.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

Look, I just think you missed the mark on the Ponys. That's it.

I never said anything about the Ponys.

 

You said they were terrible!

Honestly, I don't recall. I don't have a strong opinion of them either way.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

I am, actually.

 

I don't know that I could name any doom metal bands off the top of my head, but I do have an idea of how it works.

My Dying Bride are one of the bigger doom bands, I'd say. Type O Negative could also probably be considered doom, but I've always considered them more of a blend of goth and punk. Solitude Aeturnus is a power/doom hybrid that is pretty decent, as the music is good but the vocals just don't fit, and the lyrics are shit.

 

Adding another one: HARDCORE KIDS

"Hey man, if you don't like Hatebreed, you're a fucking pussy."

Maybe it's just because I used to play in a band whose vocalist said that to me all the time, and then would tell me I'm doing a good job when I play a Cannibal Corpse riff (the only one of which I can play is the breakdown to "Hammer Smashed Face"), but fuckers that seem to think heavy music is all about simplicity and downtuning and distortion piss the shit out of me.

 

And people that refuse to listen to Fozzy because it's fronted by Chris Jericho. And these are people that like(d) Stuck Mojo, too, so when I try to tell them that it's just Stuck Mojo with clean vocals, they get mad and make me listen to more Staind. Man I hate my friend Drew.

[Red Baron 0]

For those who want a good discription and bands on some (and should be all) of the categories of metal music here it is.

 

(Stolen from the IGN Metal Music Board)

 

 

Heavy Metal/Metal:

Heavy Metal, or Metal, is loud and fast Blues/Acid Rock without the Blues. It is aggressive, menacing Hard Rock. Though Metal is often crass and juvenile, its high speed riffage and soloing is often technically demanding on its musicians. Metal has subdivided and mutated so often during its almost 30 years of existence that it is largely an umbrella term now. Bands whose sounds were influential, (or derivative,) and big enough to typify the entire genre are AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Metallica.

 

Speed Metal:

Speed Metal took the speed and DIY attitude of Hardcore Punk music and combined them with Metal’s precision, guitar solos and lyrical content. Speed Metal dominated Heavy Metal music for a large part of the ‘80s producing such superstars as Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Pantera.

 

Thrash Metal:

Thrash was essentially a stylistic expansion of Speed Metal, with more varied tempos and greater emotional range. Heaviness and rhythm are still paramount over melody, and much of the punk influence remains intact - Anthrax, Slayer, Pantera, and Sepultura typify this strain of Thrash. But the genre also made room for more complex, classical music-influenced acts such as Metallica, Mercyful Fate, Megadeth, and Celtic Frost. The former group of bands eventually gave rise to both Death Metal and, arguably, Nu Metal, while the latter spawned Black Metal.

 

Death Metal:

Out of Thrash grew the morbid, intentionally inaccessible Death Metal. Cannibal Corpse, Kreator and Entombed are prototypical Death Metal bands.

 

Grindcore:

Grindcore is a combination of Thrash Metal (such as Slayer or Sepultura) and Industrial music (like Skinny Puppy or Ministry). Grindcore is loud, morbid and typically filthy. Major bands are Brutal Truth, Napalm Death, and Anal ****.

 

Black Metal:

Black Metal is a form of highly theatrical, dramatic, orchestrated metal that originated in Norway in the early nineties in reaction to the increasingly punk, street, non-theatrical bent of Death Metal. Black Metal Bands such as Dark Funeral, Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth integrate gloomy synthesizers, strings, and complex arrangements, sometimes going far enough to be called Progressive Metal. Mythology and religion are central to Black Metal, as most bands are vociferously anti-Christian, often grounding themselves in Nordic or Pagan beliefs. The story of the more outrageously violent and shocking early Black Metal bands such as Mayhem and Emperor can be read in Michael Moynihan's excellent, thoughtful book, Lords of Chaos.

 

Doom Metal:

Doom Metal is generally very slow, very heavy, and very gloomy in subject matter. Archetypes include the first two Black Sabbath albums, but modern Doom Metal's biggest acts include Candlemass, Cathedral, My Dying Bride, and Eyehategod.

 

Funk Metal:

Combining Funk basslines, Hip Hop/rapped lyrics and Metal guitars, Funk Metal bands like Faith No More and the Red Hot Chili Peppers were popular skate-rock bands throughout the late ‘80s and early ‘90s.

 

Industrial Metal:

Slightly less abrasive than its bastard son, Grindcore, Industrial Metal fuses Industrial beats, sounds and production techniques with Metal guitar and vocals. Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, and early Marilyn Manson are big name Industrial Metal acts.

 

Hair Metal:

Hair Metal, a phenomenon concentrated in the mid ‘80s to early ‘90s, is poppy, commercial Hard Rock/lite Metal played by bands with an extreme image fixation. Permed hair, makeup and spandex pants were de rigeur for Hair Metal bands such as Def Leppard, Poison and Bon Jovi. Your girlfriend likes this ****, and you sing along to it with her in the car.

 

Nu Metal:

Nu Metal is the post-modern offspring of a variety of influences that came together in the 90s. Combining the look, feel, and macho attitude of Heavy Metal with stylistic elemets heavily indebted to Grunge, Alternative Rock, even Hip Hop and Electronic Music, Nu Metal is the sound of adolescent angst in its most marketable incarnation. Limp Bizkit, Korn, Disturbed and many other bands with similar looks and sounds are prime examples of this genre.

 

Rap Core:

Rap Core is a hybrid, fusing Metal guitars with Hip Hop style lyrics. Originally, most acts took their cue from Run DMC, who pioneered Rap/Rock fusion with tracks like "Rock Box" and later "Walk This Way," and AC/DC whose power chord riffage Run DMC, were sampling. Bands that typify this old-school Rap Metal style are Stuck Mojo and the Weapon Of Choice. Typically Rap Metal bands have a rapper or two, a DJ (who scratches but doesn’t provide beats), Metal guitars, and a live bassist and drummer who lay down Old School Hip-Hop beats. A new wave of Rap Core acts, more Public Enemy and NWA than Run DMC, and more Slayer than Metallica includes acts like Limp Bizkit, Korn, and Rage Against the Machine.

 

Dark Ambient

Dark Ambient seeks not to soothe but to disturb with its environmental background sounds, with acts like Tweaker, Meat Beat Manifesto, and SekreT.

 

Digital Hardcore

DHC or Gabber, is, primarily, Hardcore Punk/Noise made digitally. This stuff is very noisy and aggressive, yet vaguely catchy. EC8OR and Alec Empire's Atari Teenage Riot are prime examples.

 

Industrial

Industrial is harsh, pessimistic electro-rock with a sonic palette of abrasive, mechanical sounds. The genre takes its name from Industrial Records, the label that hosted Industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle. Front 242s’ “Geography” is a masterpiece of the genre, and other Industrial bands include Ministry, Coil, Einstürzende Neubauten, and Skinny Puppy.

 

Guitar Rock

This is guitar-driven, guitar-centric Hard Rock. Usually instrumental, it showcases technical proficiency on the electric guitar. Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Yngwie Malmsteen are major Guitar Rock heroes.

 

Progressive Metal ("Prog"):

A lot of groups that defy description are lumped into this category. Most sound nothing like each other, but share a penchant for writing challenging music. The music is highly technical with a lot of strange timing and expirimental sounds. I guess you could call it the thinking man's metal, because it takes a good amount of cerebral activity to decipher all that is taking place. The sound can be very mellow or very harsh, but is always unique. Bands include Dream Theater, Rush, Liquid Tension Experiment, and Symphony X.

 

Ethereal:

A relaxed and serene musical style sometimes more descriptively known as ambient Goth, and closely related to electronic. Uses the samplers and synthesisers of ambient and electronic, but lacks the fast, powerful beats and adds typically Gothic sounds, eg. plainchant, to give a darker and richer feel. Some ethereal bands are strongly medieval in style, for example Ataraxia; others, such as Lisa Gerrard's solo work, are more like a quieter and slower electronic. Sample bands: Dead Can Dance, Love Is Colder Than Death.

 

Doof doof doof:

House, techno, jungle, anything you can hear going 'doof doof doof' from three streets away on a Saturday night.

 

Proto-gothic rock (post-punk):

Gothic rock stems from the post-punk bands, namely Joy Division, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Killing Joke, Bauhaus, UK Decay, and others. The music that those bands performed was rudely aggressive and decadently depressive at the same time. Common to the post-punk bands, their sound was distorted and the guitars sounded harsh.

 

Modern gothic rock:

Modern gothic rock is a varying lot, making it difficult to put down a single criterion for bands to qualify. England no longer being an exclusive importer of gothic rock, the music styles differ according to the individual band's country of origin. Fine examples of to what extremes the modern gothic rock can go are Faith and the Muse, Die Laughing, Inkubus Sukkubus, Rosetta Stone, Children on STUN, The Wake, London After Midnight, Vendemmian, Nosferatu, Corpus Delicti, Love Like Blood, Two Witches, Sunshine Blind, Giant's Causeway, The Shroud, Black Atmosphere, The Garden of Delight, Mephisto Walz, Moonchild, and others. Some of them follow the steps of the early gothic rock bands (London After Midnight, Nosferatu), while others went into the fast and rhythmic rock with clear guitar sound and female vocals (Die Laughung, Inkubus Sukkubus, Sunshine Blind). As it has been said before, there is no common criterion for modern gothic rock bands, though it is evident that they are removed quite far from the original post-punk sound, becoming more melodic, employing synthesizers, drum machines, violins, cellos and female vocals. Still, a rock is a rock, and (fast) guitars are a must.

 

Synth-gothic:

Hard to define, this subgenre is similar to the electronic specimens of modern gothic rock; it includes the usage of samples. As a rule, the music is quite serene, reminiscent of the synth-pop peformed with a "throughness" that is characteristic of gothic bands. Fine examples are La Floa Maldita, Edera, Derriere le Miroir, Passion Noire, The Deep Red, Blind Passangers, Clan of Xymox and Alien Sex Fiend of the early gothic music fame.

 

DarkWave:

First forms of "DarkWave" music go back to the days of the Electronic pioneers like Kraftwerk, Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, New Order to the current likes of VNV Nation, Apoptygma Berzerk, Covenant, Neuroticfish, And One, Wolfshiem, and Syntec, to name a few. As the DarkWave scene grows into a more popular Underground genre, more new faces bolster the already burgeoning Darkwave culture, threatening to overtake the stale and mass marketed mainstream music market.

 

Hardcore/metalcore/screamcore/emocore/etc...

Hardcore, in essence, is the fusion of punk and metal. Starting in the late 70s and early 80s with bands like Black Flag and D.O.A., hardcore can be descriped as punk speed, lyrics, and simplicity combined with metal's diversity, downtuned guitars, and proficiency. The sound has diversified, spawning bands like hatebreed, earth crisis, and .hopesfall.. (Thanks go to Maarek_Stele for this entry)

 

Power Metal

Power metal crystallized during the mid-'90s, mostly as a reaction against the harshness and lack of melody in death and black metal. Though it sometimes incorporated the complexity of progressive metal, or the menace and growling vocals of death metal, power metal was essentially a classicist style, featuring killer fast riffs as addition to very cheesy vocals and lyrics. Power metal was primarily (though not exclusively) a continental-European phenomenon. Bands include Edguy, Lost Horizon, Iced Earth, Rhapsody, and even some Iron Maiden. (Thanks go to Clinton.1984 for this entry)

[The Metal Maniac 0]

Though it sometimes incorporated the complexity of progressive metal, or the menace and growling vocals of death metal

 

Ok, honestly; outside of Elvenking and a little Iced Earth, what power metal bands do that?

[Nighthawk 0]

"Your the only guy who listens to this shit!  Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, no one listens to this shit!  Why not watch MTV for some real bands, all your CDs suck--NSYNC is better!"

I hate to break it to you, but NSYNC (and Britney Spears) are better than those bands.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

No one has ever had the gall to remove a cd from my cd player.

[PLAGIARISM! 0]

Yay, I'm a proto-goth! Cheers, Redbaron. I also hate when people say I look like I'm in the killers. I wear suits, they were around before the goddamn fucking killers.

[Guest PlatinumBoy]

"Your the only guy who listens to this shit!  Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, no one listens to this shit!  Why not watch MTV for some real bands, all your CDs suck--NSYNC is better!"

I hate to break it to you, but NSYNC (and Britney Spears) are better than those bands.

While I still would disagree--I respect your opinion. Why? You (from reading the board) know about music persay. You've probably heard more bands/own more records than me, etc. etc. Basically--your informed. Whereas, the girl who claimed this had never heard any of the bands she was putting down. An analogy would be if you claimed Barry Sanders is the best running back ever without knowing who Jim Brown was, you'd be saying that without the knowledge to back up the claim. However, if you know of Jim Brown and still say Sanders is better (I'd disagree with that too for the record), I'd see where you are coming from since you know the facts persay. If any of that made any sense, hopefully you see what I mean--you = informed, girl = uninformed... therein lies the difference.

[The Czech Republic 0]

"Your the only guy who listens to this shit!  Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, no one listens to this shit!  Why not watch MTV for some real bands, all your CDs suck--NSYNC is better!"

I hate to break it to you, but NSYNC (and Britney Spears) are better than those bands.

While I still would disagree--I respect your opinion. Why?

He's just stirring up shit and he doesn't like Led Zeppelin AT ALL

[Nighthawk 0]

 

Shut up.

[Guest eBayBrison]

I just don't like it when people try to throw their music at me and make me listen to shit. They educate me, as if I wanted to know about their shitty ass band or singer (ala, my friend trying to educate me on Ashlee Simpson). It's just plain shitty.

 

Brison

[The Czech Republic 0]

May I educate you on Frank Zappa and/or Morrissey? They don't suck.

[Slayer 0]

My g/f hates Zappa... what should I do?

[Guest eBayBrison]

Educate me on any bands/singers besides total and utter suck bag, milli vanilli replicas.

 

Brison