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Originally Posted by 1blankmind
So before I expand on this, I have to say that what I'm going to talk about will cause elephenor to pop up and say, "Punk is an attitude! Not a sound!" And when that happens, can we all agree to ignore him and continue this discussion or whatever we are talking about at the time?
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Punk is a social construct.
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Originally Posted by 1blankmind
I agree. But that's why certain genres are also defined by their attitude as well as their sound. Look at punk rock. It has its sound, but anot her part is the attitude. Don't get me wrong. I hate the over classification of genres. If I have to hear that All That Remains isn't "real" metal one more time I may knock someone out.
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Yeah, I agree, things like attitude are also parts of the genre itself as well, it's one of many elements. It's not an easy topic and I'm far from an expert.
I'm the type of person who loves to look at all kinds of different sub genres, yet it pisses me off as well when someone calls something ''not real punk'' or ''not real metal'', when it has just as many elements of said genre as any other. Just because it's a timbre, production,singing style or image you dislike in the genre doesn't mean it doesn't fit the genre. I defended Green Day despite not caring for them much just because I hate this narrow attitude on what's punk or metal.
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Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle
The metal archives ***gots can get boned
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Metal Archives seem to be eletist pricks who don't put anything they don't like or anything that they find to have too much pop or too much punk on the site. Correct me if I'm wrong but from what they've rejected I've gotten that impression.