Bands that lost you to change

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 09-05-2016, 09:14 AM

I liked Slipknot for their first two albums but that could be because I was like 13 when I first heard them. Anyway, everything they've released since has been progressively less interesting and more pandering to their audience of Juggalo-esque fans.

Blank. · 09-05-2016, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

I liked Slipknot for their first two albums but that could be because I was like 13 when I first heard them. Anyway, everything they've released since has been progressively less interesting and more pandering to their audience of Juggalo-esque fans.

How do you think it's pandering to juggaloes?

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 09-05-2016, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by 1blankmind

How do you think it's pandering to juggaloes?

I was comparing their fans to juggalos, and I call it pandering because they get progressively more melodic/radio friendly as they went on, presumably for their young fan base.

Blank. · 09-05-2016, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

I was comparing their fans to juggalos, and I call it pandering because they get progressively more melodic/radio friendly as they went on, presumably for their young fan base.

I would agree with that, except that I have met them before, and they don't come across like they would do that purely for money. I mean Paul Gray said he was happy they went in the melodic direction cause it allowed room for more musical exploration.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 09-05-2016, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by 1blankmind

I would agree with that, except that I have met them before, and they don't come across like they would do that purely for money. I mean Paul Gray said he was happy they went in the melodic direction cause it allowed room for more musical exploration.

I don't think it was selling out, it was just giving their fan base what they wanted instead of taking musical risks in the direction that would have benefited them more, imo. If they were to explore the same sound that made their debut and Iowa so enjoyable, I strongly feel they wouldn't be one of the most hated bands in metal. But, instead they gave us a bunch of melodic bull**** that I don't care about.

galt54 · 09-09-2016, 07:50 PM

I was a really big fan of Blue Öyster Cult during their black and white period - up until and including the 1975 live double album. But when 1976´s Agents Fortune album appeares I was mightily dissappointed. I lost my interest in the band´s new, pop-style music. Although I continued to listen to their albums from the "golden age" of 1972-1975. And I continued to purchase each new BÖC album partly out of desperate hope for a renaissance in their music and partly just because of my fond memories of the once great band.

BÖC were awesome as a hard rock/heavy metal band

. But, in IMO they sucked as a pop band

.

Psy-Fi · 09-12-2016, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by galt54

I was a really big fan of Blue Öyster Cult during their black and white period - up until and including the 1975 live double album. But when 1976´s Agents Fortune album appeares I was mightily dissappointed. I lost my interest in the band´s new, pop-style music. Although I continued to listen to their albums from the "golden age" of 1972-1975. And I continued to purchase each new BÖC album partly out of desperate hope for a renaissance in their music and partly just because of my fond memories of the once great band.

BÖC were awesome as a hard rock/heavy metal band

. But, in IMO they sucked as a pop band

.

I also started to lose interest in them after their Agents of Fortune album. That album has a few interesting songs but for the most part it was too much of a departure from their earlier sound for me. I got the same impression from their Spectres album, released the following year. Never bothered with any of their subsequent albums after that.

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galt54 Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: A suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. Posts: 191	Blue Öyster Cult I was a really big fan of Blue Öyster Cult during their black and white period - up until and including the 1975 live double album. But when 1976´s Agents Fortune album appeares I was mightily dissappointed. I lost my interest in the band´s new, pop-style music. Although I continued to listen to their albums from the "golden age" of 1972-1975. And I continued to purchase each new BÖC album partly out of desperate hope for a renaissance in their music and partly just because of my fond memories of the once great band. BÖC were awesome as a hard rock/heavy metal band. But, in IMO they sucked as a pop band.