Do distortion guitars really sound all that heavy/abrasive/raw/whatever?

Dylstew · 07-02-2017, 02:07 AM

I love abrasive music with happy chords and melodies, yet whenever I let my parents hear they act asif I'm listening to slayer instead of poppy crack rock steady songs just because it has a distorion guitar. Even the poppiest of **** they think is too much. Even when I pick a song with distortion guitars that sound beautiful instead of aggressive and no vocals, they still think it's music from the devil or some ****. This makes no sense to me because I never really found distortion guitars to be all that abrasive anyways. Sure I love them but they just have really nice textures. I've found free/avant garde jazz more abrasive than any rock related track I've listened to but that may be because I never listen to it. Point is, other instruments can be abrasive to the ears as well when used right.

I also always hear people say they can't get into a band because of distorted/screamed vocals, never thick distortion guitars. Are there really a huge chunk of people who can't even handle the distortion guitars of the poppiest of pop punk? That **** was mainstream in the 2000's.

07-02-2017, 02:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dylstew Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,366	Do distortion guitars really sound all that heavy/abrasive/raw/whatever? I love abrasive music with happy chords and melodies, yet whenever I let my parents hear they act asif I'm listening to slayer instead of poppy crack rock steady songs just because it has a distorion guitar. Even the poppiest of ** they think is too much. Even when I pick a song with distortion guitars that sound beautiful instead of aggressive and no vocals, they still think it's music from the devil or some . This makes no sense to me because I never really found distortion guitars to be all that abrasive anyways. Sure I love them but they just have really nice textures. I've found free/avant garde jazz more abrasive than any rock related track I've listened to but that may be because I never listen to it. Point is, other instruments can be abrasive to the ears as well when used right. I also always hear people say they can't get into a band because of distorted/screamed vocals, never thick distortion guitars. Are there really a huge chunk of people who can't even handle the distortion guitars of the poppiest of pop punk? That ** was mainstream in the 2000's.