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Originally Posted by cdcox
I've found that overly specific musical styles inhibit creativity.
Hair bands -- all sound alike, and gets boring after about 2 or 3 songs in a row
Metal -- all sounds alike, and gets boring after about 2 or 3 songs in a row
Grunge -- all sounds alike, and gets boring after about 2 or 3 songs in a row
These strong categories have kind of ruined music for me. I liked it better in the 1970's when there were a variety of current styles that could all be played on the same radio station. Bands had their own style, and didn't fit into some "me too" category.
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You're an easily bored dude.
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Originally Posted by shirtsleeve
Yes we did. Metallica was a "speed metal" band before they got widely heard. Iron Maiden was metal. G&R was hair metal. Scorpions were glam rock.
I am old, because I consider Ozzie and early VH metal too, I guess.
Metal changed after Grunge took over the mainstream rock moniker. Most styles do, over time.
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Metallica played thrash metal, a very specific subgenre of music that is derived equally from punk rock and heavy metal. Ozzie and Iron Maiden are metal. The other bands you mentioned are rock bands.
I'm genuinely interested in how Van Halen or GnR sound anything like metal bands.