2nd October 2003, 3:13 PM
Psssst. Weltall, you quoted the wrong guy. :) I've never heard of Bal Sagoth or Blind Guardian.
Well I'm talking about groups like Switchfoot, Bleach, All Star United, Relient K, Five Iron Frenzy, Brave Saint Saturn, Skillet, Ace Troubleshooter, dc Talk, MxPx. You might have heard of some of them, and if you have then you probably know what I am talking about. Most of the guys here have heard me talk about this a bunch already, so they are all ignoring me. But I think they do that anyway. :)
Switchfoot's newest cd "Beautiful Letdown" is unbelievable. Every single song is great. It easily surpasses their earlier stuff, and that's saying a lot. Weezer reminds me a lot of Bleach and All Star United, but Bleach rocks a lot more. Weezer is probably more catchy, but a lot of the time too poppy for me. dc Talk practically invented rapcore over 10 years ago, but everybody thinks they just jumped on the bandwagon.
I love MxPx, and "Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo" is how I define punk music (but it seems that every single person in the world has their own definition, so whatever). Their newest album "Before, Everything and After" definently lost a lot of the punk style and at times sounds kinda like Good Charlotte (who it seems everyone hates), but it's still fantastic. And I don't really care if it's called punk, pop-punk, pop, or anything else. It's good.
At least things are beginning to change. These groups get a lot more respect than they did a few years ago, and that will only continue as more and more people start to realize they are missing out on a lot of really great music.
Well I'm talking about groups like Switchfoot, Bleach, All Star United, Relient K, Five Iron Frenzy, Brave Saint Saturn, Skillet, Ace Troubleshooter, dc Talk, MxPx. You might have heard of some of them, and if you have then you probably know what I am talking about. Most of the guys here have heard me talk about this a bunch already, so they are all ignoring me. But I think they do that anyway. :)
Switchfoot's newest cd "Beautiful Letdown" is unbelievable. Every single song is great. It easily surpasses their earlier stuff, and that's saying a lot. Weezer reminds me a lot of Bleach and All Star United, but Bleach rocks a lot more. Weezer is probably more catchy, but a lot of the time too poppy for me. dc Talk practically invented rapcore over 10 years ago, but everybody thinks they just jumped on the bandwagon.
I love MxPx, and "Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo" is how I define punk music (but it seems that every single person in the world has their own definition, so whatever). Their newest album "Before, Everything and After" definently lost a lot of the punk style and at times sounds kinda like Good Charlotte (who it seems everyone hates), but it's still fantastic. And I don't really care if it's called punk, pop-punk, pop, or anything else. It's good.At least things are beginning to change. These groups get a lot more respect than they did a few years ago, and that will only continue as more and more people start to realize they are missing out on a lot of really great music.