fluffernutter
05-26-2003, 11:27 PM
Well, I guess that is the right terminology there.
I am trying to figure out how to exactly explain this one so I will just ramble.
I like a lot of different kinds of music from pretty much all over the spectrum but I generally stay in the aggressive vein (punk/hardcore/metal/indie). Now there are some cites/areas that I know have interesting music scenes full of different bands.
Take for instance, over the weekend I was thinking about picking up the new Fear of God album. I had heard it and liked what i had heard but held off a bit. Then I saw that they were from Richmond, VA and I went and immediately bought it because I so many other bands (Strike Anywhere, Avail, etc.) I like are from there. Everything I have heard out of RVA rocks and as was the same with the Fear Of God. Same thing happened a few months back when I had been looking at stuff from Waifle for months and then finally previewed the record and dug it. I was still a bit leary of buying it until i saw they were from VA and recorded at Salad Days. Something with that just made it click becasue everything else out of RVA had rocked.
Kind of like going to a restaurant because you know they have a few excellent entreŠs and you are more geared towards trying other things becasue there is the chance they may be good as well.
I also have this thing for Swedish bands. I love Abba. Don't ask. I also love the Burning Heart record label which has spawned Refused, The Hives, Millencolin and No Fun At All. To go along with that recently I have gotten pretty heavily into Hammerfall and In Flames. When I hear of a band out of Sweden I will kind of lean towards buying it becasue those other bands have laid the path out for me as being good.
Over the years I have also been big on Seattle, Gainesville, FLA, Tampa, FLA, NYC, Boston and SanFrancisco for their respective music scenes. Just knowing a thrash band coming out of SF or a Death metal band coming out of Tampa or anything post punky hardcore coming out of DC I just KNOW will be good.
Now I have gotten burned a few times because there is always some bad in with the good.
Come to think of it this also works with record labels in some ways for me as well. Back in the day, Victory Records had a lot of really good bands and nine times out of ten, you couldn't miss and you would get some good shit. SUB POP has been like this for years as they always seem to be cranking out some really good stuff and you know and trust the label name. Victory over the last few years has gone to shit. Other labels though that I always take that extra look and sometimes purchase are No Idea, Man's Ruin, The Magic Bullet, Relapse, Dischord, Nitro, Burning Heart and Trustkill. Back in the day it was Combat, Roadrunner and fucking Earache. Equal Vision and Revalation are good but have burned me on a few purchases.
Is this abnormal to think this way before buying the album or does anyone else do it as well. Besides the fact of just hearing a band that kicks ass and going out and buying the CD regardless of where they are from. Turn me on to some different citiesand labels I should be aware of here. This is just how stuff plays out for me sometimes.
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I am trying to figure out how to exactly explain this one so I will just ramble.
I like a lot of different kinds of music from pretty much all over the spectrum but I generally stay in the aggressive vein (punk/hardcore/metal/indie). Now there are some cites/areas that I know have interesting music scenes full of different bands.
Take for instance, over the weekend I was thinking about picking up the new Fear of God album. I had heard it and liked what i had heard but held off a bit. Then I saw that they were from Richmond, VA and I went and immediately bought it because I so many other bands (Strike Anywhere, Avail, etc.) I like are from there. Everything I have heard out of RVA rocks and as was the same with the Fear Of God. Same thing happened a few months back when I had been looking at stuff from Waifle for months and then finally previewed the record and dug it. I was still a bit leary of buying it until i saw they were from VA and recorded at Salad Days. Something with that just made it click becasue everything else out of RVA had rocked.
Kind of like going to a restaurant because you know they have a few excellent entreŠs and you are more geared towards trying other things becasue there is the chance they may be good as well.
I also have this thing for Swedish bands. I love Abba. Don't ask. I also love the Burning Heart record label which has spawned Refused, The Hives, Millencolin and No Fun At All. To go along with that recently I have gotten pretty heavily into Hammerfall and In Flames. When I hear of a band out of Sweden I will kind of lean towards buying it becasue those other bands have laid the path out for me as being good.
Over the years I have also been big on Seattle, Gainesville, FLA, Tampa, FLA, NYC, Boston and SanFrancisco for their respective music scenes. Just knowing a thrash band coming out of SF or a Death metal band coming out of Tampa or anything post punky hardcore coming out of DC I just KNOW will be good.
Now I have gotten burned a few times because there is always some bad in with the good.
Come to think of it this also works with record labels in some ways for me as well. Back in the day, Victory Records had a lot of really good bands and nine times out of ten, you couldn't miss and you would get some good shit. SUB POP has been like this for years as they always seem to be cranking out some really good stuff and you know and trust the label name. Victory over the last few years has gone to shit. Other labels though that I always take that extra look and sometimes purchase are No Idea, Man's Ruin, The Magic Bullet, Relapse, Dischord, Nitro, Burning Heart and Trustkill. Back in the day it was Combat, Roadrunner and fucking Earache. Equal Vision and Revalation are good but have burned me on a few purchases.
Is this abnormal to think this way before buying the album or does anyone else do it as well. Besides the fact of just hearing a band that kicks ass and going out and buying the CD regardless of where they are from. Turn me on to some different citiesand labels I should be aware of here. This is just how stuff plays out for me sometimes.
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