I think these guys actually saved metal.
At that point in time, metal was very stale. It was going extinct and the only metal bands who were still in business were serving up some pale grungy version of what they thought audiences would like (Metallica, we're looking at you).
The Nu metal bands were actually changing things around. They tossed aside all the accepted paradigms and melded genres. Sure, I wouldn't place Korn and Deftones in the same category of LImp Bizkit, but Limp Bizkit were a huge commercial success and they got kids who would otherwise be listening to boy bands and R&B to have a little taste of something different.
Later on, more serious metal bands emerged and paved the way to whatever passes for metal these days. And I bet most of the younger guys who play good metal today were listening to Limp Bizkit when they were growing up.
In a way it was the same as Bon Jovi and Poison serving as a gateway drug to Slayer and Metallica in the 80s. No one I know in the 80s went straight from Wham to Anthrax. You had to make a Motely Crue stop on the way.
Delightful album!
Best Rock Bands to Emerge in the Past 20 Years
1. Built to Spill
2. Cursive
3. Wilco
4. Midlake
5. Dr. Dog
6. The Shins
7. Rilo Kiley
8. Spoon
9. TV on the Radio
10. Rotary Downs
Sounds like a bunch of teenagers noodling with with knobs. I guess the solo's nice. There's a good song there hiding somewhere underneath all the pretentiousness.
Kinda sounds like The Strokes before they learned how to play.
Dear moaning artists,
Your label did an initial licensing deal for their catalog with Spotify and got paid millions. Since it's not a royalty deal, your label probably found a way to pocket all that money leaving you with nothing.
Again, Spotify paid millions - you didn't get any of that money - it's because of your label.
Go moan to your label!
I find myself cursing the guy who invented the concept of the Web Gallery. He's right up there with the dude who came up with water levels in the Mario games.
Nice to hear Chris Martin is actually writing songs again. The last album sounded like a producer put it together and called him to put some vocals on it just so they could say it's a Coldplay album.
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