Bands you like, but are ashamed of it
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Posted by tuerda, 25.08.2006 - 05:26
For me, the most obvious one is Rhapsody. They are really really cheesy, and all of their songs sound more or less the same to me. I feel it is all charged with vacuous optimism, and the lyrics are terrible. But yes, I like them. Please don't tell anyone.
Also, I like Bal Sagoth. They are pretty much the cheesiest band on earth, and it is precisely the cheesiness that makes me love them so. The "dark" vocals are anything but creepy and all of the "symphonics" sound fake. It's so bad that it's good!
There are some Emperor songs that I like. I have moral issues with liking Emperor. The black metal act is sometimes interesting, and often funny as hell. I approve of it . . . but only so long as it is an act. Church burning is not cool. Neither is killing people.
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I'm never really ashamed that I like a certain band, but I do have my guilty pleasures. One guilty pleasure that I shall list is The Dillinger Escape Plan. Their strange melodies and odd sound is what draws me to their music. The songs are so complex that they help me think when I do my homework!  (I still don't know how this phenomenon is achieved.) The reason why liking these guys is a guilty pleasure for me is that many metalheads consider them more along the lines of metalcore than of metal. (I actually think The Dillinger Escape Plan is experimental grindcore.) On other metal forums, I would have my arse chewed if I said I liked them, but considering the people of Metal Storm are a very friendly bunch, I think I feel pretty comfortable saying that I like them on here. 
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I have a lot of these stupid emo kids at my school that tell me that every power metal band out there is crap and that it's cheesy...yeah, and like emo isnt right... 
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Midnight Oil... They are so cheezy, but so good.  Peter Garrett is just so... Gay on their video clips... Also i like Rammstein... Its hard to hate a band that introduced me to metal... and to this day every song theyve recorded is good  ... I think i gonna just go hit my head some more, im so braindamaged already 
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| Hembrom Diabolic Priest Posts: 1388  |
Written by DIE_by_my_HAND on 26.08.2006 at 23:39 Oh , but that is So personal opinion . Isnt ?? Liking a band and liking an artist is too different thing ... and if you hate the band only becoz of members without knowing how great musician he is , then i rest my case. Time for some stick of nicotine. 
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| DIE_by_my_HAND Posts: 471  |
Written by Hembrom on 27.08.2006 at 06:33 Alright I see what you are saying and I think we should give this bickering a break ... BUT it's not necessarily what the artist stands for, but what the lyrical content is ie. satanism. And maybe the guy isn't into that stuff, and neither am I, but I still listen to it, I wouldn't say I'm ashamed of it though, I just don't pay any attention to the lyrics... ANY WAY... let's put that to rest... truce  case closed
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| marinBG Posts: 362  |
the direct answer for this question is NONE! I'm not ashamed of nothing I like... I can list a bunch of bands that acording to some people I should be ashamed to like but I'm not and I think this whole outlook on things is crap... so what do I like - SlipKnot (oh, how untrue, but still heavier and more agressive than a whole lot of troo bands  ), Lordi, HIM, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit... I think that's basicly it
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| Endoftherainbow Posts: 1168  |
Alright there's no bands that I'm ashamed of listnening to but there's some bands people tell me that I shouldn't listen to like Dillinger Escape Plan, Mastodon, System of a Down, and Killswitch Engage but I don't care about that I listen to what I want to. As for being ashamed of the lyrical content of bands never because I don't have to share the same views as them to appreciate the music.
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Account deleted Written by Guest on 01.09.2006 at 14:17 oh yes The Darkness! lol but i wouldn't call that a guilty pleasure, they're the most ummm 'metal' rock band that's out there today
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Account deleted Written by Guest on 02.09.2006 at 01:59 I sitll like them, regardless of whether they're popularised by the media, but thanks anyway danzig..:D
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| Daru Jericho Posts: 2098  |
Like others have said in this thread, I am not ashamed of the music I listen to. I don't see any reason to be. But there are metal bands that if you like, some people might look down on you. Such bands that appeal to me are: Children Of Bodom, Dimmu Borgir and Nightwish. Also, as I listen to more than just metal, there are bands that I like and people say to me "Wow, I didn't expect you to like them." Such bands include some metalcore/hardcore such as Atreyu, Poison The Well, On Broken Wings, Converge etc. There's nothing wrong with having an open mind.
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| Arian Totalis The Philosopher Posts: 3351  |
I'm also ashamed of liking journey and foreigner.
---- "For the Coward there is no Life For the hero there is No Death" -Kakita Toshimoko "The Philosopher, you know so much about nothing at all." _Chuck Schuldiner.
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| Sunioj Posts: 3894  |
I dont know where to start, well, in front of all my hard rock and hardcore friends anything sounds funny! But in general I dont care unless its sonata artica, nightwish or sentenced. @Daru Jericho, Dude, theres nothing wrong with listening to Poison the well, theyre great!
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| Dangerboner Lactation Cnslt Posts: 7262  |
The only band I'm kinda ashamed of liking is Tsunami Bomb...well I like one of their cd's, The Ultimate Escape. I really the guitars, but I still feel like a little bitch everytime I listen to it lol.
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| Raiden Down Under Staff elite Posts: 8292  |
I don't think anyone should be really ashamed of anything they listen to. Unless they're listening to HIM  Haha, no, seriously though, if you like a band then you should listen to them regardless of what people say about them, etc. Maybe this thread show be more like "bands that most people don't seem to like but you do" or something rather than "bands that you're ashamed of listening to".
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| Bitter Dawn Ave Sathanas! Posts: 843  |
I'm not all that ashamed but in the self-proclaimed "hardcore" metal fan base, ie: black metal, death metal, and hell even the gothic subculture it is frowned upon to like Marilyn Manson. I enjoy his work, primarily Anti-Christ Svperstar and a variety of songs off Golden Age Of Grotesque, and I won't deny A Portrait Of An American family either.. but Mechanical Animals and Holy Wood, well those albums weren't so good.
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| heresiarch Forever Dead Posts: 1473  |
I like these and some of my friends look down on me but they are really good Boney M Abba
---- Heaven queen , carry me away from all pain No reason to live for One reason to die for ... To live for my death ...
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| Icewings La Luna Posts: 1467  |
Well , I'm not ashamed of the thing I love ...it just different and if someone looks down on me is ok is their opinion , but I love music in general ...and well I respect everyone's opinion so I expect everyone to respect my taste ..yeah I liek Abba too and I like a lot of the bands mention but I'm not ashamed and yeah I don't care saying that I like them ... humm I udnerstand what you guys mean , because it happen before but now I don't care what people say or think ...I love music I really do , and each artist is expressing a feeling and feelings are wonderful ....
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| BitterCOld The Ancient One admin Posts: 15250  |
none. my mid-30's married and professional friends know I listen to 'angry scandanavian viking' music, and I have made no bones on this forum of stating repeatedly that The Cure's "Disintegration" is my favorite album ever, across any genre. i like what i like and i don't particularly care if anyone else approves or disapproves of my horrible tastes.
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| heresiarch Forever Dead Posts: 1473 |
This band is very good , Finnish girlie pop band TIK TAK and I'm somewhat embarrased to say that I love these girls , they are very good
---- Heaven queen , carry me away from all pain No reason to live for One reason to die for ... To live for my death ...
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| Destryphior Posts: 397  |
ooooww.. how's about Teräsbetoni, the most gay epic and pathetic band ever... and I like 'em... Making all their videos at the same place, singin songs about war with swords and battle with a very high pitched voice, god I love 'em 
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| heresiarch Forever Dead Posts: 1473 |
Bananarama when I was teenager in the 80s I actually liked this band
---- Heaven queen , carry me away from all pain No reason to live for One reason to die for ... To live for my death ...
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| Nickwillnotbe Posts: 153  |
I'm not really ashamed of any thing I listen to. I openly admit that I like many metalcore/hardcore bands (Between the Buried and Me, Zao, Heaven Shall Burn, The Fall of Troy, Underoath, etc.) as well as a large amount of Post Rock and Electronica bands (Beyond Dawn, Boards of Canada, Explosions in the Sky, Mono, Mogwai, Mum, Sigur Ros). I still consider myself a metal head because the majority of the music I enjoy is undeniably metal but I love other things as well.
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| Deus Ex Machina Posts: 1250  |
I'm not ashamed of anything i like. If i like something i'll just say it out loud whether it be death metal or pop. It's pretty strange for me to hear someone talking about "guilty pleasures". If you like it-hey,go for it.If someone thinks it's funny you like some random 80's pop whatever,you have a good laugh and mooooove the hell ooooooon
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| ?Bodomchild? Posts: 210  |
Well im not ashamed but a lot of my friends says that im crazy cuz i heard a lot Pennywise and Ska-P ....well yes they aren't a metal bands but Pennywise is a great band, i have only one album its call Full Circle and its amazing the speed of that band...especeally the drummer, also the lyrics (some of them) are great and Ska-P well the name say is its a ska band from Spain and they are really great and i like it a lot.....that are the non-metal bands ho im supossed to be ashamed but im really not......cuz if i heard some Slipknot that will be a shame So there's no a metal band ho makes me ashamed to listen it...i wouldn't listen any si¡ong of it
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