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Nu-Metal
Time of Popularity: You've got me, I'll say 1999-2002
Ripped off the Musical Stylings of: Rap and heavy metal. I guess. More rap than metal.
Trademark sound: The sound of hicks rapping, the sound of guitars being stuffed into amplifiers, the sound of Tony Hawk doing a killer ollie while promoting Mountain Dew, the sound of having something...anything...pierced.
Most Successful Artists: I totally forgot about the Mighty Mighty Bosstones when I was talking about ska. In this case it'd have to be the aforementioned Mr. Kid Rock, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, and a whole bunch of bands with names like "Staind" or "Trapt" or "Untalentd".
Band with the most staying power: I guess it would be Linkin Park unless you'd group A Perfect Circle in with these others. I know one thing, after the unintentionally-homosexual "red light green light" song and the song with the Speak and Spell, it sure ain't Limp Bizkit.
Clothing: Are full-body-tattoos considered clothing?
Long-term contribution to society: That's an easy one. Long after the last person finally admits that Kid Rock is just a bumpkin who can yell really loud and the last regretful pierced tongue has grown back, todays teens will still have those tattoos that the guy said were the Japanese symbol for tranquility. It also gave us the notion of Xtreme everything, cell phones that play bad music, the musical bane of my existence mp3s, and all that is wrong with society.
The Last Word: Nu-metal made ska and swing look like Beethoven and Brahms. Plus it stuck around way too long and was much more mainstream that either of its predecessors. And think about the next 2 genres which were both popular at the same time: techno and boy bands. The turn of the century was a scary scary time, and that's even without planes falling out of the sky and banks losing all of our financial data.
Next Time: Techno and Boy Bands, a pair as American as apple pie and baseball.
Comments
OK, you had me until you mentioned A Perfect Circle. Totally not nu-metal.
Posted by: Rachel at February 25, 2005 10:34 AM
I know, that's why I qualified it with the "unless you'd...". They were popular at the same time, but I agree that they shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence as Limp Bizkit.
Posted by: Chris Hill Festival at February 25, 2005 6:06 PM
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