ceres on 21 August 2007
| ArtofAngels said: Shred pffft he can still solo pretty damn well. I'm surprised this guy isn't more widely known, he's freakin amazing. Almost as good as X Japan :P |
It's basically the same thing with Yngwie. I've known plenty of metal fans who don't like this type of stuff and constantly call it guitar wankery. Too many people just want their 3-4 guitar chords of *chugachugachuga* so they can just bang their head all night or mosh or whatever. These same people talk about how boring a band like Opeth is live because they toss in a slow jazzy part into every song and they just want to spend the night moshing. Dragonforce is actually one of the first breakthrough bands with a lot of "wankery" but they also have a rather simplistic writing style and rarely change tempo or much else so that every song sounds the same. People just like them because they play really fast and use video game influenced melodies. But hey, it's a nice change from all the "I want to die, my parents never loved me, my girlfriend is cheating on me, etc" bands (it's not just limited to emo).
To cash in my CC rewards points for $300 in Circuit City gift cards to purchase a 360 or not: That is the question.
