Linkin Park's singer: "We kept Metal alive"

[Jbird]

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/linkin-park-chester-bennington-we-kept-metal-alive/

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

Oh, for fucks sake...

 

[Phil513]

My hate for Linkin Park burns with the heat of seven suns.

Whiny little bitches. They need to listen to a Maiden album.

 

[Flamencology]

Regardless of their degree of success, anyone trying to keep metal alive should be punished.

 

[335clone]

That kind of metal is truly evil, because the sound of Chester's sniveling voice makes me want to strangle someone.

 

[DFB]

That kind of metal is truly evil, because the sound of Chester's sniveling voice makes me want to strangle someone.

The white boy rapper is a great counter point to the sniveling.

 

[Phil513]

anyone trying to keep metal alive should be punished.

That is a bit shortsighted. Metal is a legitimate musical artform.

 

[335clone]

The white boy rapper is a great counter point to the sniveling.

No.
Gawd no.

 

[jp_nyc]

Metal fans need to get over their hatred of Sharon Osbourne and admit that the 1997 Ozzfest was what turned the underground metal scene around. In May of 1997 the metal underground was mostly playing suburban juice bars. The Ozzfest went over so well that the next year Korn launched a competitor. Those two tours launched the nu-metal scene that paved the way for Linked Park, who didn’t break out until 2000.

 

[rhino]

That is a bit shortsighted. Metal is a legitimate musical artform.

So is painting with poop. Doesn't mean people need to be doing it.

 

[gtrjunior]

Since when is rap-rock considered metal?

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Linkin Park is a roller coaster.

 

[Chad]

We kicked a bass player out of our band for saying Linkin Park was the future of music.

 

[Mark Wein]

I have always hated that band. Fuck them and their shit music.

 

[Chad]

I have always hated that band. Fuck them and their shit music.

Same. I think I have only heard one of their tunes and the guy who sings (not the screaming guy) sounds like the singer from Air Supply.

 

[Kerouac]

They're kinda right. Metal wasn't really on the mainstream radar at all, it was just that cheesy 80's rock, plus Metallica. Linkin Park, Korn, all those guys brought metal and guitars back to the forefront during a time that hip-hop was more popular and they managed to draw in both sides of the crowd. Metal is a lot more accessible for kids today (I'd say a good 90% of my students are interested in metal/punk/hardcore) and they renewed those kids interest in finding more underground, extreme metal that still had more technical elements. A decade ago I couldn't give a student a Meshuggah album and now they're bringing that sort of thing to me.

 

[TomcatMF]

Metal died in 1991

 

[rhino]

They're kinda right. Metal wasn't really on the mainstream radar at all, it was just that cheesy 80's rock, plus Metallica. Linkin Park, Korn, all those guys brought metal and guitars back to the forefront during a time that hip-hop was more popular and they managed to draw in both sides of the crowd. Metal is a lot more accessible for kids today (I'd say a good 90% of my students are interested in metal/punk/hardcore) and they renewed those kids interest in finding more underground, extreme metal that still had more technical elements. A decade ago I couldn't give a student a Meshuggah album and now they're bringing that sort of thing to me.

mojo

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

Came out in 99ish...fuck off, Chester.

 

[tompetty]

mojo