What's in a Genre 'label'?

V8

Here's one that got me chuckling...t'is the season to start bands.

On Monday I got asked to play bass in a band - so I was keen, the peeps involved were talented & we get along. All good, it's described as 'hard rock' and they want to bring a little funky/jazzyness to the mix.

I'm excited - "I'll do my best", I reply and go off to listen to the demo tracks...

Umm. Err. My definition of 'hard rock' clearly needs refinement! ? What I heard was pretty much numetal/00's angst metal vibes. What I expected was...AC/DC with some Sabbath flavourings!

Thing is, for them it IS hard rock - I get it. If the first band you heard was Korn, they'd be a benchmark. For me it was AC/DC, that deinfied rock for me with Judas Priest being the metallier side of hard rock and Metallica being the Metal side of Metal. But I guess I was old back when the Black album was released and it was seen as a 'hard rock' album (Was it?) ?

Anyways if you are in Cpt and looking to join either a doom rock band or a hard rock (heh) band, I can put you in touch with some grand peeps. ?

RodneyVikens

I guess hard rock is the more heavier rock dudes like Motley Crue, Motorhead, Slash and his gang... Def Leppard is between Rock and hard rock. But all of them can be considered rock. Queen more rock than hard rock. Nothing hard about queens rock.... Deep Purple probably, rock. Korn is nu metal / heavy metal at times. Metallica and Motorhead can also go as metal. Metal Rock maybe?

Lol! I guess it will always be debatable. Foo Fighters is closer to hard rock than Korn though. There is nothing rock in Korn. Just dead puppies and metal....

Ok cheers!

V8

RodneyVikens I guess hard rock is the more heavier rock dudes like Motley Crue, Motorhead, Slash and his gang... Def Leppard is between Rock and hard rock

RodneyVikens Foo Fighters is closer to hard rock than Korn though

That's my thinking too - interesting to see how other peeps define it - there's just so many genre's and sub-sub-sub genre's I'm not sure what to say sometimes.

guidothepimmp

Yerp. Im with you. Back in the day it was pop, glam, rock, hard rock, metal and that was that.
Death metal evetually came around

These days.. its numetal, grindcore blah blah. I dont understand half of it. In my book. If its rock.. its springsteen and bryan adams. If its hard rock.. its sabbath and acdc.. and all the newer grungier lads like foo fighters et al. If its metal.. its megadeth and slayer.. and beyond that.. its death metal.
Im too old to care beyond that?

V8

guidothepimmp and beyond that.. its death metal.

Recently I heard of Black Metal. And asked a very silly question - "Isn't that just death metal?". Apparently it's different now (It isn't).

I'll go on record and say it..."I like nu-metal". Apparently that's not cool anymore either ?

But I'll allow djent into my lexicon. Just for the meme's

guidothepimmp

Edit. Wrong thread

guidothepimmp

? my 6yr olds favourite tune is My Curse by KSE. My wife puts Bon jovi on in her car and he pipes up with.. "thats awful mom.. thats not rock" ?