Music Genres

[YoManGo!]

pssshtt indie may mean released on an independent record label, but there's definately an "indie" sound as well. certainly wouldn't go putting napalm death in the "indie" basket, that's for sure.

[RedStratocas]

pssshtt indie may mean released on an independent record label, but there's definately an "indie" sound as well. certainly wouldn't go putting napalm death in the "indie" basket, that's for sure.

so true.

[omgitslily]

there lots of silly genres being created.
there are loads of random genres with 'core' on the end..
hardcore, breakcore, mathcore..

i think they're genres anyway.

[RedStratocas]

first off, i'd like to say that bands usually don't define their own genre. they aren't like "LETZ INVENT A NEW GENRE CUZ WE'RE COOL". if there's a new genre, it was invented by reviewers who didn't know where to place them. secondly, are you mad at bands for sounding original and not falling into the stereotypical "rock" and "pop" sounds, or are you just mad at all the ridiculous genres?

[FlyingJesus]

Frankly a lot of the metal and rock differences can just be put under rock, the multitudes of different styles of dance music can just be labelled together as dance and so on, sub-genres aren't needed really. If you want to describe a band without just saying "oh they play rock music" then you can actually say what they sound like instead of using stupid new terms.

[Frisky]

New genres are made like.. every week, it's impossible.

[Invent]

What? So you want bands to be forced into being part of a genre instead of them having their own unqiue sound?

That's stupid.

[RedStratocas]

i don't think people really get it.

bands don't decide to make a new genre, they just decide to make music. and genres develop, its not like they happen overnight and given a name. they take time, and usually happen well after the formation. for instance, emo. emo has been around for well over 20 years, but it's a recent term. older bands that are now considered "emo" (sunny day real estate, weezer, etc) didn't have that name at the time, but now they're known as pioneers of the genre. they didn't say to themselves "hey, this is a new genre that we're playing, lets give it a name."

[Invent]

bands don't decide to make a new genre, they just decide to make music. and genres develop, its not like they happen overnight and given a name. they take time, and usually happen well after the formation. for instance, emo. emo has been around for well over 20 years, but it's a recent term. older bands that are now considered "emo" (sunny day real estate, weezer, etc) didn't have that name at the time, but now they're known as pioneers of the genre. they didn't say to themselves "hey, this is a new genre that we're playing, lets give it a name."

Exactly.