Juli
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Post by Juli on Aug 30, 2016 4:15:27 GMT 1
I like metal, but man is it hard to talk about music I like sometimes. Why's every metal band gotta name themselves fucked up shit like Burn the Priest or Dying Fetus or Infant Annihilator or Molested? You know why extreme metal isn't popular? It isn't because it's inaccessible. It's unpopular because if you start talking about your favorite metal bands, people will call the cops on you. "Sir, this lady says you were talking about disembowling toddlers. I'm going to have to ask you to come with me." How are you supposed to have word of mouth in that sort of environment? Not to mention it's embarrassing. Like imagine if your crush sees you with your headphones on and asks what you're listening to. You take a look at your current track and realize it's Cries of the Chronic Masturbator by Operation Cunt Destroyer. "Uh, it's, umm, I'm listening to uh.. T-Taylor Swift. heh, yeah." "Oh, OK" your crush says, then walks away, unimpressed by your basic af taste. Maybe if Operation Cunt Destroyer had named themselves something reasonable, they'd have themselves a new fan. But instead they cost you the love of your life.
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Post by Kraetyz on Aug 30, 2016 6:26:03 GMT 1
Like imagine if your crush sees you with your headphones on and asks what you're listening to. You take a look at your current track and realize it's Cries of the Chronic Masturbator by Operation Cunt Destroyer. "Uh, it's, umm, I'm listening to uh.. T-Taylor Swift. heh, yeah." "Oh, OK" your crush says, then walks away, unimpressed by your basic af taste. Maybe if Operation Cunt Destroyer had named themselves something reasonable, they'd have themselves a new fan. But instead they cost you the love of your life. Based on a true story. Also, I have no idea. Some metal bands do have perfectly acceptable names, and as it turns out, those are the more popular ones! I've found more success pitching Månegarm to people than, say, Passenger of Shit. So you're probably on to something here. And yes, I do unironically like Passenger of Shit. Sue me.
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Post by scymrian on Sept 1, 2016 14:16:48 GMT 1
I imagine some of the rationale for bands with that type of name is an intentional barrier to entry. The name of the band is kind of a "first line of defense" to keep away the type of people they don't want. I don't actually have an example of a band that I know thinks like that, but an analogy would be the Anton LaVey's Church of Satan. The name and imagery were chosen for multiple reasons, as LaVey explained multiple times, and one of them was "to scare away the kind of people who would be scared away by that." Whether that's a good or bad reason is, of course, entirely a value judgment.
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Post by flagrantangles on Sept 6, 2016 19:18:47 GMT 1
Reminds me of this: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/4chlw3/i_have_a_new_black_metal_band_this_is_what_its/
I actually found this joke somewhere else first, but I can't locate where I originally stumbled across it.
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Post by bbobjs on Sept 8, 2016 5:25:53 GMT 1
You take a look at your current track and realize it's Cries of the Chronic Masturbator by Operation Cunt Destroyer. "Uh, it's, umm, I'm listening to uh.. T-Taylor Swift. heh, yeah." "Oh, OK" your crush says, then walks away, unimpressed by your basic af taste. Maybe if Operation Cunt Destroyer had named themselves something reasonable, they'd have themselves a new fan. But instead they cost you the love of your life. Isn't that part of metal's macro strategy though? Similar to hardcore punk, gangster rap, christian rock or any other intentionally abrasive counter culture music, there's an aspect of cultural absorption that creates a consumer feedback loop. It isn't so much about selling as many marginal units as possible but rather selling people on truth. The more that a person buys into your truth, the more invested in that truth they become. Eventually your believers reach a critical mass and the truth becomes internally legitimized, becoming a self shilling operation. I suspect that the loss of marginal units is salvaged by loyalty generated from faith in the gospel. Calling your band "OCD" instead would probably be an improvement though. As for the love life aspect, it's part of the trap! Not only does the abrasive nature of the subculture push you toward perusing romantic interests within that subculture, but you're likely to indoctrinate your children. Also since your pool of potential romantic interests is now limited, you're encouraged to convert non-believers. It's insidious really; I'd write a metal song about it if I had the talent... or drive... or if I cared... actually it seems I'd never do this thing and I'm a lair.
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Juli
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Post by Juli on Sept 8, 2016 9:49:55 GMT 1
Reminds me of this: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/4chlw3/i_have_a_new_black_metal_band_this_is_what_its/ I actually found this joke somewhere else first, but I can't locate where I originally stumbled across it. This has been around for a while, I have no idea who originally made this joke. Another fake Black Metal logo I like is the Gravelord Sign from Dark Souls. "If you've never heard this band's s/t then I ain't got nothin' to say to you."
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