Not to miss the point, but in the last year or two those constant prompts and polls over old metal trivia have begun to annoy me real bad. It seems like the peddlers of that stuff want me/us to waste energy and time arguing about bands and albums that are already 'dead'; meaning that their places in history are assured and nothing we say or recall about them affects that, or anything else for that matter. It's just energy that could be used to actually HELP bands that exist today; bands that desperately need the talk and energy and momentum that comes from it, is being pissed away into a black hole of bait and nostalgia and data mining.
Maybe I'm just superannuated, but it pains me to watch so many good 'alive bands' struggle to get even 1/2000th of the attention and energy lavished upon long-moot arguments over past things that don't need our help to be honored and remembered.
Hey! Meant to reply to this earlier, but YES. Hard agree. I saw some other sites attempt to do trivia, but it always grossed me out. I NEVER tagged any bands, cuz I didn’t want the attention, or to bring in that kind of vibe. And I followed a lot of the people who followed, and I’d watch some of the underground bands they were talking about, and I’d write questions around this. Cloud Rat is one that comes to mind. Vile Creature. Etc.
Not to miss the point, but in the last year or two those constant prompts and polls over old metal trivia have begun to annoy me real bad. It seems like the peddlers of that stuff want me/us to waste energy and time arguing about bands and albums that are already 'dead'; meaning that their places in history are assured and nothing we say or recall about them affects that, or anything else for that matter. It's just energy that could be used to actually HELP bands that exist today; bands that desperately need the talk and energy and momentum that comes from it, is being pissed away into a black hole of bait and nostalgia and data mining.
Maybe I'm just superannuated, but it pains me to watch so many good 'alive bands' struggle to get even 1/2000th of the attention and energy lavished upon long-moot arguments over past things that don't need our help to be honored and remembered.
Hey! Meant to reply to this earlier, but YES. Hard agree. I saw some other sites attempt to do trivia, but it always grossed me out. I NEVER tagged any bands, cuz I didn’t want the attention, or to bring in that kind of vibe. And I followed a lot of the people who followed, and I’d watch some of the underground bands they were talking about, and I’d write questions around this. Cloud Rat is one that comes to mind. Vile Creature. Etc.
That 'bass-less' album was the gateway and therefore my favorite! 🤟
YEP, mine too!
Superior songwriting!
<3
Enjoyed reading this; thanks for the insights :)
Glad you dug it - thanks for sharing!
That Honest Broker never misses.
Also, here’s a bit of my own trivia: I have a cousin named Cliff Burton! 🎸
Oh my, that's fun. Do they know they're named after royalty, or is it just coincidence?
thanks so much, Bret! No more heavy metal articles, really :)