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bob
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Date Posted: 19:49:10 01/21/04 Wed
In reply to:
fishtail parker
's message, "Re: christian bands" on 21:38:21 01/19/04 Mon
alright, here's my take. as far as im concerned, when people classify music in a genre, its okay. But when an emo band (or whatever, christian metal band in this case) claims to be "super hardcore" well that pisses me off. i agree with fishtail about this issue as far as im concerned,
you have to respect your roots... like in an interview with avril lavigne (sp?) when asked about the ramones? she was like ramones who? thats wrong. another thing that bothers me is people who say that they are straight edge. In my opinion, you cannot be straight edge unless you have tried the things that you are not doing (ex. smoked weed, drank, had sex) that way you can make a concious choice, instead of just saying you're "straight edge" just because you're too chicken to try it or whatever. Minor Threat was the shit, and if you dont know what im talking about, well go out and buy a CD.
>cool......ya i mostly ask because it's recently come
>to my attention that some people in the hardcore punk
>scene think christian bands have got to go, that they
>aren't true to the roots of hardcore and punk. i'm
>trying to figure out if people feel the way with other
>genres, but i guess the dilemma is that there isn't as
>much to other genres (band together to reject certain
>ideas, embrace straightedge, whatever). i'm thinking
>there might be something behind the beginning of metal
>though....
>
>>i don't know if this is directed at the minset staff
>>or not, but i used to be . . .
>>
>>i don't know about a-religious, thats a pretty bold
>>statement. . . i mean "punk" and "metal" are only the
>>style of music that the marketers and consumers have
>>catagorized the band into for description sake. I
>>don't see why a band can't be religously based and
>>still be considered punk or metal. They just have to
>>work harder to overcome the stigma that has become
>>associated with those genres. Also, as with
>>everything, balance is key. No one wants to be
>>endlessly preached to just an no one wants to only
>>hear whiny emo guys only talk about his lost
>>everytihng over and over again.
>>
>>Personally, I am not one for instructive religious
>>music on how to live a fuller and more meaningful life
>>through Him - at least not through the music i choose
>>to listen to. But then again that is not to say I am
>>completely against bands having underlying religious
>>elements and beliefs.
>>
>>on a quick side note - does anyone remember that power
>>of god show about 10 years ago where big ol' musclemen
>>preachers would break bricks with their head and then
>>preach how god gave them the power and courage to do
>>that . . .
>>
>>
>>>so what do you guys think of christian bands? more
>>>specifically do you think genres like indie, metal,
>>>punk, etc. should be a-religious? if you were a
>>>metalhead and a christian metal band came out that
>>>started trying to preach a little and claimed to be
>>>super-metal, what would you think?
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