Most of this will be old news to regular readers of SYWH, since it’s essentially a collection of ideas I have already posted here, but check out my 2012 State of the Scene Address: IT’S COOL TO BE TR00 over on Metal Sucks:
In a nutshell, there is nothing more trendy this year than being tr00. MySpace is long dead, and while some of the bands that flourished on the site are still around, they’re dying along with the scene that surrounds them. Neon merch, generic deathcore and crabcore are out; ‘real hardcore,’ old-school death metal, and djent are in. Yesterday’s scene kid is today’s hipster/metal nerd, and in what should be welcome news to MS readers, it’s cool to be an elitist snob!
That said, scene isn’t quite dead. There are still plenty of kids in skinny jeans who love Asking Alexandria, Black Veil Brides are still moving units, and you can still spot the odd pair of ice cream DC high tops here and there. Expect 2012 to be an awkward transition year where new meets old, sort of like 1992 when Nirvana, Ugly Kid Joe and Kriss Kross all charted.
Dat Incantation shirt wearing Mexican nerdbaiter!
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Hoping it doesn’t get too bad. Tr00 shoegazecore is something I never want to exist outside of jokes.
Just wait for 2013 – you’ll get feminist power metal.
Lol @ 1950s dad haircuts.
The dude on the right is totally rockin’ the Rod Serling/Ward cleaver haircut.
Holy shit you weren’t embellishing even a little when you said the new Attack Attack! has “boring radio rock choruses.” The chorus in that song straight up sounds like Maroon 5.
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I hate to say it but I prefer the new Attack Attack! song over the new Shinedown single….Does this mean that I am growing younger; Or the Acid I am taking is relentless???? The old man in the oak tree is hooting and hollering about goals and gayness fuck please
I thought hipsters were toting the skinny jean look as well?
I haven’t seen true DM rise in popularity as much as true hardcore, but I haven’t been to a legit. death metal show since last year. Maybe I’ll see some former scene kids next time.
It is weird to see the scene change though. I wonder how popular being “tr00″ is gonna be.
In b4 being troo! #nohipster
This makes me think about my theory that the rise of late 80’s/early 90’s gangsta rap was objectively Awesome as Fuck.
It should have caused all types of odd chart formations on the fun/vs/no fun graphical analysis.
Those homies, man… Eazy-E, Bushwick Bill, Ice Cube, DJ Quik, Scarface, Too $hort, Ice T, Dr Dre, 2Pac, MC Ren, Willie D, 2 Live Crew, Digital Underground, etc, etc, etc…
They brought it ALL… fun, hate, sex, violence, joy, pain, comedy, tragedy.
• parties in the hood with fridges overflowing with St. Ides malt liquor 40s,
• your cousin Ricky dead in a hail of black on black crime,
• blunts and Rick James and high times on the stoop at noon on Tuesday,
• cutting off your basehead preacher fathers’s head to a choir of screaming demons,
• face down ass up pussy poppin honeys at the club,
• a stepdaddy and bringing presents to your bottom hoe’s little bad ass bebe kids,
• killing a million niggas and killing one more,
• Abraham Lincoln just doin his duty.. so pull down ya pants and give him some booty,
• dear, dear, mama,
• or sampling George Clinton for the enth time and just rhymin’ on the FUNK.
Be it within one group or even rapper, they smashed up srs and fun and glam and house-shoes and misanthropy and love into a ridiculous mess then blew it all apart with their AK-47’s into an explosion of pure FUCK YEAH.
You love brothas, don’t you?
well NOT ANYMORE duh… Rap stopped being good when I turned 18, of course. Now they just bring my property value down :(
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And what if, in the turmoil of transitioning, scene kids will find themselves aligned with the 99%-ers? Like, what could be truer than heartfelt vegan socialist crust/grind with breakdowns and killer synth hooks?
The day a women isn’t repulsed by my torn Dark Funeral shirt is going to be a great day.
I dunno… is it brown and plaid? If it is you might have a chance in 2012.
I for one could not be more happy about this. My tendency to be old and butthurt about things fits in perfectly with these new trends. Now when I sit around bitching about things everyone will think I’m cool and tr00 not just some old angry jackass.
Hahah, 50′s haircuts. You’re going to look as smart as a DPRK’s Communist Party member.
noo the prophecy has been fuffiled Dx!! the ghost inside is touring with attackattack and sleeping with sirens NOOOO!!! thts to true HXC Dx ahhhhh!!!
but seriously tht sucks haha
I stopped taking the “scene” seriously after all the kids I used to go to shows with back in the day changed their personalities, clothes, and taste in music every year or so. There’s no dedication and genuine connection for half of these clowns. I’ll keep my Bleed The Dream and Halifax albums on repeat until something like that makes a comeback.