I was going to say "htf did you read all that". If you did take the time to read, you would see my reasoning. But no, just keep calling me out on SOAD
I actually did read, I just posted that for giggles.
Seriously though, that's lovely that they remind you of the past, but that is BECAUSE THEY WERE A GATEWAY BAND. That's certainly a good reason to hold something dear, but stop acting like there's more to it. There isn't. It's not like "I was listening to SOAD and I found a ring and this hot chick walked up and was like FUCK ME and then I learned karate and kicked the lottery winner's ass and cashed in his ticket for the powerball motherfucker"
No, it's "I started listening to music in the past and wow, that was great."
The difference though is that he still listens to them. To me, a gateway band is a band that got you into heavier music that you no longer listen to.
Like for me, I used to love Linkin Park when they put out HT and Meteora, and saw them at Projekt Revolution 04. From there I got into Korn, then Slipknot, now I listen to death metal, thrash, black, blackened death, prog, among others.
But I don't listen to Linkin Park anymore. They were my gateway band. Korn in a sense too even though I still love Korn. But I hate LP now, even though they got me started in heavy music.
^ that's exactly how I see it. I don't really see Slipknot and System as gateway bands because I still listen to them. They got me into other bands but all bands make you discover new bands. I discovered Nile through Behemoth and Death Angel through Megadeth and Slayer, etc etc etc
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Like for me, I used to love Linkin Park when they put out HT and Meteora, and saw them at Projekt Revolution 04. From there I got into Korn, then Slipknot, now I listen to death metal, thrash, black, blackened death, prog, among others.
But I don't listen to Linkin Park anymore. They were my gateway band. Korn in a sense too even though I still love Korn. But I hate LP now, even though they got me started in heavy music.
don't hate on this shit cuz these kept me alive at mayhem last year. i bought no drinks that day, was just hitting these in between sets