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I said they were a cut above regular hair metal bands since they played more thrash (and had a NY sensibility). They were a hybrid band that had a signer who sounds like a hair metal singer. But the music is harder. Thrash and hair-metal scenes overlapped in the mid to late 1980's. Anthrax goes back to way before hair metal got popular though. They are one of those acts that overlap a lot of genres.
Um....no
Glam metal (also known as hair metal or pop metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal that features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, upbeat rock anthems, and slow power ballads. It borrows heavily from the fashion and image of 1970s glam rock.
Literally none of those things. Yeah he has a more theatrical voice, but no one was calling King diamond hair metal either. Or iron maiden. Shit, no one called justice priest or even man o war hair metal.
i should probably be more defensive of grunge since it was one of the first genres i felt was "mine" as a kid, but I don't feel like going to bat for it. there are some great artists and great grunge songs but the elements of grunge don't necessarily move me in a way other genres do.
You were like 6 or 7 when it reached peak popularity. You have to be referring to several years later that's what you started listening to, right?
So you aren't far off, I 10 or 11 years old when "Smells Like Teen Spirit" first hit the radio, and that was right around I started becoming a "music person". thrash metal and industrial were my first true loves but grunge was inescapable.
You were like 6 or 7 when it reached peak popularity. You have to be referring to several years later that's what you started listening to, right?
So you aren't far off, I 10 or 11 years old when "Smells Like Teen Spirit" first hit the radio, and that was right around I started becoming a "music person". thrash metal and industrial were my first true loves but grunge was inescapable.
So you aren't far off, I 10 or 11 years old when "Smells Like Teen Spirit" first hit the radio, and that was right around I started becoming a "music person". thrash metal and industrial were my first true loves but grunge was inescapable.
I said they were a cut above regular hair metal bands since they played more thrash (and had a NY sensibility). They were a hybrid band that had a signer who sounds like a hair metal singer. But the music is harder. Thrash and hair-metal scenes overlapped in the mid to late 1980's. Anthrax goes back to way before hair metal got popular though. They are one of those acts that overlap a lot of genres.
Um....no
Glam metal (also known as hair metal or pop metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal that features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, upbeat rock anthems, and slow power ballads. It borrows heavily from the fashion and image of 1970s glam rock.
Literally none of those things. Yeah he has a more theatrical voice, but no one was calling King diamond hair metal either. Or iron maiden. Shit, no one called justice priest or even man o war hair metal.
First song off the first album. Not hair metal
That’s because they weren’t. They didn’t even call it head banging in the 70’s and early &0’s. It was head bashers. I know. I was there. To me, Anthrax was the closest I ever got to hair metal. You can say uh no, but there is some spread on the edges of the parameters. While I would in no way classify Scott’s other band (SOD) as hair metal, because it isn’t, I don’t draw the same distinction with Anthrax precisely because of the singer. Not all hair bands are exactly the same - though many are. Just like plenty of bands playing thrash in the late 80’s had long hair too - Metallica, Testament, Kreator, Coroner. I’ve seen all them too. In my experience, I’ll reiterate that Anthrax was the closest I got.
Glam metal (also known as hair metal or pop metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal that features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, upbeat rock anthems, and slow power ballads. It borrows heavily from the fashion and image of 1970s glam rock.
Literally none of those things. Yeah he has a more theatrical voice, but no one was calling King diamond hair metal either. Or iron maiden. Shit, no one called justice priest or even man o war hair metal.
First song off the first album. Not hair metal
That’s because they weren’t. They didn’t even call it head banging in the 70’s and early &0’s. It was head bashers. I know. I was there. To me, Anthrax was the closest I ever got to hair metal. You can say uh no, but there is some spread on the edges of the parameters. While I would in no way classify Scott’s other band (SOD) as hair metal, because it isn’t, I don’t draw the same distinction with Anthrax precisely because of the singer. Not all hair bands are exactly the same - though many are. Just like plenty of bands playing thrash in the late 80’s had long hair too - Metallica, Testament, Kreator, Coroner. I’ve seen all them too. In my experience, I’ll reiterate that Anthrax was the closest I got.
Ny was closest I got to London but I was never in fucking Europe
That’s because they weren’t. They didn’t even call it head banging in the 70’s and early &0’s. It was head bashers. I know. I was there. To me, Anthrax was the closest I ever got to hair metal. You can say uh no, but there is some spread on the edges of the parameters. While I would in no way classify Scott’s other band (SOD) as hair metal, because it isn’t, I don’t draw the same distinction with Anthrax precisely because of the singer. Not all hair bands are exactly the same - though many are. Just like plenty of bands playing thrash in the late 80’s had long hair too - Metallica, Testament, Kreator, Coroner. I’ve seen all them too. In my experience, I’ll reiterate that Anthrax was the closest I got.
Ny was closest I got to London but I was never in fucking Europe
Go back to the original reply where I specifically mentioned them being much more thrash styled. Them, Celtic Frost, Venom, Slayer and Metallica were some of the crossover acts who had wider appeal. They weren’t some pussy ass shit like Winger. But they in total sound closer to hair metal than any of those mentioned contemporaries.
Ny was closest I got to London but I was never in fucking Europe
Go back to the original reply where I specifically mentioned them being much more thrash styled. Them, Celtic Frost, Venom, Slayer and Metallica were some of the crossover acts who had wider appeal. They weren’t some pussy ass shit like Winger. But they in total sound closer to hair metal than any of those mentioned contemporaries.
They were "thrash styled" because they were thrash. There was absolutely nothing hair metal about them except that the vocals weren't always as screamed as their contemporaries. They also did 2 rap songs so I guess they were hip hop too
