Sebastian Bach of Skid Row and Damnocracy fame on Capitalism versus Socialism:
"When I was a kid . . . my dad taught art . . . and he taught me one specific thing because I was so into metal. He tried to tell me that the difference between punk and metal was that punk rock was socialist and metal was capitalist . . . metal is about money." Bach on the VH1's Supergroup Aftershow with Eddie Trunk, Evan Seinfeld, Scott Ian and Jason Bonham discussing the form and content of Damnocracy's songs.
Did I really need another reason to hate metal?
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"You know...this means war!" (Daffy Duck)
Of course, alot of the stuff I like grew out of the mid 80s crossover - a mixture of hardcore meets speed metal.
The great thing about it was it gave poser metal (hairbands like Motley Crue, Whitesnake, Poison, etc) a good old kick in the cahooneys with a size 10 Doc martin.
Napalm Death's song "Cock Rock Alienation" is great on this score:
Capitalism, racism, sexism
The foundations of cock-rocking idealism
Exploiting, sucking, manipulating
The wisdom of a starry-eyed nation
Making "idols" out of assholes
"Raunchy" "hunky" machismo type fools
"Who cares if they've got no brains.
Just give us tits and tools!"
Fantasy? Reality?
Distinction? Satisfaction?
We love it when you feed us shit
We're so stuck in our dreamworld
Let's forget all your problems
And get into the groove!!
Fantasy? Reality?
Distinction? Satisfaction?!?
interessting quote. i watched one episode of supergroup, it was funny, but really i have better things to do. still, Bach's statement, is he making positive reference to the radicalness of punk or is he identifying with the negative underpinnings of most metal? socialism or capitalism for Bach? Prob the later.
as for metal, like Gray above, in the '80's i was more into crossover - old COC, DRI, The Accussed, and then grindcore. I liked alot of punk too, but cared little for most metal because i thought most of it was rather unintelligent and all about girls and booze. most of the crossover bands disappointed me later when they all went for the money and ditched lyrics of substance. still, COC's Animosity rates high on my list of greatest punk/hc albums.
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