WARNING: today's entry is metal-heavy, & those who have no interest in death bats & guitar solos should move along, Thank you.
Avenged Sevenfold, Nightmare.
My kids absolutely love this one.
I know, the "early" fans don't like the new direction, but many of my favorite bands have altered their styles, maybe even re-imagined themselves either for love or for money--well, probably both--& many have become more interesting.
Some examples (& I know that this list is nowhere near exhaustive, so please don't complain, but feel free to add in the comments below; also, yes, some bands made their "changes in over the course of 2 "decades," like GnR Appetite from '87 & Illusions from '91).
Just in & a tad before my lifetime:
'60s: The Beatles &, eventually, The Stones
'70s: Kiss, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin
'80s: Van Halen, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden
'90s: Guns N Roses, Skid Row, Metallica
'00s The Killers, Trivium, Lamb of God
Wow, I'm gonna go listen to about 20 bands now.
Anyway . . .
I'll take Nightmare for the win. I got into these guys only because I read so much about them after The Rev's death & Mike Portnoy's subsequent arrival. I was checking out the Guitar World cover interview with "Synyster Gates" & "Zacky Vengeance" (man, I'd have thought those names were sooooo cool about 25 years ago) & something just clicked. I grabbed an itunes card, bought it (yeah, I'm old, & I buy stuff), & it's been in the player ever since.
Really nice heavy melodic "big rock," with sweet harmony guitars. A7X have now entered my list of favorite metal-ish bands of the 1st decade of the 20th century.
The list:
1. Lamb of God--just the best. Period. Chris Adler the greatest of metal drummers, maybe ever.
2. Mastodon--more "prog," but awesome
3. Trivium--Shogun is amazing
4. Shadows Fall--modern Iron Maiden-esque, now with growls
5. Avenged Sevenfold--yep, with trumpets, cellos, & whistles, too
6. Dethklok--not really people, but really cool. Brendon Small's talent-level annoys me to no end.
SIDE NOTE (I promise stuff about class soon): I just cannot get into the lack of a jewel case & cover art. I spent about 2 weeks going back & forth to my computer looking for song title, quite annoyed when sitting in my car, so I finally printed out a list to carry with me.
I don't like saying I like "#4" instead of "Buried Alive."
TEACHABLE-MOMENT LESSONS CULLED FROM ALL THE ABOVE:
If you want to change, to better yourself, do it.
A true friend or fan stays with you, but he or she does not necessarily have to agree with all you do or say.
People with weird names can be pretty cool. Finbar agrees with this one.
Nothing in this world is better than the power of music. Well, maybe literature & other written words. Any kind of art, OK?
Juniors:
FORWARD!!!
Your 1st taste of In-N-Out log-central went pretty well.
We looked at 2 reading passages, & most of you answered the majority of the 7 questions correctly.
Several of you got all 7.
I got to use my new/old overhead projector. Until next week, keep moving forward.
Sophomores:
FOUR WORDS!!
(See what I did there? Pretty clever, eh?)
Really, 20,000 Leagues it was.
We read this literary passage from one of my favorite early-reader books; we had one of those"classics-made-simple" versions with pictures on every other page, & I thought the narwhal was way cool.
I thank Ms. Beeley for the cool assignment sheet, on which you wrote the correct answer & also noted any "obviously incorrect" possibilities, as well as any "Prove Its," & it was cool.
Nice job all around.
be cool
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