So my brothers are really into this band, Avenged Sevenfold. Now, they’ve both come a long way as far as their taste in music goes, so I decided to give them a shot. I “borrowed” City of Evil to take a listen (and get a good feel for “The Beast And The Harlot” as it’s gonna be on Guitar Hero 2), and I have to say I was more than disappointed. It started off okay, but I later noticed that I had to constantly check Winamp to see what song I was listening to, because lo and behold, all their songs sound the damn same. Each one relies on the same schtick of heavy dual guitar riffs and solos punctuated by melodic choruses. Or something like that. Anyway, I have to take serious points off just for their lack of diversity alone. It’s basically different lyrics to the same music over and over. I’m pretty sure that if I looked up the lyrics, they’d all be pretty similar too. Needless to say, I don’t get the infatuation.
I’m not sure why I’m talking about Avenged Sevenfold when the band of the month is Fall Out Boy. Yep. Ya heard me. Incase you haven’t been paying attention to my blog, I’m basically as emo as fuck, so yeah. Don’t get me wrong, though. I think everyone who dresses emo and cuts themselves should fall off a cliff and die (but then again, what else is there to being emo?), but complaining about bullshit is human nature. I’m not going to pretend I don’t do it. And you know what? Fall Out Boy doesn’t suck because of the emoness. Hell, if they dressed in tight ripped jeans and flashy vests and were 20 years older, they’d probably qualify as a rock ‘n’ roll band. All the emo in FOB is in their appearance (and videos). Their music isn’t half as whiny as half the emo bands out there. So I guess what I’m saying here is that if you dislike a band because of their image (and I know so many do), you’re a dickweed. If you don’t like the music, that’s one thing, and totally acceptable. But please, for your own sake, don’t discount a band because of stupid buzzwords.
Hmmm. I seem to be in kind of a ranting mood today. I guess it’s just because FOB seems to be the butt of every emo joke these days, and it’s kind of an unfair generalization. Well, I think I got my point across anyway. I like Fall Out Boy. Under The Cork Tree is a smashing album, and I highly recommend giving it a try. A bonus is that you can tell where one song ends and the other begins. Start taking notes, Avenged Sevenfold.