GnFnRs87: Hipsters. Hipsters Everywhere

MMX 11.21.12	well you are on sputnik
GnFnRs87 11.21.12	Very observant MMX, felt the site needed some more classic rock (that's actually good- Fuck You KISS)
ReturnToRock 11.21.12	Amazing list - not a single bad album! And yeah, definitely fuck KISS (says the main culprit for giving them exposure on here).
GnFnRs87 11.21.12	Thanks RtR- I like KISS singles but their albums are boring as a whole so I only have Destroyer, which isn't terrible but nothing memorably amazing either
Cygnatti 11.21.12	yeah Kiss sucks
VermicideReloadead 11.21.12	Da Hipsters are in my soup.
GnFnRs87 11.21.12	Da Hipsters are in my head
VermicideReloadead 11.21.12	Lol, nothing against indie rock ( in fact i like a lot of those bands), but those annoying and ironic fags who can't live without their mac products, their strackbucks coffe and their american appreal clothes must dissapear quickly.
jdennis31 11.21.12	starbucks is pretty good
GnFnRs87 11.21.12	Nothing against metal hipsters either, I love metal but sometimes the need arises for some good old classic rock n roll
Timmons 11.21.12	starbucks is great. this list is stupid.
SeaAnemone 11.21.12	yea, I remember 2009 as well
GnFnRs87 11.21.12	Pestiferous: KISS's first few records are the best they get- after Destroyed they started going downhill fast.
jdennis31 11.21.12	gnfnrs87 do you listen to anything post-2000? and i mean something post-2000 that doesn't sound like it just wants to be in the 1970s?
GnFnRs87 11.21.12	Timmons: says the guy who had every Sputnik 'classic' 5'd apart from BTBAM
GnFnRs87 11.21.12	I listen to a lot post-2000, the subject of this list is merely CLASSIC rock I love, not everything I listen to
jdennis31 11.21.12	didn't mean that as an attack. just looked through your ratings and was curious
SeaAnemone 11.21.12	You say Justin Bieber, I say AC/DC, You say Miley Cyrus, I say Led Zeppelin, You say Hip-Hop, I say shut the fuck up You say Pop, I scream Hard Rock blah blah blah 92% of teenagers have turned to Hip Hop and Pop. If you are part of the 8% that still listen to real music, copy and paste this message to another 5 videos DON’T LET SPIRIT OF ROCK DIE!
GnFnRs87 11.21.12	Yeah I haven't rated that much newer stuff, I do love a lot of Mastodon and Volbeat and Machine Head, the odd Slipknot (NOT Iowa -.-) and Clutch and other stuff
GnFnRs87 11.21.12	Jesus Christ Sea Did you actually go on YouTube and copy and paste that ? That's dedication
SeaAnemone 11.21.12	nah it was the divine voice of your ratings speaking through me
VermicideReloadead 11.21.12	Starbucks is not bad, apple isn't bad either ( but I have a samsung s3 and a galaxy note 10,1). I'm attacking the generic behaviors of the hipsters that overrates the products of those companies and have an arrogant behavior for the simple fact of having an iphone or for comsuming a frapuccino 24/7.
JamieTwort 11.21.12	Awesome list. Every album here rules m/
anarchistfish 11.21.12	starbucks < costa
VermicideReloadead 11.21.12	Well. I have a lot of access to juan valdez, is better and cheaper.
GnFnRs87 11.21.12	Sea needs to stop being butthurt Thanks JT m/
StrangerofSorts 11.21.12	You do realise that your taste seems equally as influenced by fashion as, say, a "hipster's"? I wouldn't be so hasty to assume you can look down on them.
Killerhit 11.21.12	Do you have all these on vinyl?
GnFnRs87 11.21.12	Every fashion is influenced by musical style. They come along hand in hand so don't use that argument, it's invalid
Trebor. 11.21.12	Hipsters like better music, just sayin
VermicideReloadead 11.21.12	I actually like a lot the music that a lot of hipsters praises. But that don't make them more likeable to the others.
FadedSun 11.21.12	Look at this hipster, trying to like classic rock again.
BaseballJames 11.21.12	u say 1d i say limp bizkit!!!!!!!!!!!111 RT if u still liek real music
StrangerofSorts 11.21.12	"Every fashion is influenced by musical style. They come along hand in hand so don't use that argument, it's invalid" But fashion-induced music is restrained to that particular scene. A healthier music taste would be more eclectic - especially in terms of release date if anything... Also, would the genres of ambient, IDM and shoegaze be reflected by fashion?
GnFnRs87 11.22.12	The bigger musical picture, not the obscure little side-genres that spring up cos someone's decided they want to be 'different' Just cos anyone on this list could have laid your mothers back in the day
StrangerofSorts 11.22.12	If you're trying to impress me with your razor sharp wit it hasn't quite worked, sorry. Good luck with the elitism, though. I do hope it gets you the respect that you're after.
ReturnToRock 11.22.12	"starbucks < costa" Costa is the worst coffee franchise in the UK. Even Caffe Nero beats them. Also, I was trying to explain how there are two types of hipsters to someone yesterday: the "dear God you listen to AC/DC they suck generic mainstream" Sputnik-type hipster and the "hurr durr frenz hav ifone must buy" type of hipster. I couldn't quite convey that idea though. And Starbucks is awesome. But Apple does fucking blow. And Iowa is really not that bad GNFR, it's Vol 3 you want to stay away from. And for the love of Ktulu don't listen to MFKR. Being hipster for Slipknot is not worth the torture :p Finally, Stranger, he will NEVER get respect on here with THAT musical taste. Not even after 8 years and 300 reviews.
someguest 11.22.12	It's pretty funny seeing a list calling out 'all the hipsters' from a user who made a list ranking Stanley Kubrick's films.
ReturnToRock 11.22.12	Because Stanley Kubrick is...awesome? I'm the furthest thing from a hipster and I like him. Full Metal Jacket is an amazing film.
Emim 11.22.12	"Hipsters like better music, just sayin" better than pink floyd, sabbath and deep purple? ha
someguest 11.22.12	"Because Stanley Kubrick is...awesome? I'm the furthest thing from a hipster and I like him. Full Metal Jacket is an amazing film." You didn't say anything to argue my point. The fact that he's 'awesome' says nothing about how idiots who think they're deep into film culture rank his shit on random web sites thinking they share some supreme opinion.
Parallels 11.22.12	Do you have all these on vinyl? [2] Only relevant question.
ReturnToRock 11.22.12	I was trying to convey the fact that non-hipsters can appreciate good film making as well. Hell Tim Burton can do no wrong as far as I'm concerned. Does that make me emo/fake-goth? Yeah, I thought not.
someguest 11.22.12	No, it just means you're an idiot. lol
ReturnToRock 11.22.12	LOL now who's not proving points? I admit that Alice in Wonderland was shit. Haven't seen Dark Shadows but I heard it's pretty bad. Pee Wee's Big Adventure is not my cup of tea either. Everything else by him is stellar, though - and yes, that includes Charlie & The Chocolate Factory.
StrangerofSorts 11.22.12	"Stranger, he will NEVER get respect on here with THAT musical taste. Not even after 8 years and 300 reviews." Not here, no, but it's often a taste twinned with the idea of listening to "real" music, which is implicitly a stance that suggests perceived superiority. What I'd love to see in these type of lists is some more modern, leftfield or varied albums. This list describes a particular scene; scenes carry fashion; fashion is designed to impress. No? I mean I'm fine with these kinds of lists for the most part, but this particular one was made in order for the guy to portray himself as superior (Hipster being a derogatory term and all). Maybe he should stop worrying about what other people listen to and concentrate on maturing his own taste. Splashing in some post-rock, noise, folk and the like to get a greater appreciation of music as a whole. But then again he won't: anything new will be rejected on the basis of fashion.
Deviant. 11.22.12	Or maybe you're just buying too much into something that might have been just a little too tongue in cheek for your sensibilities #misplacedsenseofhigherthinking
StrangerofSorts 11.22.12	I caught the joke, I'm just very intent on making this point. It's been clunking around for a while. #hashtagsaren'tfunny
Deviant. 11.22.12	#wasn'tajoke So, your point is to slow the spread of "elitism" by telling him that he needs to spread his ears around and listen to some post rock and noise, whilst simultaneously being "in" on the "joke"? k
NightProwler 11.22.12	Awesome list.
StrangerofSorts 11.22.12	#thenwhyuseit? Wasn't talking about him, though. Directed it at OP quite obviously. He offered a springboard by which I could dive in to a rant so I took it.
Deviant. 11.22.12	Yes, I'm well aware of who you were talking to
ReturnToRock 11.22.12	Stranger, IDK if this was intentional or not, but you destroyed your (fair) point by telling him to GO LISTEN TO HIPSTER MUSIC. Anyway, yeah, classic rock people were hipsters...10 years ago, before hipsters existed. I'm hella hipster to kids who only listen to radio music. But I'm not A hipster, if that makes sense (it probably doesn't, but there's a slight difference). His taste mirrors mine, and I still get seen as some sort of Neanderthal who doesn't know what "real music" is just because he doesn't want to listen to songs over 7 minutes long/consisting of random noises/with no choruses/sung by bands nobody knows/all of the above. That was my point/slightly sarcastic observation. Tl;dr you had a fair point but ruined it by telling him to go listen to Sputnik-approved music, whilst sounding rather arrogant about it.
StrangerofSorts 11.22.12	Hm, maybe. I was trying very hard not to direct him to what I personally like - but I was unaware that folk was necessarily over-praised on Sput. It's a very broad genre, of which only a sliver is often brought up here. Same could be said for post-rock: it's only a certain type that gets pushed here.
ReturnToRock 11.22.12	That's a fair point, and one I agree with. It's not about the genres, though, it's about the mindset people have on this website that everyone should like these genres and nobody should have any problems with them (personally: lack of choruses - for post rock, bores me to tears - post and indie). In addition, it's about how people who happen to like more basic, catchy, singable music are seen as barely-sentient orcs and berated from on high by the lords of Sputnik. It does get kind of grating.
Minus. 11.22.12	I hate the Hipsters that hang out at Starbucks next to my job. They sit outside for hours and try to act cool. I should shoot at them with a paintball gun next time I drive by them in my car.
StrangerofSorts 11.22.12	That's kind of with I was getting at as well (which is good - I like agreement). Listening to music for enjoyment's sake alone is what we're after, even if it does mean I have to continuously defend my love affair with overly-emotional Romanian electronic music. In terms of what I was previously saying, this meant just going out to explore a bit: there are more parallels between genres than you think. Also, I have to say I used to be a lot more elitist until I had a girlfriend who absolutely loves catchy stuff. ...There's way too much side-scrolling involved in this.
GnFnRs87 11.22.12	I agree with Stranger's point about the side scrolling and the enjoyment factor in the music, hence why these albums rule, cos they're all fun ... Who was the guy hating on Stanley Kubrick ? Because that guy is an idiot, I'd love to know your favourite directors and films
Ignimbrite 11.22.12	lol jk
VermicideReloadead 11.22.12	Stanley Kurbick rules, by the way In terms of movies I found more hipster movies like Donnie Darko
jdennis31 11.22.12	don't think i like a single kubrick movie other than dr. strangelove. still never seen space odyssey though
VermicideReloadead 11.22.12	i enjoy a lot space oddyssey
jdennis31 11.22.12	yea. my roommate has it on dvd at home, think i'll watch it tonight.
Crymsonblaze 11.22.12	eh as far as kubrick goes, i like... i like the shining that's about it
Aids 11.22.12	every knows and likes classic rock, even us hipsters. stop pretending that we avoid it, we just listen to other genres too you meatheads.
someguest 11.23.12	"Who was the guy hating on Stanley Kubrick ? Because that guy is an idiot, I'd love to know your favourite directors and films" You need to learn how to fucking read.
Winrar 11.23.12	don't bother someguest, some people on this site can't be fucked understanding simple points and jump to conclusions like fucking children.
someguest 11.23.12	I know how it is here. I'm just not going to let a total assfuck of a comment like that slide.
ReturnToRock 11.23.12	@Aids o rly? Go to any AC/DC and KISS reviews on here and see how much hipsters LOVE classic rock.
JamieTwort 11.23.12	Yeah just look at that Aerosmith vs G'N'R thread from yesterday.
Aids 11.23.12	dude fuck this website don't associate me with this userbase because a bunch of indie fags say ACDC are overrated. the word 'hipsters' is not synonymous with 'the sputnik userbase', but the word 'retards' is. KISS are pretty bad though except for maybe a dozen hits IN MY OPINION people hate on bands like Manchester Orchestra, Frank Turner, and other hipster bands waaaaaay more than KISS and Aerosmith on this site. and i mean, every genre has good and bad music. i dont know why you're attempting to win me over with ACDC, Kiss, Aerosmith, and GnR. if you made a list that contained some classic rock that i hadn't heard before the age of 14 then maybe i would agree with the sentiment more but i dunno man, the whole "METAL AND ROCK RULE INDIE IS GAY" crowd seems to dig their own grave by constantly mentioning the same handful of albums. for the record, Animals and Physical Graffiti are two of the best albums ever made
Aids 11.23.12	also, to the guy who made this list: you know you can delete comments right? delete the first one and make this thread a whole lot easier to read.
ReturnToRock 11.23.12	"KISS are pretty bad though except for maybe a dozen hits IN MY OPINION" More like 6/7. I just hate the 'generic band, sux' comments from people who just hate the band on sight. I have heard something by 90% of the bands I hate on - and yes, I have heard a fuckton of indie, and been bored to tears by it. No choruses, no riffs, no...nothing. Nothing to bring me back time and again the way classic rock does. Again, my problem is not so much with the bands as with the people who say 'you don't like indie, you like Green Day/AC/DC, your opinion is invalid'. Which is 90% of this website right now. I respect everyone's music taste (except for people who like Nickelback or Ke$ha), so why can't people accept that I derive pleasure from listening to a band like Green Day, and that Pink Floyd nearly put me to sleep?
Aids 11.23.12	most people can accept that, you're just choosing to focus on the idiots. you've got the blinders on man, virtually every band gets hoards of "band sux" (with no argument) comments. and I'm sorry but "and yes, I have heard a fuckton of indie, and been bored to tears by it. No choruses, no riffs, no...nothing. Nothing to bring me back time and again the way classic rock does. " indie rock doesn't have choruses or riffs? it's fine to dislike an entire genre/style (well actually no not really, especially when it's something as broad as "indie", but for argument's sake....), but you should be mature enough to say that it simply doesn't sound nice to you, instead of making statements that support the claims I made earlier about "meatheads"
Aids 11.23.12	believe me man I think it's ridiculous that you don't like Pink Floyd at all (best band ever are you nuts?) but it doesn't make me think less of your right to an opinion
ReturnToRock 11.23.12	I've only heard one album to be honest, but it's their most overhyped album, one of the most overhyped in music history, and the first three songs sound exactly alike, and boring. So yeah, guilty of not giving them a second chance. I might sometime.
RagingNoob 11.23.12	2,5,6, and 11-14 are timeless, gold-encrusted classics. 15 is meh and 3 is terrible.
ReturnToRock 11.23.12	4, 9, 10 are classics too imho. For 3 I would have put Hysteria up there. For 6, Highway To Hell.
Satellite 11.23.12	lol this music is old
Keyblade 11.23.12	" I respect everyone's music taste (except for people who like Nickelback or Ke$ha), so why can't people accept that I derive pleasure from listening to a band like Green Day" why do you expect people to respect your taste when you can't respect people who like Nickelback, Ke$ha etc? Also your comment about indie is frankly retarded. Go check out The National and then reread what you wrote.
Aids 11.23.12	why did you only respond to the bit of my post that was irrelevant to the argument, and only mentioned for effect?
ReturnToRock 11.23.12	Well to be fair I just discovered the Pixies are considered 'indie', so yeah, maybe I do like some indie. To be fair, again, I'm unclear on what exactly constitutes indie. I'm thinking of 10 million bands I've heard who all sound the same (plink-plonky guitars, mid-fast drum shuffle, and someone who sounds like a less annoying James Blunt singing over it) as well as pretentious kind-of-folk-but-not-really artists. I'm sure there's more, though. As for why I pointed out that statement, it's because I happen to think KISS have even less hits than you give them credit for. Re: Nickelback and Ke$ha, because people who think they're good should not be allowed to talk about music. Because Chad Kroeger is a tool and Ke$ha is a walking vocoder - where's the merit in that?
Aids 11.23.12	i agree that nickelback and kesha are both awful, but my best friend josh kind of likes kesha (for what it is -- ie catchy pop) and he's got more knowledge about music than probably anyone I know, in real life or on sputnik. i like Taylor Swift, a lot, and people act like that invalidates my opinion. um, no. it's the exact same thing as you getting mad when people say "lol you like Kiss, your opinion is invalid"
Keyblade 11.23.12	^ exactly my point
ReturnToRock 11.23.12	I don't think liking Taylor Swift makes your opinion invalid. She's all right. If you're in the UK, there's an artist called Cher Lloyd, which is like Ke$ha, except worse. I include her in my 'invalid' list as well. I know this girl who mentions Children of Bodom and her in the same breath, um, no.
ReturnToRock 11.23.12	There's some stuff people on here like and I can totally see how someone WHO LIKES THE GENRE would like that album (i.e. Converge). They have palpable quality, but are just not my thing genre-wise. Others, though, I don't get - and that includes stuff from bands I like, such as Back In Black or In Utero, which are both hideously overhyped on here and in real life.
Friday13th 11.23.12	I know lots of hipsters who love Pink Floyd, and some who just discovered Queen through Muse! Either way ther thick rimmed should be confiscated.
ReturnToRock 11.23.12	Discovering Queen through Muse is just wrong.
Keyblade 11.23.12	so there are even certain hipster ways to discover bands too?
ReturnToRock 11.23.12	Spin, Rolling Stone, NME.
SeaAnemone 11.23.12	lol how is returntorock so delusional?
ReturnToRock 11.23.12	Used to read NME back when they were jizzing over the Strokes. Hipster rag if ever I saw one.
jdennis31 11.23.12	do you like laura stevenson seaanemone
witchxrapist 11.23.12	what's up thread?
VermicideReloadead 11.23.12	I have an ex-friend that now is an enemy, he is a hipster, he's actually one of the biggest floyd fans I've met. He also dig a lot in bands like anathema and katatonia.
SeaAnemone 11.23.12	yeah the strokes... the band that 4 MTV awards and appears in many a 16 year-old-girl's "Favorite Music" section on facebook next to Katy Perry and Toby Kieth... [i]so hipster[/i] laura is okay I don't really listen to her anymore though, but great voice
jdennis31 11.23.12	gotta lift up the bands that don't completely suck but make it on the big stage. strokes weren't that bad were they? i've only heard their singles
witchxrapist 11.23.12	btw i hate hipsters and theyre indie rock music its so untalented MATELLLL
ReturnToRock 11.23.12	Hang on, Katatonia aren't hipster music! They're metal(ish). Strokes were meh, but they were comparing them to to fucking Nirvana back then. AW HELL NO!
Steoandnoodles 11.23.12	Children. Children everywhere. D=
SeaAnemone 11.23.12	yeah that's totally what hipster is, getting compared to nirvana by NME
VermicideReloadead 11.23.12	ReturnToRockI was just saying examples of non hipster music listen by my hipster ex-friend. Katatonia is badass as fuck.
ViperAces 11.23.12	Kiss = Moltey Crue = AcDC = Guns N Roses
anarchistfish 11.23.12	you don't know how a fucking opinion works if you honestly believe one can be "invalid"
ReturnToRock 11.23.12	LOL Viper except KISS have no idea how to write a proper song (neither do Crue for that matter). Please also tell me how the vocals of those four bands sound anything alike, not to mention AC/DC's more bluesy style. @Sea well back then all the hipsters were wanking over the Strokes as well. I remember when Kings of Leon were hipster music. And 30 Seconds To Mars. Before the teen girls invaded.
ViperAces 11.23.12	Didnt mean it like that -- I meant they all suck the same amount of dick
SeaAnemone 11.23.12	hipsters: http://ec.comps.canstockphoto.com/can-stock-photo_csp6348692.jpg hipsters: http://stockfresh.com/files/y/yuri_arcurs/m/12/66061_stock-photo-young-high-school-students.jpg hipsters everywhere: http://i.istockimg.com/file_thumbview_approve/13891935/2/stock-photo-13891935-high-school-students-isolated.jpg
ReturnToRock 11.23.12	Yeah, except they don't, but fair enough if that's what you think.
SeaAnemone 11.23.12	exactly those are people who are into the strokes stop talking about hipsters and emo and girls when you haven't the first clue about any of them haha
witchxrapist 11.23.12	white kids everywhere getting white kid wasted with their white kid (and sometimes oreo token black kid) friends
ReturnToRock 11.23.12	Those are people who are into The Strokes NOW. I'm talking about 2001. Being old: a revolutionary new concept on Sputnik. And when did I presume to know anything about girls? Also, I'm aware of the distinction between Glassjaw and MCR. I just use 'emo' to mean 'overtly sappy or whiny'.
SeaAnemone 11.23.12	glassjaw: emo epitome
witchxrapist 11.23.12	MCR > Glassjaw.
jdennis31 11.23.12	welcome to the black parade = emo song of the decade
ReturnToRock 11.23.12	@Sea yeah, so I heard. I also heard someone call Deftones emo? And what are Silverstein? ^Genuinely asking.
anarchistfish 11.23.12	silverstein's post hardcore
witchxrapist 11.23.12	silverstein covered orchid
ReturnToRock 11.23.12	Isn't post hardcore supposed to be emo? Cowers
witchxrapist 11.23.12	i think the difference is hair cuts
SeaAnemone 11.23.12	no I think they have to be whiny geez that Beieber kid is soooooo emo X D
JamieTwort 11.23.12	"people hate on bands like Manchester Orchestra, Frank Turner, and other hipster bands waaaaaay more than KISS and Aerosmith on this site. and i mean, every genre has good and bad music. i dont know why you're attempting to win me over with ACDC, Kiss, Aerosmith, and GnR." If that wa in part aimed at me then I wasn't trying to win you over at all, I was just using that list as an example of how a lot of classic/hard rock bands get a lot of hate on Sputnik.
GnFnRs87 11.23.12	Maybe there is a lesson to be learnt from this Somewhere
GnFnRs87 11.23.12	S'up Aids. First comment deleted
ReturnToRock 11.23.12	What makes, say, Hawthorne Heights warrant the 'emo' prefix and not Silverstein? Since they have roughly similar sounds? Or substitute Silverstein for Underoath if you'd like.
jdennis31 11.23.12	hawthorne heights wouldn't* be considered emo
SeaAnemone 11.23.12	none of those are remotely close to emo
ReturnToRock 11.23.12	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_Heights Direct your attention to 'Genres' on the right-hand sidebar.
ReturnToRock 11.23.12	http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hawthorne-heights-mn0000098361 Inb4 'Wikipedia isn't credible'. Once again, 'Genres' on the left-hand side.
SeaAnemone 11.23.12	lol wikipedia and allmusic aren't close to being credible this kid can't be serious
ReturnToRock 11.23.12	This 'kid' is probably older than you.
SeaAnemone 11.23.12	lol wikipedia and allmusic aren't close to being credible this old guy who asks 17 year-olds and omnipanzer for romantic advice on sputnikmusic can't be serious
jdennis31 11.23.12	pretty sure the term has changed quite a bit since the 90s, but its just that the original emo music sounds nothing like the bands branded as emo today. it kind of became an all encompassing term in the same vein as "indie".
jdennis31 11.23.12	also, i have no idea what i'm talking about
witchxrapist 11.23.12	emo sounds identical now and then
sinsexsodomy 11.26.12	take out 1,3,6, and 15 and I agree
anarchistfish 11.26.12	wikipedia thinks that if any crappy little thing on the internet that calls itself music related calls a band a particular genre then it automatically makes it true allmusic is the only website less reliable for music descriptions than wikipedia
Aids 11.26.12	omg ReturntoRock has dug his grave sooooooooooooooooo much deeper since I was here last. just quickly cause people are too busy fucking with you to give you a real answer (and I will soon join them): emo means either Screamo, which is a very specific brand of chaotic hardcore punk (which does NOT include Glassjaw, by the way), or a style of midwestern emo that became popular in the 90s with bands like American Weekend and Cap'n Jazz. just because you think someone's voice sounds whiny, or that the music sounds like it's made by "pussies" does not make it emo. it's an actual genre, not just a buzz word for grumpy old men to use to dismiss multiple genres of contemporary music (though it most certainly is that, too).
Aids 11.26.12	American Football* lol i'm listening to Waxahatcee haha
Deviant. 11.27.12	Waiting for some emo r&b crossover: American Weeknd
sinsexsodomy 11.27.12	"omg ReturntoRock has dug his grave sooooooooooooooooo much deeper since I was here last." I haven't been on here long, but after reading some of his posts/tastes, it seems he's one of those people who thinks any band that plays hard rock/metal, has members with long hair tattoo's and muscles, and has a guitar solo on at least every album, no matter how cheesy or horrible they are, is great...just my speculation...