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Mar 27, 2016 · “Black people listened to hip hop to be angry, white people listened to heavy metal. When the two genres converged with nu metal in the early 00s and you saw more white kids using traditional hip hop beats to accentuate heavy metal, that was a real problem for a lot of traditional metal guys: ‘We don’t like this merging.’”
- Dave Everley
- From The Margins to The Mainstream?
- Bringing About Change
- A Legacy Lovingly Documented
As is indicated by the range of nominees for the first “alternative music” Mobo Award (Big Joanie, Bob Vylan, Kid Bookie, Loathe, Nova Twins, Skunk Anansie), black alternative musicians have been active for decades and have inspired and supported these new emerging acts. Black alternative music is undoubtedly part of black history, but the genre co...
Black alternative musicians have effectively pushed for more expansive understandings of black music and artistry and the ability to publicly call out music industries on social media has helped to spur on change. English rock duo Nova Twins, for example, used Twitter to call for the introduction of a “rock/alternative” Mobo Awards category in 2020...
In recent weeks, uncanny AI-generated images of black people in an alternative music scene were shared on Twitter. In response, Twitter users posted photos of real black people in alternative music scenes, such as Jada Pinkett Smith who is in the nu metal band Wicked Wisdom and is parent to Willow Smith- another alternative music icon. Even though ...
- Francesca Sobande
As is often the case with any vibrant subculture, a shroud of stereotypes surrounds the heavy metal scene. The critics and the uninformed often paint the fanbase, affectionately known as “metalheads”, with broad strokes of misconception. Many perceive them as angry, predominantly white males; others brand them as satanic worshippers.
Jul 16, 2024 · Fundamentally, punk and metal are the two sub-genres of rock music that have been the most frequently and explicitly associated with the aesthetics and ethics of aggressivity, anger, rebellion, darkness, alienation, solitude, addiction and depression, with these effects being often intricately linked in a variety of combinations—all in all, then, with the expression of negativity in rock music.
- Ramones. An incredibly obvious choice I know, but I’d argue any list that left out the Ramones would commit a grave injustice. An even greater injustice of course is classic-rock radio’s insistence on only playing “I Wanna Be Sedated” and “Blitzkrieg Bop,” as if the entire rest of the catalog doesn’t exist.
- Black Flag. The original punk sound of 1975-1979 always had three strands running through it: pop-catchiness, artistic flair and raw aggression. When the original movement imploded at the end of the decade, these three essential split off into their own styles: New Wave (pop), Post-Punk (artsy) and Hardcore Punk (aggression).
- Minor Threat. For anyone who doesn’t know, this is the band that started the straight-edge movement within hardcore punk. But Minor Threat’s music was not solely focused on chemical abstention, but tackled many other social issued as well, all in an aggressive yet thoughtful manner.
- Bad Brains. Both metal and punk are commonly known as predominately Caucasian-filled genres. But as bands like Living Colour, King’s Xon the metal-side and hardcore punk standard bearers like Bad Brainsshow, there are very notable exceptions to this.
Oct 6, 2016 · The Rolling Stones’ relationship to black music, and to race itself, is among the most complex and controversial of any white artists in the history of rock and roll. Over the long course of ...
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Oct 2, 2018 · The variations of sounds throughout the sub-genres also reflects varied audiences. Metal incorporates right wing politics in some sub-genres and extreme socialism in others, there is no singular ...
