Headbanging For Dummies....

Recently I was at a concert where the Swedish Heavy Metal / Progressive Metal band, Opeth played at IIT-M's Saarang 2009. The concert was nothing short of spectacular. Opeth had played over two hours of unadultrated Heavy Metal..

What was disturbing, was the crowd of idiots who were present. They had no idea about which song or what kind of music was being played. Never in my life,  have I seen people whistling, clapping or running around imitating a train when a guitar solo is being played. Such an act insults the great institution that is Heavy Metal...

For the benefit of the people (idiots) present there, I give you.....

HEADBANGING FOR DUMMIES

#1. Stretch your neck well before you start to headbang. This is of supreme importance. If you do not warm up, you can find yourself in traction quite quickly. Start by performing gentle head rolls. This means you roll your head slowly from side to side. Then grab the top of your head with one of your hands and pull gently in the opposite direction. Repeat toward the other side. Make sure you feel good and loose.

#2. Nod your head gently as the music starts to play. There is plenty of time to headbang. Start slowly to make sure you are truly warmed-up.

#3. Increase the motion of your headbanging. As the music quickens, nod your head with greater range back and forth. Harder and faster is the key here.

#4. Swing your head all the way down to your waist and then back up again. Continue this in a circular motion to really rock out to your favorite music or band.

#5. Don't run like a jackass. Listen to the music instead of running around or clapping.



Cheers.. \m/\m/

Is Rock dead..???

I am hardend ROCK fan.... All you ignorant people out there, Metal (or Metchul) is NOT ROCK. Anybody walking around with a guitar doesn't become a ROCK STAR. A POP video with guitars and drums doesn't become a ROCK VIDEO.

I'm a music addict. Like people who'll go mad if they don't have their quota of crack, i'll go mad if i don't have my 30 mins of rock everyday.Lets see why i started liking rock so much. It's the attitude,the fun , the love of music . I was into the Backstreet Boys,N'SYNC and stuff but it was Blink-182 with their punk music about a ignored generation that opened my eyes. Then the rest followed... Korn,Limp Bizkit(i know they're metal bands, don't think about arguing with me about music),Matchbox Twenty,Dave Mathews Band..........

But where are they now.....???? Korn is into Industrial Metal now...Limp Bizkit is crap ever since Wes Borland left the band...Dave Mathews..??? Where are thou...???

Now to the bands which are hitting it big now.... Plain White T-Shirts....Death Cab For Cutie...and so on.....ADULT ALTERNATIVE!!! POP PUNK....???? WTH man..???? PUNK IS PUNK...!!! ITS IN YOUR FACE MUSIC>>>>>YOU CAN"T MIX IT WITH POP!!!

Metallica is back with their highly anticipated album, Death Magent....which fails to arouse even a slightest bit of interest.... What happened to the band which made awesome albums like THE BLACK ALBUM,LOAD,RELOAD...a list goes on.... Now Alice In Chains And Stone Temple Pilots are gonna be back to arouse the GRUNGE genre... After all PEARL JAM with their last album showcased how their back to grunge sound is...its no better than the kazillion mainstream bands coming up.....





So question is.... IS ROCK DEAD....???? Its seems like so.... New bands taking the poppy route and old ones are just letting their Labels take charge of their creative control.....Its time to stick it to the man!!!!!

Look at it , even mainstream Hindi Movies are taking a leaf out of rock!!!! and i'm someone who looks down on them and i think some of the new tracks based on rock is pretty good... Look at ROCK ON!!!,the songs may not be avant grade but sure are catchy.....

Even i'm seriously considering about composing dance tracks..ala The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers........hey girl....hey boy..superstar dj...here we go..