Dethklok/Mastodon Tour

[bmk]

Wish it was just Mastodon, HOF and Converge. That's a pretty damn solid bill right there.

I like Dethklok just fine...but they're a cartoon. Shouldn't they be touring with Gorillaz, the Archies, and Jem?

watch that clip again where they play dethklok and mastodon back to back and forget you know which is which. which one is a "real" metal band and which one is "fake"?

what difference does it make that "it's a cartoon"?

[crosshair]

Um... the real band is the one that sounds like a real band, and the fake one is the one that sounds like a parody.

It's not rocket science.

Like I said, I enjoy Dethklok. Metalocalypse is a funny show.
But I have less than zero interest in seeing "them" play live.
Because "they" are not "they." Among other things.

It makes a huge difference.
It makes the difference between me going to the show, and me not going to the show.

I have about as much interest in seeing a bunch of dudes quote Monty Python sketches back and forth to one another, as I do in seeing Dethklok "play live."

[taliban]

Oh Christ almighty just go to the damned metal show. It's fucking metal. Everything louder than everything else. And, the last time I checked, almost all metal is a parody and almost all metal dudes are cartoons. It'll be good. It'll be fun. It'll be loud. And 'Dethklok' will play in an almost all black stage with a few very small floor lights on. Now everyone can commence griping about how they don't like Mastodon's new 'singing' voice and wish they would just scream all the time.

[taliban]

a penny saved is worth two in the bush.

Also, dollar bills in the bush, not pennies.

[Iron Canvas Studios]

I've never liked Mastodon's music and still don't, they're WAY overrated in my opinion. I am however going to have to see them while they're here with Converge and High on Fire.

[bmk]

Um... the real band is the one that sounds like a real band, and the fake one is the one that sounds like a parody.

It's not rocket science.

Like I said, I enjoy Dethklok. Metalocalypse is a funny show.
But I have less than zero interest in seeing "them" play live.
Because "they" are not "they." Among other things.

It makes a huge difference.
It makes the difference between me going to the show, and me not going to the show.

I have about as much interest in seeing a bunch of dudes quote Monty Python sketches back and forth to one another, as I do in seeing Dethklok "play live."

no way, i dont believe you for a second, that 10-second-or-so instrumental clip sounds like a "real" metal band. I'll admit, that if there were vocals, it'd be easier to pick out (the most cut and dry satire aspect of the outfit) but as it stands, it's straight metal.

i suppose i understand the cartoon aspect making or breaking the deal, when going to see them live, but the guys playing the music are the guys who wrote AND perform all the music in the show/on the album. it's not like watching dudes stand on stage quote monty python, it's like watching monty python on stage quoting monty python.

basically, brendon small writes and performs all the music himself (with help here and there). so he performs it with other musicians under the pseudonym of an animated band. so? i just don't understand the huge divide here.

and to say it is a parody (which it is, i will grant you that) hardly makes them less legitimite. Metal is one of the most ridiculous, theatric, over-the-top genres in music. it doesn't take much to cross that parody line. dethklok just pushes the envelope of absurdity slightly further. i think the fact that mastodon, high on fire, etc have opened for them proves this.

[bmk]

yes THANK you taliban

[100degrees]

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[crosshair]

Please educate me further about this "heavy metal" music.
I am particularly interested in hearing more about how irony and parody figure into legitimacy.

[taliban]

Come on, Dan - haven't you seen Spinal Tap?