Aliasalpha: Genuine passion is the one and only thing that truly matters in music and nowhere is it more evident than in metal. Metal is metal, if its hard, awesome and doesn't give a fuck then it rocks, if its obviously pretending to do that then its invariably lame.
I think Stuck Mojo said it best in Metal Is Dead
"Don't need that four leaf clover, Your fifteen minutes, Yeah it's over, But there'll be more just like you, Always following, thieving and borrowing, Dying to find the formula, Man you ain't Freddy Krueger, You're just Count Chocula, Silly rabbit this ain't no trick, Cause I walk the walk And your minute-made riffs, They ride the dick"
I wouldn't say that Metal is the
only genre where passion is clear. Definitely not. It's evident in other genres as well, just as strongly. Different, yes, but strong, nonetheless.
To the people putting blame on Schafer...it isn't his fault. Publishers RAGE!, etc. I never understood why publishers were so terrible at
publishing. They're literally just passing up money for no reason.
EDIT: Eek, no italics.
