Is listening to unknown bands cool?

[Korittke]

Well, what do you think? The basic idea is that those who listen to bands who are rather unpopular have put more time into SEARCHING for their perfect piece of music unlike those who just pick what they like best from MTV. Thus they are cool and cool because they are not mainstream which means they have an individual taste which makes them more individual in themselves.

 

[PUMPKINHEAD]

Well if nobody knows about the band that someone listens to, how can people judge if it is cool or not? only insiders would know....... But if someone is listening to non-mainstreams just to show off and to be cool, that is ****ing gay i must say, although i don't really care. My taste of music changes all the time just like I can't eat one kind of food all the time only because it's my most favourite food.

 

[SephirothX89]

I agree with pumpkin head. I listen to alot of non-mainstream music, because i hate most of the super popular bands.

 

[jd-inflames]

I listen to a lot of non-mainstream music just because I like to explore a little bit...you never know what you might find that way.

 

[CelestialBadger]

Listening to non-mainstream bands is not cool by default. The bands must also be good. The general rule is that if you say you listen to "indie" you're not cool.

 

[raDixGhost]

It could also make you a poser. The new cool "in" music is underground. I hate to go to good shows and where ******s show up and ruin everything. Now days i cant even mosh up in a show without seeing some bitch ass trying to show off.

 

[CelestialBadger]

Yes, uncool=poser. I don't really like the term "poser" though; it seems kind of silly...

 

[Shadow1psc2k]

Dude, I'm so cool and so ****ing underground I havn't heard of myself O.O

But seriously, who gets the right to judge what music is 'cool'? MTV? MTV is a load of crap. You listen to what you like, and what you enjoy, and if someone doesn't like it or the general public doesn't accept it, **** em'.

 

[Arkillo]

Primer 55 is one of the best bands I've heard. No one knows who they are either.

 

[Static]

MTV is starting to play good music. Via the Headbangers Ball. They also have a special channel MTVX.

But they go where the money train goes. Music is music. Wether its well known or not. Alot of unknown bands are really good. Just heard about God Forbid, and devildriver this year, sweet ass bands.

 

[Andrei]

If you like what you listen to, it's cool, if your social life is influenced by music I think you need to come out of the closet and see that there are a lot of great people with different music tastes.

Eather it's mainstream or underground.. Billy Talent is my current fav..

 

[RoaCh of DisCord]

I love exploring teh music world. I know of many "indie" or "unknown" bands...and some of them are my favorite. Allot of mainstream music just doesn't appeal to me.

 

[shutupandgoaway]

Listening to music doesnt make you cool.Period. Unknown or not. I listen to less common music, but it's still known, but i dont care whether people know the bands i listen to- thatd just be pretty damn stupid in my mind.

 

[Guru]

Since music taste of the masses changes every couple of years, I won't be surprised when rock and roll comes back

 

[Pains Requiem]

Yeah...if u listen to bands not many have heard of then not many people are going to think it is cool..
I listen to bands like Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of filth and Soil and not many people have heard of them though i think they are cool bands.
of course in our own pact at my highschool our "rocker" group, if u will, have certain bands among ourselves that are considerd "COOL", like Tool, A perfect Circle, Orgy, HIM, and Korn. It just depends on the people that u know or hand out with and what THEY listen to that will truely determine whether it is "COOL" or not.

MTV is starting to play good music. Via the Headbangers Ball. They also have a special channel MTVX.

?!?!?

what channel is MTVX? is it satelite or cable?
i have time warner cable so i prob wont be able to get it anyway. is it a channel more devoted to metal and such?

 

[Static]

?!?!?

what channel is MTVX? is it satelite or cable?
i have time warner cable so i prob wont be able to get it anyway. is it a channel more devoted to metal and such?

A paided channel, 24 hour Metal videos. I am not sure if its still around.

 

[Pains Requiem]

ah...i was starting to get excited to.. they only way i can actually enjoy my music when it comes to TV and such is Uranium, Headbangers Ball, rockzilla, and the 800 channels with the music choice crap. still wish i knew about it...

 

[c9h13no3]

Well, what do you think? The basic idea is that those who listen to bands who are rather unpopular have put more time into SEARCHING for their perfect piece of music unlike those who just pick what they like best from MTV. Thus they are cool and cool because they are not mainstream which means they have an individual taste which makes them more individual in themselves.

Actually, sometimes, in the metal scene, it's downright necessary. The guys I trade music with won't share with you unless you've got something they haven't heard////is hard to find for them in return.

But other than that, no, it doesn't make you any cooler. I'd listen to MTV if I liked it..... but I don't.

 

[c9h13no3]

Primer 55 is one of the best bands I've heard. No one knows who they are either.

They suck massive penis. They're rap rock trying to be badass. They hurt my spine more than Linkin Park.

 

[vanilla_ice_cream]

Listening to non-mainstream bands is not cool by default. The bands must also be good. The general rule is that if you say you listen to "indie" you're not cool.

Agreed, just because you listen to non-mainstream music, it doesn't automatically make you cool. Anyways, a lot of people who hate mainstream music will like any unknown band, regardless of whether they're good or not. They're just blinded by their hate for MTV, that they'll just like any unknown band, just for the sole reason of them not being mainstream. These people are just as worse as those people who autmatically listen to music that is "in". It seems to me as if most people who listen to non-mainstream music only like the music because it isn't popular, not because it's actually good.