[!--QuoteBegin-Conor+Oct 31 2005, 01:09 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Conor @ Oct 31 2005, 01:09 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]I agree whole-heartedly. Blaze has an awesome voice, one that many other metalheads would love to have. IMO his best vocal performance is on the Kill and Destroy song. That kicks major ass. [!--emo&:rock:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/headbang.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'headbang.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
As for your opinion on him being worthy of a place in the charts, I think we are lucky BLAZE does not have much fame because then, they would be prostituted. Don't get me wrong, I would love them to get some recognition, just not lend their songs for a cheesy jingle in an ad or be yet another teenage fad.
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Yeah totally. When we want a band to "get recognition", who exactly should recognise their prowess? I introduced a classmate into My Dying Bride and he said "how come they don't get played on TV or anything like that?". So I replied "well do you really expect the mindless masses to appreciate them? No, they don't want tasteful, deep, complex, powerful and beautiful music that's unique and not commercial garbage". He replied "yeah I guess your right" They enjoy mediocrity, they want the same old crap over and over again. They want bubblegum crap bastardised for mindless consumption. Simple minds can only process simple things. My Dying Bride, or indeed doom metal in general is not simple. When these people make what they want and not be swayed by trends, the sheepish crowd try their best to intimidate them and coax them into joining the crowd. That's why Blaze, My Dying Bride or indeed any band that doesn't compromise at all are outcasted because people want to control them. People want to make money off them. (Bob Rock, I'm looking at you)
So basically, spread the word of good bands to people who you think would really appreciate them. Don't waste a second of your time trying to get a mallcore teeny-bopper into Immolation or Death. Remember, real music for real people. Blaze kicks ass, but we all know that by now. [!--emo&
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KILL AND DESTROY!!!!!!! [!--emo&:rock:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/headbang.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'headbang.gif\' /][!--endemo--]