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Post by The Curmudgeon on Jan 24, 2014 20:08:22 GMT 2
Why is rock music almost entirely created by white musicians? It's funny that when you consider Chuck Berry pretty much invented the formula for rock and roll, guys like Sly Stone were no slouches on the guitar, anyone with half an interest in music will list Prince alongside guys like Jimmy Page and Brian May and Hendrix is widely considered to be the greatest guitarist ever. So why is today's music scene littered with plenty of black artists, but they all seem to be more inspired with Michael Jackson (nothing wrong with that in theory) and opt for the song and dance routine rather than rocking guitar). The times? They are a changin'. One of 2014's hotly tipped new bands, who myself and Mrs C managed to get tickets to go see next month, are black and BAD-ASS. Meet Radkey. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yj_gMhEUYAThe words you're searching for are "Fuck YES." |
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Jan 25, 2014 3:46:57 GMT 2
Oh, and I'll get this out of the way; sigh.. YES, they are Mrs C's discovery. She would no doubt mention that first if I didn't.
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Post by trashcanman on Jan 25, 2014 20:16:14 GMT 2
You done been whipped, boy. "Fuck YES" pretty much sums it up. There have been a lot of awesome black rock stars over the years, but never several at once. I actually just watched a documentary called Afro Punk about black punk rockers that was interesting, if politically misguided. It was weird, man. It's like they were all pissed that black people don't accept them because they are into rock, but they were mocking white people for being accepting of them regardless of their skin color. It's just a bizarre way to think and the best way to put yourself in a no-win situation that I can think of. It's kind of hard to feel sorry for somebody who has deliberately alienated themselves to that extent and is upset about being alienated.
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Post by Ben on Jan 27, 2014 0:45:05 GMT 2
Most of the black guitarists I listen to went the Blues route instead. Even so, there have still been some high profile black men in rock recently. William DuVall is the vocalist for Alice in Chains, one of the most famous rock acts around, and Killswitch Engage (one of the biggest bands in American metal) had a black vocalist for close to a decade. Another well-known metal band, God Forbid, had no white people at all for awhile, but I think they've fallen by the wayside sometime in the past year. I don't know why there aren't more black people in rock, but there are always a few higher profile guys.
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Post by trashcanman on Jan 27, 2014 5:29:00 GMT 2
There were also Sevendust, Skunk Anansie, Body Count, Wicked Wisdom, and Black Jack Johnson, so black people are around and contributing to the scene. But there is such a cultural divide where black people have peer pressure to only listen to hip-hop or be ridiculed that it takes a real badass to really commit to a scene that is viewed as being only for white people. Ironically, black Americans invented the blues which was the primary influence for Black Sabbath who invented the heavy metal genre which got streamlined into punk. So at the end of the day, it can all be traced back to black culture within a single breath.
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