Word: metallism
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...definition of "alternative" has really been a negative one--not top 40 heavy metal, not popular. Perfect music for the post-yuppie "Not" Generation (a tip of the hat to Wayne and Garth). We define ourselves by what we are not--the products we will not buy for various ethical reasons, the foods we will not eat, and the music we will not listen to. We go looking for the alternative--or at least the lesser evil--in politics (if we vote at all), in the supermarket (unless we're too hip to shop at them) and on the record...
...Hogs' sole purpose for existence in the heavy metal world is best summed up by the lyrics from the embarrassingly awful song "Pud": "every chick I meet wants to sleep with me/When it comes to making love I'm the best there can be/ Every cool club knows me by name/And if they don't well they're just fucking lame...
Electric Love Hogs seem to have taken the gist of every stupid heavy metal song, absurdly exalted it and called in it their own. Electric Love Hogs never challenges or confuses its listeners with musical or lyrical originality but instead soothes them with the familiar sounds of their favorite commercial metal stars...
From their ridiculously pompous and puerile lyrics to the overly familiar guitar riffs and flourishes, the Electric Love Hogs seem intent on reminding the listener just how unnecessary they are in the metal world. Rita Berardino...
...Equus', instead of her skin he feels Equus'. All around the pitch black barn, he can see only Equus, whose anger at Alan's infidelity torments the already distraught boy. "Equus sees, God sees'" he screams, before in a fit of fury, he blinds all five horses with a metal spike. "No more Equus, no more," he screams, above the terrified, blinded horses. This is the revelation that Alan finally makes to Dysart...