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Logan 
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 Topic: AC/DC and sub-genres issues (alt. metal+hard rock)Posted: 27 Mar 2010 at 10:42am |
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Should AC/DC be included? I say yes, at least eventually. I see AC/DC as a hard, blues, pub rock and metal band.
Edited by m@x - 30 Mar 2010 at 8:51pm |
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rushfan4
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Posted: 27 Mar 2010 at 10:50am |
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I've always felt that they were a metal band. In many ways they are the poster boys of metal But with metal getting heavier and more extreme history may have rewritten them as just a hard rock band. They certainly have the songs about Hell and the album covers with devil references to fit into the metal category.
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Logan
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Posted: 27 Mar 2010 at 11:05am |
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^ Agreed. I used to listen to AC/DC a lot in the '80s and considered them metal back then. It was also a very influential band on many metal acts.
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UMUR
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Posted: 27 Mar 2010 at 12:14pm |
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Hell yeah
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NJCat_11
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Posted: 27 Mar 2010 at 12:17pm |
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Some of the best Traditional Heavy Metal there is!
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J-Man
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Posted: 27 Mar 2010 at 4:39pm |
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I can't call myself much of a fan, but they should be in traditional heavy metal.
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Logan
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Posted: 27 Mar 2010 at 4:44pm |
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PROGMAN
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Posted: 27 Mar 2010 at 7:33pm |
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Yes for Tradition Heavy Metal.
But I heard somewhere they dislike being called a Metal band. |
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NJCat_11
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Posted: 27 Mar 2010 at 7:38pm |
Every band claims they don't like being assigned a genre (or sub-genre), but they all get sorted out somehow. I don't think it would hurt to include them here.
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m@x
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Posted: 27 Mar 2010 at 10:04pm |
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micky
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Posted: 28 Mar 2010 at 7:01am |
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funny... sort of torn on this one.
personally... I don't think they are metal. however I long thought one of the weaknesses of the other site was where a few people like me who didn't think a band belonged would put the kabosh on it... but what of the people that did think the band should be added. Again M@X.. not sure if intentional... but a wise move. I long thought the 'elitism' of PA's ended up driving more people away than any of us would care to admit. Nice to see something borderline (and AC/DC is ..and that is being kind haha) added. It is an archive of metal... not the bible which strict guidelines on what is.. and is not. An elite group of artists. sh*t.. it's too early for reading too much into these additions hahha. Need that 2nd cup of coffee. |
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Certif1ed
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Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 7:17am |
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Once described famously (to me!) by Smash Hits as Heavy Metal headbanging horrors (oooh - get the alliteration!), AC/DC helped me get into heavy metal.
It doesn't rock much harder than Back in Black - and For Those About to Rock is more of the same, but with huge guns...
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The T 666
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Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 7:22pm |
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They are not metal. They are related. Maybe if there was a genre in-between it would fit perfectly. They aree certainly not traditional heavy metal
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topofsm
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Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 7:24pm |
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AC/DC are NOT metal. They are straightforward hard rock, and damn good at it too. I think maybe their song The Razor's Edge and maybe Thunderstruck are metal songs, but the rest of their catalogue has extremely little to no metal to it.
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micky
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Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 7:30pm |
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for what is worth.. I agree.. but at the same time. While I don't agree with AC/DC being here.. because I don't think they are metal. Let's not make the same mistakes I think PA's has made... the site should reflect the views of not a few... but a more 'archival' view. That means accepting some groups that we, personally, feel are not metal.
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The T 666
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Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 7:38pm |
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The website needs an extra genre for artists like this. Hard Rock-metal is as good an idea as any
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Raff
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Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 7:39pm |
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Please have a look at the Hard Rock section on BNR:
http://www.bnrmetal.com/v2/genre.php?ID=H I believe their genre system, though not perfect by any means, is much better than the one they have at Encyclopaedia Metallum. |
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micky
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Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 7:40pm |
yep... |
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micky
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Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 7:42pm |
Dangerous Toys!!!! god I LOVE that group... that singer kicks ass... |
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Raff
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Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 7:46pm |
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If you look at their 70's metal section, there are quite a few bands that on PA are included in Heavy Prog - Captain Beyond, Atomic Rooster, Armageddon, to name but a few.
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