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I know Prince is apparently popular but I honestly have never known one person who listens to his music.
You're really going to generalize an entire genre of music like that based off of.... what? If you dislike metal, that's cool, but don't make ignorant comments about something you know nothing about. Jazz has actually been a gigantic influence on metal and lots of jazz riffs are used constantly with what you call "shredding". Metal has deep jazz and classical roots.
Never really been into his music.
But he is very talented yes.
Should also add I don't think you can nail down a "BEST" like this.
More like just saying he is in the top end. There are so many fantastic musicians in this world.
I'm with your brother!
To be fair, he did already reconcile this gripe. Personally my pick is your av.
I'd put Trent Reznor over Prince, but he is definitely underrated and disregarded because of his flamboyance.
There are great musicians like Steven Wilson who most have never even heard of. That's why these threads are never accurate.
I love my some Porcupine Tree!
I agree with you as well.
Some notable muscians
Jari Maenpaa
Devin Townsend
Steven Wilson
Mikael Akerfeldt
Chuck Schuldiner
A good list of people who will never get their due. Devin Townsend is so multi-faceted but his music is so damn quirky and strange! I love Ziltoid the Omniscient. I like Akerfeldt a lot but I don't think he is quite up to the level of the other guys. Jari is God
That's the hardest thing about being a metal-head. I really like pagan, viking/folk metal. This is such a small niche in metal, and as a metal-head I dislike 95% of metal. So how do I stick up for it when you could post 100 videos of what you think to be shitty metal, and I'm probably going to agree with you on all of it? What does boil my blood is when people dismiss an entire genre because they've heard Slipknot and think that's what all metal bands sound like.
Anyways, back to Prince. I can't think of anyone that I think is a better overall musician that is even 10% as successful as him. That's a pretty strong case for him.
One thing people don't like about metal is that some of the fans (not all) tend to be very elitist about it. They shit on other genres and act like no person/band even comes close to being as talented as metal bands.
I think Daniel Gildenlow is one of the best musicians of the last twenty years. The diversity of his music is impressive.I love my some Porcupine Tree!
I agree with you as well.
Some notable muscians
Jari Maenpaa
Devin Townsend
Steven Wilson
Mikael Akerfeldt
Chuck Schuldiner
Yeah I'll give you that all day long. I think the driving force behind that is that a lot of metal fans enjoy the technicality of it. It's hard to listen to some of the most proficient guitar players and drummers in the world and not think bands like the White Stripes are total tripe.