Spent my formative years in the punk/alt scene. So it was always frowned upon to venture outside of those genres. Then in my 20s I started allowing myself to enjoy all genres. Haven't looked(listened?) back since!

[–] LordAmplifier@pawb.social 18 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Same, except it was the local trve metal scene instead of punk. "If it ends in -core, I don't like" was a common thing to say, and anything pop/rap/hip-hop wasn't considered to be music at all. Even bigger metal acts, like Metallica, weren't popular because they had "sold out." The NWOBHM was all I lived for in the early 2010s.

[–] Richiepunx@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh don't get me started on "Sell outs" I've always been very adjacent to the metal scene but had no idea that the same argument applied. I think what opened up my tastes more was when I got into synthwave/Electronica massively about 10 years ago and branched out from there.

[–] LordAmplifier@pawb.social 6 points 2 months ago

I don't mean to hate on rap artists and their fans, but the second half of this meme hits home:

load more comments (2 replies)