One of the most influential albums of my generation (i'm 32) it was the 8o's 'sergeant pepper' in so many ways.
I understand all the reasons younger musicians have now to not like 80's and 90's metal and it's production, it's the same reason/s alot of people from my generation had for not liking 60's and 70's music. The Urge to fit in with the masses.
This disqualifies you from being a 'true' musician. I say this after having taught hundreds of kids ranging from 5 to 18 in schools for the past 14 years so I have seen every kind of attitude towards music and its various styles.
You may be the best shredder in the world, can cover any metal song ever written and have the perfect Pod Tact, BUT if you have ever said statements such as 'fuck man I hate (insert style of music here) It is shit, no one likes it, and fuck dude they can't even play I mean did you hear that gat solo, must have only been using about 4 notes, boring!'
Or something similar... Any way to me that person is not a true musician. Music appreciation is the first and most important rule of musicians club.
At least I hope its not to talk about musicians club otherwise I just broke the first rule of musicians club... twice. :Smug:
I do not mean you should love every style of music that we have, I am not even saying you have to LIKE them, but to say it is SHIT and to imply that a style or band had no real influence on them or others is just a narrow minded view on what is reality.
I think Jimi Hendrix is one of the greatest guitar players of all time.
I did not say he was the fastest because it takes more than speed to make you the best.
He did more than that, he brought guitar playing to the spotlight of the world, he pushed boundaries with sound, distortion and FX. He did not care what others were doing. So lets get to the point:
Jimi was a blues guitar player so the roots of HIS influences go back hundreds of years.
Jimi influenced a whole generation of new guitar players such as Joe Satriani and Steve Vai.
Joe taught Kirk Hammet...
He played on Justice...
Metallica influenced almost every single metal band in the world today and without their influence metal would not be covered in TACT.
It is quite possible to assume that without Jimi there would be no Metallica. Without Metallica where would metal be then? Doesn't that make Jimi pretty damned important to us all?
Just because you don't like something does not mean it is shit and un-important. Learn to appreciate other styles for what they are. Every style of music is hard in it's own way and takes a life time to master and therefore deserves respect. Think of it like family, blues is like the great, great, great grandfather of metal. We all have some family we don't like but we know without them we would not be here now.
This is one of those moments in music history, it pushed boundaries and influenced a whole generation. I love this album.
I know, a lot people don´t like the production. But I think, it was significantly affecting the future of modern metal in general. Would you confirm this, despite your personal opinion and taste?
