Avenged Sevenfold

[Halie]

It is all bunch of mainstream crap that emo kids like. The music itself isn't emo, but it promotes the whole ridiculous trend. Moreso, any band or music that is somewhat dominated by female listeners who really get more wet at the sight of these bands than actually paying attention to the music is mainstream crap. So it's not only emo advocating, but shallow as well.

Alright... firstly, the band isn't "dominated by female listeners". I have no idea where you got that from. If anything, they're the type of band where you get a bunch of sweaty teenage boys at their concert, or hanging around with skateboards whilst listening to them on their iPods/Phones, etc., as opposed to females. I'm not saying they don't have female fans, but I think you'll find the majority of their fanbase is either of male gender, or roughly equal between male and female even.

And then there was this...

female listeners who really get more wet at the sight of these bands than actually paying attention to the music is mainstream crap.

That really irked me. I listen to Avenged Sevenfold because I like their music, and I'm female. Sure, they're okay-looking, but that has nothing to do with why I listen to them. Now I know you haven't singled me out, but you singled out females, and I'm a female. I listen to A7X because I like the beat of their songs, I like their lyrics, and also they're of my era. It's like how somebody born in the '60s would more likely appreciate David Bowie instead of someone born in the '90s, 'cause that's just the way it goes, that's how music changes. Not every new band/artist that emerges and gets a huge hype over can be portrayed as "mainstream crap that so and so trend listen to", that would just be silly. And that's what most people do, and like I said... it's silly >_>.

Now, I don't know whether that made any sense or not... but I'm tired, so it'll have to do. >.>

[Zardoch]

Alright... firstly, the band isn't "dominated by female listeners". I have no idea where you got that from. If anything, they're the type of band where you get a bunch of sweaty teenage boys at their concert, or hanging around with skateboards whilst listening to them on their iPods/Phones, etc., as opposed to females. I'm not saying they don't have female fans, but I think you'll find the majority of their fanbase is either of male gender, or roughly equal between male and female even.

Compared to other music, I'd say females dominate at least 2/3rds of the fanbase. No doubt there's plenty of teenybopper boys and skaters who dress up and play it 'cool', but just about any girl I know who supposedly listens to 'punk' (AKA not really punk) or anything of that nature squeals over AX7. Hell, go to the myspace music forums and there's bound to be a few threads based on them with plenty of young, ignorant princesses just running around.

That really irked me. I listen to Avenged Sevenfold because I like their music, and I'm female. Sure, they're okay-looking, but that has nothing to do with why I listen to them. Now I know you haven't singled me out, but you singled out females, and I'm a female. I listen to A7X because I like the beat of their songs, I like their lyrics, and also they're of my era. It's like how somebody born in the '60s would more likely appreciate David Bowie instead of someone born in the '90s, 'cause that's just the way it goes, that's how music changes. Not every new band/artist that emerges and gets a huge hype over can be portrayed as "mainstream crap that so and so trend listen to", that would just be silly. And that's what most people do, and like I said... it's silly >_>.

Well, what I say is true because everywhere I go, particularly sites like this has this similar concentration of FF7 fanboys/girls who also happen to like terrible new wave trends. It just goes hand in hand. And as 'cold' as it sounds, I'm just saying what I see. I mean, yes, in a politically correct manner, not ALL women are like this, but a damn good percentage of them are. Wannabes, teenyboppers, trendwhores, you name it. This kind of music simply attracts these naive idiots.

Of course, everyone can look back at those years and say, "Yeah, the music I listened to then sucked pretty hard", but it's more apparent these days. With the music industry nowadays pumping out clones of clones, it's hard to grow up in era's of good music without being subjected to the mainstream BS. I really feel sorry for AFI to in that respect after they basically became a girl band. -sigh-