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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Crack Rock Steady

Some of you might not know what rocksteady is. Rocksteady is what came after first wave ska, and before the rise of reggae. (Two of my favorite genres.) But, I'm not a huge fan of rocksteady. No particular reason, just doesn't massively appeal to me. Here's a prime example of a rocksteady song.


Not bad at all, I'm just not a huge fan. Then we have a genre that's exploded in popularity over the past decade or so. Death metal. I'm sure you all know what death metal sounds like, but why not? Just for fun. One song. C'mon!


Now what what happen if we mixed these two? What would become of this unholy alliance? What unfathomably evil form would emerge from the aether should these two ever meet? How about a band that records one album and doesn't put a barcode on the album so it can't be sold? How about a band that records an album and breaks up the same day? How about a band whose members can't stay the hell away from each other long enough to record music with other people?

We get the founders of a genre that should not be, we get Choking Victim, progenitors of crackrocksteady. It's also worth mentioning in a class I had in college we had to visually interpret a song. I did this one.

This is what sick people like me call cruising music.

You never know what genres people are going to decide to jam together, or how it's going to turn out. Musicians should never be afraid to explore, and listeners should never be afraid to follow them, even to the depths of hell. (Or to crunk-core, which is a good idea, but maybe not well-executed.)

18 comments:

  1. Haha it's like how they jam different types of anime together to make something else. ^^
    Awesome songs as always. Much better than all the trash they put up on radio.

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  2. cool songs :D i've never known this genres ( obviusly i'm talking about the first and the third song) thanks for sharing =)

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  3. I remember the days I just listened to Children of Bodom. Maybe the best time of my life

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  4. Never heard of rocksteady, but it doesn't sound bad.

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  5. Here in my city there are several festivals of reggae/rocksteady that makes a lot of party, I listen loads of metal, but going to this acts is funny as hell!

    PD:nice blog! following you

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  6. Hold me tight is the best song for me but other two are cool!!!

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  7. Yeah, I can officially say I'm not a fan

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  8. ohh oldschool music I always get a nostalgic feeling when I hear songs like the first one

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  9. CANNIBAL CORPSE F*CK YEAH! I've got the Evisceration Plague T-Shirt :D

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  10. This music feels a little fast paced for me. But thats the great thing about variety! theres something for everyone!

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  11. The drummer of Cannibal Corpse is good in general, but in this video he totally rocks!

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  12. Never liked death metal.. there are some exceptions like already mentioned Children of Bodom, but those probably aren't true death metal anyway. This "crackrocksteady" mix doesn't sound bad though. :)

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  13. I think it's cool when bands experiment with sounds, because who knows, they may set new trends

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  14. That is shooter gaming music ;D

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