I heard Slayer in a commercial for a laptop last night. And people act like metal isn't popular.[views:2362][posts:24]_________________________________ [Oct 30,2012 1:40pm - Sludge ""] it's more popular now than it has been in the past 20 years. only an idiot would disagree. |
| _____________________________________ [Oct 30,2012 1:45pm - Randy_Marsh ""] Sludger |
| ________________________________ [Oct 30,2012 2:00pm - KEVORD ""] The fact that the Ad execs and the middle aged consumer were teenagers when Slayer, Judas Priest, Ozzy and Rush were at the hight of their popularity probably has a lot to do with it. |
| ________________________________ [Oct 30,2012 2:08pm - Burnsy ""] Troof, Kev but the fact that they see it as relevant in the mainstream enough for them to include the songs in the ads is definitely saying something. And OP is still incorrect. There's money to be made in commercial metal but metal as a whole is RELATIVELY unpopular. I bet you that the same laptop also has other commercials that have straight up pop music. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 30,2012 2:19pm - arilliusbm ""] Popular is the wrong word. Replace it with "mainstream." it hasn't, nor will ever reach popular status. But it can reach mainstream success. I would argue that it's still more of a brooke off of the main stream, whereas the full-fledged river is popular music. Dethklok is an example of the mainstream exposure of extreme metal. |
| ________________________________ [Oct 30,2012 2:26pm - KEVORD ""] This also has a lot to do with the popularity of guitar hero and rockband a couple of years ago. |
| _______________________________________ [Oct 30,2012 2:33pm - AndrewBastard ""] THIS SLAYER???!! [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 30,2012 2:34pm - arilliusbm ""] Also, I take that back. Hair metal = popular metal. nu metal = popular. Exteeme metal will most likely never reach that status any time soon, in this country at least. |
| _____________________________________ [Oct 30,2012 2:38pm - Randy_Marsh ""] arilliusbm said:Also, I take that back. Hair metal = popular metal. nu metal = popular. Exteeme metal will most likely never reach that status any time soon, in this country at least. What about fuck off the nowadays black metal? |
| ______________________________ [Oct 30,2012 2:40pm - ark ""] all i have to say to OP is...cool story brop |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 30,2012 2:52pm - trioxin245 ""] Why does this need a thread? Who gives a shit? Metal rules. If you disagree then you are in the wrong place. |
| _____________________________________ [Oct 30,2012 2:53pm - Randy_Marsh ""] FUCK OFF THE NOWADAYS RTTP THREADS |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 30,2012 2:54pm - MotleyGrue ""] Slayer gained popularity through their music and playing shows, never got much air/video plays in the 80's but earned their fanbase regardless. If their music got on a nowadays laptop commerical, fuck yes good for them, they have earned it, will the majority of people/consumers get the commerical, probably not, but fuck them anyways, as their beliefs are different from mine, and maybe yours too. Do I want extreme metal to reach a pop culture status in this country, fuck no as we would water it down and make it gay. |
| ________________________________ [Oct 30,2012 2:58pm - KEVORD ""] In before Aril makes a thread called Slayer Laptop commercial Officialy the trendiest commercial of 2012. |
| ______________________________ [Oct 30,2012 3:02pm - ark ""] MotleyGrue said:fuck no as we would water it down and make it gay. wait, i thought it already was wet and gay? |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 30,2012 3:05pm - MotleyGrue ""] ark said: MotleyGrue said:fuck no as we would water it down and make it gay. wait, i thought it already was wet and gay? lol, by this point yes, where is said slayer laptop commerical, I would much prefer a slayer lap dance. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 30,2012 3:06pm - MotleyGrue ""] MotleyGrue said: ark said: MotleyGrue said:fuck no as we would water it down and make it gay. wait, i thought it already was wet and gay? lol, by this point yes, where is said slayer laptop commerical, I would much prefer a slayer lap dance. wait.........ha ha, by strippers and not the band,crashing and burning on whiskey.... |
| ______________________________ [Oct 30,2012 3:16pm - Yeti ""] wait, so you're saying extreme metal isn't watered down and gay? |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 30,2012 3:18pm - arilliusbm ""] KEVORD said:In before Aril makes a thread called Slayer Laptop commercial Officialy the trendiest commercial of 2012. No. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 30,2012 3:30pm - MotleyGrue ""] Yeti said:wait, so you're saying extreme metal isn't watered down and gay? No, I was saying pop culture would help make it even more gay and watered down, and not that extreme metal needs it, as it is doing it on its own. could my drunkass make a list of bands right now that are guilty of this no, haha. |
| ______________________________ [Oct 30,2012 3:31pm - Yeti ""] i did not expect you to agree hahaha. carry on. |
| ________________________________ [Oct 30,2012 8:40pm - Burnsy ""] I just heard God Forbid on a TNA commercial. Metal is popular now. It's science. |
| ________________________________ [Oct 30,2012 8:59pm - xmikex ""] [img] MAAAAA!! IM DONE WITH MY SEGMENT!!! |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 30,2012 11:24pm - Randy_Marsh ""] Slayers always been a pretty well known band, its not like its nokturnal mortem or something |
| ____________________________________ [Nov 1,2012 3:06am - AUTOPSY_666 ""] 1986 was 26 years ago. |