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I thought Screamo turned into DubStep which I think we can all agree was a terrible move.

by justinator 3y ago

arcanemachiner 3y ago
I thought that was just Skrillex.
- timeon 3y ago
  Obligatory: Skrillex is BroStep not DubStep.
  - nyolfen 3y ago
    this feels like the 'USian'/'American' dichotomy
    - pxc 3y ago
      Dubstep generally still has some recognizable traces of reggae in it and is not nearly as aggressive. Listen to some reggae and some older dub, then traditional dubstep, and you will see why it's useful to have different terms. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dub_music https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dub_music
      - nyolfen 3y ago
        i am familiar with the distinction, but for most of the world, dubstep is what you call brostep. this battle is long lost.
        pxc 3y ago
        It's best not to pull your hair out over it, but introducing the wider range of terms is low effort and it gives you a chance to introduce brostep fans to ancestrally related genres that they might also like, so I don't see the harm in gentle insistence here.
  - justinator 3y ago
    Is this like a "No True DubStep" situation?
    - Auracle 3y ago
      Pretty sure it’s a “people discuss musical genres” thing. I used to get mildly annoyed with my friends - who were all in to music more than me - when they were discussing which bands were in which genres. In the end each of their little (sub)genres had just a couple of bands each. It kind of defeats the point of a genre.
  - pferde 3y ago
    I mean, noise from /dev/urandom by any other name would smell just as rank.
Tade0 3y ago
Dubstep seemed to have existed exclusively for people born in the same year as Skrillex and thus had a very short mainstream career.
- actionfromafar 3y ago
  Not sure, but I think UK would like a word. Also, Skrillex isn’t really a Scotsman, at all.
DontchaKnowit 3y ago
yeah absolutely not. Two very different genres. Also dubstep is fun. Its music made for raging at shows. its very good for that. otherwise it sucks, yeah.

I thought Screamo turned into DubStep which I think we can all agree was a terrible move.

arcanemachiner 3y ago

I thought that was just Skrillex.

timeon 3y ago
Obligatory: Skrillex is BroStep not DubStep.
- nyolfen 3y ago
  this feels like the 'USian'/'American' dichotomy
  - pxc 3y ago
    Dubstep generally still has some recognizable traces of reggae in it and is not nearly as aggressive. Listen to some reggae and some older dub, then traditional dubstep, and you will see why it's useful to have different terms. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dub_music https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dub_music
    - nyolfen 3y ago
      i am familiar with the distinction, but for most of the world, dubstep is what you call brostep. this battle is long lost.
      - pxc 3y ago
        It's best not to pull your hair out over it, but introducing the wider range of terms is low effort and it gives you a chance to introduce brostep fans to ancestrally related genres that they might also like, so I don't see the harm in gentle insistence here.
- justinator 3y ago
  Is this like a "No True DubStep" situation?
  - Auracle 3y ago
    Pretty sure it’s a “people discuss musical genres” thing. I used to get mildly annoyed with my friends - who were all in to music more than me - when they were discussing which bands were in which genres. In the end each of their little (sub)genres had just a couple of bands each. It kind of defeats the point of a genre.
- pferde 3y ago
  I mean, noise from /dev/urandom by any other name would smell just as rank.

Tade0 3y ago

Dubstep seemed to have existed exclusively for people born in the same year as Skrillex and thus had a very short mainstream career.

actionfromafar 3y ago
Not sure, but I think UK would like a word. Also, Skrillex isn’t really a Scotsman, at all.

DontchaKnowit 3y ago

yeah absolutely not. Two very different genres. Also dubstep is fun. Its music made for raging at shows. its very good for that. otherwise it sucks, yeah.