Prog Eye Candy

Jimbo wrote: GoldenSpiral wrote: AtLossForWords wrote: Jimbo wrote: I think the whole thing has a lot to do with where you live. It's not too often you see a girl looking like Grace Slick or Norah Jones around here - so they look exotic to me. Angela Gossow, Simone Simmons, Floor Jansen then again, are all pretty girls surely, but you can see similar faces in the streets here on a day to day basis, so naturally they don't appeal to me as much.   I'd have to agree with you!  You have an advantage living in Finland.  How I wish I lived in somewhere in Scandanavia for just that one of many reasons. Scandinavia: The only place where death metal can still get you chicks! You have no idea how close to the truth you are! There's a fairly common joke around here, that if you want to get a girlfriend, just wear a Children Of Bodom t-shirt, and in a matter of minutes, some 15-year old COB-fangirl will come to talk to you.

REALLY???? wow!  (except for the 15 year old part)

but for real, nobody but us nerds listen to CoB in the states.  hot girls listen to emo here.

Jimbo wrote: ^^ Just to prove it to you, this is the top artists list from group Finland last week. (last.fm). As you can see, metal is fairly popular here! Top Artists 1 System of a Down 263 2 Metallica 262 3 Rammstein 243 4 In Flames 242 5 Nightwish 220 6 Children of Bodom 204 7 Red Hot Chili Peppers 192 8 Apulanta 176 9 Sonata Arctica 175 9 CMX 175 Listen to music, see charts for System of a Down, Metallica, Rammstein, In Flames, Nightwish For the week prior to 30 Jul 2006 More weekly charts...

Well, as long as you have long hair, I would say as many as you want.

On a more serious note, it's an interesting fact, that in the US teenagers seem to listen to emo and genres like that. I personally don't know anyone who listens to emo around here, instead, many teenagers are very keen on bands like Children of Bodom, Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, In Flames etc. Just goes to show how different our cultures are. I guess the constant darkness during the winter here does count for something, eh?

Too bad the most popular Metal the fins listen to is quite dull, but I guess it's like that everywhere. I have no idea why, but here in Latvia there has been a new wave of Bon Jovi popularity - it doesn't make any sense to me. I mean, why them out of all the bands?

Yeah, that's the song practically everyone listens to exclusively. If the song isn't played a good hundred of times on repeat during a party, it means the party has gone wrong.

Well, while many americans take pride in listening to pseudo-"emo" bands or tough as sh*t metalcore, the general fashion here is still pop, and the attitude to other styles is always as radical and closed-minded as it can be. Rock is only known in its primitive shape, when people hear the word 'Metal' they laugh out loud and tell you to "go cry in a dark room wearing black leather and make-up". Classical is lame and old, jazz is stupid, and the word 'prog' only confuses people, who will ask you if you aren't, by any means, referring to Progressive Trance(I think)?

^^ Yeah, pretty much.

Don't get me wrong though, there are plenty of people here who cannot stand any kind of metal (especially girls), but the genre does seem to be slightly more popular here than in most other countries.

Sorry to intrude, but there hasn't been one sexy picture on this page, and this is the Prog Eye Candy thread.

AtLossForWords wrote: Jimbo wrote: ^^ Yeah, pretty much. [IMG]alt=Tongue src="smileys/smiley17.gif" align=absMiddle>Don't get me wrong though, there are plenty of people here who cannot stand any kind of metal (especially girls), but the genre does seem to be slightly more popular here than in most other countries.   Yeah Metal of all types definately sells better anywhere in Europe than anywhere else.  Of course not everyone in a certain country likes Metal, but it's still great to see that there is a big scene there.

    
Not Nu-Metal or Metalcore!

AtLossForWords wrote: King of Loss wrote: AtLossForWords wrote: Jimbo wrote: ^^ Yeah, pretty much. [IMG]alt=Tongue src="smileys/smiley17.gif" align=absMiddle>Don't get me wrong though, there are plenty of people here who cannot stand any kind of metal (especially girls), but the genre does seem to be slightly more popular here than in most other countries.   Yeah Metal of all types definately sells better anywhere in Europe than anywhere else.  Of course not everyone in a certain country likes Metal, but it's still great to see that there is a big scene there.      Not Nu-Metal or Metalcore!   Metalcore isn't metal it's a subgenre of hardcore.  I don't know about Nu-Metal.

Shows what MTV knows. As I Lay Dying were labelled "Metal Gods". Made me want to throw up