Pop Quiz!
Could you get through 30 seconds of that video?
A) Yes and I liked it
B) No and I'm a fan of Skrillex
If you answered "B" don't be friends with me.
I'm sick of Skrillex and "dubstep" fans who don't listen to metal and hardcore (dubstep is in quotations as I'm using it in the context of shitty electro music post-2009 and not drum and bass inspired UK music).
I hate Skrillex. I've hated Skrillex since he was Sonny Moore from From First to Last. In August of 2004 I went to see The Bled play a show in Amityville. If you don't know who The Bled are you're either too young or you suck. Anyway From First to Last opened for The Bled -- nobody knew who they were, nobody was into it, and they would have gone written off as another emocore band that never made it. Unfortunately about a month later they started getting airplay on MTV and were 10 times bigger then The Bled ever became.
Fast forward about a decade later and the same skinny loser who fronted a shitty pop-punk band with screams becomes the biggest electronic artist this side of Moby and now everyone thinks they're hardcore because they listen to it. Guess what - Skrillex is not hardcore. He is a revolving door of trendy-ness and it won't be long before he starts playing Phillip Glass covers because that's what Hot Topic thinks is cool.
The thing that frustrates me the most about Skrillex fans is how hard and heavy the think they're music is. Bitch, please. I used to get my stomach drop kicked and my nose broke at shows and I wasn't even in the mosh pits. If I ever have a son he will never be allowed to listen to Skrillex. He will listen to Converge, Between the Buried and Me, and Bane. I'm going to take him to shows and encourage that he gets his face blasted every time. If he comes home without a scratch, I'll know I've failed as a parent.
Anyway, my point is you're all sissies. Until you listen to brain smashing metal and hardcore, you're lame. Oh and Skrillex can suck a dick.
