Kerry King just plays variations of the Solo over and over, maybe hard, but are pretty much the same, I like to listen to Slayer, mostly their earlier stuff, but they can be boring, so I tend to listen if I doing stuff, was great for sitting at school revising though when I was doing my GCSE's, blocked out one annoying guy...
However, as the Bill Bailey act goes. 'Hellew we're Slayer, our songs they all sound the same...CHEMICAL WARFARE! *Frantically strums guitar* MANDITORY SUICIDE! *Frantically strums the same notes*'
There is rock, and many many many variations of it, some for metal...Heavy Metal, Nu Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal, Opera Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Death Metal (Thank Opeth for that one) Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal etc.
Quote: "Actually, Iron Maiden, Coldplay, The Offspring and In Flames are all rock music. Punk, metal, soft rock etc are all branches of rock, so rock band is a legitimate (however vague) term."
Pretty much true, a Rock band is made up of serious people, with guitars, bass, drums and any extras (Or taken away, eg no bass in White Stripes) who have passion in what they do and Rock it out...Busted or Mc Fly don't count though, no matter how much they tell themselves...Heck Fightstar got bottled at download
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