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ON BANDS WHO ADDRESS BLABBERMOUTH TRASH-TALKERS

 Monday, June 23rd, 2008 at 11:23am by

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There’s a phenomenon I’ve seen cropping up in the last several months in which band members directly address trash-talkers who post in the comments section below news posts on Blabbermouth. More than ever I feel like I’m seeing headlines in which band members respond to what the Blabberbrats are saying about them, either directly via a blog post or indirectly in an interview by a third party (case in point, this one that popped up this morning in which Children of Bodom’s Alexi Laiho said “I’m so not into the whole Blabbermouth bullshit”). Of course, these articles inevitably generate more flames and the cycle repeats itself, devolving into something of a metal tabloid.

What up with that?

I think anyone who reads MetalSucks can agree that Blabbermouth commenters are the absolute lowest common denominator metal fan (well, except maybe for Lambgoat commenters) and are the archetypal metal stereotype. Why would bands stoop to this level? It just adds fire to the flames. When band members visit MetalSucks and respond to our articles (most recently from The Absence and The Destro about their tour cancellation, and of course Dallas Coyle) it’s to engage in an intelligent discussion about the issue at hand, not to respond “MESHUGGAHHH!” and “THIS BAND R FAGGOTS!” claims. But I feel that when it comes to commenters on Blabbermouth, bands just shouldn’t bother. The best way for them to deal with the haters is perhaps not to deal with them at all.

By the way, before you punters come out in droves, I fully realize that by writing this piece I am myself responding to Blabbermouth commenters. This irony is not lost on me. Eat a dick, u faggot poserz. MESHUGGAH!!!

-VN

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  • http://www.myspace.com/evilsammy Sammy

    Either (A) you’re correct and they (the bands) should just ignore it; or (B) with album sales lagging again this year, maybe any pub is good pub. As for Blabbermouth comments, I just read the articles and ignore all comments. I don’t hang out with junior high kids. Mosquitos don’t soar with eagles, eh?

  • MetalAC13

    You forgot:

    “Metallica sucks”

    and “SLAYYYYEEEERRRRRR!”

    But it’s probably the PR machine. Let’s create some noise about a band, let them bash on someone (either a band or posters on a messageboard). The posters create some buzz (I mean there’s no such thing as bad publicity–in theory anyways).

  • Jim

    The internet. Serious business!

    Anybody who responds to trolls just look kind of pathetic. They should just ignore most of what they read on these websites as far as commenters are concerned, we’re all just a bunch of dumb anonymous assholes who love to hate everything.

  • jaime

    When at a metal show, if someone throws something at the singer, the singer calls them out, calls them a pussy, threatens to kick their ass (or butt fuck them, depending on whether or not you’re in QOTSA). I think this is often an extension of that. But it always comes out sounding like “I care so little about what Blabbermouth posters say, I’m talking about it during this interview instead of plugging my album or tour”

    also, MESHUGGAH!!!!!

  • Danny

    Honestly, I think that comments are sometimes more entertaining than the article itself. Metalheads are opinionated bastards. I fall into that myself. It gets fun when you add low intelligence with an opinion. Music is art, and everyone has a right to like what they want. I think the bashing is funny from an observational point of view. I don’t want everybody to just get along. It’s fucking funny. The only thing that I tend to think is useless, is the who sub-genre snobbery. I tend to listen to a lot of metal bands from different sub-genres, but if I listen to one band that doesn’t mean that that’s the only brand of metal I listen to. Depends on my mood, stress level, and degree of sobriety or lack there of.

  • http://www.myspace.com/evilsammy Sammy

    At least the insults and bashing here, for the most part, is intelligent and thoughtful. Reading “fuck you fag” a hundred different ways is the fodder of the unintelligent and moronic.

  • Pease Hode

    My favorite: JUMP DA FUCK UP!!!!

  • http://www.metalsucks.net Vince Neilstein

    @ Jim:

    “just a bunch of dumb anonymous assholes who love to hate everything”

    brilliant. the next metalsucks header tagline?

  • http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/ Conor

    @Vince: Please do it!

    Blabbermouth is a dumpy website. They copy/paste everything, often without linking to the source. Whenever I check the feed, I see articles like “Mike [from OPETH] posted the following update on their MySpace page:”… and there’s no link the whole article to the band’s MySpace page! Inexcusable and designed to trap traffic. Fuck that.

    Regarding the commenters, Blabbermouth:MetalSucks::YouTube:Flickr. Get me?

    Bands are responding for two reasons: 1) A lot of band members really aren’t superheros with better things to do, and so get petty and reply like children; and 2) there’re tons of PR people who think that this Web 2.0 interactivity bullshit operates perfectly within the bizarre notion of “there’s no such thing as bad press.”

  • Danny

    Why are trash talkers so obsessed with homosexuality, and feminine hygene products? Would the ultimate cut down be… Douchefag? or EmoDoucheFagTurd?

  • Kye

    I’m just saying..”Slipknot and In Flames are teh superz Em0 -_)) and need to st0p bein teh pussie scene kid tite gurl jeen em0″

  • Muttweiler

    Hey, so far this comment line is nitwit free. Is it free mascara day at the Hot Topic or something?

  • CrapMcPoopin

    The kind of people who actually post on Blabbermouth are the kind of people that if not into metal, would also believe what they saw on TMZ.

  • http://metalmartyr.com Metal Martyr Scott

    Conor said: “Blabbermouth is a dumpy website. They copy/paste everything, often without linking to the source. ”

    Isn’t that the truth. I wonder how many people work for that site. Anyone know?

  • http://myspace.com/tythemetalhead deathmetalfan99

    comments are really a cool part of having a blog if you use them right. here at metalsucks it is really cool because give serious reasons why we might not like a band or a member of some band. but at blabbermouth all you do is scream your favorite bands name when they are metioned and scream your least favorite bands name with some insult after when they are mentioned. it is just speaking in caveman and it is innogrant. and to end my rant….

    SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
    LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
    AAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
    EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
    EERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
    RR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • attackmole

    I read Blabbermouth, cause if anything happens to any metal band ever, it’ll probably be up there. I don’t read the comments. Problem solved.

  • http://www.nobudgettv.com C.J. the D.J.

    When responding to a “journalist’s” question about blabbermouth, just respond with a simple “ah fuck em, next question”.
    You do your band a bigger service by not fanning the flames of the commenters there and showing what little relevance blabbermouth really has.
    Blabbermouth is just a place where PR news pieces are regurgitated for all to see and then bitched about.
    I prefer Metalsucks and theprp.com

  • dudemandude

    FIRST POST BITCHES!!!!!!!!111111!!!!

  • http://metalmartyr.com Metal Martyr Scott

    Blabbermouth > Lambgoat

  • http://www.thedeciblog.com nick

    There is only one person who works for Blabbermouth, Borivoj Krigin. He does employ reviewers, though.

  • http://noyokono.blogspot.com noyokono

    Honestly, I can’t even read Blabbermouth. It’s not all that great of a site and there are plenty of other online metal sites to choose from that aren’t eyesores.

  • Revrant

    The absolutely hilarious part about Blabbermouth is I can go there and see a bunch of meathead kids screaming that the bands MetalSucks loves are the best bands on Earth along WITH all of this popular, awful shit you guys bash.

    Makes me all warm and gooey.

  • Benny

    People LOVE talking shit with consequence-free anonymity on their side…