UNFORTUNATELY, THE “SCREAMO-CRUNK EXPLOSION” HASN’T ACTUALLY KILLED ANY SCREAMO-CRUNKERS
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 at 2:00pm by Axl RosenbergThe May issue of Revolver has an article on Hollywood Undead and “the screamo-crunk explosion,” and while I’m aware that there are people I completely respect who love this shit, this particular sub-genre pretty much makes me want the ending of Dr. Strangelove to come true.
The article included some bands we’ve already declared our hatred for here at MS – the aforementioned Hollywood Undead, Brokencyde, and I Set My Friends on Fire – but also has the unfortunate distinction of having introduced me to Breathe Carolina and 3OH!3.
Honestly, I can’t see how these bands are considered metal, or even hard rock. But, then, I can’t see how they would be considered anything other than “awful.”
Breathe Carolina, “Diamonds”
3OH!3, “Don’t Trust Me”
-AR
Shush girl…shut your lips…do the WHY THE FUCK ARE THESE GUYS POPULAR
*genocide commencing*
It really is amazing to me that there is a seemingly large market for this horrible stuff!!! And damn, if the voice didnt want to make you kill him, does that hairdo on that singer on the Breath Carolina video not make you want to brass knuckle punch the guy right in the kidneys?!!!!!!!!
I really do hate this genre. I hate all aspects of it from the whiny, vocoded vocals to the synth-pop instrumentals to the “we’re here cuz scene girls like us” screams. Who ever said this was metal or even a form of rock needs to be fired from their job and killed immediately.
Damn dude. Those fuckers are terrible. That 3OH!3 dude doesn’t even look like he’s trying. Hint: when you lip sync, the idea is to make your LIPS SYNC with the words of the song.
P.S. I kinda like I Set My Friends On Fire. At least they’re kinda funny.
holy shit ,as soon as this came on i started punching myself in the testicles. I’d rather give meself a razorblade enema than listen to this again.
I love this shit. It’s hilarious.
“Don’t Trust Me” seemed just like pop anyway and the lyrics were hilarious. I have no problem with that guy at all.
P.S. that’s not the video for the 3OH!3 song. That’s just some Youtube dude who wants to be cool. These guys are 3OH!3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFpT2QSDWM0
Judge them now.
I had to seriously force myself to watch/listen through this horrible shit… The second video looks like the guy shot it on a webcam and edited in Photoshop, but the first one? All I can make out is hair and paint!
This the most blantant piece of selective marketing I’ve ever seen in music, and we must kill it. With fire.
Calling this metal is like saying “Harvard Extension” is Harvard. FAIL.
THATS IT!!!!!!!!! My girlfriend loves that gay ass 3OH!3 song and it pisses me off. Breathe Carolina can go fuck themselves. brokenCYDE are alright, ISMFOF are good. Hollywood Undead are the best of them. Still everytime i hear 3-whatever i want to gut the fucker singing it.
Well they certainly make Moby look like a pretty cool guy.
I didn’t know this shit existed. Now I do. Fuck you guys.
I read a good line somewhere in regards to this trend, (probably MI since i’m not reading about screamo-crunk in too many places) but it basically said that screamo-crunk is the current teen-generation’s extreme music for their parents/old people to hate. The same shit that people are talking about screamo-crunk has probably already been said about rock/punk/metal/ska/hardcore/etc.
@”caucasian”Jeffrey Vanstan –
“BAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA thats sum funny shit man!!.”
Once again these metalsucks dudes are focusing on what comes out ones arse, rather than finding decent fucking metal!
this shit doesent belong here.
i say we let Corpsegrinder sort these cunts out.
I love the internet, each day brings something new and bizarre to my screen. Thanks for laughs on this one.
MAN. I’d rather die than listen to this crap. But, we knew it wouldn’t be too long after nu-metal that some other shit ass trend would come around…..fuck.
@ Fantum:
Alright. Thanks. I thought that one kid dancing was the real video. Now that I’ve seen the real video and have some perspective, I can see that 3OH!3 is just a couple of dudes fuckin’ around and havin’ some fun, which I can appreciate. I don’t hate them as much as I did 5 minutes ago.
@ Fantum:
Alright. Thanks. I thought the one kid dancing was the real video. Now that I’ve seen the real video and have some perspective, I can see that 3OH!3 is just a couple dudes fuckin’ around and havin’ some fun, which I can appreciate. I don’t hate them as much as I did 5 minutes ago.
well, that one carolina band or whatever is like emo synth pop. which i can do without, but brokencyde pisses me off like no other if i have to hear it. as long as no one forces me to listen to this shit, i dont care if other people like it.
OMG, now that I’ve heard Breath Carolina I am so fucking getting their album.
And what about the Millionares?
sluttiest i’ve heard so far xD
HOLY SHIT HANNAH MONTANA COVER!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UmfIB2tYjY
My life is complete.
Why do I get the feeling this little sub-genre is actually one big inside joke propagated by the record companies??? This anal-leakage inducing music is an unholy blight on the face of music and a disgrace to the term “musician.”
Compare and contrast: This month, Revolver runs a story on “the screamo-crunk explosion.” Next month, Metal Edge (RIP), in its final issue (Isis cover, out soon), runs a story calling Hollywood Undead “the worst band in America.”
Needs more Lil Jon. WHUT?!
Seriously, people willingly listen to this stuff? Oh man, that’s too funny.
I have to admit I’d been following this genre some time now and I kinda like some of it as a guilty pleasure. This music is clearly marketed towards the Urban Outfitter/ American Apparel chick (which btw, I love these girls), but to think that the metal/hardcore/aggressive scene should like this, in general, is gross. Anything to get scene chicks drunk and dancing can’t be all that evil. or can it???
breathe carolina can go suck a big one.
they are absolutely horrible, and people who listen to them are messed up in the head.
as for 3OH!3, they aren’t THAT bad.
their lyrics are hilarious.
but all my friends make them out to be something absolutely amazing, which i don’t see. at all.
i dont think i heard a guitar in either song’s beginning 30 seconds. may have missed it as i was slamming q-tips thru my skull trying to erase the vibrations that literally skull fucked my head into a vomiting coma.
Not Metal. Or even close. Should not have even been mentioned on this site. Unless Gaahl was using the breathe caroline ‘guy’ as virgin anal meat. That would be entertaining metal news.
Fuck all screamo crunk, it sucks that Revolver fucking published this :/
I still cant believe that “screamo-crunk” is an actual term an intelligent person would ever use. “What Kind of music do you like?” “DUDE!!! Screamo Crunk Is where it’s at”
I’m fascinated by this whole screamo crunk shit. And horrified.
Dude, a while back I read the post on Brokencyde, and seeing their name here again brought a smile to my face cause I’ve been looking for videos that make me laugh. And this one is one of the funniest because it’s so bad. It’s gonna be great when this scene crumbles in on itself. Classic thru and thru
Now that I’ve seen this I feel like Nicholas Cage in “Knowing” –
you know the part where he’s in stunned disbelief yet
becoming very, very concerned that the world is ending?
That part.
All I could think about while watching the Breathe Carolina video was Dave Chappelle.
“I want to pee on you….oh yes I do.”
Fuck I miss that show.
30H!3 is pretty funny, all they sing about is nailing hot chicks, whats more rock n roll than that.
I got that same issue in the mail a few days ago…and i was like WTF? Seriously though, that screamo shit needs to go :/. lol
Honestly, am I the only one that likes this genre of music?
This makes me miss Limp Bizket.
I was a 90’s high school kid, and have fond memories of going to metal/hardcore shows at the same clubs i would go to and do a shitload of E or anything else i could find the next night and to pick-up chicks that wouldn’t evenlook at me at the halls in school. Honestly, it all mixed together then, because the same club that all the girls went to so they could dance, was the the same club Cannibal Corpse would show up at as well. So it has related for a long time
More abortions imo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck49zZTWdO8
..:blep:.
How the fuck does the genre name even relate to the music? There’s no screamo, and there’s no crunk. Wtmf?
I agree with the post above… how is that screamo or crunk??? Just sounds like pop/techno type stuff… Still pretty lame..
It’s got nothing to do with metal or music.
It’s pre-packaged rebellion for a new generation.
Also, I bet girls dig this stuff a lot better (since it’s pop with some watered down teenage angst thrown in for good measure) which means guys will like it or pretend to like it.
As mentioned before, if you’re above 15 years old you’re not supposed to dig it since it’s constructed to piss you off.
My premonition is that we’ll have someone screaming over “Crazy Frog” next which means the seventh seal has been broken and Armageddon is upon us.
I love it when two annoying genres of music merge to make one even bigger pile of shit.
Breathe Carolina sounds like Savage Garden did an album with the dude from Bullet For My Valentine.
I cannot help but feel like something has been taken away from me this morning. Oh, that’s right it was my will to live after watching that Breathe Carolina video. I can never, ever “unwatch” it.
I can’t believe you posted this for others to listen to. A-hole
You know originally they didn’t want to have the water falling on them at the beginning & the director was like, “Just imagine it’s cum” & they were like, “Alright!”
my girlfriend listens to this shit
I know that part it “Knowing”!!!! He’s like: “No, damnit, NO! Not here! Not today! GAH! Why does this information always come to ME! GAH! My head!” *puts fingers to temples and squints his eyes in a shimmering gold light* “GAH! My head! All this ‘knowing’! I wish Keanu was here!”
thats not even the real 3OH!3 music video, its some kid being a bigger douche, the real video is actually funny.
Wow, that first video is just plain horrible. I googled this 3OH!3 band, and I have to say those guys are kind of awesome. Are they even pretending to be anything other than “let’s get fucking fucked up and get fucked” party music?
Breathe Carolina though, fuck. Those guys represent everything I fucking hate about LA.
I really don’t know how Hollywood Undead fits into this genre, just because they have a dude who sings the choruses? Other than that they are basically rap with some screaming in some songs
Breathe Carolina is not that bad, at least it has something to do with Electronica. lol
30h3 should not be on here, they are not screamo crunk. and that guy is lip-syncing, its not the offical vid.
God i hate that 3OH!3 song it makes me want to kill myself.
This must be what metallica felt like in the 80’s when DEVO happened. I saw this coming from a mile away, as soon as it was cool to rock neon everything and wear those stupid kanye west aviators, I knew horrible 80’s music would make a comeback, I just hoped it wasn’t going to be this bad. I can get down with 3oh!3 because a.)they don’t look like total fags b.)they realize they’re a bad joke, but the rest of these bands need to take dirt naps.
Umm okay can I fucking ask a question here ? Why are you guys being streotypical about other peoples music ? Some people probally/most likly don’t like the music you guys listen to butof course it would be “I don’t be a fuck. I listen to whatever I want and I don’t care what other people think.” right ? thought so. Well you know what I perfur this music and I listen to it non-stop. I think you guys are being alittle childish with making a website about how you hate a certain veriaty of music. Just because YOU don’t like it doesn’t mean WE can’t like it. Ohh and whoever made this site GROW THE FUCK UP (:
Well, I guess the excess number of “x”’s in the name should have given it away. Scene or pretend “straightedge?” Doesn’t really matter, both are nothing but bullshit entitlement-generation trends that no one can stand.
We don’t give a fuck what you think, so, why the fuck even bother to post? This is some emofag bitch-ass west coast pussy bullshit, everyone here thinks it’s fucking gay as shit, deal with it. You don’t care what we think, we don’t care what you think. No one’s saying you can’t like it…..just that you’re an inhibited fucking retard for liking it.
Oh, and learn to spell. Jesus fuck.
Pretend Straightedge? I don’t understand that comment..
How do you know this? Someone can’t go through this life without wanting to put nasty drugs into them?
I know the dudes from 3OH!3..here is the big thing, their band is a JOKE.
The band name is the fucking AREA CODE FOR OUR TOWN! and our town is notorius for being…White, and having a lot of white rich kids trying to “rap”
So, they are mocking the “Boulder” (our town) Culture.
then people really started to like it..and now they are where they are, which I think is great because they are just having fun and goofing around.
The best part is, there are boulder rap kids that hate them because the are ruining “Boulder Hip Hop rep”
again, we are a rich WHITE college town….no rep.
I would seriously rather listen to Nickelback.
f my life
Holy shit. Hannah, there are so many thing wrong with your post, that I don’t even know where to begin. Just fuck you. That’s all I got. Fuck you.
ROFL @ Hannah.
Hannah, I hope you get raped by a bunch of scumbags with oozing blisters on their dicks.
Seriously… Get the fuck off of the internet.
You’re 14 and telling people to grow up? You don’t know shit about growing up and you obviously don’t know shit about good music.
These videos are HILARIOUS!
I’m gonna call it “Scrunko”.
White kids ruin everything.
relax angry mob.
I know its a horrible sound but this screamo/crunk bullshit is dying breed waiting to happen, but you see the thing about metal is that it will always be there, whether its risen from the ashes or roaming the undergrounds.
screamo/crunk is like a virgin, fun at first but once it gets a little overused it gets a bit boring. xD
@ xxhannahxx
“This must be what metallica felt like in the 80’s when DEVO happened. I saw this coming from a mile away, as soon as it was cool to rock neon everything and wear those stupid kanye west aviators, I knew horrible 80’s music would make a comeback, I just hoped it wasn’t going to be this bad. I can get down with 3oh!3 because a.)they don’t look like total fags b.)they realize they’re a bad joke, but the rest of these bands need to take dirt naps.”
Ummmmm, Devo is way older than metallica. We’re talking mid 70’s. And Devo rules. This shit is nothing like devo, or Metallica. I saw Devo in vegas with Josh Freese on drums!
I meant that last one for “codpiece” actually. Musta got caught up
This shit reminds of me dance club music.
From Poland.
From 12 years ago.
yeahh, okay one!
wtf is ur guys problem with these bands anyways!
they are making millions of people happy!
and they aren’t bothering you!
and you talk shit on bands that you say you cant stand!
but spend all your time trashing them!
to me that sounds like you guys have no life!!
and cj, just to let you know when bands make music videos they lip sync!
so it can match up with the original song!
Goddamn it, aJAY, I shouldn’t even dignify your dumb, emo ass with an answer as I (along with every other competent blogger on this particular topic) moved past this issue when the announcement was made that the gay kid dancing was not the actual video, but as you so blatantly put it, I have no life, so fuck it: I realize how music videos are made. They are made by lip-syncing. But while good videos are made by the singers actually syncing their lips to match the words, bad videos (such as the one above) are made by the performer not even attempting to sync his lips to the words. When I thought that that video was the original video put out by 3OH!3, it gave me the impression that they didn’t even care about the quality of the video, thus didn’t care about the music and generally sucked at life. Now I realize that the only life-sucking happening here is fully being done by you, xxhannahxx, and that fag in the video. But mostly you.
haha okay cj!
Wow this shit reallly sucks
I’m amazed that someone has the time to create a WHOLE WEBSITE dedicated to music they hate. Like someone has said before, all you people whining on this website obviously have no life. If you have a problem with the artists you have mentioned, then WTF ARE YOU LISTENING TO THEM FOR, DIPSHIT?When normal people don’t like songs, they don’t listen to them. Thought of trying that?
I’m not saying this music is good, I’m just telling you guys to get over yourselves. Just because you don’t like a type of music, doesn’t necesarily make it shit.
Btw if you actually investigated before you typed away, you’d find that 3oh!3 are just a joke that has become majorly successful, and their songs are actually really smart and funny. Screamo-crunk? Wtf, there isn’t any of that in 3oh!3.
Who made this site anyway? Because they seriously need to get a life.
This is a site run by metalheads, for metalheads. I don’t know if you’ve ever met any metalheads, but most of us truly enjoy poking fun at music we don’t like, especially silly shit with names like “screamo-crunk”. We’re not being negative, we’re just having a laugh. If we just don’t listen to it, then we’ll never be able to mock it and make fun of it and talk shit about it with our metalhead friends, in the name of a good time. If you don’t understand that, you don’t understand metalheads.
I love this genre! I love to dance, and love rock music. Perfect sounds. Now they need good female girls getting into it, and making good music. But nothing like the millionaires, now that is bad. They didn’t try at all.
I love screamo-crunk music, but i also love metal. screamo-crunk is just screamo and techo, just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean you have to trash it and spit all over it. I do agree that Don’t Trust Me sucked and they should have never done the song, but the genre itself is good. It’s funny and fun to dance to. Hollywood Undead, Brokencyde, I Set My Friends on Fire, Breathe Carolina and 3OH3! are all good bands. I’m not saying that what you listen to bad, I just think that its fucking stupid to trash someone elses music just because of what you think. for example my mom blasts country music in her car 24/7 and I hate it but i never turn it off or say anything because I know she likes it. so your entitled to your opinion but shut the fuck up please.
I DONT GET HOW HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD ARE SCREAMO CRUNK
theyree just rap rock
3oh3 sound alrite, only listened to 3 of their songs tho
breath carolina are decent at best
i set my friends on fire sound more metal core than screamo crunk from the song i just heard (sex ed rules) loved this one line “you should be happy you dont have a vagina, that would be crappy, cos periods suck! and commas rule! this is sex education! not grammar fool!” XD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_6ItxioUco
brokencyde aint so good… just cant get into their music, its just noise
i dont understand the comparisons to nu metal though coz for starters nu metal is quite heavy and has guitars bass and drums along with proper rapping and screaming/shouting while screamo crunk uses extra vocoders, electronic music and hip hop beats, if i hear another scene kid fuck blasting brokencyde or dot dot curve (dont even get me started on them) ill fuckin kick theyre stupid dumb arse scenester face in!!!
and then force them to listen to proper music like nu metal and pop punk (and i mean proper pop punk like lit and blink 182, not scensters pop punk like kids in glass houses and ym@6) and some thrash (like slayer), groove (like sepultura and pantera) and death metal too (deicide and cannibal corpse are the best options for this) until they blare out korn, pantera, limp bizkit, lit, anthrax and cannibal corpse everyday!!!
WHat The Heck
You Have No Right To Say
These Bands Suck Or The
General Typ Of Music.
They Are The Best Bands
You Are So Dumb If You Think There
Stupid You Have No Sence Of Music.
Some Of Those Bands Arent Screamo Crunk
>>>>>>>>>DDDDDDDD
and you have no sense of proper spelling or grammar,
so shut the fuck up
it doesnt matter, its all still bull shit music
I don’t care about how these kids look; its not relevant. My problem with this genre is POOR POOR POOR execution, rhythmic precision, lack of variety of vocal inflection, and the lack of actual musicians and instrumentalists. If some talented folks were to give this style a good honest try, I might actually listen to it. There are SO MANY hardworking bands that deserve attention because of their talent at playing/composition and these crunkcore assholes divert attention away from them even more. UGHHH UGHH UGHHH UGHHHH. Plus, if you’re going to dance in your videos (like brokeNCYDE tries to) then DON’T SUCK AT IT.
Man, this article was linked from the Wikipedia page on “crunkcore”. So I gather there’s a bunch of 16 year olds in neons listening to Brokencyde or whatever and searching for more music like them, but instead finding out that indeed, no one over 16 actually takes these bands seriously at all.
I love this site
Honestly crunkcore is not that bad .. it has a lot of potential .. but to like it you need an open mind and time to get used to it.. then it’s really cool ^_^ .. Still it’s said that most cruckcore bands are so vulgar and sexist. I personally recommend Family Force 5 and Breathe Carolina.. check them out !
most hiphop songs (especially the mindless and senseless ones) are worse that these. I HATE HIPHOP.
3OH!3 are immence, you people dont know what your talking about.
Screw you guys if people like this music just let them.
There not making you like it are they?!
So get a life and stop criticising peoples music and peoples music taste.
Go listen to the stuff you like, or is it a load of rubbish?