Extreme metal guitar is only for impressing other blokes confirmed

[chinnybob]

In case you needed a chuckle today.

Male extreme metal guitarists: are you only playing guitar to impress other men?

New research suggests 'it could be that men engage in this genre mainly for status-seeking purposes'

www.musicradar.com

 

[wheresthefbomb]

I mean, duh.

 

[Albake21]

I mean.... maybe? Isn't that pretty much all hobbies, to get better at said hobby so you can then report to others in the hobby? It's more like motivating each other, rather than trying to be better than each other. That's just geeky hobbies in general though. Feels like an odd article to write

 

[CanserDYI]

I mean frankly when I send out my riffs, I want the thiccest burliest metallest dude to want to fellate me after because they liked the riff so much, so yeah.

 

[gunshow86de]

 

[sleewell]

 

[wheresthefbomb]

I'm actually a diversity-positive attention-whore. I want all of the attention and all of the approval.

 

[Demiurge]

So, fans & creators of a niche type of music probably have a narrow, shared demographic. So what? While the tenor of the article is supposed to be, "Oh, haha- look at this dumb sausage-fest," it's a tad regressive in its own way to imply that the more acceptable motivation for music is to pick-up women.

 

[Isaiah04]

If someone plays a complicated riff or solo, of course im gonna be impressed

 

[KnightBrolaire]

No shit.
Next they'll make a study about how a lot of war metal is just shitty black metal for nazis or something.

 

[ShredmasterD]

In case you needed a chuckle today.

Male extreme metal guitarists: are you only playing guitar to impress other men?

New research suggests 'it could be that men engage in this genre mainly for status-seeking purposes'

www.musicradar.com

sounds like more academic attacks on men and masculinity. So, if a male metal guitarist menstruates then, will they be OK with that? Seems like elite academia loves shit like that these days.

 

[eaeolian]

The study surveyed 44 heterosexual male metal guitarists about their guitar practicing habits, sexual behaviour and 'feelings of competitiveness toward the same sex.'

Like that sample size is useful.

 

[nickgray]

 

[SpaceDock]

I thought it was because when the ladies come into the show and see these armadillos in our trousers, it’s quite frightening and they start screaming!

 

[ShredmasterD]

imagine what they would say about Paganini if he lived today.

 

[TheInvisibleHand]

My pick-rake brings all the boys to the yard,

and they're like, its better than ours,

and they're like, just get in my drawers.

 

[rokket2005]

It's a 2 way street, after all The Sisters are Doin' it for Themselves.

 

[coreysMonster]

Four nerds couldn't figure out barre chords in high school, so they went to uni to call everybody better at guitar than them "gay" with fancy words.

EDIT: Found the study in case anybody's interested. https://toddkshackelford.com/downloads/Deleece-et-al-EBS.pdf
Seems to make a lot of bold, broad claims, and has some downright wrong statements like "Extreme metal is very fast, in which it is not uncommon to see tempos as high as 400 beats per minute".

 

[MaxOfMetal]

sounds like more academic attacks on men and masculinity. So, if a male metal guitarist menstruates then, will they be OK with that? Seems like elite academia loves shit like that these days.

Four nerds couldn't figure out barre chords in high school, so they went to uni to call everybody better at guitar than them "gay" with fancy words.

They should make frets out of this alloy of fragility.

 

[coreysMonster]

It's just a joke lmao. Everybody knows Extreme Metal Guitar is the nerdiest of all instrumental styles (and gay isn't an insult). I am however, going to dunk on them if their study has inconsistencies or errors. 🤓