This Is Why…it’s so good!!

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So in the early 2000s, shortly after the world exploded from Y2K, there was an emerging genre that had somehow managed to completely dominate the western world. That genre was Nu-Metal.

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It’s been a genre that has divided Metal fans globally. As on one end of the spectrum you had bands such as System of a down that were a politically driven group and spoke of war, genocide and other controversial topics and then you had limp bizkit who just did it all for nookie and really didn’t take themselves too seriously.

I think it’s safe to say that Nu-Metal was in full swing by the time albums such as Chocolate Starfish, Follow The Leader and Toxicity had been unleashed on the Youth of America. However, Nu-Metal was seriously short-lived. It kind of died out by 2004/2005. And we started to see a dramatic shift in the overall sentiment of alternative music.

Nu-Metal was often aggressive, dark and could come across as very disturbing to the everyday joe. But then came along a lighter version of alternative rock, that was still appealing to the discontented teens of the day, but had a much poppier edge to it.

In 2002 a band called Taking Back Sunday released their debut record “Tell All Your Friends”. This record is considered by many to be the first “big” record that represented a new genre that would be known as Emo. Whilst you can argue that Jimmy Eat World's 2001 record Bleed American may have started the trend, Singer Jim Adkins didn’t quite have the same allure as Adam Lazzara who showed somewhat of a more sensitive side on stage.

We could also discuss the real Emo catalyst record, Full- Collapse by Thursday but that’s another story altogether.

A variety of “Emo” artists then started to rise up through the ranks such as Fall Out Boy, Panic At The Disco and Paramore, amongst many others of course. And I guess we can’t leave out My Chemical Romance.

Paramore's second record RIOT was HUGE and peaked at number fifteen on the billboard 200 chart in 2007. Singles taken from the record, Misery Business, Crush and That’s What You Get were big hits and you couldn’t go to an alternative nightclub and not hear them.

The rise of these bands caused an enormous rift between metal fans and alternative metal fans which is no surprise as Paramore were essentially a pop-rock band, as were many of the other Emo artists. However some of the emo fans would still say that some of the emo music was metal, but that’s not the main point here.

The point here is that despite how much you might have hated these bands, they wrote some really, really good music. Super catchy, upbeat and very memorable. Which brings me to the main point of this episode.

This Is Why, is the new album from Paramore and to my surprise, I think it’s actually quite incredible. So I have to say kudos to them for their writing abilities. It has elements of Rock, funk and dare I say it, even a bit of disco in parts. Very reminiscent of Incubus in many ways, and hints of Red Hot Chilli Peppers. I had no intention of paying any attention to this album however I saw the title single from the album pop up on my YouTube homepage and gave it a spin. I then played it on repeat for about two days solid.

And the singer, Hayley Williams quite frankly has an incredible voice. So I am thoroughly recommending you to check out this record. It really shouldn’t matter what style of music you’re into, a good album is simply a good album and this is one.

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