Nostalgia vs. Reality: Kerrang 2

I'm a sucker for nostalgia. If I'm reminded of a certain album/song/game/whatever after  several years I get hit with several years of withdrawal symptoms and need my fix. It's why I have (fairly recently bought) Time Crisis guns for the ps2 in a drawer at home, guns that I will never use again but can't bring myself to throw away.

While looking through some cds in a second hand store (yes, i sometimes buy cds lol/in b4 cds r retro) and I found Kerrang 2 The Album with songs circa 2000-2002. Some bands I still listen to (Alkaline Trio, Blink 182) some bands are good for the lol/memories/occasional jammage (Slipknot, Limp Bizkit) and some were pretty much one hit wonders that I loved. It's these songs I'm going to concentrate on. Maybe I can cure myself of this nostalgia thing..

Papa Roach: Between Angels and Insects

The Nostalgia: FACT: This was one of the first songs I jammed in my first band. Papa Roach were a singles band, their albums kinda sucked but they could write a hit! I remember this song being HEAVY at the time.

 The Reality:

• No fuqs given if they stole it from Maiden, DAT RIFF!
• Jacoby Shaddix is still lol.
• Super jelly of their practice room.
• 00.27 OH MAN DAT CAMERA TRAVELLING INSIDE YOUR BODY THING, OLD SKOOL!!
• Missed a choreographed, synchronised headbang op though.
• Chorus riff is still HEAVY.
• Dem matching outfits. Dem moves.
• I've actually ripped off that slide on the high note down to slamming an open chord at about 1.27. Srs.
• The transition 'in' to the guitarist and 'out' again from 1.54 onwards haha, so close to being sweet, not quite there.
• Srsly wtf is he dancing like that for haha
• Slow mo of cymbal crash = never not cool. srs.
• Ahahaha dat snare roll.
• Don't remember the bass riff in the bridge, prob cos I was struggling with playing the challenging guitar riff

The verdict: Good for lols and a bit of nostalgia mosh, but I'll be putting this away for another while.

American Hi Fi - Flavour of the Weak

The Nostalgia: I remember this being one of the few 'proper' bands that you could actually hear on the radio so I was pretty into this song. I was just barely a teenager and the radio, mixtapes and music channels were still pretty much the only way of finding new music. Plus the taking down the crappy boyfriend of an unrequited love obviously would have appealed to me at that age. feelsbadman.jpg.

The Reality: 

•  Oh shit! They start the video with a Heavy Metal Parking Lot reference from 1986! Nostalgia within nostalgia..
• Remember when every music video had an intro/'story to tell' haaaa
• 00.44 The song finally gets going and it actually goes harder than I remember!
• 00.50 Ahhh there's the pop vox! And I somehow knew the singer was gonna be blond. 
• How can we make fun of them when they're doing a video making fun of others/themselves?? GENIUS.
• The stop/start thing in the chorus is a bit annoying but DAT HOOK.
• Had no idea he said 'nintendo' there.
• Radio Rock Solo!
• Ah the ol' pretty chorus into the 'heavy' chorus. Works a charm.

The Verdict: I will definetely listen to this song again maybe whilst driving or partying..

Static X - Black and White

The nostalgia: There isn't really that much. I only heard one or two SX songs and though I could see where they were coming from with their cuhrazy hairstyles etc I never took it beyond sort of liking them.

The Reality:

• Lol, that drum sound.
• Yo brahs, Korn want their riff back!
• 00.35 Srsly, that's a Korn song right?
• It's catchy but that's cos it's already a Korn song. KORN, MOTHERFUCKER. HAVE YOU HEARD THEM?
• No matter how cool Tripp is make out to be in this video all I can think about is how he is a convicted kiddyfiddler. Having 14 and 15 year old girls into your music is the dream but actually taking it further than that? Dude. The fuck?

The verdict: That band with the rapist? Ah no, I think I'll listen to Korn instead. Srsly, how is this not the same chorus?