Rock n Pop: What's a music cliche' you make it a point NOT to follow?

There's a cliche, or perhaps a stereotype, that all metalheads are violent and belligerent, where you know I'm a pacifist and absolutely hate any kind of confrontation or violent behaviour.

BQ: None, I'm not contributing to the weird insult war on here.

BQ2: My teddy bear. I've had him since the day I was born, he was my only friend when I was little.

I make a point to not follow musicians who don't play an actual instrument and write a decent and honest song. It's one thing to make a song with ableton, protools, and auto-tune and call your self a musician meanwhile all you "sing" about is how much money you make and how you're worth more than everybody else on earth. I disagree with what you say about metal - but I'm not going to get into it with you - it's just a matter of different opinion.

BQ: I haven't been on RNP or YA for a little over a year now. But if I do remember - Killer Peaches should probably have his house knocked down. I only say this because I remember the name - along with rnrstar, if he's even around anymore.

BQ2: I still have my first electric guitar that I got for Christmas when I was 5 years old. I did bastardize it and paint it neon green from it's original black.

I've noticed that people have this idea that fans of metal (I don't like the word "metalhead". I think it makes us sound dumb.) have to conform to a mold. Yes that mold might be quite large, encompassing many styles and preferences. However, I don't really fit into any metal stereotypes. I'm usually wearing lightly colored clothes, acting cheerful, and tend to listen to a bit of blues, jazz, pop, rock, electronica, classical, and pretty much whatever you can think of. Metal seems to be a central anchor for me due to its compatibility with nearly every musical genre. When I was a kid, I fit into your standard angst-filled "pop metal" stereotype.

BQ: I haven't been around in months, so I'm not familiar with the current regs. I'd tp Cj The Vampire's house. I'm pretty sure she's been gone longer than I have, but she seems fun. If I'm going to tp someone I don't like, I'd have to say Mr. Grimm. Not that I think he's a bad guy, but he gets annoying with his constant trolling.

BQ2: I have a 1964 Chevy Impala that belonged to my dad. As far as I know, I'm the only 18 year old (who doesn't have a wealthy family) in my town with a car that actually has some value. It's important to me because I used to play in it and imagine what it would be like to have one of my own.

I make a point of not listening to "arty" indie music that is a bunch of bizarre unlistenable sounds.

Traditional song structure + innovation is great, but methodless plonks and growls and tribal beats piss me off.

BA: Yours, of course ;)

BA2: An ice-cream tub full of Pokémon tazos - I ate so many bags of chips in the process of collecting those.

Edit: To clearly phrase this, I try to disprove the misconception that experimental music is good on the basis of being different or new. Tons of new & experimental things are failures created without regard for the listener.

All music in a particular genre is bad/boring/insert insult here.

There's just so much stuff out there that a lot of diversity exists even within genres. I'm sure if I looked hard enough I could find at least one band I like in every genre. The problem is how much crap I may or may not have to wade through in order to find at least one artist that's listenable.

BQ: I'm not a trouble maker so I think I'll sit this one out thank you very much.

BQ2: Lots of Pokemon stuff, Beanie Babies, an old game boy.

That Goths listen to Goth music and nothing else. I will have you know that I happen to listen to quite a bit of pop.

BQ: I'm not sure who's house I'd want to TP, I rarely ever come over to this section.

BQ2: Unfortunately, I can't think of anything.

Here is a short list of stuff I believe people should avoid

Growling and yelling: There are dozens of bands that I wish I could get into, but I cant get past the GHRAAAAAH part of it. Its a total turn off

Writing about generic things like sex, love, drugs, ect

Generic composing: Don't put in a short intro, singing, guitar solo, singing, another guitar solo and the singer fades out during the last minute

BQ: Opi, I would love to see her try and kick my ***

BQ2: My treasure chest, its a small cardboard treasure chest I got when I was like four and it contains cool little things I have found from throughout my life. Like I have some coupons from 1999 I thought were cool, an autographed business card, a two dollar bill, ect

I don't care about cliches or disproving stereotypes when it comes to music. Its music, not some civil rights movement. I like what I like.

BQ: I don't participate in petty vandalism

BQ2: Nada.

always mainstream artist...it is none sense.... none them speak about any thing worth while..its all bubble gum crap....all music no matter if you like or not should be about feelings...mainstream artist our nothing but about money...i love metal..some clean singers...more into growling now the now then in the past....

edit pro tools is great for any musician.. I use it all the time to record music..with any other musician willing to record...you don't know what pro tools is...it only a recording device....just like metal bands say its stupid to record your music to sound old...most had no money to record in a real studio...lots of bands from norway want to have raw sound...its ok..but so many new ways to home record now even if its raw at first pro tools can make you music clean or raw depending on the sound you want

Hating Slipknot, Cannibal Corpse, and Hanson.

It's become trendy for metal fans to hate Slipknot and Cannibal Corpse, regardless of the talent they possess, and as for Hanson, I used to rip on them mercilessly for being a bunch of effeminate little homosexuals, but they've paid their dues so I give em respect now, they didn't need Disney to get where they got, and they didn't need the fat paycheck to keep putting out music after losing their fame.