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Garage rock revival 2000
A reaction to nu metal and radio pop: crisp guitars, plain production, narrow suits. It put guitar rock back on festival bills in the 2000s.
- Heaviness
- 4
- Speed
- 7
- Melody
- 7
- Where from
- Detroit / New York / Stockholm
- Tempo
- 140-180 bpm
- Song length
- 2.5-3.5 min
- Written about
- Romance, Boredom, Authenticity, self-consciously, The city
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Garage rock revival | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singing When someone is singing, what should come out? | clean | 100% | ×3 |
| There, but not the point How much weight do you want behind it? | 4 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| As fast as anyone can play What pace? | 7 out of 10 | 70% | ×2 |
| The nineties Does it matter when it was made? | 2000 | 96% | ×1 |
| Being young and out late What should the words be about? | Romance, Boredom, Authenticity, self-consciously, The city | 50% | ×1 |
| No. Texture and force are enough. Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 7 out of 10 | 40% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 81% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 6 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1, melody 1 out of 10. Garage rock revival leads the next by 1 point. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1Start one step outside
The Sonics, Here Are The Sonics!!! 1965
The Sonics - Psycho. Gerry Roslie's voice is a decade ahead of punk.
The pick names a track. This is the record the encyclopedia holds by them.
- 2The one to put on first
The Strokes, Is This It 2001
The Strokes - Is This It. Thirty-six minutes without a gram of fat.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Garage rock, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Garage rock revival's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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Symphonic power metal 80%
Power metal with orchestra, choir and a fantasy libretto. The more, the better.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 7 steps from Garage rock revival.
The way into Symphonic power metal -
Psychobilly 79%
Rockabilly with slapped upright bass, punk speed and lyrics about monsters. Quiff haircut mandatory.
5 steps from Garage rock revival, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Psychobilly
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- Singing put 54 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Black metal, Death metal, Post-hardcore. Worth 3 of 10.
- As fast as anyone can play put 4 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Doom metal, Drone metal, Funeral doom. Worth 2 of 10.
- The nineties put 23 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Blues rock, Progressive rock, Rock and roll. Worth 1 of 10.
- Being young and out late put 115 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 10.
- No. Texture and force are enough. put 40 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Folk metal, Folk rock, Emo. Worth 1 of 10.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.