What Do You Think About "Shredding"?

Having spent much of the 90s living in small mountain towns in the southeast, I'm well aware of hippy crap and its accompanying aroma (patchouli)
I lived on Nuku Hiva for 7 years after I got out of the Army (married a Marquesan girl).

You could only play electric guitar during the daytime because everything there ran on solar power.

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I'm thinking Hatebreed
It's just a general term by someone who doesn't like anything hippy related. :rofl
I myself like some old hippy music, and those hippy solos -- shred or not. I looked like a hippy about 30 yrs ago. :grin
FTR; I was 100%-ing about the not liking anything hippie related part :hmm :rofl
 
Having seen them play frat parties and clubs throughout the early/mid 90s, I have to say the guitarist/saxophonist could and did rip solos on both instruments during all of their live performances.
Nothing better than saxophone shredding.

:chef
 
Even Ratt?

I never considered Ratt a hair band, but rather one of many established bands that adopted the look when it became the big thing in around 1986 or so. Hell, even Priest adopted the look during the Turbo era, but they were in no way a hair band.

To me, the actual hair bands were the ones that were signed in the record industry frenzy after Motley Crue blew up with Home Sweet Home. That song and video defined the formula that became hair metal- big hair, makeup, spandex, and the power ballad to attract females to the band. We used to refer to them as Poser Bands.
 
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