Herman Li Guitar Clinic -- Cerritos, CA -- April 14th, 2009

[ravenheart]

Originally Posted by rjturtle9

i love draognforce, and i love herman li, but all the people that say they are the fastest band and that he's the fastest guitar player are clueless noobs. the only thing i don't like about them are their ignorant guitar hero fan base. i love everything else.

and yes i would like them to take more risks on their albums and get away from the playing nothing but fast cords and solo stuff. yes, a lot of their material sounds alike, but then again, i find many others to be the same way

You are the only reasonable Dragonforce fan on the planet.

[b_halperin]

Originally Posted by Maiden33

Inhuman Rampage took things past the point of no return in terms of making shitty hyperspeed video game music.

I hope you do know that it was not their intent to have any of their songs in video games. i hope you know that their intents haven't changed. Maybe they're labeled with shitty hyperspeed video game music, but I'm sure they do not take kindly to the generalization.

[bunghole]

Originally Posted by b_halperin

they do not take kindly

[Maiden33]

Originally Posted by b_halperin

I hope you do know that it was not their intent to have any of their songs in video games. i hope you know that their intents haven't changed. Maybe they're labeled with shitty hyperspeed video game music, but I'm sure they do not take kindly to the generalization.

I hope you do know that in order for the song to be in the game, the makers HAD to ask the band, so you can't argue that they had nothing to do with its inclusion.
I hope you realize that by "video game" music, I don't mean that it was IN a video game, I mean that their music SOUNDS like old nintendo game music, played absurdly fast and ridiculously. If I meant that it was IN a game, by that logic about a dozen bands I actually like would also be shitty video game music, which the are not. Dragonforce is "shitty video game music" because their music sounds like, as I said, the soundtrack to a really ridiculous old school video game, not aided by their complete wankery and guitar noises, and the fact that their music sounds like it was made by cheese-tastic robot machines that have come fuck music in the ass.

[sneakbobcat]

Originally Posted by Wizzbang11

He's not a bad guitar player, he's just not "the shit" like everyone seems to think he is.
The main reason I can no longer stomach Dragonforce is their fans and the mainstream reaction to them, ie. thinking Li is the fastest guitarist alive.

he's not!?

[SomewhereInTime72]

Old school video game music > opeth > dragonforce.

[bunghole]

Originally Posted by SomewhereInTime72

Old school video game music > opeth > dragonforce.

i'd put dragonforce over opeth, otherwise yeah old school nintendo music is better

[Wizzbang11]

Originally Posted by sneakbobcat

he's not!?

Just because he's not bad doesn't mean he's good
I think more competent.

[SilentSoldier144]

Originally Posted by Maiden33

I hope you do know that in order for the song to be in the game, the makers HAD to ask the band, so you can't argue that they had nothing to do with its inclusion.

You're right, in a sense. Yes, they HAD to ask the band. But if the band disapproved, then the makers of Guitar Hero would make their own version of TTFAF and other songs, making Dragonforce look bad. They do the same with all Black Sabbath songs, ever notice that? I'd rather have my original song available for others to play on a video game instead of a terrible remake.

[Wizzbang11]

Well they certainly seem to have loved everything that GH has brought them, infact I think one of them even plays a guitar with a GH sticker on it. From what I heard of the new album its exactly what the guitar hero obsessed crowd wanted. They may not have been trying to "sell out" at first, but they have certainly jumped into it. They aren't completely free of blame for they fanbase.