i didn't know shred left

he never left

Well that leaves you to be Tommy Lee, I guess you get be the guy with the chicks and possibily Hep C..

don't you mean, he gets to be the guy that ends up being remembered more for a dodgy shaky porno film with his ex-wife than anything musical he's ever done?

don't you mean, he gets to be the guy that ends up being remembered more for a dodgy shaky porno film with his ex-wife than anything musical he's ever done?

Man with a big... drumstick?

Shred may come back into the mainstream again, but who cares? It will only be another passing phase. The mainstream is not what music is about

exactly.
The Darkness would probably claim to have brought "shred" back into the mainstream, but can you honestly call what they class as solo's anything as such?

I don't like the Darkness at all. Both the music and the way they got into the mainstream. I was at a CD-store in Amsterdam where they sold their single for 1 euro. The amount of air-time and sales are what they use to make the charts. So a bunch of people hear the song on the radio and see the single for 1 euro and don't hesitate to buy, and not neccesarily because they like the music so much. Anyone can get a name for themselves that way.

Shred never really went away completely. Plenty of people still rip it up. However, they learnt to be tasteful and all the EVH clones went back to GIT to teach. The Darkness can do what they want, but the average punter in the street will never listen to 'real' guitarists. I think its going to be a passing thing like most of the music in the charts at the moment. Sold by accountants to idiots.

he never left

haha! good call...

The Darkness do kinda suck, but even though it's not my thing, they are still far better than just about all of the mainstream rock scene, so I'd rather see them having this success than some of the others!

i'm not sure... i'd quite happily see all of The Darkness, The White Stripes, The Strokes.... and god knows how many other indie-rock bands beginning with 'The' incinerated in a great big metallic pit of burning sulphur and brimstone, with eagles pecking at their livers and and......

sorry, got carried away again.

The real question is, when will we see the return of the dominance of the drum solo??

Or the Wakemanesque keyboard solo . Maybe Devin should get hold of a theramin ala Page

Or the Wakemanesque keyboard solo . Maybe Devin should get hold of a theramin ala Page

haven't Children Of Bodom already spearheaded the keyboard solo movement in modern metal?
wouldn't surprise me one bit.

I have to mention here, that I've heard quite a few BM bands using that bizarre guitar-sounding like Chinese instrument over full-throttle BM madness... ie Lunaris & Akercocke to name but two.

if that's the future of shred, long may it reign supreme