> > Metal owes a *lot* to Sabbath and Ozzy. The modern obsession with sub-sub-dividing musical genres is the stupidest shit ever.
> Agree. For them who can't beat the best or reach the top, they make their own sub-sub-sub-sub-genre. So they compete with 2 or 3 other unknown bands, ignore the rest and proclaim as the better ones.
I look at it like this: without Elvis.....
Categories are useful. Except when those in popcul are making them, particularly the kiddies who feel that 'core' is something fundamental.