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Horror punk 1979
Punk with B-movie horror imagery, baritone vocals and mutant doo-wop choruses.
- Heaviness
- 5
- Speed
- 7
- Melody
- 8
- Where from
- New Jersey, USA
- Tempo
- 160-200 bpm
- Song length
- 1.5-2.5 min
- Written about
- Horror and science-fiction cinema, Violence, cartoonishly, Death, Teenage romance, subverted
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Horror punk | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singing When someone is singing, what should come out? | clean | 100% | ×3 |
| Quick and driving What pace? | 7 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 1979 | 16% | ×1 |
| The dark What should the words be about? | Horror and science-fiction cinema, Violence, cartoonishly, Death, Teenage romance, subverted | 100% | ×1 |
| Short. Say it and stop. How long should a song be? | up to 2.5 min | 96% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 89% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, pace 2, era 1, about 1, length 1 out of 8. Horror punk leads the next by 3 points. 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
Ramones, Ramones 1976
Ramones - Ramones. Fourteen songs in twenty-nine minutes, not a wasted note.
- 2The one to put on first
Misfits, Walk Among Us 1982
Misfits - Walk Among Us. Thirteen horror songs in twenty-five minutes.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Punk rock, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Horror punk'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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Garage rock revival 86%
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.
5 steps from Horror punk, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Garage rock revival -
Kawaii metal 85%
Serious instrumental metal under J-pop idol vocals and choreography. It reads like a joke on paper and works perfectly live.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 5 steps from Horror punk.
The way into Kawaii metal
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 8.
- This century put 43 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 8.
- The dark put 119 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 8.
- Short. Say it and stop. put 18 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Doom metal, Progressive rock, Progressive metal. Worth 1 of 8.
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.