Ha.Try talking to a Cedric follower,It's a fascist and one sided culture that they created.The death of Rock and Roll. These guys brain washed and gave birth to a nation of nazi hipsters.
i really don't understand why people are bitching at mainstream for being what it is. It is there for a reason, because people are sheep and will eat whatever is fed to them. You think music today sucks? back the fuck up and think again, there is TONS of amazing music being played out there in this crazy world of ours, ten times as much as there was ever before in history. Wise up before you make an ignorant statement like that. Math rock, chiptune, whatever you like there is something for you.
At least nowadays kids in middle america have the internet. To everyone who's saying how much worse the music scene has gotten since the 90s, you don't know what you are talking about. At the Drive-in was getting mainstream radio play towards the end of their career in 2001, and are heralded as home-town heroes in El Paso. They and other indie successes are what's driving the music scene today. We have more choice than ever before in history thanks to music like this.
@Dinosourceful thank you for calling it like it is, holy shit. So sick of the nostalgic baby boomers "oh they don't make music like they used to", yea your right, its BETTER now, you just have to look somewhere other than your radio. And as far as choice, being a musician in general has skyrocketed, everyone and their mom is in a band. More choice now than there has ever been in history, and easier access to it.
That dumber wigg...i'm taught to be an asshole,get my hands dirty ,and wear a wig..fake as hell.I'm just preaching to the converted.These guys do not like anything different.There really isn't a choice.Cedric is just a sponge.Cedric is not a cool guy.He is the biggest asshole with dark circles around eyes.He hides behind Omar.I just bought a CD of there's and it sucks.I'm sure they will find a way to hide this insult me but they will always do well.Thanx
Personally. People who complain about the music industry can suck my dick. Yeah radio sucks. But its not all the music thats fucking out their. We have the internet for fucksake. This is the greatest tool for finding music in the world. So stop bitching and hit up your interwebs, or go down to your local bar to find some good music.
What the fuck is Gucci Mane. If it's something those kids that listen to BrokenCyde and Blood On The Dancefloor like then no thanks. Those are the worst bands I've ever heard, there's plenty of good music out there and it's like people are looking for bands that others will hate so that they can consider themselves to be "different".
i can't stand the fucking comments on this video, on either side. you're all sheep thinking you're part of some "scene" or are better than people who like hip-hop or pop music.
there is a lot of great talent in punk, in dubstep, in rock, in pop. search for it, like cedric recommends, before you go and say stupid shit like "i can't believe people like listening to computer generated beats". there's more electronic music than the shit on tv
I wish he just would have called out umm... I forgot their name. "I took her out it was a Friday night we walked alone..." Blink 182 thats it. Them and other "punk" bands that spawned at this time almost ruined music.
makes sense, people should really discover there own music.
once i started expanding and listening to different genres. not only did i learn more about myself, i learned more about more opinons about the world around me. i really encourage my friends to listen to different music than to just stick to one type of genre.
it's pretty interesting, what is said at the 3:00 mark. Nirvana pretty much said the same thing 10 years prior in regards to going from the underground to the mainstream. Back then it was feted at hair metal bands. in 2000, it would have been, well, you know, nu metal and shitty radio rock...another 10 years have pass an nothing has changed, unfortunately.
Well, 11 years later and nothing changed, if anything it got worse. It kind of sucks that the genre that they're "promoting" is now the biggest group of sheep ever concieved. I mean, even hiphoppers now know better what music should sound like then most people who say they listen to punk music. Goddamnit...
@LmaoLaneyLee true, at least around this time there was the garage rock revival which was picking up some promising speed, but sadly that was dispelled by a new wave of commercialist masturbation. its like we're living in the 80's again, minus some of the cool new wave bands it was nothing but pop. i dont agree that that music should be hated on, but the fact that it is all sold based on image, and it all follows the same shallow croud pleasing formula, makes me desperately want a change to come
@crazyloverboy0808 Mm, well not all music these days is hopeless. The indie scene is definitely picking up. The only downside is it comes with a subculture of pretentious hipster kids. But, that's okay, because I think that any sort of subculture that "rebels" against the norm entails pretentious kids. Honestly, I think there's bad music in every decades. Pop and shit hip hop reeks, but meh, just pick up an instrument and prove to the world why it sucks.
@LmaoLaneyLee I honestly wouldn't have believed my eyes/ears if someone had shown me the future of what was going to become today's mainstream if I had been old enough 12-15 years ago. The capitalist machine leaves nothing out. Everything must become commercialized for as heavy a profit as possible, pretty fucking disgusting.
id like to hear what he has to say now. the radio today isnt even music. its just people using garage band on mac and making gay beats then putting some stupid keyboard lick in it.
@panteraman32 i want to be gucci punk. i love both for very different reasons. i wish ppl could appreciate both. or learn to respect both in there own entity
@panteraman32 They don't have to want to be "punk kids". They just have to learn to think and choose for themselves. If someone is going to listen to music at all then they need to show respect for it and that they care for it's true and natural purpose; as one of many tools to be used for the creation of art or self expression. There is something very wrong about music that is created for shallow entertainment purposes as an avenue to just make money or to build fame.
its sexist in a different way.. not in the rap video way. every emo song is about how some woman is bitch or slut that broke their heart , every song is in the prespective of guy being innocent while the chick is a villain.
@sonobecube and women sing about men who break their hearts while they act all pretty and innocent, so are they sexist? no, it's self expression, get over it or gtfo.
the music scene is worse now then it was during the late 90's/ early 00's . Emo is more sexist than most Nu metal bands. Limp Bizkit and Kid Rock were the most sexist. Limp Bizkit had a creative guitarist WeS Borland and cool instrumental music it was was definitely Fred Durst who dumbed that band down to the retarded level and as for Kid Rock , that band totally sucked.
He's right, people do need to get over themselves. Just because you found a band that no one else has heard of doesn't mean you're cooler than anyone else, it means you had more free time. Just chill out, stop trying to be better then everyone else, and just listen to the music.
@addacodea yeah but neurosis, isis, all those types of bands are super underground unfortunately. metal, progressive and ambient, is so exclusive, even more than "underground" hip hop/rap i think. theyre great and i think more ppl should listen to them but i think its just logical that few ppl gravitate to it. most ppl dont because they dont like it, just like most average ppl dont like the mars volta. but i think hes referring to mainstream, especially hardcore and punk music thats dying.
i was thinking which is hard for me,i have never said ''furthermore'' in a debate.i wonder how it feels.i consider emo a fraction of hardcore punk.Mallpunks have highjacked a despriptive term to sell to their parents for makeup money...furthermore
rockers are rockers and bad ass's with a point to prove.
sad that guys talking about ass's shaking win out in a open market over someone with a message and a point to what they are doing is shoved at the bottom.
rockstars are people who play rock and have made it big.
rappers will only just be bad poets with nothing to talk about except clubs.
@tanvo93 The creativity in music is held hostage in the underground. Some for cool cred, another for knowing about the dirty, dirty politics of mainstream labels. Some bands like The Gossip, Against Me!, Band of Horses, and Tegan and Sara busted out of the underground to try and change the airwaves with better music than what people are currently being spoonfed via radio. Dumber rock may still be on top and getting more attention, but those making better music are working on the change.
@interpolluter29 i feel u dude..i mean radiohead is super famous but they are still fairly creative in my oppinion..it still eists and thats what i really love..im making my tunes and stuff (just started..im lacking organization lol)..its just the business that kills the art..i mean most people are told what to like by the businesses and most of those people dont kno..well.. shit music is an art..hey well thats capitalism for yea lol
Yep, the music industry is at it's all-time low. I can't believe people like listening to computer generated beats along with an auto tuned voice. It takes absolutely no talent, and all of it sounds the same. I think we should hand Justin Bieber a guitar, piece of paper, and pencil, just to see what comes up with. Without his computer, he's nothing but a shallow cliche follower.
@ColoredPig "Yep, the music industry is at it's all-time low."...or is it producing an All Time Low??? is what you should have added on to that haha. God that was horrible but it just seemed to fit this whole topic sorry. ATL arent prog rock or hardcore but i figured it still fit...kindof?
@ColoredPig wait wait wait, there's much potential in computer generated music.
Many intelligent musicians (yes, musicians) use computers to make great works, its just the ones that are popular only use the simplest and most cliched compositions to please the musically challenged masses.
But i quite agree with you about the state of the music industry, auto tune, and most specifically justin beiber
i think you're right... When a person (like me) only listens to rock oriented stuff they dont see the whole spectrum of music, which does include good computer made music.
@ColoredPig i kinda agree with u.. but then again i like techno.. then again i like dubstep.. i like industrial black metal.. ect ect.. .all with "computer type sounds" Except i dont watch tv.. and i dont get my music from the tv either..i dont even have cable.. lol only cable internet
@Supaduck0 yeah i mean theres absolutely nothin wrong wit using modern tech. i admire the prodigy in particular. people even got mad when dylan went electric. bit it all worked out
@ColoredPig Yeah but isn't he a pop artist who main audience is children and women. I don't like him but isn't Justin Bieber perfectly entitled to make bubblegum pop music? Justin Bieber belongs to a completely different genre so why in christ's name did you mention him?
What you should be complaining about is the current state of mainstream rock music, where bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Kings of Leon will eventually obtain legendary status to my dismay, You're a fucking donkey.
@ColoredPig Some "computer-generated beats" are really cool, though. You ever listen to Skrillex? And congratulations on the Beiber reference. Really inspired.
@ColoredPig At the same time I wish people would open to your mind to the better side of "computer generated beats along with an auto tuned voice", people like James Blake, who are genuinely talented people. Stereotyping any genre, you can find shit music.
ok i cant tell you how much I regret posting that comment. Why'd it get top comment? i wish it didnt. I was like 12 when i made that comment, im only a year older but my mind is developing a lot I guess. I dont agree with my comment at all anymore. You're completely right.
hes right , kids today are sheep theyre not individuals they all listen to crappy empty emo music dress the exact same way and buy stupid ass cell phones, a lot of the blame goes to this handicapped retarded consumer culture, but there is a bright side to this cuz it will only motivate the true free thinking ones to stand out even more, cuz most kids today and ppl for that matter are not rebelling like they should in any way.
@44eelz im a 17 year old free-thinking, television hating, individual. and 98 percent of that description fits my high school. im very good at rebelling.
@44eelz im a 17 year old, free-thinking, television hating, individual. and 98 percent of your description fits my high school. and im very good at rebelling.
@44eelz and you. What rebelling to you? Whats your reason? Do you actaully have one or are you just another poli sci major who's big stuff because he's read Marx and Engles while sipping youre mocha cappuccino? you're narrow minded thinking isnt rebelling its enforcing stereotypes which does not help at all. does mot of today's music suck? Yes. is there good stuff out there? Hell Yeah. But you just label the stuff you dont like as emo.
no i dont think im big stuff, im not a pretentious person at all. i just am sick of seeing how cloned kids are into following any trend there is, i label the stuff i dont like as mainstream MTV garbage cuz thats what it is, buddy. and most of the that IS emo. so the kids who all look the same and talk the same and buy all the same dumbass cellphones are fine, but me standing aside pointing it out as stupid makes me narrow minded? lol
@44eelz You do know that the word emo really isnt a musical genre, right? It's been used to describe bands like ATDI and Fugazi and among others. Emo is more of a time and a place thing. and if we get right down to it emo = emotional which can make for great songs (Ebroligio and Napolean Solo by ATDI are great examples of emotional songs, both about the deaths of people close to Cedric) I'd rather listen to something with heart than some generic rock ballad.
@smoky289 exactly, thats i how i feel. But everyones treating emo and sreamo like it
is which i do not agree with. Fugazi is Punk, ADTI has lots of styles but all in all theyre just a great rock band. forget labels. good music is good music, mainstream trends never last.
@smoky289 julio vernargsa was a friend of the whole band. he's the person de-loused was made for, and plenty of songs off porcelain by sparta, just facts for anyone reading
funny how that was back in wat ever year it was (a fair while ago) and the problems only goten worse...weve now got justin fucking beiber toping the charts...and all these bullshit rap and r + b artists have absolutly no talent and sound all the same...its not fucking music anymore...its not new ideas like the way mars volta do it..its all the same idea...with auto tuning on their voices...with computerized instruments.were has the REAL music gone ay.with original ideas and original MUSICIANS.
@chrisjeffsmusic you obviously don't have a clue what trolling is this is is trolling; You are a fucking dipshit suck my dick you fucking faggot. don't fucking comment on things you you don't have a clue about you retarded piece of shit... Now that is some trolling you fucking retard
I dont know what the hell he's talking about cuz most of his lyrics make no sense to someone who didn't write them... he's on that hollywood bullshit acting like his shit doesnt stink...
I've been a fan of Cedric's for a long time, but I never really took the time to get to know who he is because his music always spoke to me. Now that I'm listening to all of these interviews & finding out his point of view of the world, he's quickly becoming one of my heroes.
the mars volta should take over. the stuff that is out sucks completely. i said this on another video, we need a musical revolution. get rid of the crap that's out now.
@tommiesmallz have you listened to the repetitive crap that's being played on the radio? same chord progressions played by every band out there because the record company believes this is what the kids want to hear? no wonder why kids think the crap on the radio is good. that's all they know unfortunately. that's what's pushed on them. you may not think the music is revolutionary. but, what he's talking about is.
@drumfoomaster ya i have heard it and that is what i was saying the mars volta is the same repetitive riffs on every other song. they layer them so that it seems like they are doing somthing different when really all of thier songs sound the same just like the bullshit on the radio. the only reason the volta isn't all over the radio is because their songs are all to rediculously long to fit into radio slots i stick by my original statement the mars volta is bullshit
@tommiesmallz i understand. that's why i said you may not think m.v. music is revolutionary, but what he's talking about is. do you understand me now?
@drumfoomaster ya I understand I don't agree but yes I understand. Actually the things he is saying are things that Henry Rollins and Ian Mcay have been saying since the 80's.
@tommiesmallz well henry rollins and ian mcay were definately ahead of their time. but, i'm glad it's being said again. maybe not by the people you agree should say it. but, it is being said.
I completley agree. If people would turn off the radio and the TV and look for their own stuff they MIGHT see that there are so many artists out there who get NO credit because everybody is too lazy to look for their own GD music. i listen to lots of different generes. but about 70% of my 22Gigs of music i found on my own. I was aware of 3 Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin BEFORE most other people because i search on my own. im not spoon fed music by the radio.
An honest interview without that biased ignorant "FUCK MAINSTREAM" attitude. He wanted us to hear them play, so we might save those from the mindless pop garbage out there.
You know- 'nowadays' and 'back then it was like.. way better'. It's such bullshit.
EVERY era has martyrs. EVERY era has very bad shit. A lot of kids today who kick emo and hiphop are the same ones who kicked hair metal and shoegazing. It's the same thing. And yes! They should do that. They really should.
But it doesn't matter! There's always going to be the real artist, the bad artist, and the commercial artist. Doesn't matter- what matters is what you choose to listen to.
Dude i wonder what they think of all the mainstream stuff now. There isnt even rock anymore. Its all just re-gurgitated pop/rap/4 bass drum to the bar music. I mean i remember headbangers ball on mtv...not anymore its all just sad. ATDI was pretty sick!!
the sam way when he made this video.... they made this when they were in the mars volta.. i dont think it would change in the matter of a few years. the radio rock is still the same.
@WillKill4Weed ...i know wut u mean, dude. i used to get ragged on all the time for my tight pants, it didnt bother me though but the fact that skinny jeans r the "trend" now pisses me off and the fohawk shit is just ridiculous.
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punk rock revolutionary?hyperbole, omar has said that TMV songs are basically pop music tarted up. mainstream is a misnomer, its only the lowest common music everyone listens to, if punk was truly revolutionary it would have a hard core working class base, i think u will find its bourgeois to the core. this is ego wanking par excellence. not everyone listens to music for political or deeply spiritual reasons, stop projecting, imagine you may not be cleverer than others for moment!
Punk rock had a hardcore working class base. The Minutemen, Minor Threat, Black Flag, those guys all had 9-5's. After work they weren't their job though.
sure dude, of course, and kurt cobain was virtually homeless, but usually after a couple of years most music movements like this get taken over by wealthier socioeconomic brackets who remove the every day girt and infuse esoterism and elitism...and yes that is a ssweeping statement lol
Ced...shut up man!! Dont be a cliche..."anti pop music guy"...we get the whole organic thang...just shut up, hit those high notes, and write "goliath 2"...lol
Oh please. Imagine music without vocalists. A singer can always learn an instrument, but a non-singer can't learn to sing."
I can pretty much imagine music without vocalists; i think about music all day. Anyways, the human voice is imperfect; The Mars Volta would sound alot better without Cedric aimlessly spewing out whiny sounding nonsense. (he's almost as bad as Lil' Wayne)
The fact that it's nonsense doesn't even matter. The vocal melody is what matters, and Cedric has the range to essentially just be another instrument.
@Itriphus lil wayne is a squirrelly bitch who raps about being addicted to syrup. the mars volta are real ma fuckers, they arent fuckin phoneys like rappers,
"oh im gonna be a rapper, im so badass, i fuck bitches like every other fucking fuy on the planet"
Sliced bread was first sold in 1928 :)
CT2790 2 weeks ago
he swims against the current.
MARStheINVADER 2 weeks ago
Preach to the converted..
bigbadbroman 2 weeks ago
Ha.Try talking to a Cedric follower,It's a fascist and one sided culture that they created.The death of Rock and Roll. These guys brain washed and gave birth to a nation of nazi hipsters.
bigbadbroman 2 weeks ago
i really don't understand why people are bitching at mainstream for being what it is. It is there for a reason, because people are sheep and will eat whatever is fed to them. You think music today sucks? back the fuck up and think again, there is TONS of amazing music being played out there in this crazy world of ours, ten times as much as there was ever before in history. Wise up before you make an ignorant statement like that. Math rock, chiptune, whatever you like there is something for you.
Proosdagel 2 weeks ago
At least nowadays kids in middle america have the internet. To everyone who's saying how much worse the music scene has gotten since the 90s, you don't know what you are talking about. At the Drive-in was getting mainstream radio play towards the end of their career in 2001, and are heralded as home-town heroes in El Paso. They and other indie successes are what's driving the music scene today. We have more choice than ever before in history thanks to music like this.
Dinosourceful 3 weeks ago
@Dinosourceful thank you for calling it like it is, holy shit. So sick of the nostalgic baby boomers "oh they don't make music like they used to", yea your right, its BETTER now, you just have to look somewhere other than your radio. And as far as choice, being a musician in general has skyrocketed, everyone and their mom is in a band. More choice now than there has ever been in history, and easier access to it.
Proosdagel 2 weeks ago
That dumber wigg...i'm taught to be an asshole,get my hands dirty ,and wear a wig..fake as hell.I'm just preaching to the converted.These guys do not like anything different.There really isn't a choice.Cedric is just a sponge.Cedric is not a cool guy.He is the biggest asshole with dark circles around eyes.He hides behind Omar.I just bought a CD of there's and it sucks.I'm sure they will find a way to hide this insult me but they will always do well.Thanx
bigbadbroman 2 months ago
@bigbadbroman his lyrics are geewd, deewd
aYellowDart 2 months ago
lol they probably dont even give a shit about that stuff anymore. theyve been heard now theyre just like the rest.
DeafMuteZombie 2 months ago
Now this should be on heavy rotation!
Meta1Head91 3 months ago
Stupid ass cedric, quit trying to help humans out. By trying to help them out, you're a commoner.
UreshiiSuika 3 months ago
Cedric's a cool guy. It's scary how everything he said was true, only now it's still true only worse to how it was then.
andthemushrooms123 3 months ago 2
...in the yeear twooo thousaaaand. in the yeeeear twooo thoooousaaaaaaaaand.
equalstexas 5 months ago
Talking deeply about music without being hipster
Toothpastediet 5 months ago
Cedric ALWAYS talks about TV lol!
ProNoob9000 6 months ago
no one seeks to be different...they just are
liveecarbme 6 months ago
music industry doesnt bother me, I find great new artists daily, the people who listen to the radio and like pop dont bother me so I leave them.....
br00talKidHxC 7 months ago
theyr lyrics are hard to decode tho,
how did they expect "middle america" to be interested?
subject matter is pretty obscure, theres no way to b into this type of music unless u look for it...TRUST
ato662000 7 months ago
Personally. People who complain about the music industry can suck my dick. Yeah radio sucks. But its not all the music thats fucking out their. We have the internet for fucksake. This is the greatest tool for finding music in the world. So stop bitching and hit up your interwebs, or go down to your local bar to find some good music.
-end rant
molestyourself123 7 months ago 2
What the fuck is Gucci Mane. If it's something those kids that listen to BrokenCyde and Blood On The Dancefloor like then no thanks. Those are the worst bands I've ever heard, there's plenty of good music out there and it's like people are looking for bands that others will hate so that they can consider themselves to be "different".
revolver188 8 months ago
i dont know what gucci mane means but....doesnt sound cool ha!
awachuwa 8 months ago
i love at the drive-in and i love gucci mane, and skramz and brokencyde
YouthClash 8 months ago
@YouthClash nobody gives a fuck, stop talking.
i can't stand the fucking comments on this video, on either side. you're all sheep thinking you're part of some "scene" or are better than people who like hip-hop or pop music.
there is a lot of great talent in punk, in dubstep, in rock, in pop. search for it, like cedric recommends, before you go and say stupid shit like "i can't believe people like listening to computer generated beats". there's more electronic music than the shit on tv
Claan22 8 months ago 3
@Claan22 YOU'RE A ROBOT! YOU'RE A SHEEP! BAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
aenima98 8 months ago
@aenima98 xD
wmotamedi 2 months ago
I wish he just would have called out umm... I forgot their name. "I took her out it was a Friday night we walked alone..." Blink 182 thats it. Them and other "punk" bands that spawned at this time almost ruined music.
bhizel87 8 months ago
at the drive-in and refused are my favorite post hardcore bands
mindfreak061 9 months ago
que chiquito que estaba cedric aca..era lindo ehhh
jessy8281 9 months ago
Nothing new under the sun? I'm getting sadder with age.
SixOneCyx 9 months ago
makes sense, people should really discover there own music.
once i started expanding and listening to different genres. not only did i learn more about myself, i learned more about more opinons about the world around me. i really encourage my friends to listen to different music than to just stick to one type of genre.
chimmychonga321 9 months ago
Mmm Cedric.
majorxtrouble3 10 months ago
He just bands in there place with that!.
Backing you up Cedric! :)
Lilozito 10 months ago
it's pretty interesting, what is said at the 3:00 mark. Nirvana pretty much said the same thing 10 years prior in regards to going from the underground to the mainstream. Back then it was feted at hair metal bands. in 2000, it would have been, well, you know, nu metal and shitty radio rock...another 10 years have pass an nothing has changed, unfortunately.
genotone 11 months ago
That man is incredibly smart for a highschool dropout.
MrAmputechture 11 months ago 9
I love you cedric!
MrsBixlerZavala 11 months ago
you speak the truth and i love you for it. thanks :)
hamilaamber 1 year ago
Katy Perry should really give this a look
pickymcgee 1 year ago 4
Well, 11 years later and nothing changed, if anything it got worse. It kind of sucks that the genre that they're "promoting" is now the biggest group of sheep ever concieved. I mean, even hiphoppers now know better what music should sound like then most people who say they listen to punk music. Goddamnit...
matenizer 1 year ago
jeje the tatoo looks kinda cool
Redeemedsinner17 1 year ago
What's sad is things have gotten so much worse since this interview...
LmaoLaneyLee 1 year ago 39
@LmaoLaneyLee true, at least around this time there was the garage rock revival which was picking up some promising speed, but sadly that was dispelled by a new wave of commercialist masturbation. its like we're living in the 80's again, minus some of the cool new wave bands it was nothing but pop. i dont agree that that music should be hated on, but the fact that it is all sold based on image, and it all follows the same shallow croud pleasing formula, makes me desperately want a change to come
crazyloverboy0808 4 months ago
@crazyloverboy0808 Mm, well not all music these days is hopeless. The indie scene is definitely picking up. The only downside is it comes with a subculture of pretentious hipster kids. But, that's okay, because I think that any sort of subculture that "rebels" against the norm entails pretentious kids. Honestly, I think there's bad music in every decades. Pop and shit hip hop reeks, but meh, just pick up an instrument and prove to the world why it sucks.
LmaoLaneyLee 4 months ago
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alphaguitar2 4 months ago
@LmaoLaneyLee I honestly wouldn't have believed my eyes/ears if someone had shown me the future of what was going to become today's mainstream if I had been old enough 12-15 years ago. The capitalist machine leaves nothing out. Everything must become commercialized for as heavy a profit as possible, pretty fucking disgusting.
alphaguitar2 4 months ago
@LmaoLaneyLee so much worse
UmSawyer 1 month ago
Mediated art is thrash. To be consumed and regurgitated frequently.
RudraNightmare 1 year ago
id like to hear what he has to say now. the radio today isnt even music. its just people using garage band on mac and making gay beats then putting some stupid keyboard lick in it.
BeeTatty 1 year ago
what year was this interview?
zeppelinstrat 1 year ago
@zeppelinstrat 2:16 year 2000 :-)
jonasaebli 1 year ago
Nobody at my school wants to be a punk kid.
They all want to be fucking Gucci Mane, it makes me sick.
panteraman32 1 year ago 34
@panteraman32 Don't limit yourself to labels...it sounds cheesy, but just be yourself.
AwayinSpace 1 year ago
@panteraman32 i want to be gucci punk. i love both for very different reasons. i wish ppl could appreciate both. or learn to respect both in there own entity
InsufficientFare 9 months ago
@panteraman32 I think Cedric's a perfect role model for anyone.
jacobdallen2 9 months ago
@panteraman32 what the fuck is a gucci mane?
jhj4689 8 months ago
@panteraman32 become a punk rock gucci mane!
YouthClash 8 months ago
@panteraman32 too bad they dont wanna be them selves and not conform to any label...punk...hip hop...etc.
clipcalhoon 7 months ago
@panteraman32 BURRRRR BITCH!!
aaronk274 6 months ago
@panteraman32 No1 @ My School Tryna B GUCCi.
Dey All Tryna Cracka Ass Punk Bitchez. Makes Me Wanna Drive-By. Lls.
kangarooshoes367 5 months ago
@panteraman32 dude i know how u feel man that shit is sooooooooooooooooooo sad!
cdevin90 5 months ago
@panteraman32 are you 14? because it gets better.
totalignoranceinc 4 months ago 2
@panteraman32 They don't have to want to be "punk kids". They just have to learn to think and choose for themselves. If someone is going to listen to music at all then they need to show respect for it and that they care for it's true and natural purpose; as one of many tools to be used for the creation of art or self expression. There is something very wrong about music that is created for shallow entertainment purposes as an avenue to just make money or to build fame.
alphaguitar2 4 months ago
skinny jeans should be rocketed to the sun
sonobecube 1 year ago
its sexist in a different way.. not in the rap video way. every emo song is about how some woman is bitch or slut that broke their heart , every song is in the prespective of guy being innocent while the chick is a villain.
sonobecube 1 year ago
@sonobecube That's because emo is shit. simple as. Why is it even classed as a genre nowadays? it turns my stomach..
mrdarrencottam 1 year ago
@sonobecube and women sing about men who break their hearts while they act all pretty and innocent, so are they sexist? no, it's self expression, get over it or gtfo.
Petey0707 1 year ago
I want to have Cedric's babies.
MrDerfus 1 year ago
the music scene is worse now then it was during the late 90's/ early 00's . Emo is more sexist than most Nu metal bands. Limp Bizkit and Kid Rock were the most sexist. Limp Bizkit had a creative guitarist WeS Borland and cool instrumental music it was was definitely Fred Durst who dumbed that band down to the retarded level and as for Kid Rock , that band totally sucked.
sonobecube 1 year ago
@sonobecube wait... emo is sexist? i thought emo was like slit my writs and bite my eyes crap.. not where my hoes at.
rufdogshavebumps 1 year ago
muder city devils! thumbs up if you like pretty girls make graves!
Jib1337 1 year ago
i think cedric is out of the closet to omar. i mean have you watched that live Roulette Dares clip. omg
magicbag6790 1 year ago
@magicbag6790 wow, come on guys... joke anyone?
moyno85 1 year ago
god he is so right
ChoadaLoad666 1 year ago
Cedric has the iTunes 'Genious' logo tattooe'd on his elbow. What a sellout.
moyno85 1 year ago
@moyno85 You mean Genius? Not "genious."
and yes. Cedric is a genius.
glad we can agree
FunemploymentCrew 1 year ago
@moyno85 i think the year 2000 or "99 was before i pods existed
magicbag6790 1 year ago
@moyno85 wasn't this interview before the itunes genius thing came out -.- it looks like an atom
bobbillybobbiebob 1 year ago
@moyno85 how old are you?
yeah10000000000000 1 year ago
He's right, people do need to get over themselves. Just because you found a band that no one else has heard of doesn't mean you're cooler than anyone else, it means you had more free time. Just chill out, stop trying to be better then everyone else, and just listen to the music.
LastDayInSin 1 year ago
the mars volta, at the drive-in, easily one of many fav. bands i have,
but come on, no one who represents complete freedom in music during his time, WTF, NEUROSIS
addacodea 1 year ago
@addacodea yeah but neurosis, isis, all those types of bands are super underground unfortunately. metal, progressive and ambient, is so exclusive, even more than "underground" hip hop/rap i think. theyre great and i think more ppl should listen to them but i think its just logical that few ppl gravitate to it. most ppl dont because they dont like it, just like most average ppl dont like the mars volta. but i think hes referring to mainstream, especially hardcore and punk music thats dying.
XtherobberyX 1 year ago
This interview took place during nu-metals peek
I'm pretty sure that's what Cedric is talking about
canesrule96 1 year ago
that's fucking inspirational
kaitywhite 1 year ago
@kaitywhite agreed.
haruspisces3 1 year ago
i was thinking which is hard for me,i have never said ''furthermore'' in a debate.i wonder how it feels.i consider emo a fraction of hardcore punk.Mallpunks have highjacked a despriptive term to sell to their parents for makeup money...furthermore
dangerpants1 1 year ago
fuck limp bizkit.
ixJELLOxi 1 year ago
@ixJELLOxi lol
mermercal 1 year ago
sad to say.
what he is speaking of, has truly happened.
"dumber rock" took over.
IKillLittlegirls 1 year ago
@IKillLittlegirls and rappers now think they are rockstars.
which is a lie within a delusion.
rappers are rappers or pussies and ex gangster.
rockers are rockers and bad ass's with a point to prove.
sad that guys talking about ass's shaking win out in a open market over someone with a message and a point to what they are doing is shoved at the bottom.
rockstars are people who play rock and have made it big.
rappers will only just be bad poets with nothing to talk about except clubs.
IKillLittlegirls 1 year ago
now years later..the dumber rock is on top..were has the creativity gone..thank god the 90's creative bands are coming back
tanvo93 1 year ago
@tanvo93 The creativity in music is held hostage in the underground. Some for cool cred, another for knowing about the dirty, dirty politics of mainstream labels. Some bands like The Gossip, Against Me!, Band of Horses, and Tegan and Sara busted out of the underground to try and change the airwaves with better music than what people are currently being spoonfed via radio. Dumber rock may still be on top and getting more attention, but those making better music are working on the change.
interpolluter29 1 year ago
@interpolluter29 i feel u dude..i mean radiohead is super famous but they are still fairly creative in my oppinion..it still eists and thats what i really love..im making my tunes and stuff (just started..im lacking organization lol)..its just the business that kills the art..i mean most people are told what to like by the businesses and most of those people dont kno..well.. shit music is an art..hey well thats capitalism for yea lol
tanvo93 1 year ago
Dismemberment Plan WOOOOO
kh2freek 1 year ago
...pearl jam
toddmonster 1 year ago
2:20-2:50 is so true, cedric is a very smart man.
magicbag6790 1 year ago
this audeo is shit but he is totaly correct, mars volta ftw!
EvilLeparacaun 1 year ago
Yep, the music industry is at it's all-time low. I can't believe people like listening to computer generated beats along with an auto tuned voice. It takes absolutely no talent, and all of it sounds the same. I think we should hand Justin Bieber a guitar, piece of paper, and pencil, just to see what comes up with. Without his computer, he's nothing but a shallow cliche follower.
ColoredPig 1 year ago 7
@ColoredPig "Yep, the music industry is at it's all-time low."...or is it producing an All Time Low??? is what you should have added on to that haha. God that was horrible but it just seemed to fit this whole topic sorry. ATL arent prog rock or hardcore but i figured it still fit...kindof?
XtherobberyX 1 year ago
@ColoredPig wait wait wait, there's much potential in computer generated music.
Many intelligent musicians (yes, musicians) use computers to make great works, its just the ones that are popular only use the simplest and most cliched compositions to please the musically challenged masses.
But i quite agree with you about the state of the music industry, auto tune, and most specifically justin beiber
mikeymoxon 1 year ago
@mikeymoxon
i think you're right... When a person (like me) only listens to rock oriented stuff they dont see the whole spectrum of music, which does include good computer made music.
ColoredPig 11 months ago
@ColoredPig i kinda agree with u.. but then again i like techno.. then again i like dubstep.. i like industrial black metal.. ect ect.. .all with "computer type sounds" Except i dont watch tv.. and i dont get my music from the tv either..i dont even have cable.. lol only cable internet
baalyezidi 11 months ago
@ColoredPig I don't have a problem with using technology to make good music - look what bands like Massive Attack do with that..
The trouble is, people use it to make the same generic RnB single over and over and over again.
Supaduck0 11 months ago
@Supaduck0 yeah i mean theres absolutely nothin wrong wit using modern tech. i admire the prodigy in particular. people even got mad when dylan went electric. bit it all worked out
SiochainGra 10 months ago
@ColoredPig Yeah but isn't he a pop artist who main audience is children and women. I don't like him but isn't Justin Bieber perfectly entitled to make bubblegum pop music? Justin Bieber belongs to a completely different genre so why in christ's name did you mention him?
What you should be complaining about is the current state of mainstream rock music, where bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Kings of Leon will eventually obtain legendary status to my dismay, You're a fucking donkey.
TiernanH9 9 months ago
@ColoredPig Some "computer-generated beats" are really cool, though. You ever listen to Skrillex? And congratulations on the Beiber reference. Really inspired.
aenima98 8 months ago
@ColoredPig At the same time I wish people would open to your mind to the better side of "computer generated beats along with an auto tuned voice", people like James Blake, who are genuinely talented people. Stereotyping any genre, you can find shit music.
platinumdynamite 7 months ago
@platinumdynamite
ok i cant tell you how much I regret posting that comment. Why'd it get top comment? i wish it didnt. I was like 12 when i made that comment, im only a year older but my mind is developing a lot I guess. I dont agree with my comment at all anymore. You're completely right.
ColoredPig 7 months ago
@ColoredPig although hes not very good, bieber knows what hes doing on a guitar, but it would be funny to watch anyway
ijustfartedsoloud 6 months ago
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ryattt 6 months ago
hes right , kids today are sheep theyre not individuals they all listen to crappy empty emo music dress the exact same way and buy stupid ass cell phones, a lot of the blame goes to this handicapped retarded consumer culture, but there is a bright side to this cuz it will only motivate the true free thinking ones to stand out even more, cuz most kids today and ppl for that matter are not rebelling like they should in any way.
44eelz 1 year ago 2
@44eelz im a 17 year old free-thinking, television hating, individual. and 98 percent of that description fits my high school. im very good at rebelling.
piratejames11 1 year ago
@44eelz im a 17 year old, free-thinking, television hating, individual. and 98 percent of your description fits my high school. and im very good at rebelling.
piratejames11 1 year ago
@piratejames11 thank goodness for that
44eelz 1 year ago
@piratejames11 are you hipster superman? or just another wannbe rebel?
smoky289 1 year ago
@44eelz fuck you. stop stereotyping kids.
matthewxbrown 1 year ago
@matthewxbrown i dont want to but theyre sheep
44eelz 1 year ago
@44eelz and you. What rebelling to you? Whats your reason? Do you actaully have one or are you just another poli sci major who's big stuff because he's read Marx and Engles while sipping youre mocha cappuccino? you're narrow minded thinking isnt rebelling its enforcing stereotypes which does not help at all. does mot of today's music suck? Yes. is there good stuff out there? Hell Yeah. But you just label the stuff you dont like as emo.
smoky289 1 year ago
no i dont think im big stuff, im not a pretentious person at all. i just am sick of seeing how cloned kids are into following any trend there is, i label the stuff i dont like as mainstream MTV garbage cuz thats what it is, buddy. and most of the that IS emo. so the kids who all look the same and talk the same and buy all the same dumbass cellphones are fine, but me standing aside pointing it out as stupid makes me narrow minded? lol
44eelz 1 year ago
@44eelz You do know that the word emo really isnt a musical genre, right? It's been used to describe bands like ATDI and Fugazi and among others. Emo is more of a time and a place thing. and if we get right down to it emo = emotional which can make for great songs (Ebroligio and Napolean Solo by ATDI are great examples of emotional songs, both about the deaths of people close to Cedric) I'd rather listen to something with heart than some generic rock ballad.
smoky289 1 year ago
@smoky289 exactly, thats i how i feel. But everyones treating emo and sreamo like it
is which i do not agree with. Fugazi is Punk, ADTI has lots of styles but all in all theyre just a great rock band. forget labels. good music is good music, mainstream trends never last.
44eelz 1 year ago
@smoky289 julio vernargsa was a friend of the whole band. he's the person de-loused was made for, and plenty of songs off porcelain by sparta, just facts for anyone reading
FoolyCoolyINC 1 year ago
funny how that was back in wat ever year it was (a fair while ago) and the problems only goten worse...weve now got justin fucking beiber toping the charts...and all these bullshit rap and r + b artists have absolutly no talent and sound all the same...its not fucking music anymore...its not new ideas like the way mars volta do it..its all the same idea...with auto tuning on their voices...with computerized instruments.were has the REAL music gone ay.with original ideas and original MUSICIANS.
trecoolmania 1 year ago 3
As Cedric would say, @tommiesmallz is a sheep.
VectorHeroe 1 year ago
forget whats punk,mainstream or whatever the fuk.just jam out.
madengine29 1 year ago
@madengine29 AMEN BROTHER!!!!
Acafer84 1 year ago
mars volta sucks atdi rules
tommiesmallz 1 year ago
@tommiesmallz lrn2 troll
chrisjeffsmusic 1 year ago
@chrisjeffsmusic you obviously don't have a clue what trolling is this is is trolling; You are a fucking dipshit suck my dick you fucking faggot. don't fucking comment on things you you don't have a clue about you retarded piece of shit... Now that is some trolling you fucking retard
tommiesmallz 1 year ago
@tommiesmallz
more like it
need some practice on the delivery however
chrisjeffsmusic 1 year ago
I dont know what the hell he's talking about cuz most of his lyrics make no sense to someone who didn't write them... he's on that hollywood bullshit acting like his shit doesnt stink...
TMGMusic 1 year ago
Cedric is my hero...
he should be yours too...
Steevz345 1 year ago
im from the same town he's from and i'm from a local band and it's still pretty true, we have dig like a mofo
crazedripper141 1 year ago
Radio = BS Hip Hop! Love TMV. Check out Opus Dai....local band here in LA and most fans of TMV will like them.
Niemeyer2007 1 year ago
I've been a fan of Cedric's for a long time, but I never really took the time to get to know who he is because his music always spoke to me. Now that I'm listening to all of these interviews & finding out his point of view of the world, he's quickly becoming one of my heroes.
chabowker 1 year ago 12
agree with everything he's said.... but he, for some reason...came out as a prick.
markojudas 1 year ago
the mars volta should take over. the stuff that is out sucks completely. i said this on another video, we need a musical revolution. get rid of the crap that's out now.
drumfoomaster 1 year ago
@drumfoomaster there is nothing revolutionary about the mars volta
tommiesmallz 1 year ago
@tommiesmallz have you listened to the repetitive crap that's being played on the radio? same chord progressions played by every band out there because the record company believes this is what the kids want to hear? no wonder why kids think the crap on the radio is good. that's all they know unfortunately. that's what's pushed on them. you may not think the music is revolutionary. but, what he's talking about is.
drumfoomaster 1 year ago
@drumfoomaster ya i have heard it and that is what i was saying the mars volta is the same repetitive riffs on every other song. they layer them so that it seems like they are doing somthing different when really all of thier songs sound the same just like the bullshit on the radio. the only reason the volta isn't all over the radio is because their songs are all to rediculously long to fit into radio slots i stick by my original statement the mars volta is bullshit
tommiesmallz 1 year ago
@tommiesmallz i understand. that's why i said you may not think m.v. music is revolutionary, but what he's talking about is. do you understand me now?
drumfoomaster 1 year ago
@drumfoomaster ya I understand I don't agree but yes I understand. Actually the things he is saying are things that Henry Rollins and Ian Mcay have been saying since the 80's.
tommiesmallz 1 year ago
@tommiesmallz well henry rollins and ian mcay were definately ahead of their time. but, i'm glad it's being said again. maybe not by the people you agree should say it. but, it is being said.
drumfoomaster 1 year ago
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Kogerii 1 year ago
Names:
Sway Dasafo
Lady Sovereign
Meat Beat Manifesto
The Prodigy
Soul Coughing
Stereo Black
Orgy
the list could be endless...except i have a job and things to do other than search.
ThePacifistWarrior 1 year ago
I completley agree. If people would turn off the radio and the TV and look for their own stuff they MIGHT see that there are so many artists out there who get NO credit because everybody is too lazy to look for their own GD music. i listen to lots of different generes. but about 70% of my 22Gigs of music i found on my own. I was aware of 3 Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin BEFORE most other people because i search on my own. im not spoon fed music by the radio.
ThePacifistWarrior 1 year ago 4
the video lag makes me feel like im watching a old school Bruce Lee Flick haha
TheMastermike90 1 year ago 10
An honest interview without that biased ignorant "FUCK MAINSTREAM" attitude. He wanted us to hear them play, so we might save those from the mindless pop garbage out there.
Gold753 1 year ago 4
i want him.
RaggaLion 1 year ago
aw he mentions blonde redhead, i love that band.
gypsyeyes008 1 year ago
wow, this interview was 10 years ago... And it still applies. Great message.
jpoodle 1 year ago 4
You know- 'nowadays' and 'back then it was like.. way better'. It's such bullshit.
EVERY era has martyrs. EVERY era has very bad shit. A lot of kids today who kick emo and hiphop are the same ones who kicked hair metal and shoegazing. It's the same thing. And yes! They should do that. They really should.
But it doesn't matter! There's always going to be the real artist, the bad artist, and the commercial artist. Doesn't matter- what matters is what you choose to listen to.
Sidar654231 2 years ago 14
couldn't say it better.
devchemist 2 years ago
Dude i wonder what they think of all the mainstream stuff now. There isnt even rock anymore. Its all just re-gurgitated pop/rap/4 bass drum to the bar music. I mean i remember headbangers ball on mtv...not anymore its all just sad. ATDI was pretty sick!!
kittenkilla123 2 years ago 5
the sam way when he made this video.... they made this when they were in the mars volta.. i dont think it would change in the matter of a few years. the radio rock is still the same.
bahl97365 2 years ago
@bahl97365 this was recorded in 2000, so no, this is when they were in at the drive in and a solid 10 years ago
lemmehollaatya 1 year ago
I Remember when people made fun of mohawks, vans, skinny jeans and punk rock....now everybody wants to party like a rockstar.
WillKill4Weed 2 years ago 52
@WillKill4Weed LOL never though about that. So true!
highonhayek 1 year ago
@WillKill4Weed ...i know wut u mean, dude. i used to get ragged on all the time for my tight pants, it didnt bother me though but the fact that skinny jeans r the "trend" now pisses me off and the fohawk shit is just ridiculous.
PUNK ROCK FOR LIFE!!!
autorelocater 1 year ago
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he is dead on
ConnorShawMusic 2 years ago
@ConnorShawMusic um why is this considered spam?
canthinkverywell 2 years ago
@canthinkverywell ?? dunno
ConnorShawMusic 2 years ago
Thats funny hes like yes thats very good.
SoaringLotus 2 years ago
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punk rock revolutionary?hyperbole, omar has said that TMV songs are basically pop music tarted up. mainstream is a misnomer, its only the lowest common music everyone listens to, if punk was truly revolutionary it would have a hard core working class base, i think u will find its bourgeois to the core. this is ego wanking par excellence. not everyone listens to music for political or deeply spiritual reasons, stop projecting, imagine you may not be cleverer than others for moment!
phaedrus1979 2 years ago
Punk rock had a hardcore working class base. The Minutemen, Minor Threat, Black Flag, those guys all had 9-5's. After work they weren't their job though.
spicyMcHAGGIS9green 1 year ago
sure dude, of course, and kurt cobain was virtually homeless, but usually after a couple of years most music movements like this get taken over by wealthier socioeconomic brackets who remove the every day girt and infuse esoterism and elitism...and yes that is a ssweeping statement lol
phaedrus1979 1 year ago
cedrics a smart motherfucker
deftones98 2 years ago 8
Pain of Salvation, The Mars Volta & Devin Townsend.
gringochucha 2 years ago
I just love Mars Volta a little bit more than I did before.
StoneColdSergio 2 years ago 3
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Ced...shut up man!! Dont be a cliche..."anti pop music guy"...we get the whole organic thang...just shut up, hit those high notes, and write "goliath 2"...lol
jocam32 2 years ago
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Oh please. Imagine music without vocalists. A singer can always learn an instrument, but a non-singer can't learn to sing."
I can pretty much imagine music without vocalists; i think about music all day. Anyways, the human voice is imperfect; The Mars Volta would sound alot better without Cedric aimlessly spewing out whiny sounding nonsense. (he's almost as bad as Lil' Wayne)
SleepDirtyJazzySet 2 years ago
if you dont like TMV or ATDI why waist your time listening to there opinions?
WillKill4Weed 2 years ago 7
because the dummy read the title and thought that the TMV was selling out. lol. TMV! best band ever!!!
fnes13 2 years ago
The fact that it's nonsense doesn't even matter. The vocal melody is what matters, and Cedric has the range to essentially just be another instrument.
Itriphus 2 years ago 2
Furthermore, nobody is as bad as Lil' Wayne. Nobody.
Cedric is at the other end of the spectrum.
Itriphus 2 years ago 46
@Itriphus lil wayne is a squirrelly bitch who raps about being addicted to syrup. the mars volta are real ma fuckers, they arent fuckin phoneys like rappers,
"oh im gonna be a rapper, im so badass, i fuck bitches like every other fucking fuy on the planet"
TakeItBrendanLSD 1 year ago
@TakeItBrendanLSD the mars volta is soooo fucking fake it's the same bullshit spanish guitar riffs l