Galborea wrote:So you guys remember that friend of mine who said he thought Agalloch was the most generic band ever? I tried getting him into Alcest today since he's a big shoegaze fan. He said he could hear nothing but "typical Kirk Hammett riffs." I'm convinced he never learned any basic music theory at all.
I don't think it takes knowledge of musical theory to realize that shoegaze doesn't really sound like Metallica.