Mudvayne’s Chad Gray says all new metal bands “sound the same”
nme.comMudvayne frontman Chad Gray has said that the current wave of metal bands all “sound the same”, unlike when he was starting to make music.The singer was speaking recently to The Underground Australia, where he was asked about his views on the influence of nu-metal and his generation on the current music scene.“Dude, maybe I shouldn’t say this, but I don’t give a fuck.
Because I’m me, and I’ve got stuff to say, and I’m going to say it. Music now to me — God bless them, new bands — but they sound the same.
All new music reminds me of the same fucking thing,” he said.“I was on Ozzfest 2001,” he continued. “So you had Slipknot, [Marilyn] Manson, Papa Roach, Disturbed, Mudvayne, Drowning Pool… Every fucking band, every band I just named, none of them sound the same.
None of them. And I think that’s why it was such a special time in music because everybody was bringing what they were bringing to the table.
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