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Originally Posted by Methlab
LA also has a huge indie scene..the whole silverlake crowd is definitely not 80's.
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Originally Posted by superburtm
uh yeah they are..I haven't been to the clubs for about 7 months thank god but I was in the clubs constantly before on the east side and all the hip kids are all dressing and sounding like the early 80's.
Not metal 80's. Silverlake has a Pretenders/jon Jett/ramons 80's vibe (amongst others).
Metal 80's will be found in the L.A. Valleys, deserts and west Hollywood sunset strip (but they are just driving in from the valley).
BTW, most all of these are transplants, very, very few are native. You can thank the musician’s institute, amongst others for bringing the metal guitar gods wanna be's to Hollywood. Don't forget that all those wanna be hipsters (metal, punk, goth, whatever) from all over the country usually come to a big city like L.A. (for various reasons). Then they usually settle in the neighborhood that most likely fits them, valleys for metal, eastside silverlake for indie rock, etc.
Metal is dead here, per say. But it doesn't stop metal head musicians from moving here from other parts of the country that metal is more popular (i.e., east coast).
Metal acts don't play on the east-side (silverlake). The valley and pay-to-play sunset strip would be their options.
BTW, L.A. is HUGE and very different (in all ways) depending on where you live. 5,000 square miles and 10 million plus people and this is not even counting Orange County which is where Namm was and home to the Orange county music scene (blink-182, No doubt, etc., etc.). Saying L.A. is 'hollow' just means one didn't find the part of L.A. that fits them. There is really only one part of L.A. that I like at this time, and I'm living in it, but certainly there are many, many parts of L.A. that I would consider very hollow----West Hollywood / sunset strip being a top contender.