What's the Most Useless Genre Term There Is?

[TubaDude49]

Classic Rock
Indie

[Soror_YZBL]

"Rock"

[voodoo618]

what's that?

hardcore punk done by.....crabs?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMf4N...eature=related

[Mystlyfe77]

are you saying i'm intelligent, myst?

I would never dare say such a thing.

[lvmathemagician]

I hate when bands that are on major labels call themselves indie. You are not indie folks, you are poser.

[Onslaught_fei]

I find progressive to be diluted year after year after year. Progressive rock has a very, very distinct feel and sound to it. It's still a good descriptor when used properly but in just the last ten years it's become really overused and broadened more than it should, imo. Everything gets progressive- stamped on it, it seems. Another ten years and who's to say.

[macamatic]

Progressive rock has a very, very distinct feel and sound to it.

I honestly can't in good conscience agree with this.

[exploder]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMf4N...eature=related

sounds just like overrated metalcore with cutesy t-shirts....that's attack attack for ya
although I thought they were pop punk.....what's the crab part for?

[Mystlyfe77]

sounds just like overrated metalcore with cutesy t-shirts....that's attack attack for ya
although I thought they were pop punk.....what's the crab part for?

Come on, dude...

[MortDivine]

And war metal.

I sort of agree, but know exactly what the term refers to so I can understand why it exists. Saying black/death with martial-esque rhythms is a mouthful, so war metal works better.

And avant-garde works perfectly as it is intended to work, but people misuse the term all the time. Avant-garde is not a genre, it is a state of conventional musical structures and tendencies being absent from ones music.