Heavy Music

[ampersand]

f**ked up surely are a bit heavier than light rock.

Not my cup of tea at all they sound frigging awful, but each to their own

[lovelessrapture]

f**ked up and Brand New.

That's about it.

Some eejit on here complained once that he hated Art Brut because they were "too heavy" - but from that I can conclude that he must only listen to acoustic music

[Familiar2billions]

Not quite metal but noticed that Capdown and The Filaments both played a few years back. Dont think theres been any UK punk since then apart from King Blues but there more popy then the above mentioned.

[catsoup]

The crowds for the heavier bands have always been one of the only things I find frustrating at Glastonbury, but as there aren't many of them about I guess your not going to get fans of those bands attending. Did anyone see Biffy last year headlining John Peel tent, don';t know what the crowd in there was like.

I think the crowd will be up for it for Pendulum though, dance bands have always had a great crowd at Glastonbury so they will have no problems I recon

[Lemius]

Id suggest the gaslight anthem, totally not metal but they edge towards punk in places.

Also check out the soft pack they sound a bit like messey strokes esk garage rock on record but I caught them live and they were pretty heavy in places if on the Grungey side. They ended there set with a shambolic beer soaked (litteraly!) version of start me up by the stones.

We can still hope that little rumour that the special gusets over at the park are Metallica of course

[catsoup]

Just remembered - there were a few bands playing in the park area that were a bit more heavy last year. Worth checking the area out.

[catsoup]

We can still hope that little rumour that the special gusets over at the park are Metallica of course

[ampersand]

Metalica!??

[howlin_pete]

Well I spent 5 days camping at Download, I saw no fights, not even an argument - no hassle - just good fun. But I suspect that the Glasto organisors dont' book metal bands bacause they think it may attract trouble. I reckon as long as they stay away from 'kiddy rock'/emo bands they would be okay!

[THEBOILERMAN]

not heavy (metal) but HEAVY LOAD really do rock saw them at cheltenham (when we got washed out of sunrise) great fun. think they are on some sort of disabled stage.

[gooner1990]

I think more radio friendly acts would be ok to have.

Foo Fighters or Green Day would go down a treat, as people who don't even listen to rock or punk music would know a lot of their tunes.

I think most bands would fit in somewhere though.

[TheSeventhOne]

Deftones, Rage Against The Machine and NIN have all played in the past so I don't see why not.

Faith No More would be good at Glasto too. Hell, MAYBE even Metallica.

[catsoup]

Apparently it's because of the tragedy at rockslide festival in 200 while Peal Jam were playing. Since then he hasn't want to risk something simular at Glastonbury so stays away from heavier acts. It's been done to death in here whether thats the right call and it would be a shame for this thread to deterorate into an argument about that but that is supposidly the reason

[hombrederayo]

I'm still gutted faith no more didnt end up at glasto this year....oh well, nevermind, I was still at their 1st comeback gig at brixton academy, that more than makes up for it!

[catsoup]

Deftones, Rage Against The Machine and NIN have all played in the past so I don't see why not.

Faith No More would be good at Glasto too. Hell, MAYBE even Metallica.

[Late]

Offspring and Foo Fighters have also played in the past.

[sinhala]

Offspring and Foo Fighters have also played in the past.

[gooner1990]

Another thing is that since Download was resurrected from the ashes of Monsters of Rock most heavy bands get booked for that and don't bother with any other festival aside from the odd one or two that play Reading...hence one of the reasons that Reading Festival which was mainly rock up until the end of the 90's has gone more mainstream and R1/NME based since the turn of the millennium.

[howlin_pete]

Neil said Foo Fighters were contacted this year about headlining one of the days, but they are taking soime time off at the moment. Even then Eavis apparently had concerns about them being too heavy compared to a traditional Glastonbury headliner. With that and Jay-Z headlining last year though, I recon theres a fair chance of seeing a few bigger heavier actws creeping back onto the lineup in the next few years, although I would never expect to see thye likes of Slipknott there

[catsoup]

Offspring and Foo Fighters have also played in the past.

[504329lt]

oh aye, ive got them highlighted. hopefully theyll be similar to what they were at download. unforunately i doubt the crowd will be. ill be trying my best though

[504329lt]

Neil said Foo Fighters were contacted this year about headlining one of the days, but they are taking soime time off at the moment. Even then Eavis apparently had concerns about them being too heavy compared to a traditional Glastonbury headliner. With that and Jay-Z headlining last year though, I recon theres a fair chance of seeing a few bigger heavier actws creeping back onto the lineup in the next few years, although I would never expect to see thye likes of Slipknott there

[Zacko]

I think Neil mentioned on here that Eavis was considering Foo's for next year but was unsure whether they'd be suitable - that would be good me thinks, Everlong blasting out etc etc...

[TheSeventhOne]

Slipknot. Now they would be a worthy headliner. Can someone start a petition for next year?

[gooner1990]

I think it was Glasto where I saw Offspring spray the crowd with a fire hose. Prob would cause issues with water conservation now!