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The GAF Crabcore Appreciation Thread

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The originators of modern crabcore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQVpITyOdc8

A breakdown of modern crabcore movements.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hP7VVZRGUQ

This article contains the disputed Wikipedia article about this genre.
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2009/06/more-on-attack-attack-crabcore-explained.html

Crabcore is a contemporary offshoot from the emocore/screamo sub-genre of hard rock music. Unlike almost all other genres and sub-genres of music, crabcore is defined not by aural motifs, tones, lyrical content, or specific instrument ensembles; but rather by physical gesticulations and contortions of the arms and legs of individual band members during live performances of their music.

Crabcore moves
Chiefly among the crabcore musician's repertoire of stylistic gestures is the crabwalk itself, from which the genre's title is derived. The crabwalk is identified by the player's extremely low stance, wherein both feet are set apart from one another as far as possible, while still allowing the player to maintain at least a 90 degree bend in his knees. While in the crab stance, the player then purposefully transfers the weight of his upper body between each leg, achieving a swaying motion intended to have a hypnotic effect among audience members.
Other moves available to crabcore players include;

The 'Richardson Richardson'.
'Krinking'
The 'Beaver Bounce'
The 'Dirty Hamper'
The 'Pestal Press'

Another, somewhat controversial move has gained a foothold in crabcore circles recently, which sees the player simply standing in one spot and running in place. No one understands this move. No one.

The most instantly recognizable signifier of a band within the crabcore oeuvre is the presence of an Arch Cancerped (literally translated; 'chief crabwalker'). The Arch Cancerped (or ACP) is an individual member of the band whose duty it is to set the speed, intensity, and depth of the crabwalk in a given piece of music. Much like the conductor of a symphony orchestra. Typically the ACP wears a black t-shirt and has a dyed-black sideways haircut.

Crabcore bands
For the moment, only the band Attack Attack! is currently playing crabcore, and is at its origin.
But, whereas this style of music has just appeared, we are discovering that actually, a lot of famous bands had already used or use some Crabcore moves. The most known must be Metallica, as you can see it in some live representations. See the references for an example of Metallica's Crabcore. This version of Crabcore is known as "proto-Crabcore".
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See, the beauty of crabcore is that it doesn't stick to a fixed musical style. For example, the modern forerunners of the genre, Attack Attack! mix Christian deathcore, post-hardcore, screamo and top-40s Eurodance together. It's a ballsy mixture that's totally unique. You'd never see a band like The Devil Wears Prada, August Burns Red or 90% of all metalcore bands today play this kind of music.

Sure, many rock and metal bands have adopted wide stances during performances, but none to this innovative extreme. The genre is quickly making headroads and I, for one, am glad to be part of this new movement.

See also -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-6Usztae4s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca73OtjYzm8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH8CRBShZck

CxC 4 LYFE BITCHES!
 
I was going to make this thread when the joke was still new but now the band Attack Attack is capitalizing on the joke and is making shirts that say "Crab-Fucking-Core" and they said they are going to embrace it. They turned what used to be an internet joke into an actual trend in music. I do not wish to support it.
 
dygiT said:
I was going to make this thread when the joke was still new but now the band Attack Attack is capitalizing on the joke and is making shirts that say "Crab-Fucking-Core" and they said they are going to embrace it. They turned what used to be an internet joke into an actual trend in music. I do not wish to support it.
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I am buying that shirt. Give me a link.
 
I thought this was a thread about how delicious crab is :(
 
I like that music genre is based on what is some kind of Pilates exercise instead of, y'know, music and shit.


Oh wait, no I don't. Please kill yourselves.
 
I love sticky sticky's music video. It's like the Eddie Murphy movies where the same person plays all the characters just more entertaining.

cashman said:
anything-core is absolutely horrible music.
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Mathcore = Awesome. Dillinger is one of the best metal bands out there.
 
Dude i just attack attack live at warped tour. They kicked ass. In my top five bands right now. Haterrrrrrs.

Yet i have to add i dont get the joginplaceXcore :lol
 
Jroderton said:
Dude i just attack attack live at warped tour. They kicked ass. In my top five bands right now. Haterrrrrrs.

Yet i have to add i dont get the joginplaceXcore :lol
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The whole attack attack? So how did band?
 
Im just saying ive always liked the metalcore and shit like that. i dig attack attack cuz they different. im sure u guys have some guilty pleasures as far as music goes
 
Jroderton said:
Dude i just attack attack live at warped tour. They kicked ass. In my top five bands right now. Haterrrrrrs.

Yet i have to add i dont get the joginplaceXcore :lol
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I don't know what's worse, you going to Warped Tour or Attack Attack being in your top 5.

I really hope you're trolling or are a 14 year old scene kid. Please tell me you copied and pasted the first line of your post from a YouTube comment reply.
 
dygiT said:
I was going to make this thread when the joke was still new but now the band Attack Attack is capitalizing on the joke and is making shirts that say "Crab-Fucking-Core" and they said they are going to embrace it. They turned what used to be an internet joke into an actual trend in music. I do not wish to support it.
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Fucking genius.:lol
 
Attack Attack! mix Christian deathcore, post-hardcore, screamo and top-40s Eurodance together.
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When it's all said and done, this may well go down as the worst decade for music ever. You shouldn't be able to find four genres that awful at once, let alone combine them into something even stupider.
 
dygiT said:
I was going to make this thread when the joke was still new but now the band Attack Attack is capitalizing on the joke and is making shirts that say "Crab-Fucking-Core" and they said they are going to embrace it. They turned what used to be an internet joke into an actual trend in music. I do not wish to support it.
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I hate that music as much as the next guy (probably even more) but I think that embracing the joke is better than the alternative.
When bands starting to get defensive about such stuff, like Fountains of Wayne, it's just sad.

And yeah, it's pretty old; you guys should really read WFMU's blog, it's great.
 
dygiT said:
I was going to make this thread when the joke was still new but now the band Attack Attack is capitalizing on the joke and is making shirts that say "Crab-Fucking-Core" and they said they are going to embrace it.
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Sounds painful.
 
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"Recently scholars have discovered that Crabcore stretches back thousands of years, as exemplified by this traditional Taiko drummer."
 
Jroderton said:
Im just saying ive always liked the metalcore and shit like that. i dig attack attack cuz they different. im sure u guys have some guilty pleasures as far as music goes
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borderline terrible music i can listen to. as long as it has heart.

terrible, contrived amalgams of every filtered niche and subtrend into some pseudo post-fashionably ironic noise projected at me by some narcissistic cunts in ladieswear, i have less time for.
 
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