At 12/20/05 08:28 AM, Lykaki wrote:
Oups, that my post makes sense... :The legend status thing is about Varg not 'Euronymous the famous dead meat'.
Considering I haven't posted in Metal Hell for a long while, despite being one of the 'Original' members if I'm still classed as that, I've decided to jump into this BM discussion. Varg doesn't deserve to be called a legend because he never really did 'anything' for the scene except make music. He didn't open a music store, or put bands up with multiple labels, or bother to reach new audiances to spread the word. Most of his good stuff was in just plain making music. It's like saying that my local band 'Silent Descent' (They went to the same school as me) , because they make better music than 99% of the shite on UK charts are legends of the Death Metal scene, despite the fact they've done nothing to actually push the scene forwards by aiding other bands. Varg never really did any of the stuff Euronymous ever did, considering Euro started up lables, helped the 'Inner Circle' out, actually was the reason Burzum got off the ground in the first place by putting it on his label, and generally pushed the whole scene forward. That, coupled with good music, makes him a legend. Varg is just a decent musician, nothing more in the scene.