Crossover = Punks with long hair

not really, most crossover band members are complete metalhead, their music jst has alot of punk influence, sort of like a neoclassical shred guitars adding in elements of classical music cause it sounds good

Crossovers my favourite type of thrash. D.R.I. are brilliant

i prefer pure thrash, more technnical, like heathen and so on

zurabmelua wrote:not really, most crossover band members are complete metalhead, their music jst has alot of punk influence, sort of like a neoclassical shred guitars adding in elements of classical music cause it sounds good

I was only joking but some crossover bands like S.O.D. are usally started to be Hardcore Punk bands

I love Crossover. Leeway and Rumble Militia are vastly underrated.

Can add The Exploited to the list, listen to Beat the B**tards and Sick B**tards

Just listening to D.R.I. - "Crossover" defines the sound.

Don't forget to mention the mighty Cro-Mags - especially the "Best Wishes" opus.

The Crossover scene was more than just a musical wave as well. Once upon a time, a long-haired guy who went to a Hardcore gig was likely to get his arsed kicked. I had this problem when I went to see The Exploited, Conflict & Charged G.B.H. in the early 80s.

The concept of "Crossover" was bridge that helped stopped that kind of mentality - fostered by bands like D.R.I, Cro-mags, Agnostic Front, etc.

S.O.D. was a reaction to the Crossover movement that already existed - Anthrax members trying to tap into that vibe.

Crossover thrash is good nand all that but the world doesn't need another crossover band. Ever.

thrasherdave wrote:Crossover thrash is good nand all that but the world doesn't need another crossover band. Ever.

haha i agree so much with this

H.O.D. Feemo wrote:Now crossover is sorted, what the fuck is "speed metal"?

I'm gonna stick my neck out here and say there is no such thing.

I would say they are one and the same thing, it's just semantics. The terms Speed Metal and Thrash Metal were interchangeable in the mid 80s. A band like Jaguar were called Speed Metal, before Thrash became a catch-all phrase.

hmmm , crossover thrash basically is the more party hard style of hardcore punk ..

instead of bands jumping round shouting "we dont need drugs to mosh out "

crossover gave most of the kids what they wanted , fast beer drinking mayhem

it sparked alot of metal fans to party with punks more too , thats why you see kids with shaved heads and suicidal tendencies caps

its one fucking amazing sound

if your wanting some decent hard hitting crossover thrash , just ask man

crossovers whatever you want it to be to certain degree dedpending on your point of view,because in your opinion a band is to punk to be metal or to metal to be punk. english dogs a punk band done two pure metal albums not what i would call crossover, but thats my opinion.onslaught started as a punk band but definetly ain't crossover now,but i also think early kreator,sodom and celtic frost(hellhammer) sound as much punk as they do do metal and they also ain't crossover.also a lot of crust bands sound quite metallish so does that make them crossover?anyway i'm boring myself now so i shall shut up.

^^ Makes plenty o' sense to me! Crossover was only ever a term used to describe music that 'crossed over' in genres... 'Crossover thrash' simply being the mix between thrash/metal and punk... quite simple really, basic answer is D.R.I.

oneleggedpunk wrote:crossovers whatever you want it to be to certain degree dedpending on your point of view,because in your opinion a band is to punk to be metal or to metal to be punk. english dogs a punk band done two pure metal albums not what i would call crossover, but thats my opinion.onslaught started as a punk band but definetly ain't crossover now,but i also think early kreator,sodom and celtic frost(hellhammer) sound as much punk as they do do metal and they also ain't crossover.also a lot of crust bands sound quite metallish so does that make them crossover?anyway i'm boring myself now so i shall shut up.

ahh yeah dude your right