Originally Posted by
Shaolin Wookie
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
They were carrying on the legacy of Mercyful Fate. People hated 'em because they became popular after the Black Album, which had more radio-worthy songs than the earlier albums (even though all the songs on the earlier albums are quality, excepting Kill Em All). If there's one thing I despise in music fandom, it's how everyone likes the fringe groups, but turns on them when they become popular. For some reason, when a person's kid sister starts to listen to a group he/she once considered "anti-establishment", that person says "they sold out". When, in reality, it is the person that has sold out to an image of themselves as that fringe group rocker. Same thing happened to Nirvana. Same thing happened to Phil Collins.
It's a shame, really.:D