Extreme's "II Pornograffitti" album isn't metal
Extreme's popular 1990 sophomore record is currently tagged as Funk Metal in our database but I would have thought that would require the album to a) include something resembling funk & b) include some genuine metal music. Neither is the case here with the album sitting far more comfortably under the Glam Metal tag. For that reason, I'd like to see 'II Pornograffitti' removed from The Gateway & the Alternative Metal genre & placed under Non-Metal (if not removed from the Metal Academy database altogether).
This nomination has been posted in the Hall of Judgement.
Thanks Daniel for your review on this Extreme album. I'm thanking you for that because the review reminded me of how much I needed to check out that album and find more of this band than just the acoustic radio ballad single that is "More Than Words". I can understand the lack of funk in this album when only a couple tracks have some slight funk including the aptly titled "Get the Funk Out". However, you might certainly disagree with me on this one but to my ears, I find this album sitting comfortably in glam metal AND heavy metal. Almost every track that's not acoustic nor a ballad has metal spirit, especially in the guitar riffing and soloing performed by Nuno Bettencourt, the best examples of that can be found in tracks like "Decadence Dance", "Money (In God We Trust)", and "He-Man Woman Hater". Even in other songs like "Li'l Jack Horny", "It('s a Monster)", and the title track that have more of a hard rock and/or glam metal sound, the hard rock of AC/DC is enhanced by the guitars almost reaching the heaviness of Metallica's Black Album. So while I'll give this Hall entry a YES vote to have removed from funk metal and The Gateway, I'll add in a judgement submission to have added to The Guardians with the heavy metal tag, so stay tuned for that.