Dear Bands:

If your influences list includes:
Death Cab for Cutie
Cake
Neil Young
My Bloody Valentine
Coldplay
the 'music' of NPR
A list of more-obscure-than-yours college bands


If your whole profile is in lowercase,


If you look and dress like this:



If your music sampler (or anything else on your profile) is set to auto-play,


If you think a solid-body single-coil electric guitar sounds pleasant,


If you do not know what this is for:



THEN DO NOT ADD ME!
I take the time to check out every band that adds my profile.  If it turns out that your band sucks, I will never get that time back.  You will only engender hatred and malice.

The name is HVY MTL.  The friends list includes Dream Evil.  The playlist includes Queensryche and Symphony X.  The music section mentions only Beethoven and progressive metal.  If you're not stopping for a second to see these things, using a little judgement before annoying someone - you're a fscking spammer who's just adding everybody!

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"I know it might sound crazy, but there is a massive shortage of rock and roll on this planet. It's almost extinct. I mean the true spirit of quality rock and roll—you know, Musicianship, when you would give up every moment of your day to master your instrument and create your own identity and sound so as to respectfully outdo all your past heroes whilst proudly wearing the badge of their influences." - Nuno Bettencourt, 2007.  {emphasis mine}