I’ve been using the term “sludge” a lot. Not “sludge” as in sludge metal bands such as Melvins or Acid Bath, but sludge as in Nazareth or Foghat. I got this term from reading FM eephus’s posts way back when he was describing said bands. Example (in regards to "Mr. Roboto" by Styx):
So good. Incredibly useful for me because as a person in his 30s, we are targets for a lot of nostalgia marketing and we know that a big chunk of stuff we enjoyed during our youths was either ordinary crap or sludge, so it’s great to have this distinction (even when they overlap). I use term to describe a unique condition of entertaining (maybe even fascinating) crap, but avoid using it as a polite euphemism for ordinary crap.tmidgett wrote: Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:34 pm It's called 'sludge.' You can like to hear sludge. You can even actually like it. But that doesn't mean it's necessarily any GOOD.
Styx is pure 100% undiluted and unrefined sludge.
And they are 100% crap.
Any others? Phrases too. BLAST IT WITH PISS.