Chances are that if you’re a music fan in your 30s, 40s or 50s, you made plenty of compilation cassettes or CDs at some point prior to the digital music revolution. For most people when they were in high school, mixtapes or mixed CDs were almost a right of passage that showcased a person’s musical tastes, and quite often were an icebreaker for getting better acquainted with your classmate crush.
For Bring Me The Horizon singer Old Sykes, it was a way to make a few extra bucks. The singer recently revealed that his high school side hustle was selling bootleg CD-R compilations of the best nu-metal tracks available. “My brother found my bootleg compilations I used to make and sell at high school lol,” Sykes wrote on Instagram. “5 quid each or 3 for a tenner along with every unofficial Eminem album that ever existed. Big up valley cru.”
Sykes posted photos of two of his most popular collections: “Quakebeat” and “Quakesound.” The compilations had their own homemade artwork and featured tracks from Crazy Town, Limp Bizkit, Rob Zombie, Papa Roach and Linkin Park, among others.
Sykes recently addressed the state of rock in an interview with NME saying: “Quite a few years ago, we were disillusioned with rock, but the last couple of years I have come to feel very different about that,” Sykes said. “It’s very exciting to now see a lot of young kids getting into alternative styles and sounds. It feels so much more diverse than ever before.”
Bring Me The Horizon is currently gearing up for a tour with Knocked Loose, Grandson and Siiickbrain. The band formed in 2004 and has been nominated for two Grammy Awards and sold more than 4 million records. The style of their early work, including their debut album Count Your Blessings, has been described primarily as deathcore, but over the course of several albums, the band has shifted its style and moved in a more melody-oriented direction by combining their approach to metalcore with elements of electronica, pop and hip hop.
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