Itās not entirely subjective though given that, as weāve both agreed, different genres have different characteristics.
mono-stereo One manās heads down tops off ram banger is another manās honky-tonk soft cock house.
Sure, but considering the term ābangerā clearly derives from the notion of something which makes a ābangā, e.g. fireworks, guns, etc., Iād say that the louder, more energetic and more violent a track is, the more legitimate a claim it has to being described as such. In a similar way that a magnum revolver makes more of a ābangā than say a paintball gun.
Also, the term ābangerā is partly, but not always entirely, independent of genre. For instance there can be drum & bass, or dubstep tracks where the term ābangerā could seem to reasonably be applied, though theyāre still drum & bass, or dubstep, as opposed to techno.
But as Iāve alluded to previously, I doubt thereās even anyone on Earth who has ever called stuff like Zero 7 or Boards of Canada ābangersā. Same could also probably be applied to say, Hed Kandi/Kaskade style deep house stuff as well. So clearly there is a line somewhere, or a spectrum with a blurry line, and the further along that spectrum, or away from that line, the more reasonable the claim sounds.
But for the record, most of the stuff you guys post on here is āhonky-tonk soft cock houseā.
