What is Shamate?

The name Shamate comes from the English smart, which can be translated as fashionable; smart (but this is not the case for them).

They like and blindly imitate the clothes, hair, etc. of Japanese visual kei rock bands, but they actually don’t understand what visual kei rock is.

So they can be said to be "copycat visuals" Tie". Similar to non-mainstream, but not quite non-mainstream.

The killing of the family in 2009. Under the leadership of founder An Zixuan, the family is undergoing a large-scale update

Family system:

On the Internet (sometimes on the street) Develop your own members (membership requirements are extremely high) and "visual-loving friends" in the gatherings. The more well-known Shamate, Blood Demon, etc. claim to be the most representative network family in the current network.

There are currently many self-proclaimed gothic killers on the Internet. They use ketchup to fill their blood, look infinitely decadent, and then take pictures, but they have nothing to do with goths. Because the darkness and magnificence of Gothic are not bloody at all, nor are they decadent and brainless, but a sense of beauty close to death. In China, most people can't tell the difference between Gothic and Manson. Gothic music style emphasizes grandeur and grandeur. High-decibel guitar solo, heavy drums, bass, and electric piano. In order to highlight the effect of the music, the visual effect is average. Of course, there are also alternative styles, but they do not have Manson tendencies. They can only be regarded as alternative at best. .

Manson actually added some visual elements to classic rock, with horror makeup and blood. Elements such as devils and aliens often appear, and there are even people who appear to be self-mutilating in many Manson music videos. So Goth and Manson are obviously two different types. The former focuses on musical effects, while the latter focuses on visual effects. Goth bands usually spend more money on equipment than on styling when they perform a song, and Manson is just the opposite.

The most typical example is a person named Shen Ke (who committed suicide due to depression and is known as the mother of non-mainstream). There was a lot of hype online about her goth style. In fact, this is not the case. According to the way the rock world divides Goths and Mansons, she obviously belongs to Manson, and is not even considered Manson.

Because Manson is a rock style. As for the so-called Shen Ke and now Sha Matt, Sha Matt has no connection whatsoever with Manson. If I insist on saying there is a connection, it's just a visual resemblance. Some Shamat don't even know how many strings a standard guitar has, but they only know how to imitate them blindly.

[Edit this paragraph] Controversy over shamate killing

Shamate is a controversial term, because it has been criticized by most people as a pathological "popularity" and contempt. Its emergence is related to communication and education issues between parents and children. Most of the Shamat cases are deformities in value orientation caused by the influence of family environment and family conflicts. Although it originates from popular culture, due to the economic and cultural gap, it has become increasingly vulgar.

Some members of the so-called Shamate family show a very naive state of mind and behavior in the Shamate family. Someone even wrote in a Shamate article: "This family is the only one that can be searched on Baidu, and has been on Nanjing News once and News Network twice." They may know that these are all negative news. , but showing off as an honor.

Regardless of men or women, most of the killers have colorful long hair and heavy makeup; they wear some very unique clothes and weird jewelry; they like to take selfies and use the cameras in Internet cafes. They make strange moves in front of them; they claim to be: a group that combines trends, vision, and non-mainstream.

As for China’s “Shama” family, they have nothing to do with rock and roll. They just like to imitate visual kei’s clothing and makeup. However, fans who are truly visual kei disdain to be associated with “Shama”. "Special" companionship. Therefore, the evolution of China’s “Shamate” to this day is neither VR nor purely visual. It is a unique social state, a form of life and a cultural trend. Netizens who can't stand it call them "copycats", juxtaposed with non-mainstream and brain-dead people.

There are many departments within "Shamate", including "Visual Department", "Red Department", "Colorful Department", "Trend Department" and so on. The members are basically all born in the 1990s. The main activities are QQ groups and QQ spaces. There are 100 official groups alone, and they are always bright all day long.

Due to the exaggerated shape of "Shamate", which is very different from traditional culture, it is natural for viewers to be disgusted. On the Internet, the attitude towards "Shamate" is almost one-sided. Netizen "Ya Medie's sister, please don't die" posted on Maopu on the 15th: "I accidentally saw the word "shamate", which was very new, so I searched on Baidu and found a shocking answer..."

The explanation given by Shamate, who likes to take selfies, as the best answer by netizens is: "The men in this family have very abnormal psychology. They have long, colorful hair and heavy makeup. Heavy makeup; women are very open-minded and like to play with PS; they often use Martian script, which insults the quintessence of our country; they are all Korean and Japanese, they are narcissistic and like to take selfies, but their photos have no beauty at all; they like They scare children, often go to Internet cafes at night, and do some very strange actions in front of the camera; they like to wear some clothes that they think are very personal, and they are all sold on the street - so we affectionately call the Shamate Brainless Family. Silly models..."

"Some people classify them as visual kei, but I think it is impossible! Visual kei is pleasing to the eye, but Shamate just follows the same example, and they have some things themselves. I feel disgusting. Not only do the Shamate people have no experience in the world, but most of them are arrogant and think that their own things are the trend..." one netizen replied. "A group of idiots who think they are decadent, sexy, and visual are actually cheap and gaudy young people who are non-mainstream and pseudo-visual!" another netizen concluded.

Randomly find the QQ spaces of several members of the "Shamate" family. Most of their pages are black in tone, dotted with skulls, flames and other decorations, as well as a large number of flashing FLASH animations, which are bloody. The violence is dizzying. There are also many slogan-like words written on the page: "It is natural to worship labor and capital", "Get out of my space without stepping on it", "Lead the fashion and create the extraordinary", "If the sky is affectionate, the sky will be old, and all my brothers will fall if they touch me." , "Shamate will always be your god"...

How can you join the "Shamate" family? According to a netizen who claimed to be an undercover agent of the Shama family, it was initially learned that those who intend to join must first join the "Shamate review group", and after passing the video review, change their screen name and space name; and then communicate with the review group Contact the main person and choose a group to join. If you want to be the administrator of a family group, you must be online for more than 5 hours a day. As for the spatial link with the founder of the Shamate family, the requirements are even higher...

Interestingly, Some non-mainstream people who became famous earlier also disagree with "Shamate". A Shanghai netizen, a girl who is in high school, said: "I have been playing non-mainstream for a few years, and now I feel deeply about it. I like the stylish and street-friendly shamat stuff. I hate shamat so much. Some people say that existence is reasonable. , the existence of Shamate must have its meaning. Yes, its purpose is to influence other people with their bad ideas. A group of yellow-skinned idiots get their heads permed and walk around like idiots. . They are crazy! I just want to vomit when I see them. Is it possible that garbage dressed like gangsters is a killer? They are uneducated, disgusting, perverted, childish, idiots and ignorant. They only pretend to be cool and don’t know how to behave. The reason is that Shamate members will only rely on their parents to support them, because how can they find a good job? In short, those who can’t find a good job are Shamate!”

The comments excerpted from netizens are quite extreme and are for reference only.

[Edit this paragraph] How to tell whether to kill Matt

One: There are many screenshots of videos in QQ space, and there are many insults in QQ Screenshot image.

Second: The most commonly used tool for taking pictures is the camera used for video in Internet cafes.

Third: PS technology is still limited to adding text to photos and a premade layer effect.

Number four: He has long, colorful hair, heavily painted clothes, and often uses Martian characters.

Fifth: The members of the Matt family have low cultural quality and lack higher education. Most of them have graduated from elementary school or junior high school.

Number 6: Wear some clothes and jewelry that you think are very personal, but they are just cheap street food.

Seventh: Often quarrel over who cheated whom of Q coins.

Ignorant Shamate

Why is it said that Shamate is ignorant?

Because they don’t know what visual kei is at all

The abbreviation of visual kei: VR (visual kei rock)

And Shamate can only learn visual kei Dress up, but do not understand the music and concepts of visual kei.

I don’t even understand rock music, so I hang out with DJs every day..

I think I’m very decadent, and I even try to get involved in punk.

I really can’t handle it. I understand what these people think. Their homepage is full of Japanese visual photos.

If you want to play with visuals, you must first understand rock...

Abstract:

The name Shamate comes from the English smart, which can be translated as fashionable; smart (but this is not the case for them).

They like and blindly imitate the clothes, hair, etc. of Japanese visual kei rock bands, but they actually don’t understand what visual kei rock is. Together with Blood Demon Demon, they are the most representative Internet family on the Internet. .

So it can be said that they are "copycat visual kei". Similar to non-mainstream, but not quite non-mainstream.