NationStates Jolt Archive

I month ago I did the opposite of this thread. It was pretty cool. So now I present it's sequal. Easy enough to understand. What band do you like that others hate.

Mine is Green Day. After American Idiot was released, the popular thing to do is to hate Green Day because "American Idiot" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" were both overplayed. Well, the rest of the album was excellent, and pre-American Idiot Green Day kicks ass. Not that American Idiot didn't kick ass. And for those who say Green Day is to big and popular, I'd like to remind you that some of the best bands in the world, like The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd were massive back in their day.

Alright, I really enjoy the first two albums the Backstreet Boys put out. How about that?

*waits for inevitable stoning*

Placebo... Don't ask me why no-one likes them... *shiftyeyes*

Placebo... Don't ask me why no-one likes them... *shiftyeyes*

I like them, but I probably don't count because of my above post.

I'm guessing you also like Pink Floyd...

I saw the Aussie Pink Floyd on Wednesday. They were fucking brilliant!

Anyway...Tool. Right now there seem to be dozens of thread on the forum for the Download Festival slagging them off saying they're not worthy of headlining the festival. Those people are morons. They're easily the best band playing that weekend - much better than Metallica or Guns N Roses (the other headliners). And the new album is great (I'm listening to it now, in fact). Their whole back catalogue is brilliant.

I can appreciate they might not be everyone's cup of tea ('alternative math metal', anyone?), but I just don't understand how so many metal fans don't like them.

As for Green Day, you're right. American Idiot isn't a patch on Dookie, though. I remember I was outside my local record shop waiting for it to open the day AI came out. I'll be doing that for the new Tool album as well.

Alright, I really enjoy the first two albums the Backstreet Boys put out. How about that?

*waits for inevitable stoning*
*stones*

Placebo are cool though. Black Market Music is their best album, IMO.

The Genesis with Phil Collins as lead singer instead of Peter Gabriel.

I'm guessing you also like Pink Floyd...

I saw the Aussie Pink Floyd on Wednesday. They were fucking brilliant!

Anyway...Tool. Right now there seem to be dozens of thread on the forum for the Download Festival slagging them off saying they're not worthy of headlining the festival. Those people are morons. They're easily the best band playing that weekend - much better than Metallica or Guns N Roses (the other headliners). And the new album is great (I'm listening to it now, in fact). Their whole back catalogue is brilliant.

I can appreciate they might not be everyone's cup of tea ('alternative math metal', anyone?), but I just don't understand how so many metal fans don't like them.

As for Green Day, you're right. American Idiot isn't a patch on Dookie, though. I remember I was outside my local record shop waiting for it to open the day AI came out. I'll be doing that for the new Tool album as well.

Your right, I absolutely love Pink Floyd. As for Tool, I like them much more than GnR(who I hate) but Metallica... not so much. Metallica's first four-five albums are brilliance, but Load, ReLoad and St. Anger are terrible.

Green Day always kind of sucked...

But yes, Tool is the sheeeeeeeeeeeeeit.

My own? The Mars Volta. They're different and very, very groovy, but my friends and most of the other people I've talked to about them think they're terrible.

*stones*

Placebo are cool though. Black Market Music is their best album, IMO.

Yay! Other people like Placebo!!! Fluffles for you all ->:fluffle: :fluffle:

I can't decide on my fav album, I like Meds and Sleeping With Ghosts, Without You I'm Nothing... In fact, the only one I'm not so keen on is the self-titled initial album... :D

staind...

Silverchair

The Adolescents. Glorious, ancient OC Hardcore, but a lot of people seem to dislike them.

staind...

I like their new single.

The Genesis with Phil Collins as lead singer instead of Peter Gabriel.

Amen!

Your right, I absolutely love Pink Floyd. As for Tool, I like them much more than GnR(who I hate) but Metallica... not so much. Metallica's first four-five albums are brilliance, but Load, ReLoad and St. Anger are terrible.
Tool's first four albums are brilliance as well. Which is, uh, all of them. ;) Early Metallica are quite good, but I'd say they've only done 3 albums worthy of any notable praise - Ride The Lightning, Master of Puppets, and the Black Album. Considering they've done 9 'proper' albums, I don't think that's a good return, especially when the last of those came out 15 years ago.

The Genesis with Phil Collins as lead singer instead of Peter Gabriel.
I'm forgiving Ilie for liking two Backstreet Boys albums, but this I just can't forgive. Genesis were fucking awful after Peter Gabriel left. Collins should've stuck to what he was good at - drumming.

Amen!
:fluffle:

I'm forgiving Ilie for liking two Backstreet Boys albums, but this I just can't forgive. Genesis were fucking awful after Peter Gabriel left. Collins should've stuck to what he was good at - drumming.

I can't help liking it so much. :(

Green Day always kind of sucked...

But yes, Tool is the sheeeeeeeeeeeeeit.

My own? The Mars Volta. They're different and very, very groovy, but my friends and most of the other people I've talked to about them think they're terrible.
Mars Volta are...interesting. Frances the Mute is a better album than De-Loused in the Comatorium. I think they deserve praise simply for trying to mix together so many influences, but that they succeed (most of the time) is just amazing.

And yay! Another metal fan who likes Tool! :D

Skrewdriver.

Honestly, why does nobody like racist music anymore?

Ohh its all so confusing.

Alright, I really enjoy the first two albums the Backstreet Boys put out. How about that?

*waits for inevitable stoning*


Larger than Life was awesome.
Suggested me band should cover it once. And found myself going solo a week later. :(

i also kinda got a thing for NSync, and, oh man Take That.
Guess i'm in denial, playing in the forests of Narnia...

Tool's first four albums are brilliance as well. Which is, uh, all of them. ;) Early Metallica are quite good, but I'd say they've only done 3 albums worthy of any notable praise - Ride The Lightning, Master of Puppets, and the Black Album. Considering they've done 9 'proper' albums, I don't think that's a good return, especially when the last of those came out 15 years ago.

for me it's like this:
1. Master of Puppets
2. Ride The Lightning
3. ...And Justice for All
4. Kill em' All
5. The Black Album

all other Metallica Albums afterwards have sucked tremendously.

The Genesis with Phil Collins as lead singer instead of Peter Gabriel.

Up until And Then There Were Three I agree.

Mine are Gogol Bordello and O-Zone (maia-hii, mia-huu, mia-haa, mia-ha-ha...)

Nirvana, Led Zeppelin and Tool.

I think those are the only really significant ones. Maybe the Doors too? Meh.

Oh, and the Stone Temple Pilots. And the Sex Pistols count too, I guess.

And I liked Korn's first two albums. Slipknot's selftitled had a couple of decent tracks on it, and there might have been a couple on Iowa too, I think, but the rest of the stuff by both bands is crap. Oh, and the album "Smash" by the Offspring is genius, although anything after it is pretty bad. Ditto for Weezer's first and (to a lesser extent) second albums.

Placebo... Don't ask me why no-one likes them... *shiftyeyes*

Placebo are great. I think they hold the honour filled position of being the band to get me into music.

Silverchair

They have a handful of really good songs (No Association, Spawn Again, and their first album was pretty decent), but most is crap.

yawn.
this whole Metallica Album thing is so boring.

Master of Puppets and Justice for All both suck.
The songs just drag on and on.
They're not innnovative, they're crap.

Anyways, it's not 1985 anymore. Time to cut ya hair and bin the Iron Maiden t-shirts people. You know who you are.

The Adolescents. Glorious, ancient OC Hardcore, but a lot of people seem to dislike them.

dude you into punk/hardcore dude??! thats awesome add me to your dorrieser.

...and for me.

The Casualties... its a guilty pleasure tons of people hate them... but they play amazing shows.

yawn.
this whole Metallica Album thing is so boring.

Master of Puppets and Justice for All both suck.
The songs just drag on and on.
They're not innnovative, they're crap.

Anyways, it's not 1985 anymore. Time to cut ya hair and bin the Iron Maiden t-shirts people. You know who you are.

mighty lord skeletor... I might have to kill you. Its not really you so much as it is your dislike of two of the greatest bands of all time.

And, just to make my image clear, I was born in 1990, have sorta short hair, and like Metallica and Maiden as well as Pink Floyd, The Doors, etc. Not all people who like metal are metalheads.

Placebo are great. I think they hold the honour filled position of being the band to get me into music.
.

Excellent :D
Fluffles for you -->> :fluffle: :fluffle:

Excellent :D
Fluffles for you -->> :fluffle: :fluffle:

Yay!!

:fluffle:

Oh, another of mine is Machine Gun Fellatio.
A lot of my friends aren't so keen, but I think they are great in a crazy way :D

Oh, another of mine is Machine Gun Fellatio.
A lot of my friends aren't so keen, but I think they are great in a crazy way :D

Hmm, i'm not really a fan of them either, but I can't say I hate them.

I have that problem with a lot of Australian rock. It just bores me.

I liked the first album by the Vines, though. And Spiderbait are awesome. Not much else, though.

mighty lord skeletor... I might have to kill you. Its not really you so much as it is your dislike of two of the greatest bands of all time.

And, just to make my image clear, I was born in 1990, have sorta short hair, and like Metallica and Maiden as well as Pink Floyd, The Doors, etc. Not all people who like metal are metalheads.


Oh no, a 16 year old is giving me grief!
I just don't understand why the "i'm so different, you don't understand me" kids these days wanna look like a bunch of dork losers (80's speak, yeah) that got the piss ripped outta them 20 years back.
Can't you lot think of something genuinely unique to do?

Hmm, i'm not really a fan of them either, but I can't say I hate them.

I have that problem with a lot of Australian rock. It just bores me.

I liked the first album by the Vines, though. And Spiderbait are awesome. Not much else, though.

Hmm, Spiderbait... I object to "Black Betty" on over playing grounds, and I think I may have been somewhat too young to remember them when they were more prolific.

What about Powderfinger? Everyone likes Powderfinger.
Which may be why I am getting sick of them...:rolleyes:

*snip*
Can't you lot think of something genuinely unique to do?

I suppose the mighty Skeletor is very unique and qvlt. Oh, and much older than those puny sixteen-year-olds.

Hmm, Spiderbait... I object to "Black Betty" on over playing grounds, and I think I may have been somewhat too young to remember them when they were more prolific.

Argh, no, the earlier stuff (early-mid 90s) is where it's at. :p

And they put on a fantastic live show.

What about Powderfinger? Everyone likes Powderfinger.
Which may be why I am getting sick of them...:rolleyes:

Nah, they bore me too.

Argh, no, the earlier stuff (early-mid 90s) is where it's at. :p

And they put on a fantastic live show.

Nah, they bore me too.

So what does it for you these days, aside from the wonderful Placebo? :D

Oh no, a 16 year old is giving me grief!
I just don't understand why the "i'm so different, you don't understand me" kids these days wanna look like a bunch of dork losers (80's speak, yeah) that got the piss ripped outta them 20 years back.
Can't you lot think of something genuinely unique to do?

I didn't say any of that. I just said I like Metallica and Iron Maiden, and I was backing them up. Chill out a little. I don't give a damn if you understand me or not. And I don't try to look like a "dork loser".

So what does it for you these days, aside from the wonderful Placebo? :D

Bands that are still around?

Hmm...favourite is probably Queens of the Stone Age.

Damn, I better get to bed, as much as i'd love to keep this conversation happening, I have to work tomorrow. Goodnight. :p

Bands that are still around?

Hmm...favourite is probably Queens of the Stone Age.

Damn, I better get to bed, as much as i'd love to keep this conversation happening, I have to work tomorrow. Goodnight. :p

Hehe, have fun at work :p
Goodnight

I suppose the mighty Skeletor is very unique and qvlt. Oh, and much older than those puny sixteen-year-olds.

What, as unique as the legions of HM fans with long hair and Def Leopard tshirts, who are only a step away from becoming full blown goths? And what the hell does qvlt mean? Is it some uber-leet speak that only forum nerds can comprehend?

And I don't try to look like a "dork loser".

so you only sound like one then?

Wow. A lot of people on GameFAQs seem to HATE Rush.

Add them to my list, because I can't get enough of them. I have Red Barchetta on loop in Winamp. :p

so you only sound like one then?

help me understand how I sound like a dork loser. I just want to see your logic. Enlighten me.

Here's one I am actually ashamed of. George Formby...

What, as unique as the legions of HM fans with long hair and Def Leopard tshirts, who are only a step away from becoming full blown goths? And what the hell does qvlt mean? Is it some uber-leet speak that only forum nerds can comprehend?

No, i meant unique as in, well, unique. qvlt = cult, something that is not mainstream, and therefore superior (no, it doesnt make sense).

Wow. A lot of people on GameFAQs seem to HATE Rush.

Add them to my list, because I can't get enough of them. I have Red Barchetta on loop in Winamp. :p


Hate and Rush...in the same sentence? Does not compute. -brain malfunctions-

Meh, Fun Lovin' Criminals (early stuff, not the more recent 'fans album' naffness), The Weakerthans (like Marmite, you like them or loathe em).

Tommy Guerrero, no one seems to like him, but HE IS FUCKIN AWESOME, in a laid back chilled out kinda way :D

right now, i love no bands. that people hate.

Nickelback, I know they have a lot of fans but there is also a lot who hate them!! Why the hate?? Great talented band, beautiful lyrics, and gorgeous singer!

Bedouin Soundclash

if anybodys heard of them i'll be surprised

bedouin sounclash fantastic went to go see them in norwich( its a city in england) few months ago they were really gd dont really own a lot of their stuff though, only living in the jungle and when the night.

however much better band is the levellers ( kinda a hippy rock band).... woo oooo ooo levellers fantastic saw them in ipswich few months ago they were amazing the didgeridoo guy was there and the whole building stank of weed

flogging molly are also fantastic( they are like an irish folk rock band kinda like pogues), went to go see them in norwich last year they were absolutely incredible and they coming back to england in few months im gonna go see em in london wooo

InMe's first album. I think it's alright, a couple of good songs on it, but everybody else I know thinks it's gash.

I month ago I did the opposite of this thread. It was pretty cool. So now I present it's sequal. Easy enough to understand. What band do you like that others hate.

Mine is Green Day. After American Idiot was released, the popular thing to do is to hate Green Day because "American Idiot" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" were both overplayed. Well, the rest of the album was excellent, and pre-American Idiot Green Day kicks ass. Not that American Idiot didn't kick ass. And for those who say Green Day is to big and popular, I'd like to remind you that some of the best bands in the world, like The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd were massive back in their day.
I am with you on Green Day, that's my choice, I am a huge fan (don't tell anybody).


I have been a fan since my sister brought me back a 1000 hours LP when I was 10 from CA. She brought me back a shirt too, I wore it last May when I went to see them for the first time Live, it didn't fit as well as it did 14 years ago, but still it was so cool.

I love Guns N Roses. Most people I meet don't. I can't figure out why.

Slash is God.

+1

Supertramp

And as a Canadian, I have heard of Bedouin Soundclash although I don't listen to them.

*shrugs*

My musical tastes vary wildly. There's very few artists (I can only think of one off the top of my head) that I despise.

Some I like that no one else seems to (except a friend of mine with similarly broad tastes):

Alanis Morissette, Billy Talent, Bloc Party, Boxcar Racer, Cake, Coldplay, Daft Punk, Electric Six, The White Stripes, Theory of A Deadman, Scissor Sisters, Snow Patrol, Kasabian.

for me it's like this:
1. Master of Puppets
2. Ride The Lightning
3. ...And Justice for All
4. Kill em' All
5. The Black Album

all other Metallica Albums afterwards have sucked tremendously.

Perfect...absolutely perfect; right down to the order of the albums!!! Good job!

Hate and Rush...in the same sentence? Does not compute. -brain malfunctions-

Intellect and (most) GameFAQs Forum-Goers do not belong in the same sentence, either.

The one I seem to catch the most grief over, probably cuz' I'm the grandpa amongst our circle of friends, is King Diamond! Even the couple of friends I have that are my age, as most are much younger, give me crap about liking KD! :(

The one I seem to catch the most grief over, probably cuz' I'm the grandpa amongst our circle of friends, is King Diamond! Even the couple of friends I have that are my age, as most are much younger, give me crap about liking KD! :(

King Diamond? Isn't he a Dane? I've never heart any of his music, but I'm quite certain he has just played near my town.

Anyway, one of my absolute favourite bands would be dEUS. Nobody has agreed with me so far. All right, ONE of my friends said half of their debut record was OK, but that's all. 30 Seconds to Mars is another great band, not really hated in public, 'cause public has barely heard about it. I think there were 4 registered fans in Denmark last time I checked it.
Sorry about the spelling, I'm not quite experienced in English.

I've gotten a lot of grief over my liking of Styx. I suspect most people who mock them are secretly closet fans though. What angers me more though is people who have only heard "Mr. Roboto" and judge the band on that one song.

[QUOTE=Wrecked Zeppelins]King Diamond? Isn't he a Dane? I've never heart any of his music, but I'm quite certain he has just played near my town.QUOTE]


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Nickelback, I know they have a lot of fans but there is also a lot who hate them!! Why the hate?? Great talented band, beautiful lyrics, and gorgeous singer!

Ugh. You want to know why?

They're what's wrong with rock today. It's nothing more than commercial cock-rock - made for money without any artistic talent whatsoever. Their songs sound the same (a natural side effect of being manufactured to the same specifications, I guess) and use primitive instrumentation. I might be able to forgive the primitive instrumentation (which is no excessively big deal) if their songs weren't boring. Their lyrics in particular are a good example:

Someday, somehow
I'm gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
Someday, somehow
I'm gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when

Ooohkay. Thanks Chad. Marvellous chorus there.

I love this one (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nickelback/rockstar.html) too. Is he trying dispel the image of him being in it solely for the money, and show us that he's actually a great artist who really cares about the music? It's not working.

As for him being gorgeous, I beg to differ (although its not exactly a credible reason for liking a band, but whatever). http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid7852.html (no. 6)

I agree with that. Massive head and weird face. :/

But hey, he's so HAWT, lets go buy all of his records!!

I can say one nice thing about them though. At least they aren't quite as bad as Creed. Now go listen to fucking Soundgarden, one of the decent bands whose success they tried to cash in upon.

But hey, I totally won't judge you based on your music taste. :)

Pink Floyd.

Heh, a lot of the bands on this list (http://personal.strawberii.net/90s.html).

Heh, a lot of the bands on this list (http://personal.strawberii.net/90s.html).

You actually like them? :p

I can see about 4 or 5 that definitely shouldn't be on there...

Pink Floyd.

I like Pink Floyd:)

I like Pink Floyd:)
You like them now?:eek:
YAY!!!

Some people don't.:mad:

Well, most of my friends dislike sonata arctica, so I guess that counts...

You like them now?:eek:
YAY!!!

Some people don't.:mad:

My friend gave me Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Now I like pink floyd:D

My friend gave me Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Now I like pink floyd:D
The single?
That is KA RAY ZEE!!!
I am off to watch the rugby and see Franklin get a Century against the Clutchies.

Metallica, though I can't stand their newer stuff
Cradle of Filth
Dimmu Borgir
some people love to hate Emperor
Type O Negative

that's about it, though most people hate probably all of the metal music I listen to

Minor Threat. If people aren't bitching about Straight Edge Arrogance or any of that bullishit, they're bitching about rawness of tone (Most of them never manage to listen to their songs for long enough to realize how amazingly clever Mackaye's vocal technique is).

That and any Power Metal, which seems to get something in between open hostility and derisive laughter from most people.

Minor Threat. If people aren't bitching about Straight Edge Arrogance or any of that bullishit, they're bitching about rawness of tone (Most of them never manage to listen to their songs for long enough to realize how amazingly clever Mackaye's vocal technique is).

That and any Power Metal, which seems to get something in between open hostility and derisive laughter from most people.

I don't care for either, but I don't "hate" them.

The sX "holier than thou" thing is a little annoying though, but meh, not all of them are like that.

i think the (fuck, can't remember what they'r called )..............................................................., whatever, they did that 'sound of the underground' tune. totally derivative, irredemably (spelling?) commercial, but utterly brilliant. :p

About a dozen very, very heavy stonerbands which only a select few likes and none of those select few are any close friends of mine... hmmm

i think the (fuck, can't remember what they'r called )..............................................................., whatever, they did that 'sound of the underground' tune. totally derivative, irredemably (spelling?) commercial, but utterly brilliant. :p
Girls Aloud. Some of their songs are ok. They're not a patch on the Sugababes though. Now that's classy pop music.

Ugh. You want to know why?

-snip-
So...erm...you don't like Nickelback, then? ;)

Ugh. You want to know why?

They're what's wrong with rock today. It's nothing more than commercial cock-rock - made for money without any artistic talent whatsoever. Their songs sound the same (a natural side effect of being manufactured to the same specifications, I guess) and use primitive instrumentation. I might be able to forgive the primitive instrumentation (which is no excessively big deal) if their songs weren't boring. Their lyrics in particular are a good example:



Ooohkay. Thanks Chad. Marvellous chorus there.

I love this one (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nickelback/rockstar.html) too. Is he trying dispel the image of him being in it solely for the money, and show us that he's actually a great artist who really cares about the music? It's not working.

As for him being gorgeous, I beg to differ (although its not exactly a credible reason for liking a band, but whatever). http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid7852.html (no. 6)

I agree with that. Massive head and weird face. :/

But hey, he's so HAWT, lets go buy all of his records!!

I can say one nice thing about them though. At least they aren't quite as bad as Creed. Now go listen to fucking Soundgarden, one of the decent bands whose success they tried to cash in upon.

But hey, I totally won't judge you based on your music taste. :)



You do realize that that list is a bunch of nonsense and made my immature guys who have no life. Why do we have to make lists to show what one person finds attractive or unattractive?? Are our lives really that meaningless that we must show others what is acceptable as beautiful?

Chad Kroeger is very talented. Have you heard all of his music besides the ones that are played on the radio?? Go out and get Curb or The State and listen to the whole CD and then tell me all his songs sound the same. The songs that are played on the radio are played for a reason. To grab your attention because they are catchy that hooks people in and want to hear more so they go out and buy the album. That goes for every single band! Can you honestly tell me that AC/DC's songs don't sound the same? But I guess its okay to like their music because their older and have been around longer right? Everybody says its okay to like them but if one person says no its not you conform to that thinking. Sad really.

Yes Soundgarden is a good band, I like a lot of their music too. Lets get off the Creed thing, it was okay to like them when they came out but apparently somewhere along the lines someone said it wasn't cool so its no longer allowed. And sex sells, can you say that any of your favorite actors/actresses you don't find attractive at all? People look and if you can sell the fantasy of this gorgeous rockstar singing to just you people will buy it. Its life, get over it!

Modest Mouse. Ever since they released the Float On EP, they've had a bad rap. They're actually considerably good. Float On is just the worst example of thier music.

. What band do you like that others hate.

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ABBA. I have all their albums, the box set, and videos. Can't get enough of them, really.

My Chemical Romance. Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge is a damn good album.
I won't list any of the cheesy pop I like because I don't love it, I just like it. <Begins singing "MMMBop" to self.>

About a dozen very, very heavy stonerbands which only a select few likes and none of those select few are any close friends of mine... hmmm

Which ones? I love very heavy stoner rock, so i'm open to suggestions. :p

So...erm...you don't like Nickelback, then?

Gee Sherlock, what on earth gave you that idea?


:p

You do realize that that list is a bunch of nonsense and made my immature guys who have no life. Why do we have to make lists to show what one person finds attractive or unattractive?? Are our lives really that meaningless that we must show others what is acceptable as beautiful?

I could care less, I was simply illustrating that I am not the only person that holds to the viewpoint that he is rather unattractive.

Which is beside the point, anyway. Its simply a poor reflection on modern society that people actually believe that the attractiveness of a singer is an influential factor in whether or not they will spend money for their records.

Chad Kroeger is very talented. Have you heard all of his music besides the ones that are played on the radio??

Not all of it, no. That's a torture I would think is unhumanly barbaric. ;)

I did, however, get a friend who insisted that I listen to them force me to borrow one a couple of years ago. It was the one with "How you remind me" on it. I can't be arsed checking what it's actually called.

Go out and get Curb or The State and listen to the whole CD and then tell me all his songs sound the same.

No, I think i'll spend my money on a CD i'll actually like, and i'm too lazy to download it. If you want to deliver it to my doorstep, however, feel free.

The songs that are played on the radio are played for a reason. To grab your attention because they are catchy that hooks people in and want to hear more so they go out and buy the album. That goes for every single band! Can you honestly tell me that AC/DC's songs don't sound the same? But I guess its okay to like their music because their older and have been around longer right? Everybody says its okay to like them but if one person says no its not you conform to that thinking. Sad really.

Not really, I find AC/DC boring too for that same reason.

Yes Soundgarden is a good band, I like a lot of their music too. Lets get off the Creed thing, it was okay to like them when they came out but apparently somewhere along the lines someone said it wasn't cool so its no longer allowed.

Are you kidding? I never liked them at all. I didn't have to be told otherwise, I have discerning ears of my own.

And sex sells, can you say that any of your favorite actors/actresses you don't find attractive at all? People look and if you can sell the fantasy of this gorgeous rockstar singing to just you people will buy it. Its life, get over it!

I can honestly say that i've never bought anything for the sexay factor of the musician or actress. I buy music based upon musical merit...

(And before some smartarse chimes in and says "porno", I have never paid money for porn either)

There are quite a few bands/singers I like that I can't believe no one else does (keep in mind, I'm 19 years old, so most people around my age are into shitty rap/R&B/pop/pop-punk):
Alice Cooper
Allman Brothers
Neil Young
Rush
Dead Kennedys
Husker Du
The Replacements
REM
The Smiths
Joy Division
Minutemen
Modest Mouse
Oasis
The Pogues
The Rolling Stones
U2
Violent Femmes
The White Stripes

There are quite a few bands/singers I like that I can't believe no one else does (keep in mind, I'm 19 years old, so most people around my age are into shitty rap/R&B/pop/pop-punk):
Alice Cooper
Allman Brothers
Neil Young
Rush
Dead Kennedys
Husker Du
The Replacements
REM
The Smiths
Joy Division
Minutemen
Modest Mouse
Oasis
The Pogues
The Rolling Stones
U2
Violent Femmes
The White Stripes
Take off Allman Brothers, U2, and The Smiths and you've got a good list there.

Huey Lewis and the Motherfucking News.

Girls Aloud. Some of their songs are ok. They're not a patch on the Sugababes though. Now that's classy pop music.

I like both of them. except for the ginger one from girls aloud. I enjoy watching them, preferably while listening to something else.

I like Five and I dont know why. their songs are just so damn catchy.

I like William Shatner....no elaboration necessary.

I did, however, get a friend who insisted that I listen to them force me to borrow one a couple of years ago. It was the one with "How you remind me" on it. I can't be arsed checking what it's actually called.Silver Side Up.

Take off Allman Brothers, U2, and The Smiths and you've got a good list there.
Swap Oasis with the Smiths...

I like both of them. except for the ginger one from girls aloud. I enjoy watching them, preferably while listening to something else.

I like Five and I dont know why. their songs are just so damn catchy.
I can listen to some of Girls Aloud, and slightly more of the Sugababes. Five are quite cool, in an extraordinarily sad way, as well.

five are cool. girls aloud have a few cool songs. but sugarbabes....:sniper:

Anything emo/screamo.
The second I mention one in those categories, people will start to crap all over me. :(

Huey Lewis and the News.

Yup. I love 'em. Yeah, they're now officially exiled to the where-are-they-now county fair circuit, but I'm always in the mood to hear honest rock 'n roll from a band who knew what they were doing. Do I think they're the best ever? Hell no. They're a guilty pleasure who knew how to write a good hook and were smart enough to book the Tower of Power horns to back them up. That sound was irresistable and never suffered -- and in fact often was much better -- when performed live.

I suppose they remind me of my adolescence, but from their self-titled debut in 1980 through 1982's Picture This (featuring easily their best tune, "Workin' For A Livin'") and 1983's hit factory Sports, and to a limited extent, Fore! in 1986 and 1988's Small World (which featured tenor sax jazz legend Stan Getz), I was a huge fan. Once they released Hard At Play (which featured only one song I can still hear without cringeing, "Couple Days Off") in 1992 and dropped the live horns, they were done.

Say what you want, but they were probably one of the last bands to infuse then-modern pop music with the rush and rumble of 50s original rock 'n roll. It was polished, but never to the extent that they couldn't jam live. In fact, I stayed after more than one concert when the band came back on stage and just cut it up for the die-hard fans and themselves. That's the love of the music showing, and I respect them for that.

It's said, half-jokingly, that Huey Lewis is in the line of bands who were also keepers of the rock 'n roll flame who further polished and mixed it with whatever was brewing in their own time. Bands like Spin Doctors and even Sonic Youth.

Regardless of popular opinion, they still earn time in my car's CD player.

There are quite a few bands/singers I like that I can't believe no one else does (keep in mind, I'm 19 years old, so most people around my age are into shitty rap/R&B/pop/pop-punk):
Alice Cooper
Allman Brothers
Neil Young
Rush
Dead Kennedys
Husker Du
The Replacements
REM
The Smiths
Joy Division
Minutemen
Modest Mouse
Oasis
The Pogues
The Rolling Stones
U2
Violent Femmes
The White Stripes

Nice list overall. It's nice to see that I'm not the only Rush fan here. :p

I month ago I did the opposite of this thread. It was pretty cool. So now I present it's sequal. Easy enough to understand. What band do you like that others hate.

Mine is Green Day. After American Idiot was released, the popular thing to do is to hate Green Day because "American Idiot" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" were both overplayed. Well, the rest of the album was excellent, and pre-American Idiot Green Day kicks ass. Not that American Idiot didn't kick ass. And for those who say Green Day is to big and popular, I'd like to remind you that some of the best bands in the world, like The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd were massive back in their day.


I agree that old greenday was good. Albums like dookie were good, but american idiot was a horrible album even though songs like american idiot and boulivard of broken dreams were overplayed, other songs were still bad.

I agree that old greenday was good. Albums like dookie were good, but american idiot was a horrible album even though songs like american idiot and boulivard of broken dreams were overplayed, other songs were still bad.Nah, "Holiday" is a great song.

I can honestly say that i've never bought anything for the sexay factor of the musician or actress. I buy music based upon musical merit...

(And before some smartarse chimes in and says "porno", I have never paid money for porn either)

Well then you are the weirdest individual in the world!

Well then you are the weirdest individual in the world!

No, I am. And don't you forget it.

Huey Lewis and the News.

Yup. I love 'em. Yeah, they're now officially exiled to the where-are-they-now county fair circuit, but I'm always in the mood to hear honest rock 'n roll from a band who knew what they were doing. Do I think they're the best ever? Hell no. They're a guilty pleasure who knew how to write a good hook and were smart enough to book the Tower of Power horns to back them up. That sound was irresistable and never suffered -- and in fact often was much better -- when performed live.

I suppose they remind me of my adolescence, but from their self-titled debut in 1980 through 1982's Picture This (featuring easily their best tune, "Workin' For A Livin'") and 1983's hit factory Sports, and to a limited extent, Fore! in 1986 and 1988's Small World (which featured tenor sax jazz legend Stan Getz), I was a huge fan. Once they released Hard At Play (which featured only one song I can still hear without cringeing, "Couple Days Off") in 1992 and dropped the live horns, they were done.

Say what you want, but they were probably one of the last bands to infuse then-modern pop music with the rush and rumble of 50s original rock 'n roll. It was polished, but never to the extent that they couldn't jam live. In fact, I stayed after more than one concert when the band came back on stage and just cut it up for the die-hard fans and themselves. That's the love of the music showing, and I respect them for that.

It's said, half-jokingly, that Huey Lewis is in the line of bands who were also keepers of the rock 'n roll flame who further polished and mixed it with whatever was brewing in their own time. Bands like Spin Doctors and even Sonic Youth.

Regardless of popular opinion, they still earn time in my car's CD player.


I salute you.

Well...U2,Franz Ferdinand,The Rasmus,Linkin Park,The White Stripes,The Darkness,Good Charlotte and Hoobastank.Used to like Avril Lavigne for some odd,odd reason.

Partly because some are considerered 'pop'(I dunno how,though...It's not like they're that close to something like Britney Spears or something.If it's the fact that they're 'mainstream',well then 50 Cent and Eminem are pop too.)and partly because they supposedly sound 'gay'.Not homosexual,just bad.

Well then you are the weirdest individual in the world!

Why? Because I like music for the musical merit?

I shudder to think what my collection would be like if I only bothered to buy music made by people I find attractive.

...

Actually, I can't say I can think of any pop artists that I find especially attractive anyway.

Why? Because I like music for the musical merit?

I shudder to think what my collection would be like if I only bothered to buy music made by people I find attractive.

...

Actually, I can't say I can think of any pop artists that I find especially attractive anyway.

Funny thing is I am not even talking about a pop artist so I could care less if you find them attractive. I am talking about a rock artist. I was referring to the fact that you don't find any of your favorite artists attractive. I do not pick my music by the artists looks either, I just happen to find most good looking so what?

Used to like Avril Lavigne for some odd,odd reason.Oh, I forgot her. I like her, but other people hate her.

haha...im gonna have to roll with gwar...not really for the music, even tho its not that bad, but b/c of the show...i saw gwar last year and man it was fucking awesome b/c they get the crowd so fucking into it...very good show...very strange for me too considering i love pink floyd and jazz

Funny thing is I am not even talking about a pop artist so I could care less if you find them attractive. I am talking about a rock artist. I was referring to the fact that you don't find any of your favorite artists attractive. I do not pick my music by the artists looks either, I just happen to find most good looking so what?

Well, most of my favourite artists are guys. Generally ugly ones too, even if I happened to be into guys.

And as for the couple of girl bands I like, well.

Not (http://photos.lacoccinelle.net/71/05/127105.jpg)
Really... (http://www.smelll7.com/Images/WillH01.JPG)

...i'm so embarased...

i think rush is cool...

and i know nirvana is 1. overplayed 2. not machanicly advanced and 3. if you read the lyrics they are *somewhat lacking*...but...i really don't care. i like some of their songs.

i really don't like the new green day album, not because it's overplayed, just because it doesn't sound like them. hey, if you will remember, minority and good ridince were both terribly overplayed, but are two of the best songs ever. yeah, i'm a loser...

and i have a secret crush on tom petty...

The Genesis with Phil Collins as lead singer instead of Peter Gabriel.
Phil collins is amazing.

Head Automatica, Panic! At the Disco

Phil collins is amazing.

Yes. Yes he is.:fluffle:

Silver Side Up.

Awesome album!

and i have a secret crush on tom petty...


why secret? he is a very talented good looking older man :)

Well, most of my favourite artists are guys. Generally ugly ones too, even if I happened to be into guys.

And as for the couple of girl bands I like, well.

Not (http://photos.lacoccinelle.net/71/05/127105.jpg)
Really... (http://www.smelll7.com/Images/WillH01.JPG)
And what about Cristina Scabbia? :p
She is hot! (http://tcp.prodigynetworks.net/img/lacunacoilhot01.jpg)

Daft Punk for me. They make ace music for dancing to. It's not much for listening to. This is the root of the disagreements.

Smiths!Smiths!Smiths!

i think rush is cool...





and i have a secret crush on tom petty...

More Rush goodness!

Hey, Tom Petty's not bad. He's about the music, and that's what counts.

Oh, boy...

Children of Bodom
Metallica
Rush
Nirvana
Opeth
Trivium

And those are just off the top of my head. :D

Smiths!Smiths!Smiths!

Mmmm The Smiths. They are indeed rather good.

Oh and Legendary Rock Stars - Are you fourteen and do you wear black, wear long hair and all of those other stereotypes?

Mmmm The Smiths. They are indeed rather good.

Oh and Legendary Rock Stars - Are you fourteen and do you wear black, wear long hair and all of those other stereotypes?

I'm 17, and I rarely wear black.

But, I do have long hair...:eek:

Mine is Green Day. After American Idiot was released, the popular thing to do is to hate Green Day because "American Idiot" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" were both overplayed. Well, the rest of the album was excellent, and pre-American Idiot Green Day kicks ass. Not that American Idiot didn't kick ass. And for those who say Green Day is to big and popular, I'd like to remind you that some of the best bands in the world, like The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd were massive back in their day.


my reason for hating them is because they are complete sellouts to who they were. They made that album so that it would get as much playtime as it did, and so all the MTV sheep would buy it and say "omg i'm so punk and this band is so awesome and punk cause they put out an album thats called "American Idiot" like omg how cool is that?" and that's exactly what happened.
I only hate bands that stop making the music their original fans like in an attempt to gain mainstream acceptance. The fact that i dont like the music they make has nothing to do with whether or not i hate them. And i truly hate Green Day. The same way i hate Metallica for doing the same damn thing. Green Day used to be one of the few punk bands i thought were in it just to have fun and make good music. but now they're just another teeny-bopper band that went mainstream so they could make more money.


Band i like that everyone else hates? I'd have to go with Ozzy for right now. A lot of people are pissed after what happened at ozzfest last year with Maiden, but Ozzy wasnt the one throwing the eggs, and i know he's above doing stupid stuff like that. Great music, great guy, get over it :upyours:

I'm 17, and I rarely wear black.

But, I do have long hair...:eek:

In the utterly wrong words of that song - "one out of three ain't bad".

I dig The Cherry Poppin' Daddies.

Now, if all you've heard is Zoot Suit Riot and think that they are the Johnny Come Latelies to the short lived swing revival, you don't know the Daddies.

They combine a dirty jazz feel with some punk, ska, rock, and whatever else they find with narrative song writing. Unlike the happy go lucky squeecky clean swing bands they are dirty and foul. I dig 'em.

I mean, Zoot Suit Riot is about a lynching...

As Steve Perry, thier founder, (weird, huh?) says-
DM) So how many people, do you think, hear the song and catch on to what it means?

SP) Well, I don't think that many people do. Look at "Drunk Daddy" on the "Zoot Suit Riot" album. It's about child abuse, essentially, and it's a swing song and everybody dances around to it.

DM) And do you think they're pretty much oblivious to what they're dancing to?

SP) Yeah, I think so. People are not trained to look into the interior; they're petty much surface. They're trained by capitalism, I think, to be that way. "Buy it because of the pretty surface." That's a planned obsolescence wired in. We put a pretty surface on things, just like everything else in this corporate society; hopefully, there will be some truth to it.

DM) When you sing a song which melodically might sound happy, but textually doesn't have the happiest message, what are you thinking and feeling at that time of diverging emotions?

SP) In a way, that's how I think of psychodelia. You know, L.A. is the creepiest place in the world to me, because the light is sort of soft and muted and nice and sunny, but Manson exists there. So, the cliche is the horrible, scariest place in Transylvania, but in actuality, it's Los Angeles. So, in effect, you can use things that are not cliches, to make it even scarier, or to make the point even more....

DM) Dramatic?

SP) Yeah, dramatic. It goes through undigested if you use the same old cliches. If you use the same old cliches, you don't feel the impact of the atrocity. I've seen people dance to that song and, in the middle of it, stop and start to understand what the words are and just cover their mouth and walk to the side of the floor. It would be way more dramatic than some heavy riff. It's way more powerful that way, to me.

So, them and Soul Coughing.

my little band of friends like them with me, but nobody else... Relient K

I also like pre- Beautiful Letdown Switchfoot. Not that they're bad now, but they're just sold out now.

And what about Cristina Scabbia? :p
She is hot! (http://tcp.prodigynetworks.net/img/lacunacoilhot01.jpg)

Given, (:p) but I don't actually have any of Lacuna Coil's albums.

More Rush goodness!

Hey, Tom Petty's not bad. He's about the music, and that's what counts.


AND he's from the town i'm living in right now. Some of my friend's parents went to school with him!

I like solo Ringo Starr.

It's a sunshine life for me,
If i could get away from this cloud over me,
Seems to just follow me around...

Given, (:p) but I don't actually have any of Lacuna Coil's albums.
You should. Start with Karmacode (their new one) and Comalies.

You should. Start with Karmacode (their new one) and Comalies.

Downloading Karmacode now. I'll buy it if it's any good.

Downloading Karmacode now. I'll buy it if it's any good.
:p
*Throws chair*

:p
*Throws chair*

*throws severed head*

*screams a guttural sounding barbarian obscenity*

*throws severed head*

*screams a guttural sounding barbarian obscenity*
*Throws Keyboard*
*Stops typing(Thinking crap i needed that)*
FORWARD YOU RABBLE!

*Throws Keyboard*
*Stops typing(Thinking crap i needed that)*
FORWARD YOU RABBLE!

*farts and scratches armpits while staring into space*

NirvanaThere are fans of rock music who don't like Nirvana?

There are fans of rock music who don't like Nirvana?

"indie kids" and "new school" punkers mostly.

*farts and scratches armpits while staring into space*
What are you, a monkey?

I have a secret....

I will get up and shake my stuff when ABBA and the BeeGees are played

*ducks before objects get thrown*

What are you, a monkey?

No, Australian. :)


:p