What is the worst band to be a fan of?

[coloradodem2005]

I would have to say Van Halen. Especially after Hagar Joined. THe original was cool. Van Hagar was ok at best and VHIII was horrible. But Van Hagar was nothing compared to classic Van Halen. And then with the band going under with only rumors of a Roth reunion to feed the fires of the band, then in reality a Hagar reunion with 3 really bad songs and a bad tour. No DVD's or live albums from the original era, which most people like.

[Kerrytravelers]

1. N*Stynk. They really suck.

I really hate boy bands.

[coloradodem2005]

4. I said BANDS.

In order to be a band, they have to play instruments. They don't qualify.

[Kerrytravelers]

23. Point well made. My deepest apologies!

[WindRavenX]

2. U2

Because a few haters make it really, really annoying for me to love them.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

33. i never understand the hatred for u2

they do their thing. there's much worse out there. they keep pushing their sound and trying new things and take on great causes. if only most bands had the integrity they had...

sure, bono has an ego-but he's a fuckin' rock star. what do you expect? he's also very self-deprecating, too.

and the haters always lose me when they start quoting the self-absorbed steroid poster boy henry rollins in their criticisms

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

34. r.e.m.

i love 'em up til 1997, but it's hard to be a fan after these last three albums. we miss bill and we can only kinda smile and pretend we're still having fun when michael and the boys put out another berry-less mediocrity.

[Bok_Tukalo]

40. No such thing as R.E.M. without Berry

<ope>

[jane_pippin]

47. indeed.

They were the first band I ever really loved and now? Just sad. I stuck it out with them and defended them until Monster.

[fudge stripe cookays]

49. True.

But I quit caring after "Document." Call me jaded.

The minute Scott Litt got in there and started overproducing, that was it for me.

FSC

[jane_pippin]

54. I call you lucky,sort of.

I first "discovered" them when I was 12 and Out of Time came out. Never even got to enjoy the good R.E.M. first hand. Oh well.

[fudge stripe cookays]

60. Ooh! You are a youngin aintcha?

My first exposure was 1984 when Reckoning came out (I heard one song on the radio- in San Antonio, if you can believe that. they didn't play that stuff even back then), but I wasn't that crazy about "South Central Rain."

A year later, when "Fables of the Reconstruction" came out, I was 19 and working at a Sound Warehouse store in Austin, so fell in love with "Feeling Gravity's Pull", "Driver 8", etc.

Got into the other albums shortly after that. Aaahh college memories.

FSC

[jane_pippin]

63. guilty as charged.

I loved South Central Rain--all of Reckoning really when I heard it. And Fables of the Reconstruction! Gravity's Pull and Driver 8 are such great songs. And frickin' Chronic Town--so good. Man, was I ever a nerd for that band.

Ahh, precious retro-active appreciation Junior High/High School memories. :)

[ProfessorGAC]

65. 1984????

Man, you're old! Kidding. I saw it was your b-day yesterday and thought i would give you a tweak.

If you were in college in the mid-80's, you're a young'un.

Me, i'm not the biggest REM fan. OK, by me. They just don't do it for me.
The Professor

[fudge stripe cookays]

69. He he!

Yeah, my aunt always teased me about being a youngin. It's nice to be able to dish it out a little instead of just taking it!

Of course, by dishing it out, that actually means that I'm OLD, which isn't that great either.

Like I said, I like the old stuff, but haven't gotten into anything of theirs (except perhaps Shiny Happy People) since the late 80s.

What does the Professor like?
FSC :hi:

[ProfessorGAC]

70. Well, I'll Give You A Top 10 List

Talking rock/pop only. I'm a jazz guy, too, but bop, hard bop, and postbop, mostly.

These aren't in any order.

1) Joe Satriani
2) The Talking Heads
3) King Crimson (From Discipline forward)
4) The Fixx
5) Utopia
6) The Police
7) Oingo Boingo
8) Deep Purple (from back in the day)
9) Yes (ibid)
10) David Bowie

That's what did it for me, and still does.
The Professor

[fudge stripe cookays]

72. I knew there was a reason I dug you, sweetie!

Anybody who has Todd and the boys rating in their Top 10 is OK by me! My favorites are Oblivion and POV, and I love the last Tubes stuff that Todd produced, especially Love Bomb. I saw him on the Nearly Human tour, with the cool gospel choir backing him up. AND got an auto-giraffe.

And "Sartori in Tangier" is my favorite King Crimson song. When reprehensor found that out, he told me his adoration of me was complete.

:D
FSC

[ProfessorGAC]

74. My Drummer Saw The A Capella Tour

24 (i think) people needed to do it. All voices. I've got a DVD of the Utopia reunion in Tokyo. It's incredibly good. And it's got warts and all. Mistakes by every member of the band somewhere (not bad ones, but still there, and i'm sure they heard them).

My band did a lot of Utopia covers. As a three piece, we do "I Saw The Light". We sort of arranged it like a solo piano piece, with the guitar player doing the right hand and me on bass playing the left hand. Fun song and gets wonderful recognition. My guitar player is a Todd fanatic. Has been for 3 decades.
The Professor

[fudge stripe cookays]

77. He he....

I went to Fry Street fair in Denton a few years ago (springtime ritual in my alma mater town) with a friend of mine, and there was a busker on the street doing varied fun tunes.

When he broke into "Couldn't I Just Tell You", I joined him, and we yelled the rest of the song at the top of our (really amazingly inebriated) lungs.

My friend was trying to pretend like she didn't know me. The guy was tickled! We had a great time. I even got him a few extra coins in his hat. Guess it was the sideshow aspect that got em.

FSC
PS- I have the CD for A Capella, does that count? :D

[ProfessorGAC]

79. Yes. It Counts

Have a nice evening.
The Professor

[sendero]

90. Oh man..

.... oops :)

[mvd]

97. Jaded!

:P

You have the right to think that way, even though I don't. :hi:

[mvd]

96. It's not really hard

Yes, some critics and fans of the old R.E.M. will never be satisfied with the new stuff, but it's a small part of their total output. Personally, I like the last three. They need to rock more on the next one, though.

[grace0418]

44. Whether you love them or hate them it sucks to be a fan of U2 because

they're so popular. Unless you're incredibly lucky, you're always going to have to see them in some giant arena with 20,000 other people, you're always going to have to pay huges prices and scramble for tickets. You're never going to be able to find them after the show and chat with them (unless you're an industry insider or incredibly lucky).

My favorite musician is Neil Finn. And, as much as I think he deserves so much more attention and a much larger following, I love that I can see him play at intimate little venues with reasonable ticket prices. I love that I can get into the front row without much difficulty. I love that I have met and chatted with him a few times. I love that he actually banters with the crowd at shows and plays requests on occasion. I even got to see him during his soundcheck a couple of times and he asked what I wanted to hear, and he played it for me. My favorite song of his, just him and a piano. I felt like I'd died and gone to heaven.

Anyway, I feel so spoiled by how fun it is to be a fan of Neil Finn that I just have no desire to ever see a band at giant arena ever again.

[benito]

3. winger

[datasuspect]

17. winger fucking rulez man!!!

stewart has the t-shirt

[malmapus]

62. lol was tryin to think of that kids name!!!

thanks :D

[fudge stripe cookays]

50. Didja see the...

special they had on VH1 a couple weeks ago? It poked fun at stuff metalheads had done that were the LEAST metal things that had ever happened.

I had NO IDEA that Kip Winger used to be a ballet dancer. Kind of puts it all into perspective for you, huh? I just thought he REALLY liked spinning around with that guitar. :eyes:

FSC

[benito]

59. I don't have a TV, so I missed that

But that sounds about right. The lyrics of the song 'seventeen' ruined Winger for me.

[motely36]

5. I would agree with Van Halen

:puke:

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Good Charlotte

Seriously.

[Bassic]

43. Yeah, they suck...

[ghostsofgiants]

52. Take Hanson, then throw in a little G.G. Allin...

Then a WHOLE lot more Hanson, and you get Good Charlotte.

[Bassic]

91. Yip

That sounds just about right.

[Kraklen]

7. Great White

[XemaSab]

31. word

n/t

[AntiCoup2K4]

38. True.... most bands don't kill their fans.

But then, most bands don't use arena pyros in a bar with an 8 foot ceiling either.

[bridgit]

56. whoop, there it is ~

[Initech]

8. Nickelback and Creed

Really, they're not even a band! They're not even musicians. They're basically playing rejected Creed songs.

And Creed sucks too. They basically play rejected Pearl Jam songs.

[jane_pippin]

13. There was a skit on Mr. Show

about music leading to violence and I don't remember it all that well but I think it went roughly like this:

Guy 1: Do you think it's true music can make people violent?

Guy 2: You know, I think it's true. For instance, listening to Nickelback makes me want to kill Nickleback

:rofl:

[Initech]

18. I dont think that was on Mr. Show...

Maybe David Cross himself said that. I have heard that before.

But Mr. Show ended before Nickelback's "career" began.

[jane_pippin]

29. I could swear to god it was mr show

I remember the actor (Brian, I forget his last name) saying it surrounded by a group of people.

I bet you're right and it's not Mr. Show, but for some reason when I picture it that's what I see.

Well now this is going to drive me nuts. My pop-culture memory is fading...fading!

[Initech]

30. I have heard that line before and it's driving me crazy...

I need a source to figure out where it's from.

[Bossy Monkey]

39. Google is your friend; apparently it was on Colin Quinn's show

the title of which mercifully escapes me: http://www.plastic.com/article.html;sid=03/09/20/21191512;mode=thread
(See comment 16)

[jane_pippin]

41. Thank you!

That explains why

1. I must have blocked it out (never cared for Colin Quinn's show)
2. I pictured a group of people around whoever was speaking it

Thanks. I'm no longer being driven nuts.

(and yeah, google is one of my best friends, but I just didn't think to do it for this. Life goes on.)

[Strawman]

68. Also Staind, Three Doors Down

I'm sure there are others along with Nickleback and Creed in the "how could anyone possibly get excited about this unoriginal crap" category.

[Initech]

98. I have a hard time telling those bands apart

Really, you could play me a song from Staind, then Nickelback, then Creed, then Theory Of A Deadman and I would say that they're all the same band!

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

103. So so true

nt

[jane_pippin]

9. Extreme

Or Mr. Big. It's a tie

[Jamastiene]

10. The Ramones...

Most of them are dead and no new music or concerts to go to. I wish at least Joey had lived. As a matter of fact, especially wish Joey would have lived. I dreamed of having his children. Normally, I don't think of having children or men to be honest, but he was special. :cry:

[tigereye]

12. I miss Johnny too

it saddens me that a lot of folks who loved the Ramones never got to see them. Man he was cool.

[Jamastiene]

15. I was lucky that they extended their

farewell tour to play the Lollapalooza thing. As miracles would have it, they played my little half horse town in the middle of a red state. Highly rare we have concerts here, so it was really a miracle to get tickets as early birthday presents that year. I only got to see them once and then they started dying on me.

[tigereye]

35. I saw them three times

I know people who saw them many more than that. That tends to elicit gasps from the younger crowd of Ramones obsessives. If you ever get to go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, they have some cool Ramones stuff there, including one of Joey's leather jackets. Sigh.

[nickgutierrez]

11. Creed. n/t

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

14. Third Eye Blind

I really dig some of their tunes but most people find them extremely annoying because the hits were so overplayed.

[last_texas_dem]

85. Agreed

Their debut album is actually a great album, too, even though I'm sick of a few of the singles myself. The follow-ups haven't been as good, though they're still not horrible, and I think 3EB are a much better band than their reputation gives them credit for. I think people who hate them based on a couple singles should give the debut album a couple of listens and see if they still feel the same way about them.

[ClintonTyree]

16. KISS.........

please people, grow up already! :eyes:

[coloradodem2005]

20. Hey come on.

There is nothing wrong with Rock and Rolling all night and Partying every day.

[ZombieNixon]

75. Thank you!

I feel vindicated. I dunno why I hate them, but I do. The whole makeup think on a bunch of fifty year olds is just completely lame.

Also, a whole bunch of my friends are die-hard KISS fans, which I never got.

I do like KISS on Family Guy, tho'

[Scout1071]

19. Marilyn Manson.

[bleedingheartlib83]

21. Creed, and Limp Bizkit!!!

Two crappy late 90's bands!! What a horrible time in music that was.
:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[coloradodem2005]

22. Not as horrible as the early 2000's.

Creed's first album was good. Everything after that was crap.

[Kerrytravelers]

27. I saw Limp Bizket at Anger Management in Sacramento.

THey really sucked. I also hated, hated, hated Head PE. They were so loud, I literally left the autotorium... and I go to a TON of concerts and have never stepped outside before!

[Initech]

36. I saw Bizkit at Smoke Out in San Bernadino

And I was about 200 feet away from the stage when they were playing. Believe me, if I had a sharp object to throw at the stage, I would have.

[tallahasseedem]

58. Hey now, Wes Borland is a friend of mine.

If anyone wants to throw anything direct it towards Fred. He is the ultimate asshole.

[Initech]

61. That's what I meant

I would definately throw things at Durst!

[IntravenousDemilo]

24. It's bad to be a fan of any band that is super-popular

For one thing, who wants to like what everyone else likes? About 19 out of every 20 people have truly awful taste.

For another, if the band is obscure, it's probably still got some artistic integrity. Once fame hits, some agent or producer or whatever is going to want to homogenize the sound so it will suit the general public, which -- remember -- is represented by that 19 out of 20 people with truly awful taste.

Usually when I'm fond of a band's music, I tend to lose interest once it becomes popular. It's just not "my" discovery anymore; now I have to share! Dammit!

[eyepaddle]

73. Awesome username! NT

[IntravenousDemilo]

88. Thanks, eye

I like Spinal Tap more now that the popularity has worn off some.

[biscodawg]

25. oh you make it too easy

INSANE CLOWN POSSE enough said. If you don't believe me here is a photo:

[coloradodem2005]

26. Not down with the Clown huh?

[biscodawg]

28. juggalos unite?

no, not really ;)

[ghostsofgiants]

51. Oh god, how could I forget them?

I actually liked them when I was 13 and didn't know better though.

[Rabrrrrrr]

32. Any rap or hip-hop criminal "band" or "star", and the vast majority of

top 40/pop "bands" or "musicians".

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

37. CREED

THERE IS NO DENYING THAT.

I EVEN FORGIVE WHITESNAKE FANS... AND METALLICA FANS... BUT CREED FANS... OH BOY.

[ghostsofgiants]

53. Use your indoor voice

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

100. NO

I WILL NOT USE MY INDOOR VOICE FOR SUCH PRESSING MATTERS AS BEING A CREED FAN.

end transmission

[kick-ass-bob]

57. Creed, Nickelback, and Chad Kroeger's Nickelback drones:

Default and Theory of a Dead Man

Good lord, haven't we heard the same song enough?!??!

[Initech]

99. I know!

How many of those shitty sound alike Pearl Jam knockoffs do we need?

It's like they're all made in a factory somewhere!

[Zuni]

42. Montrose

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

84. Word up!

[Dukkha]

45. Oasis

at least in the Lounge ;-)

[no name no slogan]

46. Loverboy

No effing respect at all, man.

[Divameow77]

48. Supertramp

or Hanson

[arwalden]

55. Oasis...

... they can really make folks slip into a self-loathing state of depression.

[Arugula Latte]

64. Styx and Journey

Yuck and Yuck.

[sakabatou]

66. Hanson

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

92. You're wrong.

I'm assuming you've only heard one song of theirs?

[sakabatou]

101. I've heard plenty of their songs

:: shudder ::

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

102. Such as?

Anything new? Or just the album with MMMbop on it?

[Tallison]

105. I've heard from folks with

pretty reputable music taste that Hanson actually has some talent, although I haven't yet listened to any of their stuff. Anything you'd recommend to get a sense of it?

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

107. Sure

It's still pop music, but it's in a much much better crafted way. And it's less sugary. I think people would like it if they gave it a chance.

off This Time Around (2nd studio release):
Song To Sing
In The City
This Time Around

off Underneath (3rd studio release)
Penny & Me
Get Up and Go

you can see their raw, acoustic talent off of Underneath Acoustic:
When You're Gone
Love Somebody to Know

[sakabatou]

106. After I heard the MMMbop CD

I couldn't stand them anymore...

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

108. Oh

So you're basing your opinion off one over-manufactured CD? :shrug:

[sakabatou]

111. Tell me:

Have they gotten less bubbly?

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

113. yep

[sakabatou]

114. Ok... Which albom/songs should I listen to?

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

115. see my post above (107)

nt

[Debbi801]

67. Bay City Rollers...

:rofl:

[Phentex]

112. Oh, come on!

Who didn't love them? :D

:headbang:

[Demonaut]

71. Metallica.................nt

[Seabiscuit]

94. Ditto.

[arwalden]

76. Nelson

[donheld]

78. The Rubberband

:rofl::eyes:

[LissaM]

80. They aren't bands,

But I can't STAND the "rappers" today, who rap slower than I talk. Every once and a while when I'm channel surfing in my car it'll pause on the hip-hop station for a 1/2 second, just long enough for me to know the words to every hip-hop/rap song written in the last few years, and it goes something like this:

"In the club wit a half naked ho..."
Blah blah blah...
"Drinkin' cristal..."
Blah blah blah
"Rollin' in my escalade wit my homies"
blah blah blah
"Bitch is goin back to my place..."
And then something about money and big asses.

Look, I wrote a hip-hop song!!!!! Please pay me millions.

[gmoney]

81. Where do we send the check?

We'll also send you the name of our Gold Fronts supplier...

Also, you'll need to work the word "Pimp" and/or "Pimpin" into the chorus, and some shit about McDonalds so we can cash in on that gold mine. Würd.

[LissaM]

82. Oh crap,

I forgot PIMPIN!!!!

Either way, McDonald's turned it into a burger-selling jingle about 5 minutes ago. It's extremely popular and you will want to kill me in five minutes for making it the most annoying song in your head.

[MrSlayer]

83. Guns N Roses

Especially if you are an Axl nutswinger expecting an album for the past 10 years that is never going to come out. When they decided to tour the jerkoff caused riots and just flat out refused to play. If you are a fan of this clown (the band has been done since Izzy left) you must be a masochist.

[d_b]

86. Kid Rock

[last_texas_dem]

87. A few I am a fan of

Soul Asylum- because even though they are a great band who did all kinds of cool music, hardly anyone remembers them for anything besides "Runaway Train" and maybe "Misery"

Hall and Oates- because even though they did a lot of great music in various styles, especially during the seventies, nobody remembers them for anything but their catchy and cheesy megahits in the eighties

Bread/ the Association- because even though they did a lot of innovative pop/rock music, most people just remember them as wimp-rock hacks

Styx- because they are one of many (predominately) seventies "corporate rock" bands who everyone makes fun of even if they don't know shit by them or about them

Chicago- because they had that unfortunate drift into ultra-slick, ultra-cheesy (but sometimes still quite listenable) eighties power ballads

[Xtreme]

89. Slaughter

First record was awesome, expected a lot from them :(

[khashka]

93. Romeo Void

And apparently it sucked to be Romeo Void, as well.

I agree with you about Van Halen. With Roth they rocked, with Hagar they were just embarassing.

Khash.

[mvd]

95. Speaking from experience, Hootie And The Blowfish

I'm one of the few that actually liked them and still do.

[Beware the Beast Man]

104. The Tranqs.

[RandomKoolzip]

110. I hate those twerps.

And I hate their fans even more.

[Sannum]

109. Winger

:P