5 D-Bag Rock Bands That Make Our Ears Bleed
Sorry, Nickelback, but douches are for vaginas, not rock ‘n’ roll.
Grunge was grimy, but it wasn’t until the ’90s rebel music died down that rock lovers were really done dirty. After awesome bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains told money-hungry suits to go fuck themselves, a new generation of radio-friendly bands that only appeared to be rough around the edges completely douched-out a new formula for post-grunge arena rock. Sadly, some of these lames are still with us all these years later.
Imagine our horror when we saw that Nickelback (no, can I get the whole $14.99 back?) just released a new album, Dark Horse. Nice title meant to evoke badassness, but they’re still tools, and they inspired Complex, shuddering with disgust, to call out the five douchiest post-grunge arena rock bands…
THREE DOORS DOWN
• Douche Details: This Mississippi-based group is on some quasi-religious militia-lovin’ southern rock shit and has debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 with its last two albums. We’ve never really understood the appeal, but then we hear car racing is pretty big in this country too.
• Douchiest Moment: When they turned the music video for their National Guard tribute song “Citizen/Soldier” into a recruitment commercial.
GOO GOO DOLLS
• Douche Details: This trio from upstate New York polished up their sound when they achieved commercial success on their fifth album, A Boy Named Goo (you-are-what-you-eat pause), and then went on to blow the fuck up with “Iris,” a soft-ass song for the Nicholas Cage tearjerker City of Angels. Every time you listen, an angel loses its wings.
• Douchiest Moment: It’s either when the band changed its name from Sex Maggots to Goo Goo Dolls to assuage a club owner or when frontman Johnny Rzeznik went to the hair stylist and said, “Frost me and make me look like a tussled lesbian.”
CREED
• Douche Details: These Floridians made faith-based rock like “With Arms Wide Open” and “Higher” that was gobbled up by Christian radio, then they denied that their music was Christian rock. That stance, along with their crappy music, should earn them eternal fiery damnation.
• Douchiest Moment: When frontman Scott Stapp compared Creed to U2? When fans sued Stapp for being too hammered to sing his lyrics properly? When Stapp feuded with Fred Durst, 311 and Dave Grohl? Hard to say, but their least douchiest moment was definitely when they broke up in 2004. If only Scott Stapp hadn’t decided to go solo, we’d be in the clear by now.
DAUGHTRY
• Douche Details: One of four American Idol finalists in the show’s fifth season, Chris Daughtry (far left) flipped his popularity into one of the best-selling rock albums of 2006, proving that Idol’s rock douches could move just as many units as its Clay Aiken pop douches.
• Douchiest Moment: When Daughtry made his rock dreams come true by participating on American Idol. Bang your head! (Against a wall.)
NICKELBACK
• Douche Details: This Canadian band of tools has proved that you can fool pre-teens by making the same song over and over again with the same tough power chords, provided it sucks horribly and you growl-sing it with unbelievably bad rock styling. Canada has always been good for a laugh.
• Douchiest Moment: The extended douche-y moment really started the moment bassist Mike Kroeger thought that giving change to customers at Starbucks (”Here’s your nickel back!”) was an awesome band name. And here is your Grande Douche!
Nathan November 19, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Dude. I think we all know who the douche is. You are either an angry person or jealous everyone on the planet knows these people and no one knows you. Quite the hater aren’t you? “Canada is always good for a laugh”? Thanks for always making the US look like tools to the rest of the world.
Moron
D November 19, 2008 at 5:28 pm
take it easy Nathan, we’re just here for entertainment, whether you agree or not, have a laugh big guy! :)…and to the credit of Complex, those guys ARE douches.
bev November 19, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Add David Cook to the list.
CC November 19, 2008 at 6:44 pm
I love every one of these bands. Well Creed is a bit annoying, but love the rest. Better than every other band right now. Guess you like hip/hop or pop?
Nacho November 19, 2008 at 7:22 pm
“Guess you like hip/hop or pop?”
Christ these bands are all straight-up manufactured formula POP ‘rock’.
K- November 19, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Better than the other crap on the radio.
Restless Native November 19, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Thank you so much for this article. I hate all of these bands (I like to call them “shitrock”) more than you can imagine.
God November 20, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Fred Durst is the king of all douche bags.
... November 20, 2008 at 4:04 pm
You guys who wrote this are fucking asshole pricks, just because your jealous of them DOES Not mean you have to make fun of them, you jealous bastards, like fuck off, seriously. I’m so going to badmouth this website. -.-
JRL November 24, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Brilliant list! And every single and on here is definitely worthy of the label. It’s just too bad you didn’t have room for garbage like Limp Bizkit.
Bob November 25, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Who cares. To each is own. Clearly there are people out there that like these guys or they wouldn’t be around. To poke fun at someone else’s music tastes because they disagree with your own is just dumb. Its like saying someone is an idiot because they like grapes and you don’t. Waste of space for an article. Wish I could get that 5 minutes of my life back.
Wadysseus December 1, 2008 at 12:44 am
With the exception of Daughtry, who I haven’t heard of so I don’t know, these guys are all definitely douches.
And as for the person who asserted they’re better than anything else on the radio: Stop fucking listening to the radio. Hit one of the myriad free internet radio websites and discover music you actually like. Seriously, 90% of radio stations are owned by the same company. They’re looking out for their interests and making money for the groups that’ll play ball with them. Everyone else gets left behind.
I say leave douchebags like these behind and find music that inspires you, speaks to you, teaches you, brings the full swell of human emotion within you to the front of your consciousness and shakes you up enough so you can’t sit and veg out.
And get off the internet too.
Kyle December 1, 2008 at 12:45 am
“To poke fun at someone else’s music tastes because they disagree with your own is just dumb.”
You’re kidding, right? All he’s doing is just “poking fun” at the bands, he never said anything about the listeners. Get off your high horse and keep enjoying your formulaic and watered-down rock. Just because you like it doesn’t mean someone can’t call it shitty.
Pat December 1, 2008 at 1:38 am
I completely agree with this list haha
I can’t believe all these people getting so upset over this list. Face it, the music sucks! And for anyone to compare music to grapes clearly does not have a true appreciation for music! Also, this has nothing to do with jealousy – I don’t know how you even get that. Whenever I hear any songs by any of these artists I think to myself, ‘just when I thought music could not get any shittier, this song proves me wrong’ Seriously, it’s BAD music
Dwayne from Probably Sucks Blog December 2, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Right on man. Seriously, right on.
I’m not sure if you’ve read a little article I wrote titled “Research finds Nickelback is responsible for global warming”, but you should.
I hate Nickelback with a passion and rip them so hard.
Check it out: http://probablysucks.com/research-finds-nickelback-is-responsible-for-global-warming/
Dwayne.
Alex December 4, 2008 at 7:02 pm
You people are all morons. Music snobs that believe the only music worth listening isn’t on the radio. I’ve seen you idiots my entire life touting your music and slamming anyone that doesn’t like it.
I mean really…you’re just a bunch of copy cats. You all struggle so hard to be different In doing so you all look, act, and sound the same. And then you claim that no one but you has “a true appreciation for music”
Pffff…. Morons. If you don’t like these bands, don’t listen to them!!
Dustin December 31, 2008 at 4:23 pm
This isn’t a matter of opinion, I’m sorry to say. It’s also not a matter of musical snobbery.
This is akin to the difference between reading The Great Gatsby and a comic book, or to the difference between watching A Clockwork Orange and Herbie: Fully Loaded. When you come across people who enjoy the bands listed above it’s immediately obvious that music is light, passive entertainment for them.
These are typically people that didn’t get into music their Mom didn’t like until the beginnings of high school, when music was suddenly cool. They don’t have what even remotely resembles a real appreciation for music because it’s simply not what they’re into. Just like some people can’t appreciate a real film with artistic merit. Just like some people can’t appreciate a classic novel, but would rather curl up with a Stephen King book if they’re going to be reading.
This isn’t snobbery, but rather a description of different types of people. I’m sure there is plenty I’m not clued in on in their worlds, plenty of which is relevant.
The only part that really gets some of us angry is that record companies (and movie studios, and publishers) are producing homogenized, generic bullshit that has the potential to appeal to everyone. This isn’t about wanting to have some false sense of uniqueness, but rather about having a choice and letting musicians (and other creatives) be real people instead of frontmen and women for record executives and focus groups.
Many groups have realized this since, and that’s why you see punk music, modern art, etc. — it’s intended to be both a big middle finger to society and at the same time shock a few people out of their mushroom existence: kept in the dark and fed shit.
These bands are the poster boys of what absolutely floods the market after these real movements. Cheap, over-produced, heartless junk with no significance of any kind other than for passive entertainment. Screw that.
NT December 31, 2008 at 10:30 pm
“The only part that really gets some of us angry is that record companies (and movie studios, and publishers) are producing homogenized, generic bullshit that has the potential to appeal to everyone. This isn’t about wanting to have some false sense of uniqueness, but rather about having a choice and letting musicians (and other creatives) be real people instead of frontmen and women for record executives and focus groups.”
def seconded
Shaun December 31, 2008 at 10:54 pm
I guess I will post my opinion on this matter too. I am not a musical elitist, but I am certainly not some simpleton either. I enjoy 3 Doors Down. The guys have a lot of heart and they put on a good live show. They also founded the Better Life Foundation(look it up), so I’m pretty sure that they are not in the least douches, even if they aren’t the most talented musicians ever. All of the douchey things that were referred to regarding Creed were the antics of Scott Stapp. Scott Stapp is a douche. The other members of Creed are actually talented and just had the misfortune of being involved with Scott Stapp. Mark Tremonti is actually a more talented guitar player than 90% of the guys that I’ve seen live. Granted most of the stuff that these guys do will be thought of as amateurish by the elitists regardless of what I say. I just think if you’re going to attack “Pop” radio, skipping Fergie, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Gwen Stefani, etc. in favor of bashing guys that at least play legitimate instruments and write their own music seems silly at best.
That is all.
Dustin December 31, 2008 at 11:47 pm
@ Shaun: I can appreciate that. I honestly don’t mind hearing the occasional 3 Doors Down or Nickelback song, but I appreciate it for what it is. Sometimes when you peek long enough at music that isn’t getting radio time you get to wondering how the world has room for bands like Nickelback when there are artists with so much more to say and equally entertaining.
You mention that we should be picking on people like Fergie instead. Thing is, though, that I don’t think anyone considers that art. No reason to beat that dead horse.
The difference? These other bands are ripping off legitimate styles of music and posing as something they’re not — I’d wager that is why this article takes such a harsh stance. To me it’s clear these bands are generic crap, but they’ve got others fooled by ripping off a legitimate movement in the world of music. It’s kitsch!
Finally, I don’t think anyone is saying 3 Doors Down are bad people, just that what they’re doing professionally is crap.
Only saint one here January 1, 2009 at 3:19 am
This is sad. Obviously you have some kind of grudge against mainstream/alternative. Though I do find Nickelback to be kinda douchey sometimes. But, your reasoning on why they are douches are… stupid, for lack of a better word.
“When they turned the music video for their National Guard tribute song “Citizen/Soldier†into a recruitment commercial.”
So what?! People sell the rights to their songs, who cares? Get over it. If anyone should be bitched at for selling their rights to the army/national guard is Trapt with Headstrong.
Goo Goo Dolls do not deserve to be on this list. They, along with 3DD, are the only bands on this list who can put on a good show… and play the instruments well. People who DO deserve to be on this list: Kid Rock, Hollywood Undead, Nickelback, Motley Crue(though I like their music), and Hinder(Who is still living off their only good song.)
You should make a band and add yourself to the list as #2…. behind Nickelback.
Simon January 1, 2009 at 3:37 am
I am a musical elitist and I am sick and tired of all of this rubbish that is being presented as ‘music’. When did we decide, as a species, that being dumbed down by this kind of nonsense was cool?
Also, why is it that when anyone ever dares try to call these huge steaming turds listed above on the fact that they are totally and completely artistically pointless, they have to endure a never-ending tirade from whiners complaining about ‘elitism’? Do you people not get that you are being brainwashed by the most basic forms of media manipulation? It ain’t a conspiracy, baby, it’s simple marketing and they are riding you Creed Defenders hard. How does it feel?
Keep giving them your money and forget about the real artists out there trying to actually do something worthwhile with music instead of just recycling trash to hypnotise you and prevent you from seeing just how boring your life is.
Funny you should mention Nirvana – In Bloom was about Guns ‘n’ Roses fans coming to see Nirvana shows and not getting it. Cobain killed himself cause of bands like Nickelback and the support they got from Viewers Like You.
Get a clue, then go out and find some real music that doesn’t patronise you and re-enforce outdated, misogynistic and just plain bogus myths about ‘rock and roll’.
FAO Shaun – at least the pop artists you mentioned aren’t pretending to be anything they’re not, i.e. candy-coated pop. Playing their instruments and pretending to be ‘for real’ is actually WORSE because it’s dishonest and my momma always said that lying is bad. Mmm-hm.
They are money making stooges making fat business men who couldn’t care less about you or your dirty porn habit incredibly rich while they laugh about how stupid you are. Seriously, they get together and howl for hours. They have badges.
Finally, if we don’t like it, we can stop listening to it. Good point. Similarly, if you don’t like THIS, then YOU DON’T HAVE TO READ IT.
Momma also hated hypocrisy.
Kirsten January 1, 2009 at 4:39 pm
LOL! I hope all of these bands, (especially nickelback) die in a fire-y plane crash.
Colin January 1, 2009 at 9:33 pm
you forgot rogue wave…*shudder*
steve January 2, 2009 at 12:53 am
hey, domt blame nickleback on canada, we canadians hate nickleback and are deeply ashamed that we have spawned such a horrendous monster of shittynes.
JD January 2, 2009 at 1:46 am
who ever made this, fuckin A!
Fer January 2, 2009 at 5:28 am
Some worthwhile bands:
Pearl Jam
Nine Inch Nails
Dave Mathews Band (Yes, He’s the original, every other douche is ripping HIM off)
Radiohead
David Gilmour
Pink Floyd
hey Feeling more adventurous? Deep Purple, The Atomic Bitchwax, Jethro Tull(Some songs like Aqualung and Locomotive Breath)
Want good southern rock? Lynyrd Skynyrd!, Mountain!, and good ol’ Stevie Ray Voughan!
Want prog rock? Muse! The Mars Volta! King Crimsom! Nevermore! Rush!
Want REAL PUNK ROCK? then throw green day out the window and listen to Black Lips, Misfits, The Ramones, and The Clash.
This Elitist Listens to a lot of music, even black metal, though it was more of a highschool thing, now, I’m more into Atomic Bitchwax and Dave Mathews and real rock.
Anyone with half a brain that wants to broaden their horizons should check the list as an introductory course into different types of rock so you can detox on he manufactured shit on a stick that is the car radio.
chad January 2, 2009 at 6:28 am
u guys ever heard of gary glitter? now that’s real music! he plays hard rock and encourages the youth of today to join his gang. nice to see someone paying attention to the kids and not worrying about the oldies.
here’s to gary!
Derek January 2, 2009 at 12:25 pm
These bands are serious douchebags.
This article was brilliant and worthy of posting. The fans are a little dense too. But they sure know how to make a guy feel smart!
And i listen to these bands when i need a boost of confidence. At least i play better than these guys!
itsalljustaride January 2, 2009 at 12:42 pm
@Shaun: Tremonti was the right-hand douche to Stapp. Tremonti once said that he hated being compared to Pearl Jam because Creed was way better than Pearl Jam. I mean, are you kidding me? PJ was around for a decade or more making awesome grunge before Creed was even thought of. That guy was a grade-A douche. When Creed split up into Stapp and Tremonti’s band all it meant was that we now had TWO douche-bag bands where there once was only one.
Also, Buck Cherry needs an honorable mention for writing some of the lamest crap ever.
Anyone defending Nickelback…their latest single is called “Something in Your Mouth”…
Need I say more? And yes, the guy above is right, I don’t care if these guys are “better than anything else on the radio”, since #1 it isn’t true, and #2 just because you’re the least shittiest pile of shit in the shitpile doesn’t make you not shitty. Stop listening to the radio.
ihatecreed January 2, 2009 at 1:59 pm
I hate every one of these bands. You know it’s bad when you can never tell which crappy band it is on the radio because they all sound the same.
TPB42 January 2, 2009 at 2:49 pm
I agree with everything on this list, except when you said Nirvana was awesome. They sucked, hard.
kenzie January 2, 2009 at 5:39 pm
i love nickelback. fuck you
ALex V January 2, 2009 at 6:28 pm
i fuckin hate nickelback and all thos elisted, you should definetly add HEDLEY to the list
ambeeeant January 2, 2009 at 6:56 pm
I listen to music that hasn’t been recorded yet. Fuck y’all.
awesomeguy January 2, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Seriously people who these bands are creative or even slightly musically talented are retarded. And omg thank you for pointing out the fact nickleback has one song. Seriously these are for the gayest of gays. Slight exception i enjoyed kryptonite cant help it
Jon January 3, 2009 at 3:28 am
Tell em.
All these bands have absolutely no talent in songwriting.
Though I will agree that Creed has good guitarists. But they got ruined by a terrible poser front-man.
Nickleback needs to get anal raped by a razor blade. Along with all the rednecks who actually think they’re actually good. Lolz. Almost makes me sick when I see they’re up in the top 10 bestseller lists.
Want good music? Check Neutral Milk Hotel. Or Radiohead. Or the Arcade Fire. Or Explosions in the Sky. Or Dream Theater. Or Iron and Wine.
But especially Neutral Milk Hotel.
Musicloverrqe January 5, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Hinder is missing from this list!!! All these bands blow!
I cant even put the bands I respect on the same page with these douchewads! This is what is ruining the youth of America! This corporate rock bullshit! It actually angers me a great deal that these bands are played on the radio while true talent goes unnoticed! If you want a good playlist go here: http://www.playlist.com/user/1314859/view
Soon I will have a radio station on the internet and people that actually appreciate good music with depth will have to suffer no more!
Sue January 5, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Friends don’t let friends listen to awful music like this. I have little or no respect for people who think this is music… Sue
Ryan January 8, 2009 at 5:01 am
I am mortally offended that Creed was not given the number one slot on this list. Don’t get me wrong, ALL of these douches worked hard to earn their position on the list. However, Creed really goes above and beyond when it comes to douchery.
Ryan January 8, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Kudos to you for being dead on with this list. Everytime a Nickleback song comes on the radio, I want to kill someone. The hatred that I have for them along with 3 doors down is equal – they both are the lamest, most corporate, awful bottom feeding bands that I have ever had the displeasure of listening to. Getting to Creed – when I hear people compare that f’ing lame ass jack ass singer with Eddie Vedder – I want to again kill people! How people can even put a band like Creed in the same sentence as a band like Pearl Jam is beyond my capability to comprehend. All of these bands should be taken out back and beaten – they are singlehandedly ruining music for generations to come!! Oh yeah -one more thing -for those of you defending these bands and calling the author of this list a music elitist – guess what? He is right and your music taste sucks! You probably love CSI Miami and Two and a half men too!
kim January 8, 2009 at 8:19 pm
i agree with pretty much all of this. in fact, here’s proof that nickelback recycles its own songs:
http://www.megaswf.com/view/ae5be0fc5f3cc7b1ca122edffe6489b1.html
those of you defending nickelback: i’m sorry, but FAIL. see above link.
those of you who listen to the radio: stop listening to the radio. don’t you get tired of listening to the same 20 “hit” songs on the station’s shuffle list? the way i began to expand my musical awareness was by searching the darkest corners of the internet (as well as my mom’s record collection), and pirating songs by bands i’d never heard before. there’s a thrill in taking the initiative to seek out new music (sometimes hits, sometimes misses), rather than being passively fed shit by the radio. it distinguishes the true music lovers from people who listen to music because it’s playing at a party. people who have a passion for music are willing to go out and seek more.
those of you calling us “elitist” and “jealous”: we are not elitists just because we have taken the aforementioned initiative to find something different, and we are not jealous just because nickelback is given millions for scrap-all talent and adored by a bunch of dumbasses. in fact, we might be tempted to call YOU a bunch of lazy fucks, too lazy to step beyond the confines of what is being marketed to you. it’s like the step up from TV dinners to home-cooked meals: you have to learn to cook first and it takes more time and effort to prepare, but once you get it down, everything tastes better, and you will never go back to those shitty TV dinners again. as a result, a lot of radio music has found its way into my trash can. it’s not because i’m an elitist, or that i stopped liking bands because they’re popular. it’s just that when you compare nickelback (or any of those bands) with the genius of say, david bowie or tool (they make some radio time, but far less than any of the above), the latter just “taste” better. their music and lyrics are just more pleasing, more moving, more inspiring. they’re just fucking better.
to those of you ragging because we’re not picking on pop, or who think we like pop because we don’t like these guys: please, the rock vs. rap vs. pop argument is so dead. as someone above said, at least rappers and pop stars aren’t pretending to be anything more than rappers and pop stars. they have a different set of characteristics to be judged by. the douches above pretend to be “artists” because they can play a few chords and string a rhyming lyric about their ex-girlfriend together.
to you who wrote the article: there should have been a longer list.
to ambeeeant: your comment is made of win. i, too, listen to music that hasn’t been recorded yet; but i am also fond of music by bands that don’t exist yet as well. :D
its all bout the money. January 10, 2009 at 5:46 am
props to all the bands on this list because they are making a buck off of all their shit. i think they got it right if you can make money on shit then why the hell not. in the 70s people made money off of selling pet rocks…this is the same thing… thats capitalism baby.
Will January 10, 2009 at 12:56 pm
I am not about to sit here and lie saying that I have never enjoyed a 3 doors down song or a Nickleback one, the first ones to come out, where ok because they were fresh, however it is true that they have all followed a pattern and since its just become rubbish.
Particularly, I much rather listen to bands like RHCP, the offspring, Metallica, Aerosmith, Alice in Chains, or even the Foo Fighters depending on your genre and not to copy other mentioned above.
In addition I’d like to say that a band I think deserves to be there is Green Day, they have become total garbage, they went from being an “icon of a generation” if they can be called that, into some mix of emo kids and political crap that stopped being music, but again, those are my two cents, and people should not be that offended if others dont like them. Just like they wont see me at their concerts, I am sure that you wont find Dustin at a Daughtry one etc…
Steve January 10, 2009 at 9:39 pm
There is no “radio conspiracy” here people. The reason a band becomes popular is they make music that appeals to the masses. Who the fuck cares? Get off your bandwagon, stop your bellyaching about Nickelback, and shut the fuck up.
Are you kidding me? Reading the responses on this list cracks me up. If you don’t like these bands, don’t listen to them but don’t slam people that do. Pull the quarter out of your ass and loosen up. Sometimes life is just about having fun.
Greivel for survival January 19, 2009 at 10:02 pm
…so these are the guys that ruthlessly murdered ska…
but seriously.
Listen:
most bands people are familiar with are, how do I say this?
usually uncreative, and innately (obviously really) familiar.
And So on.
can we all agree that perhaps most bands nowadays are self obsessed at best? Name a song that you heard today. It’s probably about personal issues, a philanthropic cause(image yes?), or sexy escapades.
Attention seeking bullshit.
And so on.
It’s somewhat hard to find an ideal. More complaints, or endorsements, or boring anecdotes.
I have enough of those as it is.
There is no though as to why. It all is around the fact that everything is.
This is a natural cycle in history, The last period of transcendentalism started in the late 50s and ended in mid 70s, and was replaced by existentialism.
The real argument of this is not “douchiness”. “Douchiness” is a rhetorical strategy.
Perhaps, we should look at this as a desperate claim for philosophical speculation above descriptive observation?
HFMC January 21, 2009 at 11:16 pm
To the people defending these corporation-created abscesses that we, regretfully, call “music”:
Obviously you’ve been listening a bit too distantly. I admit, as a child listening to these bands, I didn’t think much of their sound, primarily because they all sounded the same (with the exception of Daughtry, which was not formed at the time). however, referring to these generic, moneybagging fools as artists is a shame. The real artists of today’s world of music range from Radiohead to Saul Williams, Conor Oberst to of Montreal, Cat Power to Dave Matthews Band, Bjork to Sufjan Stevens.
In my opinion, it isn’t even fair to compare the bands I mentioned (off the top of my head) to these uncreative assholes, as they’re just akin to advertising: aimed at a certain group of people solely to make money. The music, if you can call it that, that they (and by they I chiefly mean their producers and writers who create their power-chord driven riffs and stale lyrics) create is bland and cookie-cutter. Nothing is refreshing with every one of these new Pop-Rock bands.
Speaking from my point of view, that is, someone who does *attempt* to write music and play instrument(s), they’re not special. I understand why they appeal to so many though, with their amount of angst that is just tolerable for soccer mom’s, etc.
/endrant (which as composed on absurd amounts of coffee, so please bear with me.)
ambeeeant January 26, 2009 at 4:13 am
Anyone who listens to anyone but G.G. Allin has seriously sold out to the system. He is the only one who never did.
ambeeeant January 26, 2009 at 4:20 am
Oh, I forgot, you should also listen to Charles Manson. He never sold out either!
I gag at you guys who have nothing better to base the value of your existence on other than the fact that you like a certain band over another. The truth of the matter is, virtually 100% of the people in the world don’t give a shit about your pitiful little clique of arrogance. Either listen or don’t but do yourself a favor and actually DO something worthwhile. Your little morsel of elitism is just plain tired and nobody, and I mean nobody, is impressed by it.
Keith January 28, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Someone please assassinate Nickelback!