Which band has regressed the most? [Archive]

Echo Park

03/31/10, 02:44 PM

i don't think you know what you're asking. But an example would be Brand New putting out a simple pop-punk record, as that would be the opposite of progression for them.
But i feel like you simply want to know which band made albums that were not as good as its predecessors.

Debut_Fin

03/31/10, 03:40 PM

RJA was never good in the first place
AAR have never been very good either imo
I guess my answer would be Saosin

inthemidst

03/31/10, 04:33 PM

RJA was never good in the first place
AAR have never been very good either imo
I guess my answer would be Saosin

This.

MADSTA

03/31/10, 04:44 PM

The Used for me. Lies for the Liars was utter trash, I wish I could unhear it.

eriatarka24

03/31/10, 05:42 PM

Disappointed in Saosin.

radxbandit

03/31/10, 06:56 PM

I'd like to think AAR regressed the most, but I really think they just developed into what they were always trying to be from the start.

HoldThatSound

03/31/10, 07:55 PM

I miss old AAR

domotime2

03/31/10, 08:27 PM

definitely Used....first album was BRILLIANT...new albums are just so below average it's depressing

phil19

03/31/10, 08:55 PM

definitely Used....first album was BRILLIANT...new albums are just so below average it's depressing

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Bruised26

03/31/10, 08:57 PM

Honestly, I do not like any of these bands. But I used to like RJA when I was 13, and Lonely Road was honestly drop dead awful. So Ill say RJA.

ThrownAwayKyle

03/31/10, 11:21 PM

hard choice but i went with the used, especially after they got my hopes up with artwork

ghsNICK!

04/01/10, 01:25 AM

i don't think you know what you're asking..
REGRESSED means backwards...so which band has started off the best in your opinion and gone backwards the most.
Simple as that!

vincent182

04/01/10, 02:19 AM

Weezer could have easily won this poll. From these options I would say The Used.

domotime2

04/01/10, 02:21 AM

the only real choices here are TBS or Used...these are the two traditional/classic bands when discussing which band is getting worse with each release.

I mean come on..AAR is still the same pop rock music since their inception and RJA/Saosin just blow chunks anyhoo.

brandon_260

04/01/10, 08:21 AM

I'm confused as to why the Used are on their. I though their new album was fucking awesome

NateFoundGlory

04/01/10, 09:55 AM

I'm confused as to why the Used are on their. I though their new album was fucking awesome

Your opinion is your opinion, but most people would disagree with that.

I impulse-voted AAR, but I regret that decision, it's clearly the Used. RJA had a decent debut and a shit follow up, Saosin just kind of took no risks on ISOSG, and I'm a fan of all TBS. The Used got worse and worse with every album till they got to the point of Artwork, which is bland, utter trash in my eyes.

WhoSaidThat?

04/01/10, 10:48 AM

The Used.

Good Charlotte might be a great option, as well.

HometownHero

04/01/10, 03:52 PM

Weezer could have easily won this poll. From these options I would say The Used.

I would have voted for Weezer

Numero10

04/01/10, 04:35 PM

AAR definitely

ratmachine182

04/01/10, 06:08 PM

if weezer were on there i'd be curious how many would vote for the pumpkins too

vivatoto56

04/01/10, 09:19 PM

TBS for sure, New Again didn't have one song I enjoyed.

I didn't even like Louder Now, although I can see how most people would. Spin being the one listenable song for me.

TAYF and WYWB were both genius.

John Nolan coming back is the best news I've heard since the Blink reunion (we all remember those Oscars and how good it made us feel, and how pissed the people are who missed the tour and as of yet have not felt any benefit from their return)

Used is a close second. But I figured they would get bad as I watched it happen with each album. TBS being awful was a tragic surprise.

And I still love AAR. I mean Mona Lisa and Another Heart Calls were enough to win me over.

liveloud4life

04/01/10, 11:03 PM

definitely Used....first album was BRILLIANT...new albums are just so below average it's depressing

Definitely. S/T is one of my all-time favorite albums and I can't stomach to listen to either of their last 2. They get my vote just because of how high they fell from.

I think everyone on here has defintely regressed. TBS a whole lot but I think The Used was better than TAYF and I don't think New Again was as bad as LFTL or Artwork. And Louder Now wasn't like disgusting.

cuzimlefthanded

04/02/10, 12:48 AM

definitely Used....first album was BRILLIANT...new albums are just so below average it's depressing

Yeah honestly, it's between The Used and Saosin, with The Used pulling ahead by a bit, in terms of regression. That's only because The Used have come out with 2 disappointing CDs (I really liked ILAD), while Saosin have only had one disappointing release up to date.

cuzimlefthanded

04/02/10, 12:51 AM

vivatoto56

04/02/10, 12:59 AM

Thought it was the Grammys

Damn sir. Thank you for correcting me.
I remember we had to watch it in my Video Productions class (the grammy's) and I just kinda figured with a video productions class we would watch the Oscars.

I was high my whole senior year so I get confused.

dancerazdance

04/02/10, 06:48 AM

All-American Rejects 1st album was ace but after that... downhill.

Indoor Living

04/02/10, 08:40 AM

Red Jumpsuit, easily. They went from bad 'rock', to really bad southern nu-rock-metal-something. That's like four notches down.

tonighttonight0

04/02/10, 09:14 AM

Taking Back Sunday, they went from absolutely amazing to utter shit.

catherinexhimel

04/02/10, 10:00 AM

Aar

Theseventhson

04/02/10, 12:37 PM

TBS was the only band to release anything good from the bunch, so them.

Ashtradamus

04/02/10, 03:03 PM

RJA because their more recent efforts confused me.

jordalsh

04/02/10, 03:33 PM

AAR's last album made me really sad because the Self Titled was such a nostalgic album for me. so them.

mantipede

04/02/10, 04:03 PM

The Used for me. Lies for the Liars was utter trash, I wish I could unhear it.

Disappointed in Saosin.

I was so upset with both of these CDs (for the Used, Artwork was better but it wasn't great). Saosin...I just don't know what they were thinking.

SpyKi

04/02/10, 05:42 PM

The Used has gotten progressively worse every album but they're still yet to release anything nearly as disappointing as the shit stain that was ISOSG.

Tristan Needler

04/02/10, 06:03 PM

The Used has the biggest gap from starting good to getting bad, if that's what you mean.

Charles777

04/02/10, 06:22 PM

Saosin.

roughroads

04/03/10, 02:08 AM

Taking Back sunday. TAYF was golden and New Again was shit (in my opinion)
Saosin a close second, but I don't really care about the other 3 bands so...

map8705

04/03/10, 08:46 AM

I went with all american rejects just because I felt like they had the most potential to be a good rock band for the next decade after move along, but they kind of took a step back with their last album. All of the other bands have always appealed to 15 year olds so its kind of hard to regress when you've always been screaming about how girls don't like you.

drawndead

04/03/10, 11:09 AM

The Used hands down. Each record I like less and less

dmobley

04/04/10, 01:55 AM

You could add The Academy Is... to this list

CoheedForever

04/04/10, 03:13 AM

SAOSIN by far!!! i cant stand them anymore... unless its anthony green saosin

introduction

04/04/10, 04:19 AM

hmmm, i voted taking back sunday but i really shouldn't have. they haven't regressed at all, they've simply progressed in a direction that i don't enjoy.

Derka Derka

04/04/10, 10:02 AM

I really like The Used's self titled but everything after that was meh.

Toothache

04/04/10, 05:16 PM

tbs has gone farthest from great to awful but red jumpsuit apparatus went from mediocre to total nothingness, and thats worse i think.

Toothache

04/04/10, 05:16 PM

I really like The Used's self titled but everything after that was meh.
but dude, in love and death was incredible

Derka Derka

04/04/10, 05:42 PM

but dude, in love and death was incredible

It had some good songs on it but I still found it to be a big step back from their first album.

Deadbolt23

04/04/10, 06:46 PM

lostprophets

joppyxtsl

04/04/10, 11:33 PM

The Used

SpyKi

04/05/10, 02:19 AM

tbs has gone farthest from great to awful but red jumpsuit apparatus went from mediocre to total nothingness, and thats worse i think.
I disagree, but then again I was never a fan of TBS in the first place. I still don't think it's possible to fall harder than Saosin. TTN was incredible and ISOSG was such a piece of shit.

BozzBlonde

04/05/10, 09:41 AM

Jumpsuit and The Used.

I only listen to the first album of The Used and Jumpsuit.
I never listened to any other song on AAR's latest album, even though Gives You Hell is kind of catchy when I'm driving.

oliviaemmer

04/05/10, 04:15 PM

Honestly, I do not like any of these bands. But I used to like RJA when I was 13, and Lonely Road was honestly drop dead awful. So Ill say RJA.
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Rustash

04/05/10, 07:13 PM

AAR all the way. Their first album was awesome, Move Along was alright, and i didn't even bother with the new one.

Metal Now

04/06/10, 06:36 AM

Weezer could have easily won this poll.

This.

FBTMOPenguins

04/06/10, 09:52 AM

Saosin.

theNatetron

04/06/10, 10:32 AM

it was a toss up for me, between AAR and TBS, i picked TBS

Sloth7

04/06/10, 10:45 AM

For me, TBS just made weaker albums, but The Used had such a strong debut and in my opinion, made a bad second album and followed it up with some embarrassingly awful albums after. I give Saosin a little leeway on their crappiness cause of the vocalist change.

sdisticsquirrel

04/06/10, 11:37 AM

i say The Used, but TBS is up there too. i don't think AAR or Red Jumpsuit started out high enough to have dropped that much

tkamB

04/06/10, 02:14 PM

Yeah I'm going with Weezer.

IceAge/HeatWave

04/06/10, 02:27 PM

TBS. easy.

thesollopsist

04/07/10, 06:06 AM

Saosin, Cove is holding that band back so much it's unreal.

SpyKi

04/07/10, 06:28 AM

Saosin, Cove is holding that band back so much it's unreal.
No he isn't. Cove's just a singer, the band are the ones making shitty music.

thesollopsist

04/07/10, 09:06 AM

No he isn't. Cove's just a singer, the band are the ones making shitty music.
I won't go into a long ass rant about why he is, but every live video, he brings the overall tone down with his bad singing. I've seen numerous videos where, Beau, Justin and Chris look embarrassed afterwards and on one ocassion even said it was terrible. Their personalities don't seem to mix well at all as Cove is a scenester. Not to say the rest of the band is innocent in their terrible second LP, but his bad singing/lyrics does have some anchorage. I'm not saying you're wrong though. Just my opinion

SpyKi

04/07/10, 09:58 AM

I won't go into a long ass rant about why he is, but every live video, he brings the overall tone down with his bad singing. I've seen numerous videos where, Beau, Justin and Chris look embarrassed afterwards and on one ocassion even said it was terrible. Their personalities don't seem to mix well at all as Cove is a scenester. Not to say the rest of the band is innocent in their terrible second LP, but his bad singing/lyrics does have some anchorage. I'm not saying you're wrong though. Just my opinion

I'll agree live, he's god awful. I was just talking about recorded stuff, where I think the biggest drop comes from the music. No matter who was singing on the newest record, the music would have still been terrible. Cove's melodies, lyrics and singing are awful on ISOSG but the s/t shows that the band can be good with Cove.

thesollopsist

04/07/10, 11:10 AM

I'll agree live, he's god awful. I was just talking about recorded stuff, where I think the biggest drop comes from the music. No matter who was singing on the newest record, the music would have still been terrible. Cove's melodies, lyrics and singing are awful on ISOSG but the s/t shows that the band can be good with Cove.
I couldn't really say I 100% like the s/t, some of the stuff was really good but the rest was god awful to me, I suppose it comes down to preference. I don't think Cove brings anything redeemable creatively, recorded or live. Yeah , on ISOSG the music was pretty bland too.

SpyKi

04/07/10, 11:25 AM

I couldn't really say I 100% like the s/t, some of the stuff was really good but the rest was god awful to me, I suppose it comes down to preference. I don't think Cove brings anything redeemable creatively, recorded or live. Yeah , on ISOSG the music was pretty bland too.
I loved it, it was no TTN but I thought the whole thing was great. I think Cove's vocals on that record were perfect, it's a shame he couldn't pull it off live and now it seems he can't even do it on record. I do think the band could do better with some one else, but they'd have to commit to making better music themselves first.

thesollopsist

04/07/10, 12:31 PM

I loved it, it was no TTN but I thought the whole thing was great. I think Cove's vocals on that record were perfect, it's a shame he couldn't pull it off live and now it seems he can't even do it on record. I do think the band could do better with some one else, but they'd have to commit to making better music themselves first.
I agree with that 100%, nice to see a conversation instead of 'fuck ypuz!11!!!' like some forums.

notmrblond234

04/07/10, 01:02 PM

AAR have progressed alot in my opinion, I also think TBS keeps their sound fresh for each album they've released. RJA is/ always has been pure shit and Saosin's first full length release was great, but the other releases were soooo damn weak to me. I'm going with Saosin.

Protested Hero

04/08/10, 06:44 AM

This thread uses the word regressed improperly, therefore, I will not vote in it.

bobsheiskawy

04/08/10, 08:30 AM

Stephin_DC

04/08/10, 09:10 AM

The Used
I would of included AVA aswell, WDNTW is really good in my opinion, but then everything else is pretty awful

TSLROCKS

04/08/10, 11:48 AM

AAR. I used to love them now they're just plain awful

Goat01

04/08/10, 03:09 PM

I'd say The Used.
Their self-titled and In Love and Death were both very good, then it started rolling downhill.
I don't think you can say RJA regressed, they only had two albums, and I thought both were very good, even with the two different styles.

SpyKi

04/08/10, 04:01 PM

i don't understand how there could be any answer other than the red jumpsuit apparatus. the first album was good, the second was unlistenable. at least every other band in the poll has at least one decent song on their newer albums.
Saosin doesn't. Even if it did, it's about the biggest drop and TRJA was never exactly good to begin with.

Steeeve Perry

04/08/10, 04:19 PM

Saosin's latest disappointed me the most, but it has to be the Used. They started out huge. They had solid albums (though none I particularly cared for) and were the most popular of all these bands, at least in Australia. Their music worsened and the new album didn't have a single song even played in Australia by the music channels that used to hold two-hour specials on them. RJA and AAR were never very good to me.

spunkmastaflex

04/09/10, 01:58 PM

SpyKi

04/09/10, 02:17 PM

i sort of chuckle at all the people going crazy over how Saosin has "gotten worse". Anthony Green wasnt in the band long, and they only came out with translating the name which is decent, but it was just an EP. Saosin Ep and Saosin the LP are pretty much the same thing. It was decent but clearly different without Green, in essence, it was a new band and the old band really didnt do anything astounding. And their new record wasn't god awful, it was just an average cd that had nothing special on it. To complain and go crazy about Anthony Green is Saosin is a waste of time because they only came out with 5 songs. How can you regress from 5 songs?
I'm not one of those people that think AG is Saosin at all, although I do think they made their best music with him, but the thing that makes it my favourite has nothing to do with Anthony, it's just that I think the music's better. I actually preferred Cove's vocals on the self titled, which I also loved. But I do think the new record is god awful, I like three songs on it, and not very much. So yeah, I'd say that's a pretty big drop.

Co and Ca

04/09/10, 02:41 PM

the used. i mainly said them because i've never liked them. i never got the hype about them.

SpyKi

04/09/10, 03:11 PM

the used. i mainly said them because i've never liked them. i never got the hype about them.
If you never liked them how can you think they've had the biggest drop in quality? Surely you'd have to like them at one point for them to be a valid answer to this thread?

Scrawns

04/09/10, 04:14 PM

lol @ the scrubs who voted for Saosin. their popularity has def. stayed the same in comparison to these other bands

deFobbed14yrs

04/09/10, 05:38 PM

the used ugh artwork

Co and Ca

04/09/10, 06:51 PM

If you never liked them how can you think they've had the biggest drop in quality? Surely you'd have to like them at one point for them to be a valid answer to this thread?

because they started out sucking but now they really, really suck. those two reallys make a difference.

thaianna

04/09/10, 08:24 PM

Saosin most definitely

SpyKi

04/10/10, 01:18 AM

because they started out sucking but now they really, really suck. those two reallys make a difference.
Oh, fair enough. Haha.
lol @ the scrubs who voted for Saosin. their popularity has def. stayed the same in comparison to these other bands
Are we talking about popularity here?

fflash

04/10/10, 05:56 AM

i sort of chuckle at all the people going crazy over how Saosin has "gotten worse". Anthony Green wasnt in the band long, and they only came out with translating the name which is decent, but it was just an EP. Saosin Ep and Saosin the LP are pretty much the same thing. It was decent but clearly different without Green, in essence, it was a new band and the old band really didnt do anything astounding. And their new record wasn't god awful, it was just an average cd that had nothing special on it. To complain and go crazy about Anthony Green is Saosin is a waste of time because they only came out with 5 songs. How can you regress from 5 songs?

Well, if the FIVE songs are better than everything they've done since, and I'm pretty sure most people would agree that they are. So, what you typed doesn't seem to make much sense.

Hagysaurus Rex

04/10/10, 09:30 AM

Not counting The Used or Soasin (because I haven't heard their latest couple CDs to compare), I voted RJA. All-American Rejects have been relatively untalented since the beginning and TBS has just suffered from having a musical chairs of a line-up. RJA have started off strong (and by strong i mean most of Don't you fake it but their newest release sounds like uninspired, generic radio rock.

spunkmastaflex

04/10/10, 11:55 AM

Well, if the FIVE songs are better than everything they've done since, and I'm pretty sure most people would agree that they are. So, what you typed doesn't seem to make much sense.

I humbly disagree. If you initially have 5 good songs, then you have the potential to be a decent band and put out quality records. With five songs you aren't even established yet as a band.

fflash

04/10/10, 01:30 PM

I humbly disagree. If you initially have 5 good songs, then you have the potential to be a decent band and put out quality records. With five songs you aren't even established yet as a band.

I don't really understand what you're saying, I mean I understand you disagree, but I don't see any rationalization behind it.

fran.182

04/10/10, 02:52 PM

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, easily.

And I hate the fact you refer to those bands like if it's a fact that they have regressed. I mean, I think Taking Back Sunday and The All-American Rejects keep getting better with each new release.

Alex DiVincenzo

04/10/10, 08:54 PM

Tough between TBS and The Used. I went with The Used because their self-titled album was one of my favorite CDs at the time of it's release, and now I can't even listen to their new stuff. At least TBS I can tolerate.

troubledbyinsects

04/11/10, 09:48 AM

Taking Back Sunday :(

Sean Rizzo

04/11/10, 05:35 PM

Disappointed in Saosin.

Who isn't? But hey I love the record even though it's a disappointment.

I seriously hope the guys in Saosin are reading this so they know people want the s/t back.

Young Machetes

04/12/10, 07:32 AM

RJA was never good in the first place
AAR have never been very good either imo
I guess my answer would be Saosin

AAR went from writing a catchy pop record, to a decent follow up, to a horrid third album. They've regressed in every aspect possible

Same with RJA.

Saosin just sucks period.

Clark

04/12/10, 11:59 AM

Saosin because they have a higher starting point than any of these (with TBS and The Used right behind them) and their most recent release is such a low point.

Robin.

04/12/10, 12:00 PM

Weezer could have easily won this poll.

TTHHIISS!!

drawndead

04/12/10, 12:01 PM

The Used makes me so angry

Akissforher

04/13/10, 03:13 AM

i went with rja, but that would infer they made something good to start off with;

Andy Young

04/13/10, 09:42 AM

To me The Used didn't regress, they just kept making the same album with little change to their sound. And I wish Saosin would regress to their early (pre-Cove) stuff.

SpyKi

04/13/10, 11:05 AM

To me The Used didn't regress, they just kept making the same album with little change to their sound. And I wish Saosin would regress to their early (pre-Cove) stuff.
No change in The Used's sound? You serious? Compare the Self Titled to Artwork or Liars, huge difference.