"THE" Bands...

[cymbals110]

The White Stripes
The Strokes
The Vines
The Hives
The bleh bleh bleh
The so on and yeah....

get the point. That trend that started 2001-2002 or whenever... I can't stand any of them.... they have dull music with the retro sound... like what old recordings sound like. I just don't like the music they make.

[BuriedAlive]

all the bands you mention do indeed suck.

but there are a few exceptions.... the ataris, the used, the cure and plenty others.

[Tbones]

LOL :laugh:

That's funny, I never really noticed that. They do all sound kind of a like.

But I must agree with Buried...There are a few exceptions.

Good point!

[cymbals110]

YEAH! sorry I meant about "THE" bands that try to dress like the Ramones, or are brother and sister/ boyfriend and girlfriend, and have dumb matching outfits.... Bands like The Used and The Ataris and others are certainly the exceptions.... but they are not following along the lines of the newer "THE" bands... anyway.... peace

[mwhpunk]

i never ever liked any of those bands and hopefully the trend is over.

[mwhpunk]

Originally posted by charlesincharge
I'd rather have someone dress like the ramones than wear vaux trucker hats and 50 million jelly bracelets and act like an obnoxious fool on stage. Like it or not, The White Stripes became popular because they have talent and the fact that they're actually good. They were around years before that new wave popularity started and people such as tatecore dismiss them because they're not some generic band like yellowcard. If it's not your cup of tea, so be it but they're far from dull and the fact that they so call "suck" is blasphemy.

Then again you have a senses fail avatar :cheeky:


HEY ARE YOU THE GUY WHO GOT THE MOST ANNOYING FORUM MEMBER OF THE YEAR!!????

[mirtizzle]

he is, but that doesn't dismiss the fact that he's right.

[kevin]

The White Stripes and The Strokes make simple, but really good, music. I can't believe you are bashing them. I'd listen to any of the bands you listed before I would put on a Senses Fail album.

[BuriedAlive]

Originally posted by mirtizzle
he is, but that doesn't dismiss the fact that he's right.

he just proved a point. but he is right about senses fail... wow, they are nothing special either. white stripes.. well the guy has alot of talent recording pretty much the whole record by himself... now thats talent. but it doesnt mean i like them.

[worldstheory]

Originally posted by kevin
The White Stripes and The Strokes make simple, but really good, music. I can't believe you are bashing them. I'd listen to any of the bands you listed before I would put on a Senses Fail album. Senses Fail hasn't put out an album yet, dumbfuck.

[pUnkKid174]

lets see, in order by alphabet!

the all american rejects
the ataris
the casualties
the early november
the hives
the lawrence arms
the movielife
the strokes
the suicide machines
the used
the vines
the white stripes

there's more but i dont want to write them down

the ataris, the early november, the lawrence arms, the movielife, the suicide machines, and the used are pretty good out of all those...

[takingbackrufio]

I can't see how White Stripes got popular ... I barely even play guitar and I can play Seven Nation Army with my fucking eyes closed, and on drums it's just as easy. But, I guess that means they're that good if they can make simple music and become that popular ... meh, they're not too horrible. I'd listen to them over Britney Spears or Beyonce.

[blacksails001]

Originally posted by cymbals110
The White Stripes
The Strokes
The Vines
The Hives
The bleh bleh bleh
The so on and yeah....

get the point. That trend that started 2001-2002 or whenever... I can't stand any of them.... they have dull music with the retro sound... like what old recordings sound like. I just don't like the music they make.

All those bands are awesome. They're actually bringing back some of the good old rock music from the 70's. Especially the White Stripes and The Strokes. Jack White's an awesome guitar player to. :)

[kevin]

Originally posted by worldstheory
Senses Fail hasn't put out an album yet, dumbfuck.

That's besides the point, he says those bands suck yet he listens to crap like Senses Fail.

[kevin]

Originally posted by takingbackrufio
I can't see how White Stripes got popular ... I barely even play guitar and I can play Seven Nation Army with my fucking eyes closed, and on drums it's just as easy. But, I guess that means they're that good if they can make simple music and become that popular ... meh, they're not too horrible. I'd listen to them over Britney Spears or Beyonce.

But it's original, innovative and something fresh for mainstream music. Just because you can play Jack's songs doesn't mean you could come up with them.

[BuriedAlive]

Originally posted by kevin
That's besides the point, he says those bands suck yet he listens to crap like Senses Fail.

so true about Senses Fail.

[worldstheory]

Originally posted by kevin
That's besides the point, he says those bands suck yet he listens to crap like Senses Fail. So I guess he should only listen to bands YOU like, huh?

[sweetsugar]

This is stupid, you can't say a band sucks because the have the name The in the title........this argument is fucking stupid.
Charles in charge is right btw.

[theteenageloser]

Originally posted by sweetsugar
This is stupid, you can't say a band sucks because the have the name The in the title........this argument is fucking stupid.
Charles in charge is right btw.

*Agrees*

[unsung_zero02]

Originally posted by takingbackrufio
I can't see how White Stripes got popular ... I barely even play guitar and I can play Seven Nation Army with my fucking eyes closed, and on drums it's just as easy.


that song is annoying. i heard that the white stripes use the same drum beat in all or most of their songs..is that true? i don't listen to them but it's an interesting fact to know i guess..

[BuriedAlive]

Originally posted by unsung_zero02
that song is annoying. i heard that the white stripes use the same drum beat in all or most of their songs..is that true? i don't listen to them but it's an interesting fact to know i guess..
not sure but considering the singer is also the bassist, guitarist, and the drummer on the album there is a chance. he wrote the tabs and all the lyrics.

[kevin]

Originally posted by unsung_zero02
that song is annoying. i heard that the white stripes use the same drum beat in all or most of their songs..is that true? i don't listen to them but it's an interesting fact to know i guess..

Of course they don't use the same drum beat on every song. God damn this place is full of idiots.

[pUnkKid174]

http://hardcorelyrics.com/listBands.aspx

look at all the "the" bands in there

[shetpisfock]

it doesnt matter if you play something that you learned from a tab with your eyes closed. What makes them great is because they WROTE it. And The Hives are better than senses fail, early november or any of that garbage.

[kevin]

Originally posted by shetpisfock
it doesnt matter if you play something that you learned from a tab with your eyes closed. What makes them great is because they WROTE it. And The Hives are better than senses fail, early november or any of that garbage.

Exactly.

My brother and I can play every Beatles song. Are you trying to say they suck too?

[mwhpunk]

there are a lot of "the" bands out there that are pretty good... but the hives, vines, and white stripes need to board a ship to antartica where nobody has to listen to their shit.


p.s... i'm sorry ppl of antartica for sending them down.

[kevin]

That's pretty funny.

[notxemoxdreamo]

I didn't realize that using a simple article in front of a band's name meant that they were following some trend. Just because you picked up Rolling Stone or Alternative Press in 2001-2002 doesn't mean that a trend of using the article "the" in front of band's names was begun at that moment you thick-skulled twats...

Also, the fact that a band's music may be easy to play after hearing it once or reading a tab doesn't mean that it is a forgettable recording. Adding frivilous complexity to a recording doesn't make it a good one.

[MaybeOneDay]

Originally posted by theteenageloser
*Agrees*

you..and the person you agreed with..learn to read.

he didn't say he hated those bands because they had "the" in their names...he just said he happens to hate them all and that they all have "the" in their names. which would explain why he grouped them all into one thread.

[BuriedAlive]

Originally posted by MaybeOneDay
you..and the person you agreed with..learn to read.

he didn't say he hated those bands because they had "the" in their names...he just said he happens to hate them all and that they all have "the" in their names. which would explain why he grouped them all into one thread.
haha you guys just got verbally bitch slapped... haha

[theteenageloser]

Eh. Yes. You're right. Sorry.

[notxemoxdreamo]

Originally posted by MaybeOneDay
you..and the person you agreed with..learn to read.

he didn't say he hated those bands because they had "the" in their names...he just said he happens to hate them all and that they all have "the" in their names. which would explain why he grouped them all into one thread.

If I were to allow your little blurb to be true...then I would have to ask you how this kid thinks that there is a trend of "the" bands coming out of the woodwork. When have there not been "the" bands along the course of popular music's history?

[MaybeOneDay]

Originally posted by notxemoxdreamo
If I were to allow your little blurb to be true...then I would have to ask you how this kid thinks that there is a trend of "the" bands coming out of the woodwork. When have there not been "the" bands along the course of popular music's history?

That has nothing to do with what I said. I simply stated that he only put all these bands in the same thread, because of the similarity in there names. And cleared up that he doesn't hate them because they have "the" in the band name.

I never said anything about the trend thats being discussed here. Of course there have always been bands in the spotlight with "the" in their names.

[falling_star]

yeah, i hate the white stripes.. lol
the used is good. the ataris is good.. etc..
the strokes is actaully okay..
butthe white stripes.. no.

[Touched]

"The" bands suck? What about The Nofx and The Pennywise?




:rolleyes:

[xnotedgex]

the white stripes will be in the rock n roll hall of fame one day, and deservedly so...they innovate

[takingbackrufio]

Originally posted by xnotedgex
the white stripes will be in the rock n roll hall of fame one day, and deservedly so...they innovate Yeah, creating the simplest guitar/drum pieces has never been done so damn good. :rolleyes:

[kevin]

You just don't get it.

Let's take the Ramones and Clash. Two innovative bands, both simple, buh both equally deserving of the hall of fame.

[xnotedgex]

Originally posted by takingbackrufio
Yeah, creating the simplest guitar/drum pieces has never been done so damn good. :rolleyes:

ooh...it's simple. it can't be good...the thing is, i'd bet everything i own that you couldn't write songs half as good

[kevin]

Exactly, innovative music does not have to be complicated.

[takingbackrufio]

I could never dream of writing songs as good as the White Stripes do. Kevin, I don't want to start this shit with you, because we can't agree on anything. I never said shit about the White Stripes being untalented, or undeserving of anywhere they've gotten. I just made a simple statement about how the White Stripes music is quite simple when it comes to guitar/drum work, and I find that kind of odd. But, it seems that they are 'innovative' enough, as you like to call it, to make it big in this music industry. So, just don't say anything, because you've gotten your point across, and I half heartedly agree with you. I won't take this any further, because it's pointless.

[kevin]

I'm not trying to start anything. But the way your statement came across made it seem like you think they were undiserving and overrated.

[still_life]

The Strokes are the only one I like out of those. They're pretty damn good. A lot better than most shit jocked on this site.

[still_life]

As for The White Stripes, they are completely horrible. They are not original. They take 70's rock and dumb it down for the MTV masses. I know a kid who started playing Seven Nation Army perfectly, 10 minutes after picking up a guitar for the first time (and he spent about 7 of those minutes fooling around with other stuff). And technical doesn't mean good, but when you write some boring, simplistic shit like that guy in The White Stripes, then it's bad music. And that drummer could be replaced by a fucking metronome. She's just awful. It's a disgrace that Rolling Stone ranked Jack White or whatever the fuck his name is in the top 15 guitarists of all time. He shouldn't even be in the top 1500. They don't deserve a damn thing.

[takingbackrufio]

Originally posted by kevin
I'm not trying to start anything. But the way your statement came across made it seem like you think they were undiserving and overrated. There are two sides to everything. Lets not let something as stupid as this get out of hand.

[dretti]

Originally posted by still_life
The Strokes are the only one I like out of those. They're pretty damn good. A lot better than most shit jocked on this site.

[dretti]

i've also grown to like the stills lately...

[xnotedgex]

Originally posted by still_life
As for The White Stripes, they are completely horrible. They are not original. They take 70's rock and dumb it down for the MTV masses. I know a kid who started playing Seven Nation Army perfectly, 10 minutes after picking up a guitar for the first time (and he spent about 7 of those minutes fooling around with other stuff). And technical doesn't mean good, but when you write some boring, simplistic shit like that guy in The White Stripes, then it's bad music. And that drummer could be replaced by a fucking metronome. She's just awful. It's a disgrace that Rolling Stone ranked Jack White or whatever the fuck his name is in the top 15 guitarists of all time. He shouldn't even be in the top 1500. They don't deserve a damn thing.

they dumb it down for the mtv masses eh....so they dumbed everything down when they were releasing stuff on smypathy for the record industry...cuz that stuff was really popular...they've only been releasing music for the past couple few years....just like blink 182 huh

[sockkaction]

i feel a lot stupider after reading all of this

[still_life]

Originally posted by xnotedgex
they dumb it down for the mtv masses eh....so they dumbed everything down when they were releasing stuff on smypathy for the record industry...cuz that stuff was really popular...they've only been releasing music for the past couple few years....just like blink 182 huh

I don't know, did they? I don't care what they did before they got popular. I'm sure it was nothing special. They're horrible.

[BuriedAlive]

Originally posted by charlesincharge
Good job making yourself look like an idiot when you obviously have no clue what you're talking about.
haha ya he really did.

[still_life]

Originally posted by charlesincharge
Good job making yourself look like an idiot when you obviously have no clue what you're talking about.

The only idiot would be the person that thinks The White Stripes are good. I gave valid reasons as to why they're horrible.

[sockkaction]

okay, i am addressing still_life's original post on why the white stripes are bad. i don't know how to fake html so i will creatively seperate his original statements from mine

RETARD They are not original. They take 70's rock and dumb it down for the MTV masses. RETARD

NONRETARD there are roughly 4 completely original rock and roll bands and you don't listen to any of them. i guarantee it. also, the white stripes play the blues, some country, and some twee pop. i dunno if the term "70s rock" encompasses these genres or what. NONRETARD

RETARD I know a kid who started playing Seven Nation Army perfectly, 10 minutes after picking up a guitar for the first time (and he spent about 7 of those minutes fooling around with other stuff). RETARD

NONRETARD no he didn't. NONRETARD

RETARD And technical doesn't mean good, but when you write some boring, simplistic shit like that guy in The White Stripes, then it's bad music. RETARD

NONRETARD you contradict yourself. NONRETARD

RETARD And that drummer could be replaced by a fucking metronome. She's just awful. RETARD

NONRETARD metronomes are wildly praised for their ability to keep time. this is what drummers are supposed to do in a rock and roll band. i am sure that ms white is flattered by your compliment. NONRETARD

RETARD It's a disgrace that Rolling Stone ranked Jack White or whatever the fuck his name is in the top 15 guitarists of all time. He shouldn't even be in the top 1500. They don't deserve a damn thing. RETARD

NONRETARD and ivan julian should've been included along with robert quine for their work with the voidoids. readers polls arent without fault. NONRETARD

thank you and god bless

[takingbackrufio]

*Claps hands*

[em0]

all the bands you mention do indeed suck.

[still_life]

You don't even know how to use the quote button. You're not allowed to call someone a retard.

"there are roughly 4 completely original rock and roll bands and you don't listen to any of them. i guarantee it."

Wow, what a crock of shit that is. Rush, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Stooges, Led Zeppelin, and Jimi Hendrix are all bands that have vastly different sounds. That's 6, and I could name more if I wanted to.

Yes, he was able to learn Seven Nation Army that fast. It's a fucking ridiculously easy song (and it comes equipped with stupid lyrics, awful vocals, and boring drumming).

I didn't contradict myself. You must not know how to fucking read properly. Music doesn't have to be technical to be good, but if it's simple then it better result in something interesting.

Wow, so she can keep time, slow time. Put someone behind a drum set and within a hour they'll match or do something better than her.

That wasn't a reader's poll smartass.

If you're going to try to look smart, you need better execution.

[Lueda Alia]

all the bands you mention do indeed suck.

but there are a few exceptions.... the ataris, the used, the cure and plenty others.

yeah, ditto.

[sockkaction]

"Wow, what a crock of shit that is. Rush, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Stooges, Led Zeppelin, and Jimi Hendrix are all bands that have vastly different sounds. That's 6, and I could name more if I wanted to."

90% of rock bands are derivative of another band. those four aren't any different.

"Yes, he was able to learn Seven Nation Army that fast. It's a fucking ridiculously easy song (and it comes equipped with stupid lyrics, awful vocals, and boring drumming)."

did he learn the entire thing in 10 minutes, 7 of which, as you said, he was fucking around, including the solo?

"I didn't contradict myself. You must not know how to fucking read properly. Music doesn't have to be technical to be good, but if it's simple then it better result in something interesting. "

why is the song bad aside from being not technical. all of your dislike of it seems to spring from how simple it is. simple guitar, simple drumming, slow tempo. what is an example of a good simple song so i can see what your barometer for good is.

"Wow, so she can keep time, slow time. Put someone behind a drum set and within a hour they'll match or do something better than her."

slow songs use slow drumming? could that be why she isnt going at 400 beats per minute?

"That wasn't a reader's poll smartass."

you got me there.

"If you're going to try to look smart, you need better execution."

please lead by example

and rush sucks

[takingbackrufio]

I didn't clap my hands at you. I misread everything you said ...

This goes to still_life. *Claps hands*

[still_life]

Rush sucks? Wow, your opinions are becoming more invalid as time goes by. They have like 20 albums and are still together. They must be doing something right. Neil Peart is always viewed as one of the best drummers ever. You just must not like prog rock if you don't like Rush.

"90% of rock bands are derivative of another band. those four aren't any different." What? You're really bringing out the stupidity. There has been a ton of original bands in rock since the 60's. Where do you think all these genres and sub-genres have come from? Bands will always add variations on existing styles of music to advance them. That is being original.

Why is it a bad song? His vocals are awful. The lyrics are stupid. The guitar isn't interesting nor is the drumming. There's nothing about that song that makes me want to hear it again.

A good simple song? Bright Eyes - It's Cool, We Can Still Be Friends. 4 chords over and over on an acoustic with good lyrics and passionate vocals. It's even more than a good song really, and it's simple. Also a lot of Weezer songs are simple and they rule.

[sockkaction]

:`( :`( :`(

[BanMe]

Just stopping in to say Rush kicks ass and is exponentially better than The White Stripes.

[takingbackrufio]

:`( :`( :`(
I'll be the first to ask ...

What the hell was that supposed to be? Crying?

Ouch.

[sockkaction]

i dont even like the white stripesm very much. i like arguing with people that i dont know much more. it's because in real life i'm a tiny guy.

[ryan]

the seven nation army riff may not be complicated but its so recognizable and catchy, which makes it really effective. and theres alot more to the song than that one little riff.

the song is played with a slide and in an alternate tuning. and its not like you can just pick up a guitar and in 3 minutes learn it.

[takingbackrufio]

the seven nation army riff may not be complicated but its so recognizable and catchy, which makes it really effective. and theres alot more to the song than that one little riff.

the song is played with a slide and in an alternate tuning. and its not like you can just pick up a guitar and in 3 minutes learn it.
You can't deny that it's fucking easy. It took me literally under 5 minutes to play it and it sounded perfect. And the drum part: same story.