Bands that used to be good.

[pcyph]

List bands that used to be good and now they aren't.


I'll start,

Pennywise
Rancid

[versus_god]

Against Me!
Alkaline Trio

[AP_Punk]

your mom.

[versus_god]

My mom.

[AP_Punk]

His mom.

[Susan Sarandon]

I look at this topic as "Bands I was into when I was 15 that I never liked later releases from, maybe because I 'grew out of it' or maybe because they later flat out blew."

A Static Lullaby, Finch, Anti-Flag, From Autumn to Ashes, Atreyu, etc.

[bowl of oranges]

Against Me!
Alkaline Trioword

[pcyph]

I look at this topic as "Bands I was into when I was 15 that I never liked later releases from, maybe because I 'grew out of it' or maybe because they later flat out blew."

A Static Lullaby, Finch, Anti-Flag, From Autumn to Ashes, Atreyu, etc.

To be honest I was unaware that A Static Lullaby was ever good,

i just recently found out about them

[pcyph]

Her mom.

according to what this site tells me

[Susan Sarandon]

To be honest I was unaware that A Static Lullaby was ever good,

i just recently found out about them

In the opinion of my fifteen year-old self, they were very good.

http://www.interpunk.com/itemimages2/21023.jpg

Loved it. Ate it right up.

[Troggy]

In the opinion of my fifteen year-old self, they were very good.

http://www.interpunk.com/itemimages2/21023.jpg

Loved it. Ate it right up.

I don't really listen to it but I still have that one. Same boat as you.

[pcyph]

Have Heart,

because of their new CD.

It sucks.

[AP_Punk]

In the opinion of my fifteen year-old self, they were very good.

http://www.interpunk.com/itemimages2/21023.jpg

Loved it. Ate it right up.

when i was 14, i thought the lyrics on that album ruled.

looking back now, it's pretty funny.

[Troggy]

when i was 14, i thought the lyrics on that album ruled.

looking back now, it's pretty funny.

we should have a club, people our age who loved that record in high school.

[AP_Punk]

we should have a club, people our age who loved that record in high school.

poems to the dead club

[pcyph]

Metro Station used to be amazing but then they sold out.

[Getup and Dance]

The Dillinger Escape Plan
Against Me!
The Blood Brothers
Boy Sets Fire
Boys night out

Not bands but,

Jay-Z
Kanye West
NAS
Mack 10
Lil Wayne
Ice Cube

[TheOtherAndrew]

Kirbie's mom.

[Getup and Dance]

Have Heart,

because of their new CD.

It sucks.

Metro Station used to be amazing but then they sold out.

Just stop talking, Have Hearts new album was great and Metro Station always sucked.

[AP_Punk]

Kirbie's mom.

she said all you would do is just sit there and cry.

[pcyph]

Just stop talking, Have Hearts new album was great and Metro Station always sucked.

was kidding about metro station

and i hate have heart's new album, its so slow compared to their old stuff

KTHX.

(p.s. you got trolled)

[Troggy]

poems to the dead club

hahahaha. i still like 'annunciate...' though. good song.

[Carlo Marx]

smash mouth

[JimmyIymmiJ]

Live was pretty sweet when I was 14. They've been pretty awful for a good 10 years now though.

List bands that used to be good and now they aren't.


I'll start,

Pennywise
Rancid

I thought "Indestructible" was pretty decent, and that was Rancid's last studio album. The problem is more that they haven't come out with anything in 5 years.

[IWasaCamera]

Belle & Sebastian
Wilco
My Morning Jacket
Silver Jews

[pcyph]

Taking Back Sunday

[IWasaCamera]

Never good.

[pcyph]

You really don't enjoy Tell All Your Friends at all!?!

[versus_god]

I don't.

[pcyph]

meh,

The Offspring.

[sandra92]

Linkin Park
Smasing Pumpkins used to be better , but i still like them ..

[bassdrummer2333]

Linkin Park was always such a confusing band, the keys/electronics were always kind of cheesy but the inconsistency of rapping and singing turned me off.

[JimmyIymmiJ]

Linkin Park
Smasing Pumpkins used to be better , but i still like them ..

Oh my, I don't think I've liked much of anything they've put out since "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness," save for a couple of songs here and there.

[timbedinosaur]

As much as I hate to say this, the way their going, I'd have to say AFI. (ouch that hurts)
Also, another one that hurts, Lostprophets
Finally, the last one that hurts, Silverstein.

[thespearkid]

The Beatles.

[makeasound]

The Used.

[wewascontenders]

Have Heart,

because of their new CD.

It sucks.

not true.

[domotime2]

there's no band that i used to like that i dont like anymore

[slenygoodbi]

good charlotte.

damn i miss middle school them

story of the year

got very hardcore over the years...

[EchoPark]

Strung Out(although the most recent album Black Hawks over Los Angeles was a great return to form).

Almost all of Fat Wreck Chords roster(except for Propagandhi and NOFX)

Saves The Day

Suicide Machines

Metallica

[CrenshawPunch]

Emery.

[versus_god]

Almost all of Fat Wreck Chords roster(except for Propagandhi and NOFX)

The Lawrence Arms
Dillinger Four
Descendents
Lagwagon
Avail
Dead to Me
The Loved Ones
American Steel
Sainte Catherines
Strike Anywhere
Smoke Or Fire
Mad Caddies
Randy
Swingin Utters

uhhh

[xSpillFiction]

Cobra Starship... they were never Midtown or anything, but their first album was fun. Their new album is a total trainwreck.

[tfar06]

we should have a club, people our age who loved that record in high school.
i'll join.

against me!
idiot pilot

[tfar06]

The Dillinger Escape Plan
Against Me!
The Blood Brothers
Boy Sets Fire
Boys night out

Not bands but,

Jay-Z
Kanye West
NAS
Mack 10
Lil Wayne
Ice Cube
jay z still got it & kanyes graduation is amazing

[failingwithease]

The Used.

Seconded.

[Chris Fallon]

Metro Station used to be amazing but then they sold out.
Probably the funniest thing I have ever read in my life.

[Regards]

we should have a club, people our age who loved that record in high school.
Count me in. Every once in a while it pops up in shuffle, and I'll still jam to it haha.

[SLoT]

AFI, Slayer, Slipknot (we'll see what happens with this new cd, but i doubt it), Metallica, Wakefield, Weezer.

[pcyph]

Probably the funniest thing I have ever read in my life.

I hope you caught the sarcasm

[wtfmates]

Boys Night Out

I still can't get over the fact that the same band that released Trainwreck is capable of releasing the mediocre garbage that is their self-titled album.

[Judge'sDaughter]

Against Me!
Alkaline Trio
qft

[Ozy]

Anti-Flag
Taking Back Sunday
The Offspring

All of their lastest albums have been disappointing as hell.

[popdisaster00]

Taking Back Sunday.

[IWasaCamera]

You really don't enjoy Tell All Your Friends at all!?!
No.
Probably the funniest thing I have ever read in my life.
Was the joke that funny?

[kafe]

we should have a club, people our age who loved that record in high school.

Can i join? also loved that album when i was 14.

[Jumpoff]

I don't.

We should start a club :-d


Kanye
Nas
Redman
Against Me!

[mattmatumbo]

afi, atreyu, from autumn to ashes, comeback kid is on the way out i think, mastodon, mighty mighty bosstones, murder by death, off minor, red sparrowes, the unseen... etc

[Jumpoff]

afi, atreyu, from autumn to ashes, comeback kid is on the way out i think, mastodon, mighty mighty bosstones, murder by death, off minor, red sparrowes, the unseen... etc

Really? I can somewhat see the rest, and I guess Mastodon/Red Sparowes make sense, but Off Minor and MbD are still great :shrug:

[mattmatumbo]

Really? I can somewhat see the rest, and I guess Mastodon/Red Sparowes make sense, but Off Minor and MbD are still great :shrug:

mbd is just a tad out there now, i loved who will survive and only a few songs off of in bocca but the new one was just odd. Off minor, i think i expect too much hot cross from them which is weird.

[lukenelson]

i think against me! is as good as ever :shrug:

[WithThePunches]

i think against me! is as good as ever :shrug:
agreed. i think New Wave is a great record.

im just gonna name a record and many of you will remember this as a really great pop punk band just a few short years ago...as opposed to the overweight, overdressed, overexposed "band" they are now.

Fall Out Boy- Take This To Your Grave

[Judge'sDaughter]

I am shocked that the search function was not brought up on the first page

[Judge'sDaughter]

i think against me! is as good as ever :shrug:

agreed. i think New Wave is a great record.

im just gonna name a record and many of you will remember this as a really great pop punk band just a few short years ago...as opposed to the overweight, overdressed, overexposed "band" they are now.

Fall Out Boy- Take This To Your Grave

Against Me! still makes great music, but it's hard to get into their new stuff when you see 12 and 13 year olds running around in New Wave shirts, listening to Against Me! on the radio and MTV. It's shit. How did an anarchist band get onto MTV? They sold out. Don't get me wrong, I still love their music, but as people they suck.

[WithThePunches]

Against Me! still makes great music, but it's hard to get into their new stuff when you see 12 and 13 year olds running around in New Wave shirts, listening to Against Me! on the radio and MTV. It's shit. How did an anarchist band get onto MTV? They sold out. Don't get me wrong, I still love their music, but as people they suck.
yeah its natural to wanna hate when you see bands blow up and give the impression that they embrace and support all the bullshit that goes along with major media marketing success (aka MTV)

BUT, you obviously got into the band because you loved their MUSIC not the fact that you heard them thru a less mainstream source. throwing around "Sell Out" seems a little harsh and as dudes...they are super nice and still stand for the same principles they wrote about on "Axle Rose".

[Circa1628]

one band, three words

Gym Class Heroes

[thespearkid]

one band, three words

Gym Class Heroes
Thanks for clarifying the amount of bands and words in your post.

[SanePsychotic]

This has probably already been brought up (I only read the first page), but I strongly disagree with people who say that Alkaline Trio isn't good anymore. I enjoy their entire catalog and everything is solid.

Also, Against Me! isn't really bad. They're not great or anything, but I liked New Wave for the most part.

[Ouch]

Linkin Park
Smasing Pumpkins used to be better , but i still like them ..

I would agree with you if Linkin Park were ever good.

Also, Slash's side projects.

[Getup and Dance]

Thanks for clarifying the amount of bands and words in your post.

Mabye he thought we were playing charades?

[Troggy]

Count me in. Every once in a while it pops up in shuffle, and I'll still jam to it haha.

Yeah i put it on last night since I was reminded of it, with the exception of 'a song for a broken heart', I can still enjoy it all the way through.

Can i join? also loved that album when i was 14.

Of course. If there is enough interest maybe we can have a thread or something ;)

[Pluto.]

In myyyyy humble opinion...I'm going with Alexisonfire.

[SanePsychotic]

I would agree with you if Linkin Park were ever good.

Also, Slash's side projects.

What are you talking about?! HYBRID THEORY ROX! :headbang:

[Ouch]

What are you talking about?! HYBRID THEORY ROX! :headbang:

The only reason i'd ever listen to that album again is for memory of my wack childhood.

[guitarpickheart]

meh,

The Offspring.

I don't think they're that bad.

[SanePsychotic]

The only reason i'd ever listen to that album again is for memory of my wack childhood.

I listen to it every now and then actually. It's not great by any means but it brings me back. Kind of like how I'll listen to a Limp Bizkit song a few times a year. :shrug:

[Getup and Dance]

jay z still got it & kanyes graduation is amazing

I wouldn't say Jay-Z still has it, The Blue print and Volume 1, 2, and 3 were his best record. He did good with the black album but Kingdom Come and American Gangster in my opinion werent that great and really downhill from his other works.

And for Kanye, I still think Late Registration was his best album so far.

[pcyph]

I listen to it every now and then actually. It's not great by any means but it brings me back. Kind of like how I'll listen to a Limp Bizkit song a few times a year. :shrug:

ITS JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

by the way, when did Murder By Death get bad? I still like them as much as ever

[polock]

Belle & Sebastian
Wilco
My Morning Jacket
Silver Jews

i couldn't have read a more wrong answer

[mynameiscarterr]

Have Heart,

because of their new CD.

It sucks.

Eh. It's okay.
It's not nearly as good as their old stuff, but I don't think it sucks.

[pcyph]

Eh. It's okay.
It's not nearly as good as their old stuff, but I don't think it sucks.

I don't man, I listen to hardcore to go to live shows, and I just can't see many(if any) songs that will be good fun live. It's all too slow.

[amylyn]

I think Against Me!'s still got it.
but hey that's just my opinion. :D

[tfar06]

I wouldn't say Jay-Z still has it, The Blue print and Volume 1, 2, and 3 were his best record. He did good with the black album but Kingdom Come and American Gangster in my opinion werent that great and really downhill from his other works.

And for Kanye, I still think Late Registration was his best album so far.
american gangster is real good in my opinion and late registration was the worst. college dropout>graduation>late registration

[slickgist]

AFI
millencolin
actually
the entire epitaph records, fearless records, victory records got shitty as well

[micahistheballs]

Queen

[Ouch]

michaistheballs

[IWasaCamera]

i couldn't have read a more wrong answer
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is spectacular. A Ghost Is Born is decent at best. Sky Blue Sky is wholly forgettable. Therefore, Wilco used to be but no longer is good.

[allhourcymbals]

And Don't Forget to Breathe was good for me at 15 too.

Alkaline Trio.
Whoa, I haven't seen you around in a while.

Aaand, No Doubt.

[kafe]

AFI
millencolin
actually
the entire epitaph records, fearless records, victory records got shitty as well

Agreed, they are shit now but used to be sweet

[boykosaurus]

Some of the "alternative" music I grew up with. Fuel, Smash Mouth, Barenaked Ladies, etc.

[tslxmilesapart]

sadly fall out boy

take this to your grave is such a good cd

[jaimegill]

saves the day

one of my favorite bands ever, but "sound the alarm" was alright and "under the boards" really isnt anything special at all. very dissapointed in the band they've become, but i guess a band can't stay the same forever and i'll always have SWYA, TBC and CSD to listen to.

[Billy Da Mute]

haha wow i second with everyone on a static lullaby, "dont forget to breathe" was on rotation every week in highschool. TBS, from autumn to ashes, i agree with falloutboy, and im going to have to say goldfinger (sorry, not down with the new shit). uhmm i was actually big on the starting line, the used, etc. thought they were all so good back them. and ^ post above me..you're right with a band can't stay the same forever, music itself and the scene is changing and we're just watching all the artists we grew up with age and grow up

[Roton7]

Emarosa. I know they've only been around for like a year anyways, but they've already gone totally downhill since Jonny joined.

[mynameiscarterr]

I don't man, I listen to hardcore to go to live shows, and I just can't see many(if any) songs that will be good fun live. It's all too slow.

Eh. I understand your concern.
Slow songs can be good too. They're just not always as fun live.

[mynameiscarterr]

saves the day

one of my favorite bands ever, but "sound the alarm" was alright and "under the boards" really isnt anything special at all. very dissapointed in the band they've become, but i guess a band can't stay the same forever and i'll always have SWYA, TBC and CSD to listen to.

Saves The Day is the greatest band of all time and everything they have ever released is incredible.

[IWasaCamera]

Saves The Day is the greatest band of all time and everything they have ever released is incredible.
haha

[jaimegill]

Saves The Day is the greatest band of all time and everything they have ever released is incredible.

oh, oh yeah i must;ve forgot. my bad.

[Burning Star IV]

Lately, I've been pondering where Finger Eleven went wrong.

Tip and The Greyest of Blue Skies were solid, S/T was enjoyable (except that the song "One Thing" is the most annoying song possibly ever).

Them Vs. You Vs. Me is an atrocious album. The song "Paralyzer" has some of the worst lyrics I've ever read and the whole disc is just one giant crock of shit.

[Kneeka]

Emarosa. I know they've only been around for like a year anyways, but they've already gone totally downhill since Jonny joined.


Jonny was the best thing that happened to them.

[mynameiscarterr]

oh, oh yeah i must;ve forgot. my bad.

Hahahaha.
Its totally understandable why some people wouldn't like "Sound The Alarm" and "Under The Boards."
They are both a very belligerant step away from everything that made them what they are.
Both albums feature: a very dirty and distorted bass, Chris's new whiny nasally sneer, dark and sinister music with the ever present descriptive lyrics and a more overall aggressive style.
They are much different than anything Saves The Day has ever released before.

Just because STA and UTB are different than what you are comfortable with doesn't mean that they suck. I think that they are both very good albums. They're not as good as SWYA or TBC, but they are still very good and solid albums.

Personally, my favorite Saves The Day album is "In Reverie."

[makeasound]

Aaand, No Doubt.
Agree wholeheartedly.

[Markus1186]

Thrice
No Use For A Name

[Billy Da Mute]

Saves The Day is the greatest band of all time and everything they have ever released is incredible.

haha i agree with you on that 100%

[allhourcymbals]

Agree wholeheartedly.
Can't wait to see what this new album is going to sound like.

[tfar06]

coheed, thrice, thursday all that stuff i listened to in high schoool. i dont listen to it thatm uch anymore. once in a awhile ill listen to thrices illusion of safety, thursdays full collapse and coheeds in keeping secrets.

[daft_en_direkt]

Metro Station used to be amazing but then they sold out.
Sorry, no..
they were always a joke.

[doyouhas?]

The Dillinger Escape Plan
Against Me!
The Blood Brothers
Boy Sets Fire
Boys night out




yeah....terrible


except that Young Machetes is probably my favorite record from them. mixes the best parts of crimes with their older sound. everything they ever did was great.

[chipdip18]

coheed, thrice, thursday all that stuff i listened to in high schoool. i dont listen to it thatm uch anymore. once in a awhile ill listen to thrices illusion of safety, thursdays full collapse and coheeds in keeping secrets.

You didn't like Burning Star IV?

[guitarpickheart]

Sorry, no..
they were always a joke.


They were being sarcastic.

[Burning Star IV]

You didn't like Burning Star IV?
Well I don't like him either. What a jerk!

[TylerTragedy]

Avenged effing sevenfold.

what the hell happened to them............

[Getup and Dance]

Avenged effing sevenfold.

what the hell happened to them............

They were always shitty.

[AlternateToLife]

Avenged effing sevenfold.

what the hell happened to them............

:lol:

[tfar06]

You didn't like Burning Star IV?
i did at t time, same with waitng, war all the time, the first coheed album and artist in the ambulance but those r the only cds i listen to by them now. oh well.

[amosrock]

The offspring
Green Day
Gavin Rossdale (good in bush...bad out of bush)
From first to last
Yellowcard
copeland (still a good band...but i feel like they've been going downhill with their last couple albums)
incubus (again...still a good band...but going downhill)
orgy

[TylerTragedy]

meh to the tallica.

if death magnetic isn't awesome, i will no longer be listening to any metallica at all ever.

[Troggy]

i did at t time, same with waitng, war all the time, the first coheed album and artist in the ambulance but those r the only cds i listen to by them now. oh well.

Second Stage Turbine Blade and Artist in the Ambulance are both really good records, although I can see you not wanting to listen to the last two Coheed or post Artist Thrice, because I don't really listen to those either.

incubus (again...still a good band...but going downhill)

Really? Light Grenades is great.

[Billy Da Mute]

Second Stage Turbine Blade and Artist in the Ambulance are both really good records, although I can see you not wanting to listen to the last two Coheed or post Artist Thrice, because I don't really listen to those either.



Really? Light Grenades is great.

I enjoy Light Grenades but it's nowhere near close to touching Morning View Crow Left Of The Murder, or the rest. I'll always respect them as artists and they're def one of my favorite from back in the day but i think the Incubus I grew up on may be winding down

[amosrock]

eh i didn't like it that much...the thing with incubus is they were one of my favorite bands in high school...but then i kinda grew out of them...so i still love the old stuff...i guess it kinda takes me back a bit...but the newer stuff just doesn't do it for me

[amosrock]

as far as coheed goes...in keeping secrets is definitely their best album...but honestly they haven't had a single song on any album i didn't love...i thought the last 2 albums were great...no world for tomorrow is def better than good apollo imo...

as far as thursday goes i think they are kinda going slightly down hill....i mean war all the time was def the best record...with full collapse right behind it (actually i'd say they're both equally great)...acbtld was ok but not great....hopefully the next one will be better

i never really got into thrice...something about them just never made me really like them all that much

[Troggy]

eh i didn't like it that much...the thing with incubus is they were one of my favorite bands in high school...but then i kinda grew out of them...so i still love the old stuff...i guess it kinda takes me back a bit...but the newer stuff just doesn't do it for me

:shrug: I have been listening to them for that long too but they really have been consistently changing for the better over time, to me at least.

[AlternateToLife]

you probably could have done that all in one post.... just saying.

[Troggy]

I enjoy Light Grenades but it's nowhere near close to touching Morning View Crow Left Of The Murder, or the rest. I'll always respect them as artists and they're def one of my favorite from back in the day but i think the Incubus I grew up on may be winding down

"Oil and Water" is glorious.

[Billy Da Mute]

you probably could have done that all in one post.... just saying.

needed to quote you because you have fucking tony wonder as your avatar, you just got +2000 cool points in my book. plus youre from philly, way to rep it

[AlternateToLife]

needed to quote you because you have fucking tony wonder as your avatar, you just got +2000 cool points in my book. plus youre from philly, way to rep it

Haha Tony Wonder is probably the greatest guest star character ever. Glad you appreciate him as much as I do.

[Billy Da Mute]

"Oil and Water" is glorious.



I do enjoy it, and it's a good song. I enjoy "Rouges" too. I was just saying, in comparison to their older stuff..I'm getting older though, bands can't stay the same forever, Boyd's getting old I suppose, mid 30's?

[Billy Da Mute]

Haha Tony Wonder is probably the greatest guest star character ever. Glad you appreciate him as much as I do.

I idolize Tony Wonder


"They're not tricks Michael...they're illusions"

[GregChambers]

Guns N Roses
Metallica
Good Charlotte...man I loved their first CD
Green Day

[Troggy]

I do enjoy it, and it's a good song. I enjoy "Rouges" too. I was just saying, in comparison to their older stuff..I'm getting older though, bands can't stay the same forever, Boyd's getting old I suppose, mid 30's?

If Incubus had stayed the same, they would have disappeared like the rest of the pack years ago. Morning View is a better record than Light Grenades, but I don't think they are slipping. And now they are on hiatus so who knows when the next record will be. "Dig" is a great song too. It amazes me how that song didn't take off on the radio when that "sensitive" sounding Daughtry song is on every 5 minutes.

PS You are not "getting old" :rolleyes:

[Billy Da Mute]

If Incubus had stayed the same, they would have disappeared like the rest of the pack years ago. Morning View is a better record than Light Grenades, but I don't think they are slipping. And now they are on hiatus so who knows when the next record will be. "Dig" is a great song too. It amazes me how that song didn't take off on the radio when that "sensitive" sounding Daughtry song is on every 5 minutes.

PS You are not "getting old" :rolleyes:

well toushay then, and I agree with you on the fact if they stayed the same they would've slipped into the void with the rest. The beauty of Incubus is the fact that each album is extremely different then the last album. I enjoyed Light Grenades, I was in no way bashing it. I was just comparing it to the Incubus I grew up on, S.C.I.E.C.E was my first, followed by Fungus and so on. In my eyes LG is a radio friendly CD...and it's a good listen too. They just didn't have the energy and whatnot (or it seemed to me) that they did prior to it, hence the getting older comment.

ps. well technically, i mean i AM getting older as the days go by...:-)

[amosrock]

forgot to add weezer (pretty much everything since pinkerton has sucked big fat donkey dick)

and red hot chili peppers (sorry to anyone who doesn't agree...but honestly they've been remaking the same song over and over and over again for the past 10 years with slightly different riffs and different lyrics. the fact that i can hear the very first note on the guitar and tell that its a rhcp song without hearing anyone singing or anything...is ridiculous)

[Troggy]

well toushay then, and I agree with you on the fact if they stayed the same they would've slipped into the void with the rest. The beauty of Incubus is the fact that each album is extremely different then the last album. I enjoyed Light Grenades, I was in no way bashing it. I was just comparing it to the Incubus I grew up on, S.C.I.E.C.E was my first, followed by Fungus and so on. In my eyes LG is a radio friendly CD...and it's a good listen too. They just didn't have the energy and whatnot (or it seemed to me) that they did prior to it, hence the getting older comment.

ps. well technically, i mean i AM getting older as the days go by...:-)

Yeah they are vastly different from when they were writing stuff like "new skin", but hey that happens to most bands with age. I have a soft spot for SCIENCE and the Enjoy Incubus EP, but I really like that the band is still making relevant music. Light Grenades is radio friendly in some aspects because it has some hooky straight forward songs on it, but Incubus is an alternative rock sort of band and that's what they ought to be doing. Like I said, I thought "Dig" was plenty radio friendly enough, but the masses rejected it. Energy, maybe not in the sense of the heavy rock songs they had written previously, but I think they pull off the slower tempo with good results. Also I really dig the lyrics for Light Grenades, Brandon is as good as ever. Except the "Love Hurts" chorus haha. But hey you're not the only one who looks back to the older Incubus releases, those were what was big when we first got into the band.

[amosrock]

Yeah they are vastly different from when they were writing stuff like "new skin", but hey that happens to most bands with age. I have a soft spot for SCIENCE and the Enjoy Incubus EP, but I really like that the band is still making relevant music. Light Grenades is radio friendly in some aspects because it has some hooky straight forward songs on it, but Incubus is an alternative rock sort of band and that's what they ought to be doing. Like I said, I thought "Dig" was plenty radio friendly enough, but the masses rejected it. Energy, maybe not in the sense of the heavy rock songs they had written previously, but I think they pull off the slower tempo with good results. Also I really dig the lyrics for Light Grenades, Brandon is as good as ever. Except the "Love Hurts" chorus haha. But hey you're not the only one who looks back to the older Incubus releases, those were what was big when we first got into the band.

i think incubus is just the type of band that everyone has certain soft spots for...i started listening to them when make yourself came out...i love that album as well as morning view and a crow left of the murder...but i never really like science or enjoy incubus (though i own them both)....i think they are kind of a time period band...everyone loves them at some point...most people that were big fans always will enjoy incubus (no pun intended)...but the newer stuff won't always feel the same as the old stuff

but everyone who's been discussing this so far is right...there are some really good songs on light grenades

[Billy Da Mute]

Yeah they are vastly different from when they were writing stuff like "new skin", but hey that happens to most bands with age. I have a soft spot for SCIENCE and the Enjoy Incubus EP, but I really like that the band is still making relevant music. Light Grenades is radio friendly in some aspects because it has some hooky straight forward songs on it, but Incubus is an alternative rock sort of band and that's what they ought to be doing. Like I said, I thought "Dig" was plenty radio friendly enough, but the masses rejected it. Energy, maybe not in the sense of the heavy rock songs they had written previously, but I think they pull off the slower tempo with good results. Also I really dig the lyrics for Light Grenades, Brandon is as good as ever. Except the "Love Hurts" chorus haha. But hey you're not the only one who looks back to the older Incubus releases, those were what was big when we first got into the band.

well said, and I guess that's why I made the "I guess I'm getting older comment". You've got two years on me, so you must have seen more shit come and go then I have. It's just weird looking at the music scene now and looking at what I grew up with. I walked into hot topic the other day to get gauges and every band shirt they had in there (that wasn't a band three years older or more) had a stupid ass design on it with the most unessaccary ugly ass neon colors on it ever. When I stop and ask myself, "is this what the music scene is becoming?" I'm grateful for releases like Light Grenades. It keeps good music pumping through all the shit today (and I'm not against all new bands..but it's going downhill)

[Troggy]

i think incubus is just the type of band that everyone has certain soft spots for...i started listening to them when make yourself came out...i love that album as well as morning view and a crow left of the murder...but i never really like science or enjoy incubus (though i own them both)....i think they are kind of a time period band...everyone loves them at some point...most people that were big fans always will enjoy incubus (no pun intended)...but the newer stuff won't always feel the same as the old stuff

but everyone who's been discussing this so far is right...there are some really good songs on light grenades

Yeah it does feel different I guess, but I gotta say I still love what they are doing and I don't feel like it is doing a disservice to their previous efforts. You're right, they have so many good songs I don't know how people really like nothing by them.

well said, and I guess that's why I made the "I guess I'm getting older comment". You've got two years on me, so you must have seen more shit come and go then I have. It's just weird looking at the music scene now and looking at what I grew up with. I walked into hot topic the other day to get gauges and every band shirt they had in there (that wasn't a band three years older or more) had a stupid ass design on it with the most unessaccary ugly ass neon colors on it ever. When I stop and ask myself, "is this what the music scene is becoming?" I'm grateful for releases like Light Grenades. It keeps good music pumping through all the shit today (and I'm not against all new bands..but it's going downhill)

haha yeah dude, and also, I can barely conceptualize how much my taste in music changed between Make Yourself and Light Grenades. Make Yourself was one of my first records, and between then and now things have changed so much, yet I still love all of Incubus' different sounds. I am also happy that they still stand out today.

[amosrock]

incubus was the first band i ever noticed didn't rhyme 90% of their lyrics....back in the incubus golden era i was also listening to a lot of generic radio shit (not proud of that)....but i remember listening to make yourself and thinking....none of the lines brandon boyd is singing rhyme....i kind of give incubus some credit for making me like music that requires more talent and less marketing

[slickgist]

thrice for sure. they got god awful. i listened to there latest album and i honestly thought i was listening to a waterfall and cant remember a solid note of it.

[chel-c]

Aiden.

[punkDbass]

saves the day - they are still good but for some weird reason the lead singer drastically changed his voice

Hawthorne heights

simple plan

[versus_god]

Ay dios mio.

[kitti_katt420]

List bands that used to be good and now they aren't.


I'll start,

Pennywise
Rancid

Pennywise's new cd, while by far not thier best wasnt bad at all. at least in my opinion.

[GuitarR0cker1]

Fall Out Boy- Do I really need to explain this?

All Time Low- Yup Put Up or Shut Up was good, So Wrong Its Right not so much...

Weezer- post-Pinkerton is from mediocre to shitty

also add in Alkaline Trio and Set Your Goals.

[kitti_katt420]

Against Me!
Alkaline Trio

i thought both of thier newest cds were good. but then again i'm partial to Alkaline Trio. As far as i'm concerned they can almost do no wrong.

[chaosB4storm]

incubus was the first band i ever noticed didn't rhyme 90% of their lyrics....back in the incubus golden era i was also listening to a lot of generic radio shit (not proud of that)....but i remember listening to make yourself and thinking....none of the lines brandon boyd is singing rhyme....i kind of give incubus some credit for making me like music that requires more talent and less marketing

So, less rhyming = more talent?

[pcyph]

Fall Out Boy- Do I really need to explain this?

All Time Low- Yup Put Up or Shut Up was good, So Wrong Its Right not so much...

Weezer- post-Pinkerton is from mediocre to shitty

also add in Alkaline Trio and Set Your Goals.

I liked Mutiny!

:shrug:

[pcyph]

Los Lonely Boys used to be the shit,

anyone remember them :-d

[Machu505]

Fall Out Boy

Infinity on High was one of the worst albums ever imo.

[GuitarR0cker1]

I liked Mutiny!

:shrug:
I liked Mutiny! too but it doesn't really compared to their Reset EP. I think it is more mediocre to decent and there are lots of bands that do the Pop Punk with Hardcore thing better.

[pcyph]

I just consider them straight Pop-punk, not even melodic hardcore,

melodic hardcore: see: Kid Dynamite

[tslxmilesapart]

Aiden.

they were never good in the first place

[HangsLikeHeaven]

Am!