Bands That Have Become Worse... [Archive]

prlyknitswtr

11/01/08, 12:56 PM

...After every release or bands that have changed their style SO much, they are not popular anymore.

My vote would go to Fear Before. They started off as a weird mix of post-hardcore and emo-core...then went to straight hardcore....then experimental emo-core....now they are circa survive.

Discuss...

ThisIsNotDan

11/01/08, 12:59 PM

The Always Open Mouth > whatever they did before. can't vouch for how good they are now though. only heard two songs from the new one...one awesome and one not-so awesome

prlyknitswtr

11/01/08, 01:02 PM

ya i wasnt saying they are "bad", just that their style has changed so much that if you listen to odd how people shake, then listen to the self titled, you would not know they are the same band.

A Love American

11/01/08, 01:03 PM

This is the second thread this week about this subject. Bright Eyes.

A Love American

11/01/08, 01:04 PM

Also, Radiohead's style has changed dramatically. If you listened to Pablo Honey and then listened to Amnesiac, you wouldn't know it was the same band. Well, you might be able to. Thom has a relatively distinctive sounding voice.

prlyknitswtr

11/01/08, 01:06 PM

This is the second thread this week about this subject. Bright Eyes.

i guess people run out of topics and more than one person can have the same idea. i had no clue about this other thread, fuck searching.

A Love American

11/01/08, 01:06 PM

Eh, it doesn't matter really anyway.

HangsLikeHeaven

11/01/08, 01:09 PM

Every Time I Die

ThisIsNotDan

11/01/08, 01:13 PM

ya i wasnt saying they are "bad", just that their style has changed so much that if you listen to odd how people shake, then listen to the self titled, you would not know they are the same band.

oh haha I thought you were basing it off the first criterion

Every Time I Die

yeah. Hot Damn and GP were awesome...newest album was booooooring

prlyknitswtr

11/01/08, 01:30 PM

here is a good one...As Cities Burn, also Destroy the Runner. Yea they both lost their lead singers but holy shit both of these bands went from Christian Metal to plain old Rock.

ThisIsNotDan

11/01/08, 01:36 PM

The correct answer is Weezer.

really? I mean yeah the first two they'll never reach, but in terms of post-Pinkerton, Red sure as hell beats the crap out of Green aside from maybe "Island In the Sun"

prlyknitswtr

11/01/08, 01:37 PM

rock >>>>>> christian metal

thats not fair, thats like saying rap > hip hop. similar but distinctively different. if you were to throw out some band names then you can use better than or worse than.

HangsLikeHeaven

11/01/08, 01:37 PM

I didn't even bother with the new Weezer.

WakeUpBlondie

11/01/08, 01:42 PM

Bad Religion

ThisIsNotDan

11/01/08, 01:47 PM

I'd say Pinkerton > Blue > Maladriot > Green > Red > Make Believe.

Whether or not Red is slightly better than Green or Maladroit is pretty meaningless because it is all so much worse than the first two albums.

Blue > Pinkerton >>>> Red > Make Believe = Maladroit > Green for me. had they not gone on a 5-year hiatus or whatnot I'd say people wouldn't be as disappointed with their later work

SilenceBrokenTT

11/01/08, 01:50 PM

Thursday/Thrice

2001-2003 were amazing times.

ThisIsNotDan

11/01/08, 01:53 PM

I personally think that Pinkerton is a lot better than Blue.

its a great album yes, I'm just partial to Blue though. "Across the Sea" is a fuckin excellent song. one of those band's "best/favorite album" deals for me, if you know what I'm sayin

prlyknitswtr

11/01/08, 02:03 PM

Dude hip hop and rap are different words for the same genre.

that is not true, rap is to hip hop as rock is to alternative.

rap = main stream
hip hop = under ground

mynameiscarterr

11/01/08, 02:06 PM

Gabe Saporta.
Hahahahaha.

TheOtherAndrew

11/01/08, 02:08 PM

Rise Against

Matthew Tsai

11/01/08, 02:39 PM

Thursday/Thrice

2001-2003 were amazing times.

it's all about vheissu for thrice. alchemy index pfttt

llwilliamsll

11/01/08, 02:41 PM

I personally think that Pinkerton is a lot better than Blue.
I'll agree on that.

zeropunk16

11/01/08, 02:42 PM

Anything >>>>>> christian metal

Fixed.

TheSkyline

11/01/08, 02:45 PM

Hahaha, so true.

what_ever

11/01/08, 03:24 PM

Rise Against

yes.

andrewa5

11/01/08, 09:04 PM

the best answer for me is The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus!
they are not how i remember them at all!

HelpMeSleep

11/01/08, 09:10 PM

Gabe Saporta.
Hahahahaha.
:rolleyes:

A Love American

11/01/08, 09:42 PM

Jimmy Eat World (barring Static Prevails)

Regards

11/01/08, 10:01 PM

here is a good one...As Cities Burn, also Destroy the Runner. Yea they both lost their lead singers but holy shit both of these bands went from Christian Metal to plain old Rock.
That's a terrible one. Come Now Sleep is a great record, better that Son I Loved You At Your Darkest

prlyknitswtr

11/03/08, 08:02 AM

That's a terrible one. Come Now Sleep is a great record, better that Son I Loved You At Your Darkest

i didnt say the album was bad. just how the style changed drastically that you wouldnt realize its the same band on come now sleep and son i loved you at your darkest.

Rodeo

11/03/08, 08:04 AM

Rise Against
Anti-Flag

Mxbaby511

11/03/08, 08:04 AM

Metallica..
I guess theyre still just as popular..
But theyre songs used to be like 6-7 minutes long
And now theyre just.. Like everyone else
Best album ever- Master of the puppets..

Regards

11/03/08, 08:42 AM

i didnt say the album was bad. just how the style changed drastically that you wouldnt realize its the same band on come now sleep and son i loved you at your darkest.
Then you aren't discusing what you originally stated. The topic of the thread is "Bands That Have Become Worse". Yeah, their style changed, but if anything they got better.

prlyknitswtr

11/03/08, 08:45 AM

Then you aren't discusing what you originally stated. The topic of the thread is "Bands That Have Become Worse". Yeah, their style changed, but if anything they got better.

dude read the VERY first post in this thread. it says "or whos style has changed so much you cannot recognize them from album to album." or something along those lines. so yes, i am following what i originally stated.

Regards

11/03/08, 08:52 AM

dude read the VERY first post in this thread. it says "or whos style has changed so much you cannot recognize them from album to album." or something along those lines. so yes, i am following what i originally stated.
Very misleading title then for the thread.

prlyknitswtr

11/03/08, 08:57 AM

TheFreshness

11/03/08, 10:27 AM

Jumpoff

11/03/08, 10:34 AM

thats not fair, thats like saying rap > hip hop. similar but distinctively different. if you were to throw out some band names then you can use better than or worse than.

Bad analogy. Hip hop is culture and rap is an aspect of it...

prlyknitswtr

11/03/08, 10:46 AM

Bad analogy. Hip hop is culture and rap is an aspect of it...

haha good call. im glad someone knew what i was talking about.

Regards

11/03/08, 11:11 AM

alright alright well i guess some people dont read previous posts, they just go ahead and post off the top of the head.

but you do have to admit that the as cities burn albums do not sound like the same band. if you didnt know about their first cd you'de have no idea.
Obviously from a vocal aspect, but from the music side they kept a lot of the same elements and just presented them in a different manor. But yes, it was a change.

aguywithaguitar

11/03/08, 11:58 AM

Pretty much 99% of the bands I can think of changed over the years.

Thrice got better, then got worse, then got better, then got worse (maybe they'll get better again?)
Thursday got better then got worse after Full Collapse
The Beatles got better

..,yea, like every band ever changes

ones that got worse?

Thrice
The Octopus Project
He Is Legend
Secondsmile
Coldplay
As Cities burn
Saosin
TREOS
Circa Survive
The Bled
Alexisonfire
Hopesfall
The Fall of Troy
Chiodos
Taking Back Sunday

... yea like, pretty much every band haha. The list goes on and on.

Saves The Day
Cursive

blah blah blah

lenard27

11/03/08, 02:45 PM

Funeral For A Friend.
They lost their edge.

ThisIsNotDan

11/03/08, 02:50 PM

Fail.

how was that a fail? that's a pretty accurate statement...or at least to someone with working ears

A Love American

11/03/08, 03:06 PM

Fail.
Was this just a random quoting of a post + fail or do you have a valid point to offer the thread?

c_rob2700

11/03/08, 03:09 PM

Every single band that has ever fucking existed

John is a cult

11/03/08, 05:08 PM

Every single band that has ever fucking existed

except the band as your avatar.
that album rocks, and is way better than their prior albums.

Nourez

11/03/08, 05:34 PM

except the band as your avatar.
that album rocks, and is way better than their prior albums.

I agree, Viva la Vida is the only Coldplay I can bear to listen to. I still don't think they are nearly as good as people make them out to be, but at least I don't want to go deaf everytime I hear their music.

As for my choice of bands that have gotten worse, Green Day started to go downhill after Insomniac was released. They still are good, but AI, and Warning weren't nearly as good as their older stuff.

And I guess I should give a shout to Linkin Park. What the hell were they thinking with Minutes to Midnight?

John is a cult

11/03/08, 05:53 PM

I agree, Viva la Vida is the only Coldplay I can bear to listen to. I still don't think they are nearly as good as people make them out to be, but at least I don't want to go deaf everytime I hear their music.

As for my choice of bands that have gotten worse, Green Day started to go downhill after Insomniac was released. They still are good, but AI, and Warning weren't nearly as good as their older stuff.

And I guess I should give a shout to Linkin Park. What the hell were they thinking with Minutes to Midnight?

yea, agreed
but, if linkin parks old stuff was to come out now, i wouldn't listen to it.
it just came out at the right time when we were all younger and way dumber lol

prlyknitswtr

11/03/08, 05:55 PM

haha plus thats when that "rap rock" was all the rage....limp bizkit, korn, linkin park, shuvel....haha oh man they were so bad.

TotalCollapse

11/03/08, 06:19 PM

Dance Gavin Dance
Hawthorne Heights
From First to Last
Armor For Sleep
Escape the Fate
Before Their Eyes
All That Remains
Bullet For My Valentine
From Autumn to Ashes
Silverstein

what_ever

11/03/08, 06:51 PM

Dance Gavin Dance
Hawthorne Heights
From First to Last
Armor For Sleep
Escape the Fate
Before Their Eyes
All That Remains
Bullet For My Valentine
From Autumn to Ashes
Silverstein

all safe picks.

Jumpoff

11/03/08, 06:53 PM

I thought the band would have to be good at some pont to get worse?

c_rob2700

11/04/08, 08:28 AM

except the band as your avatar.
that album rocks, and is way better than their prior albums.
It's Viva La Hova!

PopPunkKid

11/04/08, 09:03 AM

Good Charlotte definetly. Their first 2 albums were great, catchy pop-rock, but now their into the whole dance rock crap that's popular now.

I'm suprised nobody has said Panic yet, even though they'd be wrong, because they've actually gotten much BETTER.

prlyknitswtr

11/04/08, 09:29 AM

Saves the day....changed drastically. for better or for worse depending on what type of music you like.

WhoSaidThat?

11/04/08, 09:52 AM

Sum 41, I'm afraid.

briewer

11/04/08, 10:48 AM

Fail.

Correction. ^Fail

briewer

11/04/08, 10:50 AM

As far as bands that have changed their sound drastically, how about The Sound of Animals Fighting?

Jackfrost50

11/04/08, 05:34 PM

fadedmemories

11/04/08, 06:22 PM

Saves the day....changed drastically. for better or for worse depending on what type of music you like.
Agreed

TheWeakest

11/04/08, 07:07 PM

Emery, Taking Back Sunday, Relient K, Saosin

raychull

11/04/08, 07:11 PM

The correct answer is Weezer.

This.

Khanate

11/04/08, 07:48 PM

The correct answer is TV on the Radio..
Cookie Mountain vs. Dear Science, the contrast is blatantly apparent, and their newer stuff sounds like prepackaged generic dance-pop.. Which brought them mainstream! They changed a great sound in my opinion, and that makes me sad..
Eh choice #2 for me is new Cure..

Indoor Living

11/04/08, 08:32 PM

Based on the reviews and general public opinion, I'm surprised that no one has put Emery on here (Though I'm still a huge fan). I disagree with Saosin and Rise Against as well, I love their entire catalogs.

I DO agree with Funeral For A Friend.
Here's one I bet no else will talk about: Alicia Keys.
and my number one: ATREYU.
Even "The Curse" owned over "Lead Sails, Paper Anchors."

What the FUCK was up with that cd! It's like the definition of mediocre bullshit. Like they go to a major label, and totally change their sound completely. I hate the word, but sellout? If this term applies to anybody, it's these guys.

prlyknitswtr

11/05/08, 07:31 AM

i saw Atreyu at UC Irvine with Chiodos and ETID a couple of years ago. it was probably the best show i have been to and Atreyu headlined. I was fortunate because i guess this was probably one of their last tours before they started testing out songs from their latest album.

sundaydrivetsl

11/05/08, 07:46 AM

Saves the day....changed drastically. for better or for worse depending on what type of music you like.

Damn, you beat me.

I searched this whole thing and got excited no one said Saves the Day.

They did a good job at changin their sound, I think it worked for them. Personally, I like their older stuff.

Music is nearly 100% nostalgia. Like someone said "If Linkin Park's old stuff came out today, I wouldnt like it"

Reminds me of TBS fans, They progressively seem to dislike each album that comes out after their first. To me, I didnt get into them until WYWTB, and that's the album I like the most - and to me, thats their best...

sugarcoatedlies

11/05/08, 07:49 AM

Atreyu and Avenged Sevenfold and My chem...

prlyknitswtr

11/05/08, 07:53 AM

Damn, you beat me.

I searched this whole thing and got excited no one said Saves the Day.

They did a good job at changin their sound, I think it worked for them. Personally, I like their older stuff.

Music is nearly 100% nostalgia. Like someone said "If Linkin Park's old stuff came out today, I wouldnt like it"

Reminds me of TBS fans, They progressively seem to dislike each album that comes out after their first. To me, I didnt get into them until WYWTB, and that's the album I like the most - and to me, thats their best...

saves the day was awesome, especially when Chris would dance around and not be on guitar. i totally agree with you about the nostalgia aspect cuz everytime i listen to Stay What You Are, or Through Being Cool, i get this midwestern vibe for some reason haha even tho they are from the east cost.

I guess we could say The Spill Canvas...at first they followed the same formula as Dashboard...acoustic first cd, next cd add a band (for every song), then the next cd try to make mainstream but fade out instead.

TSLROCKS

11/05/08, 09:31 AM

Houston Calls
All American Rejects

Surprised Cartel and Fall Out Boy aren't posted yet

John is a cult

11/05/08, 10:43 AM

If i say..
Brand New?
will everyone want to fight me?

I've always thought Deja was their peak.
unless the new album rocks.

Khanate

11/05/08, 03:20 PM

Houston Calls
All American Rejects

Surprised Cartel and Fall Out Boy aren't posted yet

I didn't think it was possible for FOB to get any worse. Unless they found a way to surpass rock bottom.

Hatehatehate.

identitycrisis2

11/05/08, 03:24 PM

Rise Against. ='(

TheSkyline

11/05/08, 03:37 PM

If i say..
Brand New?
will everyone want to fight me?

I've always thought Deja was their peak.
unless the new album rocks.

Nope. As you can see in my avatar, YFW was actually my favorite, but I love the other records too.

Burn That Shit

11/05/08, 03:42 PM

If i say..
Brand New?
will everyone want to fight me?

I've always thought Deja was their peak.
unless the new album rocks.

They sort of change their sound a little bit each album so, doesn't really seem that strange that other people prefer different brand new albums.

Edit: Although I like TDAGRIM the best.

Laur3l

11/05/08, 03:46 PM

weezer and The academy is...

cscwell107

11/05/08, 04:30 PM

Def FOB. Every album is a little bit worse than the last one.

cscwell107

11/05/08, 04:32 PM

Emery, Taking Back Sunday, Relient K, Saosin

Relient K's last album was great. Deathbed was awesome. Ill give you emery though. They have gotten way worse.

eatsound

11/05/08, 04:45 PM

All Time Low
I love their older music a lot better than their new stuff. It's more "raw" if that makes sense.

Panic At The Disco
I never really liked them but honestly, their current album sucks.

The Academy Is.. (i know they have already been mentioned..)
They're old music is a lot better too.

new_arbiter

11/05/08, 06:10 PM

The correct answer is Weezer.

Thread should have stopped here.

Duexy

11/05/08, 06:20 PM

6 pages and no one has mentioned how much that second chiodos album sucked?

wroteurname

11/05/08, 06:24 PM

Blue > Pinkerton >>>> Red > Make Believe = Maladroit > Green for me. had they not gone on a 5-year hiatus or whatnot I'd say people wouldn't be as disappointed with their later work

I personally think that Pinkerton is a lot better than Blue.
Lol people with the same avatars having a converstaion

ThisIsNotDan

11/05/08, 06:37 PM

Lol people with the same avatars having a converstaion

I just noticed that today. I kinda want to change it, but I'm falling in love with this album.

fight me Ben

Jet Set Paul

11/05/08, 09:48 PM

It breaks my heart how absolutely shitty Weezer has become.

caLLmEnOoNe

11/05/08, 10:06 PM