Shitty Bands liking Good Music? [Archive]

HumtheTales

01/07/09, 09:53 PM

Allow me to explain. John O from The Maine just posted a blog. While there I checked out his myspace, and he actually listens to some pretty damn good stuff, The Album Leaf is playing on his profile. But everything I have ever listened to of that band just sucks so bad. How can someone with possibly good taste in music but out the dreck that they produce with good conscience? Do you guys have any other examples of this? Hell in any medium. Or does this just not make sense for me alone?

voncorn

01/07/09, 09:59 PM

1997 lists The Promise Ring under their influences.

KidRobot

01/07/09, 10:01 PM

Four Year Strong likes Minus the Bear.

theguy77

01/07/09, 10:04 PM

i feel like its like an unwritten law for scene bands to write music much poppier and more trendy than their influences.

Jumpoff

01/07/09, 10:08 PM

Hayley from Paramore likes Propagandhi, and a shitload of other good punk bands.
3!OH!3 listen to a lot of pitchfork approved music.
Pete Wentz/Patrick Slump love Neurosis

If you are in a band you generally have good taste. Im saying generally because there are exceptions to this.

shit stroll

01/07/09, 10:10 PM

dudes in silverstein.

x togepi x

01/07/09, 10:33 PM

most bands.

theguy77

01/08/09, 02:07 PM

3!OH!3 listen to a lot of pitchfork approved music.

this one's the hardest to believe.

StreetSpirit76

01/08/09, 02:45 PM

lol

headinthesand

01/08/09, 02:51 PM

panic at the disco's radiohead cover is absolutely painful.

Also scary kids scaring kids haven't exactly lived up to their namesake.

El_Jeffe

01/08/09, 02:53 PM

i saw the singer (or maybe it was the other one?) from good charlotte blasting marvin gaye's album what's going on when they must have been on tour here a few years back. had to chuckle a little

Desdemona

01/08/09, 02:57 PM

What's wrong with people liking a different kind of music than what they make? Seriously. Who CARES? Are you really so desperate for a life that you have to make fun of someone's taste in music?

Hey Kevin

01/08/09, 03:01 PM

I saw Sonny Moore at the Knitting Factory for the Locust, Cattle Decap, Daughters show two years ago
i couldnt stop laughing
he is a ridiculous looking person
and really short

Hey Kevin

01/08/09, 03:02 PM

and also, i guess Job For A Cowboy played Bark Bark Bark songs between their own songs on a tour they did a year or two ago

Hey Kevin

01/08/09, 03:03 PM

Kurt Cobain used to wear homemade Flipper shirts
and Krist Novoselic played bass with them for the past couple years

Robototron

01/08/09, 03:13 PM

i saw the singer (or maybe it was the other one?) from good charlotte blasting marvin gaye's album what's going on when they must have been on tour here a few years back. had to chuckle a little

Yeah, I saw one of the dudes from Good Charlotte DJ a few years ago. Some terrible DJing, technically, but in terms of songs it wasn't that terrible. Lots of shit, but also the typical LA hipster type shit: MSTRKRFT, Justice, etc. Whatever they heard Steve Aoki play once, I guess.

Hey Kevin

01/08/09, 03:20 PM

Yeah, I saw one of the dudes from Good Charlotte DJ a few years ago. Some terrible DJing, technically, but in terms of songs it wasn't that terrible. Lots of shit, but also the typical LA hipster type shit: MSTRKRFT, Justice, etc. Whatever they heard Steve Aoki play once, I guess.
hahaha just playing dance music is not djing
what a tool

llwilliamsll

01/08/09, 03:21 PM

What's wrong with people liking a different kind of music than what they make? Seriously. Who CARES? Are you really so desperate for a life that you have to make fun of someone's taste in music?
Yes

crappypunkrock

01/08/09, 03:32 PM

Fall out boy, panic at the disco, and all time low all like blink 182. All time low cover dammit by blink. Makes me cringe and cry when they do it.

Colorblind!

01/08/09, 03:35 PM

Guys in Liferuiner listen to Tragedy.

Hey Kevin

01/08/09, 08:25 PM

Guys in Liferuiner listen to Tragedy.\
http://www.dabelly.com/images/Issue%20070/From_First_To_Last_By_Jeff_Gros_1.j peg.jpg
dude on the left
His Hero Is Gone shirt
Tragedy patch

http://www.satelitemusical.net/all_american_rejects.jpg
Converge shirt
Descendants shirt

shit stroll

01/08/09, 08:31 PM

ac/dc!

Hey Kevin

01/08/09, 08:48 PM

ac/dc!
i cant believe they listen to those old Slap A Ham bands!

theguy77

01/08/09, 09:09 PM

Fall out boy, panic at the disco, and all time low all like blink 182. All time low cover dammit by blink. Makes me cringe and cry when they do it.

hahaha you do realize that blink 182 is a prominent influence in music like this dont you?

Hey Kevin

01/08/09, 09:42 PM

hahaha you do realize that blink 182 is a prominent influence in music like this dont you?
i thought his name was hilarious but then he actually lived up to it
my irony radar is shot

Fuckmaxbemis

01/08/09, 09:52 PM

PAramore is the epitome of this. Covering One Armed Scissor? What the fuck?!

That FFTL picture and the All-American Rejects pictures are frightening. As for Scary Kids Scaring Kids:

Fuck that band.

Hey Kevin

01/08/09, 10:08 PM

PAramore is the epitome of this. Covering One Armed Scissor? What the fuck?!

hahah i just skimmed through some live videos to see if that was true and them doing their version shows their lack of talent

and also there are certain bands or songs that are already great and so original you cannot tamper with
you dont cover fugazi and you dont cover at the drive in
you can make a ramones song original because it is simple.

Fuckmaxbemis

01/08/09, 10:10 PM

Yeah, Billy Talent did Fugazi on Pepsi Smash of all places. See it for yourself.

BlinkxExists21

01/08/09, 10:10 PM

Fall out boy, panic at the disco, and all time low all like blink 182. All time low cover dammit by blink. Makes me cringe and cry when they do it.

ahah.

Hey Kevin

01/08/09, 10:15 PM

Yeah, Billy Talent did Fugazi on Pepsi Smash of all places. See it for yourself.
yeah that's what i was referencing
and some people even sing a long so im guessing they released it at some point cause i dont see Billy Talent fans as Fugazi fans?

i always like the Billy Talent dude's annoying voice though

underthetalking

01/08/09, 10:16 PM

What's wrong with people liking a different kind of music than what they make? Seriously. Who CARES? Are you really so desperate for a life that you have to make fun of someone's taste in music?

Waaaaay over your head.

Fuckmaxbemis

01/08/09, 10:18 PM

I don't know. I think it's mandatory really for any "hardcore" band to list atleast one band that has credibility as an influence to seem legitimate. I think the closest most people get is Fugazi.

wroteurname

01/08/09, 10:25 PM

I'm surprised no one's mentioned Brand New covering Nuetral Milk Hotel and Built to Spill yet, not that I think they suck, but a lot of people in this forum are disgusted by that though.

lurker411_k9

01/08/09, 10:26 PM

The guys in Senses Fail all claimed to like Amon Amarth, which caught me really off guard.

dancelukedance

01/08/09, 10:34 PM

Whoever started this thread is a fucking idiot

underthetalking

01/08/09, 10:37 PM

I'm surprised no one's mentioned Brand New covering Nuetral Milk Hotel and Built to Spill yet, not that I think they suck, but a lot of people in this forum are disgusted by that though.

Jesse's cover of Archers of Loaf pisses me off.

x togepi x

01/08/09, 10:38 PM

jesse should not have covered any of the songs he did.

underthetalking

01/08/09, 10:39 PM

jesse should not have covered any of the songs he did.

Most of his covers are awful.

x togepi x

01/08/09, 10:41 PM

i mean i wasn't sitting around being like MAN I WISH JESSE LACEY WOULD COVER JAWBREAKER. it'd have been better if he left those alone.

wroteurname

01/08/09, 10:44 PM

Jesse's cover of Archers of Loaf pisses me off.
Thank you.

wroteurname

01/08/09, 10:45 PM

jesse should not have covered any of the songs he did.

Most of his covers are awful.
I don't think he does "Car" thattttttttt badly.

underthetalking

01/08/09, 10:46 PM

Thank you.

No problem.

x togepi x

01/08/09, 10:46 PM

yeah car wasn't that bad, i forgot he covered that.

underthetalking

01/08/09, 10:48 PM

I don't think he does "Car" thattttttttt badly.

The original is infinitely better. I'm just not a fan of how he sings it.

wroteurname

01/08/09, 10:51 PM

yeah car wasn't that bad, i forgot he covered that.
Definitely the best, "Two Headed Boy" should have never happened.

theguy77

01/08/09, 11:42 PM

you know i heard the singer of northbrook is into some folk stuff lately

mht

01/08/09, 11:54 PM

4 pages in and i am surprised nobody posted the photo INFAMOUS for this exact reason:

http://radmusic.tblog.jp/images/the_fall_of_troy.jpg

lol

x togepi x

01/08/09, 11:55 PM

i don't know what band that is but damn i'm glad i didn't buy that ctts jacket.

mht

01/09/09, 12:00 AM

i don't know what band that is but damn i'm glad i didn't buy that ctts jacket.

that band is The Fall of Troy. lol

x togepi x

01/09/09, 12:01 AM

hahahahaha wow.

i always thought those guys would wear brightly colored long sleeved puffy shirts like the mars volta do since they rip them off so much.

mht

01/09/09, 12:03 AM

nope they just wear Bane hoodies and CTTS track jackets instead. lol

x togepi x

01/09/09, 12:04 AM

is the guy in the bane jacket the bass player that quit and got shittalked after or is this a recent photo?

mht

01/09/09, 12:10 AM

yea thats guy that got made fun of on the fall of troy forums by the dude in the middle and then his parents came and posted in his defense. the new bass player they have now is black and has dreadlocks i think.

oncedarkness

01/09/09, 01:10 AM

old news but i like how the latest blog from John O said he was listening to midtown

Fuckmaxbemis

01/09/09, 10:18 AM

iseeumonkey

01/09/09, 10:26 AM

The Jonas Brothers.

Robototron

01/09/09, 11:57 AM

Come on guys, the Fall of Troy isn't too bad.

And if you haven't realized yet, CTTS has hit the "scene". I don't know how long or how much name dropping it will take to get people to realize that CTTS isn't obscure, but I know that I've got it figured out.

Thank you for posting exactly what I wanted to say. Fall of Troy aren't any worse than a lot of other bands I see threads about. They aren't even that bad to begin with. And CTTS have been getting bigger and bigger for the past few years. I'd place them alongside Hot Cross for entry-level Screamo bands.

mht

01/09/09, 12:15 PM

fall of troy are fucking terrible.

x togepi x

01/09/09, 12:50 PM

Thank you for posting exactly what I wanted to say. Fall of Troy aren't any worse than a lot of other bands I see threads about. They aren't even that bad to begin with. And CTTS have been getting bigger and bigger for the past few years. I'd place them alongside Hot Cross for entry-level Screamo bands.
Come on guys, the Fall of Troy isn't too bad.

And if you haven't realized yet, CTTS has hit the "scene". I don't know how long or how much name dropping it will take to get people to realize that CTTS isn't obscure, but I know that I've got it figured out.

No. Fall Of Troy is a band that plays derivative music ripping off better musicians that relies on a gimmick (delay pedals) that is fronted by an entitled asshole. They're a textbook example of what can be wrong with being a musician.

and duh, circle takes the square isn't obscure. i was just saying i'm glad i never bought that jacket because everytime i see someone with a CTTS shirt on, i generally think to myself "wow, that person has terrible taste in music" because it's usually some fall of troy, chiodos, treos loving moron trying to look cool.

mht

01/09/09, 01:02 PM

they are the textbook example of absolutely fucking horrid music also.

Hey Kevin

01/09/09, 04:40 PM

fall of troy are fucking terrible.

but the Bane and CTTS gear arent surprising
you know they took a while to pick that shit out before they did that picture too

also in a Chiodos video, their guitar player is wearing a Locust shirt AND in an episode of Degrassi a girl opens her locker and she has a Turbonegro and Locust sticker stuck on
and watch the scene when the guys are doing coke in Superbad and behind the guy with the afro, i think, you can see a Some Girls Heaven's Pregnant Teens poster on the wall

now i post Alicia Silverstone in a melt banana shirt
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b385/uckgrind/mr_fp_107599.jpg

mht

01/09/09, 04:47 PM

you do know that Kevin Smith was part of Degrassi at one point so thats where that punk shit comes from

mht

01/09/09, 04:47 PM

and yes the Bane and CTTS shit is surprising because just like your Chiodos example the Fall of Troy fucking sucks

Robototron

01/09/09, 05:02 PM

Every time I see Alicia Silverstone in photos and IRL she always seems so pleasant.

Fuckmaxbemis

01/09/09, 05:21 PM

No. Fall Of Troy is a band that plays derivative music ripping off better musicians that relies on a gimmick (delay pedals) that is fronted by an entitled asshole. They're a textbook example of what can be wrong with being a musician.

and duh, circle takes the square isn't obscure. i was just saying i'm glad i never bought that jacket because everytime i see someone with a CTTS shirt on, i generally think to myself "wow, that person has terrible taste in music" because it's usually some fall of troy, chiodos, treos loving moron trying to look cool.

So then why is it such a surprise that he has a CTTS sweater on? Ryan "Rejoin'der", HELLO? Are we not reminded of the fucking Ron Paul rallying "skramz" retard?

CTTS plays good independent music, and they stick to staying, in relative terms, obscure. How many fucking retarded Fugazi fans are out there? That doesn't mean Fugazi sucks.

x togepi x

01/09/09, 05:23 PM

So then why is it such a surprise that he has a CTTS sweater on? Ryan "Rejoin'der", HELLO? Are we not reminded of the fucking Ron Paul rallying "skramz" retard?

CTTS plays good independent music, and they stick to staying, in relative terms, obscure. How many fucking retarded Fugazi fans are out there? That doesn't mean Fugazi sucks.

why did i say it was a surprise? I said that I am glad I didn't buy that hoodie years ago when they weren't trendy because a ton of their new fans are into them because they're a total hype band.

Fuckmaxbemis

01/09/09, 05:27 PM

I was totally not defending or offending the fact you had the hoodie. I don't see where we disagree...

x togepi x

01/09/09, 05:30 PM

well i mean you responded to me as if i was surprised. when i wasn't really.

Fuckmaxbemis

01/09/09, 05:33 PM

Oh okay. Apologies, bro.

ablueskytragedy

01/09/09, 06:20 PM

Also scary kids scaring kids haven't exactly lived up to their namesake.

THIS.

Hey Kevin

01/10/09, 04:42 PM

you do know that Kevin Smith was part of Degrassi at one point so thats where that punk shit comes from

i remember those episodes
wasnt he in love with someones mom?

Hey Kevin

01/10/09, 04:43 PM

Every time I see Alicia Silverstone in photos and IRL she always seems so pleasant.
cause she is a vegan

Whimsikill

01/10/09, 05:05 PM

I saw Sonny Moore at the Knitting Factory for the Locust, Cattle Decap, Daughters show two years ago
i couldnt stop laughing
he is a ridiculous looking person
and really short

There's a photo of him wearing a Burzum shirt somewhere. Also Derek Bloom apparently played ins ome black metal bands before FFTL.

circatbs

01/10/09, 05:44 PM

I like FFTL, but I know a lot of people don't so I thought I would post this.
Pause at 3:02

SEkKAQcy1jw

Hey Kevin

01/10/09, 05:47 PM

he's wearing a Misfits shirt
so what?
most people like them

circatbs

01/10/09, 05:51 PM

Misfits are a good band... and many people think FFTL are not....

swt_catastrophe

01/10/09, 05:58 PM

Fall out boy, panic at the disco, and all time low all like blink 182. All time low cover dammit by blink. Makes me cringe and cry when they do it.
you do realize that most people like blink, right?