Bands that people like but you think suck

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
  Swell Season

deep deep hatred in my cold little heart for this sweet duo ... their 930 club show was just unbearable
 
 and i like the frames  

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I hate the Frames, the Swell Season, AND the Commitments.

[eltee]

Ya'll are just silly.
 
 Stills, Stellastarr*, Travis, Pixies, of course, Dave Matthews. I don't know if he has a following, but I couldn't sit through Liam Finn (or at least the lady singing with him).

[Sir HC]

Cat Power.  Live at least she was a xanax fueled mess when I saw her.

[walkonby]

may the gods of indie pop power strike me dead, but i only listened to these guys because of the dinosaur connection.  then i matured into knowing that after one album of it, the rest are exactly the same with funny pictures of childhood memories on the front and inside.  f, sebadoh.  f them to nerdy glasses hell.
 
 there, roll that printout and smoke it.

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Dag Nasty

[SPARX]

Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
  Dag Nasty

Really? I thought Brian's band was great around the time Ian was making that Embrace release. Seemed like so much tension between the 2 of them, it made for a couple of fine albums IMHO. Great angst fueled lyrics.
 
 I also found Brian to be much more personable than Ian as well. He actually saved me from getting booted at a show and he didn't know me from Adam. Just Sayin.

[azaghal1981]

Kosmo, ban this man! Ban him now!
 

Originally posted by walkonby:
  may the gods of indie pop power strike me dead, but i only listened to these guys because of the dinosaur connection.  then i matured into knowing that after one album of it, the rest are exactly the same with funny pictures of childhood memories on the front and inside.  f, sebadoh.  f them to nerdy glasses hell.
 
 there, roll that printout and smoke it.

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by walkonby:
  there, roll that printout and smoke it.

You and Relaxer ought to start your own rolling paper business. Maybe call it Relaxonby Rolling Papers. Has a nice ring to it and seems to suggest a smooth smoke. You write the script and Relaxer crafts the ever so delicate papers. You could even recruit Econo and GGW for your quality control division.
 
 Stretching to keep this post on topic, the use of rolling papers involves sucking. Any other kind is purely at your own discretions.
 
 For the record, with an exception or two, I agree with most of the bands listed above even though I think a couple of them are actually fairly good. Just not my cup of tea.
 
 Will add Feist because I can't stand her. Must change the station or even turn it off every time she's played on the radio.

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

I don't know, SPARX, I know those guys too and they're nice people, but their music just struck me as predictable, humorless and way too earnest.   But then so much of DC punk had gone that route by around 1985.   Other people seem to think of that era as some kind of era of greatness, so to each their own...

[SPARX]

Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
  I don't know, SPARX, I know those guys too and they're nice people, but their music just struck me as predictable, humorless and way too earnest.  

Oh, I agree wholewheartedly with that statement. There seemed to be a lot of bitterness in both Brian and Ian at that point. They definitely were letting it all out through the music.
 
 When did earnest become a bad thing?
 
 Face it, it was all downhill after Minor Threat, but catching a live Dag Nasty show for like 5 bucks was totally worth it and 20 some years later I still pull out those couple of releases for a listen when the mood fits.
 
 Living in West Virginia and not having them rammed down my throat like the D.C. area probably helped in my case.
 
 Oh, and for the record, I own no Fugazi and am perfectly content with that.

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Earnest is a bad thing when one takes oneself too seriously, which seemed to be a problem with "Revolution Summer" in general.
 
 As for Fugazi... I don't own much of their recorded stuff, but live I've got to admit they're pretty amazing.

[SPARX]

Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
  Earnest is a bad thing when one takes oneself too seriously, which seemed to be a problem with "Revolution Summer" in general.
 
 

I consider it more conviction than anything, the belief they are on the right path and doing and saying what they truly believed at the time. I can't dis them for that. The music biz is dog eat dog. Not much room for the weak willed. My experiences with them were enjoyable. As for anyone elses, it's anyones guess.

[ZackVLion]

definitely the white stripes

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Originally posted by SPARX:
  I consider it more conviction than anything, the belief they are on the right path and doing and saying what they truly believed at the time.

Yeah, Scientologists, Nazis, and Maoists also believe they're on the right path, that quality isn't inherently good... but enough debating the distant past, sorry for bringing it up.