Topic: 50 worst bands ever. (Read 28754 times)

crotch rot · « **on:** 03 Dec 2006, 07:36 »

http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=466

totally agree with #1.
not so much on the others.

ScrambledGregs · « **Reply #1 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 07:41 »

I always tell myself not to read lists like this, especially when they come from the height of journalism like Blender magazine, but I end up doing it anyway. Weirdly, though, I only had problems with three.

Primus does not suck. Primus fucking rocks.

The Doors do not suck, but they aren't as amazing as people tell you they are.

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer aren't completely terrible.

Joseph · « **Reply #2 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 07:43 »

The Doors are pretty much one of the most amazing bands ever. The backlash they've gotten recently makes me hate people. They remain my favourite band.

crotch rot · « **Reply #3 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 07:47 »

Quote from: ScrambledGregs on 03 Dec 2006, 07:41

Primus does suck. Primus fucking sucks.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #4 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 08:05 »

I kinda like Tin Machine, and I so not see Deadsy in that list

That list sucks

bff · « **Reply #5 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 08:08 »

the sad part is that list displays even more ingnorance than the Time p.o.s. i linked to last week.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #6 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 08:15 »

Actually, with the exception of the Doors, most of the bands on that list are pretty bad. That doesn't mean I couldn't think of a couple hundred bands worse than Primus or Kansas without really thinking about it, though.

Seriously, they are indirectly saying that Limp Bizkit is better than Primus. That's unacceptable.

FireStarter · « **Reply #7 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 08:28 »

Uhhh....They missed a few, the put a few decent bands in there (Kansas?) and forgot the ones that truely make any lover of instrumentation's skin tear itself apart and flee screaming. Lenny Kravitz (yes there is a band there) For his uninspired bubble gum shredding of many a good songs, he takes uncreativity to a whole new high by getting famous off of covers. Metallica, OMFG Metallica, where to start, Oh, yeah they suck, they have little if no skill at anything they do, and they do it in a pentagram. Satanism and poorly written music backed up by a propaganda machine that would make Bush weep with envy.

And I agree with Storm Rider, Primus may have lacked lycical ability, but the absolute genius of Les Claypool as a Bassist by far makes up for that. Limp Bizkit is like a combination of the worst of a triumverate of evil (though the bassist was good) It's like someone took Vanilla Ice and injected him into the Danny Divito clone of Lars Ulrich, and then mixed it with a distorted version of Spinal Tap.

Narr · « **Reply #8 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 08:29 »

Primus, when vocals aren't involved, are actually pretty fun to listen to. As soon as lyrics enter the equation, I feel like committing heinous acts of genocide against the redneck population.

Also, anyone taking this list seriously needs to grow a funny bone. Yeah, sure, a lot of the bands on that list do, in fact, suck, but if you read the reasons, it's typical overblown sarcastic madness that's typically associated with "Worst Ever" lists. I read it for a chuckle and got a few.

camelpimp · « **Reply #9 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 08:34 »

The Doors and Oingo Boingo kinda surprised me. (Fuck, a band can be pretenious and good, okay?) But, yeah, there are definately much worse bands. Also, a solo artist is not techniqually a band.

FireStarter · « **Reply #10 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 08:35 »

I know I know, If you also notice my follow post seemed to take a few cues from said article. Oh, and Narr, My sleeping habits are really really messed up, so much so that I have to take enough Diphenhydrimide to give me tics. JUST TO get to sleep eventually.

Johnny C · « **Reply #11 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 08:47 »

Sorry, guys. The Doors are okay at best.

Sorry!

David_Dovey · « **Reply #12 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 09:47 »

I was actually really surprised at how little I disagreed with that list. Well done.

SeanBateman · « **Reply #13 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 09:48 »

This story is like 3 years old

Ernest · « **Reply #14 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 10:12 »

I disagree with The Doors and Primus. However, I don't think Primus themselves would really care that they were on the list, since they don't take themselves too seriously. They're so comical, and their lyrics are incredibly silly. They might actually find it funny that they're on that list.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #15 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 11:16 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 03 Dec 2006, 08:47

Sorry, guys. The Doors are okay at best.

Sorry!

Fair enough, but do an 'okay' band deserve to be on a 50 worst of all time list?

Johnny C · « **Reply #16 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 11:21 »

To be fair, Limp Bizkit needed to make that list and so did a lot of bands. However I frankly do not think that much of The Doors merely because their music has not aged particularly well and wasn't really that awesome in the first place. Take, for example, the lyrics to their hit song "Light My Fire":

VERSES THAT JUST RHYME WITH "FIRE"
KEEP ON RHYMING WORDS WITH "FIRE"
I LOVE WORDS THAT RHYME WITH "FIRE"

COME ON BABY LIGHT MY FIRE
END ANOTHER LINE WITH "FIRE"
KEEP ON ENDING LINES WITH "FIRE"

*ORGAN SOLO*

Rizzo · « **Reply #17 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 11:30 »

Yeah the only thing I disagree with is Skinny Puppy. I'd like to disagree with Manowar but lets be honest, they're pretty average and silly.
There are some bands that certainly should have been on their though.

The Eyeball Kid · « **Reply #18 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 11:42 »

I've got a friend who's obsessed with MOR and AOR. I don't think he's being ironic.

Korn and Limp Bizkit should have been on that. The Doors and Kansas? Not so much

Storm Rider · « **Reply #19 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 11:42 »

I agree to an extent, Johnny. To be certain, I don't enjoy them nearly as much now as I used to.

And get on Gabbly.

tomselleck69 · « **Reply #20 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 12:06 »

same sentiment, i like the doors, otherwise spot on.

also as much as i love primus, yeah, they suck. i'm comfortable admitting it.

Spike · « **Reply #21 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 12:58 »

I'd disagree with The Doors and Manowar. I'm not a huge fan of The Doors but I hardly think they fit on the list.

camelpimp · « **Reply #22 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 13:03 »

'sides someone like.... I dunno, GG Allin would more apro on the list than the Doors.

Dimmukane · « **Reply #23 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 13:25 »

Honestly, there are way more bands out there that no one's ever heard of.? There's some video on youtube of a bunch of nine-year olds singing about homeless people and how it sucks, while some adults play the back track.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #24 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 18:42 »

Hey, what, they put fucking Skinny Puppy on this list...but not KoRn? They list Manowar because they're metal and...gay? Okay, it's quite obvious that the world hates me and everything I stand for, I might as well go off and live in a cabin. I hear music shitter than a lot of this (but by no means all of it) on the radio every day (fucking communal kitchens). One I really am going to vehemently agree on is the Goo-Goo Dolls, 'Iris' is my girlfriends best-friends favourite song, and whenever we cadge lifts off her she plays it roughly non-stop back-to-back with Bittersweet Symphony by the Verve.

Ooh, actually, we could compile our own lists! But I would never be able to decide whether the number one should stay as ICP (It's a gooood choice) or be replaced by my personal nomination, Oasis.

Cartilage Head · « **Reply #25 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 20:10 »

Primus fuckin' rules, as does Skinny Puppy.

But fucking BLIND MELON? Blender has gone Batshit!

Ã¶de · « **Reply #26 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 20:24 »

I was thinking of suggesting that ICP and Oasis be joint #1 khar, but then I threw up.

TrueNeutral · « **Reply #27 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 20:29 »

Wait a second, at that questionaire for good bands, the good band's lyrics are about "The pain of loving"?

So I happen to be the only one who is tired of that sentimental, overdone bullshit?

valley_parade · « **Reply #28 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 20:38 »

Quote from: FireStarter on 03 Dec 2006, 08:28

Metallica, OMFG Metallica, where to start, Oh, yeah they suck, they have little if no skill at anything they do, and they do it in a pentagram. Satanism and poorly written music backed up by a propaganda machine that would make Bush weep with envy.

Metallica aren't satanist, you ignorant fuck. For god's sake.

Cartilage Head · « **Reply #29 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 21:47 »

YOU WANT SATANIC METAL?

YOU CAN'T HANDLE SATANIC METAL.

kokeyjoe · « **Reply #30 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 21:49 »

ELP is the second worst band ever?? That makes me want to go on a killing rampage, it does.

Quote

Appalling fact Singer-bassist Greg Lake performed on a $10,000 Persian rug that roadies vacuumed before every show.

What they don't tell you is why he had that rug. They were on tour and Lake kept getting the living shite shocked out of him by his microphone, so someone suggested he get a rug to stand on, and that would take him out of the electrical circuit. So, as I said, they were on tour... in a place where getting $20 indoor carpet sections from Wal-Mart was not an option. Whoever he sent to get the rug came back with the above-mentioned. It kept him from getting shocked, so he kept using it, and still has it decades later. If I ended up getting suckered into using a 10k rug, you can bet I'd get as much mileage out of it as I could.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #31 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 21:57 »

SATANIC METAL WILL EAT YOUR COCK

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #32 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 22:02 »

Quote from: FireStarter on 03 Dec 2006, 08:28

Metallica, OMFG Metallica, where to start, Oh, yeah they suck, they have little if no skill at anything they do, and they do it in a pentagram. Satanism and poorly written music backed up by a propaganda machine that would make Bush weep with envy.

You have no clue. Whatsoever.

Satanism? Metallica?

Patrick · « **Reply #33 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 22:33 »

Quote from: list

35 PAUL OAKENFOLD

Why he's not higher up on the list is beyond me. His "remix" of "Starry Eyed Surprise" by Crazytown is ABSOLUTELY INDISTINGUISHABLE from the original. At least, I could never tell the difference.

...on that note, why the hell isn't Crazytown on there?

ungrantedxwish · « **Reply #34 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 23:07 »

They have 98 Degrees but not N*Sync or The Backstreet Boys? They are all practically the same band.

There were too many solo artists on the list. I agree with most of it though.

Tyler · « **Reply #35 on:** 03 Dec 2006, 23:36 »

I enjoyed the Spin Doctors, was apathetic towards Blind Melon, and I do like Jamiroquai and the Doors.

Joseph · « **Reply #36 on:** 04 Dec 2006, 00:19 »

Anyway, beyond the Doors, my other problems with the list: Blind Melon (they weren't great, but they certainly don't deserve this), Skinny Puppy (haven't heard much, but what I have heard hasn't been bad at all), Primus (they don't deserve this sort of company), Oingo Boingo (pretentious does not always mean bad), Tin Machine (sure, by Bowie's standards they were terrible, but they had moments).

They got a bunch right, but far too much wrong. Silly Blender.

!!!CPAOI!!! · « **Reply #37 on:** 04 Dec 2006, 03:41 »

I agree with Khar, we should all submit personal lists. I think 10 is an appropriate number.

Hat · « **Reply #38 on:** 04 Dec 2006, 03:57 »

I am glad that I am not the only person here who thinks that the Spin Doctors should not be on this list. Pocketful of Kryptonite, the annoying singles aside was a pretty fun album.

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #39 on:** 04 Dec 2006, 06:04 »

Hey, Oingo Boingo was fun. Fuck you, Blender.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #40 on:** 04 Dec 2006, 10:12 »

I love how they kept making allusions to Yes being shite but never actually put Yes on there... Come on Blender, don't be pussies!

N.B; I like Yes.

camelpimp · « **Reply #41 on:** 04 Dec 2006, 10:24 »

Okay, so I'm bored and reading through the other lists they have there. The 500 Greast Songs Since You Were Born confuses me. I thought it was a joke with intentionally bad songs, but someone goofed and put good songs on there.

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #42 on:** 04 Dec 2006, 11:19 »

They had an article for the fifty worst songs ever, which was only cool because they had Ted Leo pick five songs from their list, grab his acoustic guitar, and play them for change in New York's Union Square.? They were: "We Built This City" by Starship, "From a Distance" by Bette Midler, "I Wanna Sex You Up" by Color Me Badd, "Party All the Time" by Eddie Murphy & Rick James, and "What's Up?" by 4 Non Blondes.

Johnny C · « **Reply #43 on:** 04 Dec 2006, 12:00 »

My list:

10) That band.
9) This band.
8 ) His band.
7) Her band.
6) Their band.
5/4) Two way tie: Those bands.
3) Its band.
2) Your band.
1) Insane Clown Posse.

glwtta · « **Reply #44 on:** 04 Dec 2006, 15:03 »

Is Tin Machine one of those bands you have to hate to hang with the cool kids?

I mean, they weren't great, but they weren't terrible.

Felix_ · « **Reply #45 on:** 04 Dec 2006, 15:08 »

I <3 Satanic Warmaster.

I might be able to agree with a few bands here and there on the list, especially #1, but still - it's stupid.

Taber · « **Reply #46 on:** 04 Dec 2006, 15:47 »

I find it kind of funny that most of the responses here aren't "Blender got 45/50 of the worst bands correct," it's "Blender added a few bands that I disagree with."

I mean, anyone could come up with 1. Britney Spears 2. Milli Vanilli 3. Kenny G, and so forth, and have everyone basically agree, but no one would read that list, and no one would talk about that list. They had to pick a controversial stance to have any relevance.Unfortunately that stance was that prog rock sucks, which I strongly disagree with, but they were smart for taking it.

I also find it funny that there argument for Primus was "Musicians and smart but uncool people love them, others hate them." So, people who know music like Primus you say? I will be sure to avoid them in that case.

The Eyeball Kid · « **Reply #47 on:** 04 Dec 2006, 15:51 »

Is Primus that band that has one album with guest appearances from both Tom Waits and Fred Durst? 'cause thats just weird...

Starship are worse because not only are they bad but they taint the memory of a good band while singing about a rock and roll scene that they were part of when they were a good band. White Rabbit is still a great song, but 'We Built This City' hurts it somehow

Gridgm · « **Reply #48 on:** 04 Dec 2006, 16:19 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 03 Dec 2006, 18:42

Hey, what, they put fucking Skinny Puppy on this list...but not KoRn? They list Manowar because they're metal and...gay? Okay, it's quite obvious that the world hates me and everything I stand for, I might as well go off and live in a cabin. I hear music shitter than a lot of this (but by no means all of it) on the radio every day (fucking communal kitchens). One I really am going to vehemently agree on is the Goo-Goo Dolls, 'Iris' is my girlfriends best-friends favourite song, and whenever we cadge lifts off her she plays it roughly non-stop back-to-back with Bittersweet Symphony by the Verve.

in case you havn't relised skinny puppy deserve to be on the list because they kept making albums after the 80's were over seriously they should have stopped at warlock, and manowar do kindof take gayness to a new level have you seen them live they're so up themselves they're shitting out their mouths

Hat · « **Reply #49 on:** 04 Dec 2006, 16:35 »

Quote from: Taber on 04 Dec 2006, 15:47

I mean, anyone could come up with 1. Britney Spears 2. Milli Vanilli 3. Kenny G, and so forth, and have everyone basically agree, but no one would read that list, and no one would talk about that list./quote]

So wait. This wasn't ACTUALLY meant to be a "50 worst bands" list, but instead was meant to be a "50 bands that are good enough to stir up debate when listed as the 50 worst bands, but not good enough to make it look like we are just making this shit up" list?

Essentially what you are trying to say is that this entire article is the equivalent of the person who got attention in high-school by intentionally and calculatingly becoming "the wacky one"

I hate this fucking list now.

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Author Topic: 50 worst bands ever. (Read 28754 times)

crotch rot

ScrambledGregs

crotch rot

FireStarter

Narr

camelpimp

FireStarter

SeanBateman

The Eyeball Kid

camelpimp

TrueNeutral

kokeyjoe

ungrantedxwish

!!!CPAOI!!!

camelpimp

Felix_

Taber

The Eyeball Kid