Least Favourite Bands or Artists

AlbertC

Texas - the magnolia emulsion of pop music

Blueingreen

Rock music.

That needs qualifying because lots of the music I like could be and is called rock music.  The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, Santana, Paul Simon, Van Morrison, Dylan, The Doors, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Nick Cave, Tom Petty and a huge list of others. In his History of Rock Music in 500 songs Andrew Hickey even includes Motown, Stax and James Brown as rock music.

But rock is also used in a narrower sense to mean a more specific type of music.  Including but not necessarily limited to, heavy rock, heavy metal, prog rock, hair metal, grunge etc. And while it would be difficult to define where the type of rock music I like stops and the type I don’t like starts, I know it when I hear it and I pretty much don’t like any music within that narrower definition of rock.

Gilly

Has no one mentioned Muse yet? Admittedly I do like a couple of their songs but most of their output is just pretentious wank.

scrumhalf

Gilly said:

Has no one mentioned Muse yet? Admittedly I do like a couple of their songs but most of their output is just pretentious wank.

I gave up on Muse when every vocal sounded like he was busting for a shit but trying to get his vocal done beforehand, and only just succeeding. 

digitalkettle

scrumhalf said:

Gilly said:

Has no one mentioned Muse yet? Admittedly I do like a couple of their songs but most of their output is just pretentious wank.

I gave up on Muse when every vocal sounded like he was busting for a shit but trying to get his vocal done beforehand, and only just succeeding. 

Too much compression can give you bellyache.

menamestom

lustycourtier said:

menamestom said:

Oasis - bland Rhythm's, dull unadventurous guitar.  Not an ounce of funkiness or groove at all. The nasally wine of Liam.  
Noel is okay and some songs are pretty good, pity they are dragged down by the mediocrity of their musicianship and overly hyped bad attitudes.   

Ed Sheeran - Talented and likable but his music makes me want to stick pins in my eyes.

I can give or take Def. Maybe and Whats the story, but Lyla, Shock of the lightening, Falling Down, Hindu Times, Turn up the sun, all complete grooves, and far from unadventurous. 

Yeah those songs are definitely better, from a groove perspective.  I grew up on the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays and both had great grooves.  Listen to Kinky Afro or I am the Resurrection, they just seem a world away from anything Oasis did in that department.  But Oasis did write some great songs and developed rhythmically over the years.  

By the time Oasis had got big I was bored of the Manchester thing. Saw Oasis in 1995 at Glasto, walked out after half the set.  

I was blown away at same festival by The Black Crowes.  

Probably just a timing thing with Oasis for me.  Had I been 5 years younger I’d be more of a fan.  14 in 1990 it was all about the Roses and Monday’s, LA’s, Inspiral carpets etc.

historyisjunk

Kilgore said:

Crypt of Filth
Sepulchre of Doom
Sacrifice of the Devil's Goat

Etc, etc. 

I've probably made up those bands but you get the idea.

When I was in Crypt of Filth we were voted 3rd best wedding band in Dalkeith.

guitarjack66

historyisjunk said:

Kilgore said:

Crypt of Filth
Sepulchre of Doom
Sacrifice of the Devil's Goat

Etc, etc. 

I've probably made up those bands but you get the idea.

When I was in Crypt of Filth we were voted 3rd best wedding band in Dalkeith.

I think the general idea is to make the band name so scary that the audience dare not disrespect you for fear of a devil's curse. Not a bad band name in itself.

historyisjunk

I definitely think we had a degree of respect from the audience. They could tell we were serious, though I don't think any of us was classically trained. We were a bit like a hardcore Agadoo, with some GG Allin influences. You know what it's like though, the singer kind of got into those Norwegian black metal bands as well. In the end I got kicked out cause I wouldn't chip in for a pig's head & lighter fluid.

munckee

menamestom said:

lustycourtier said:

menamestom said:

Oasis - bland Rhythm's, dull unadventurous guitar.  Not an ounce of funkiness or groove at all. The nasally wine of Liam.  
Noel is okay and some songs are pretty good, pity they are dragged down by the mediocrity of their musicianship and overly hyped bad attitudes.   

Ed Sheeran - Talented and likable but his music makes me want to stick pins in my eyes.

I can give or take Def. Maybe and Whats the story, but Lyla, Shock of the lightening, Falling Down, Hindu Times, Turn up the sun, all complete grooves, and far from unadventurous. 

Yeah those songs are definitely better, from a groove perspective.  I grew up on the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays and both had great grooves.  Listen to Kinky Afro or I am the Resurrection, they just seem a world away from anything Oasis did in that department.  But Oasis did write some great songs and developed rhythmically over the years.  

By the time Oasis had got big I was bored of the Manchester thing. Saw Oasis in 1995 at Glasto, walked out after half the set.  

I was blown away at same festival by The Black Crowes.  

Probably just a timing thing with Oasis for me.  Had I been 5 years younger I’d be more of a fan.  14 in 1990 it was all about the Roses and Monday’s, LA’s, Inspiral carpets etc.

I was 15 in 90 and was also really into stone roses, inspiral carpets, las, soup dragons etc. 

I’ve seen oasis loads because one of my mates was really into them, I first saw them in 94 at Sheffield with pulp supporting which was fantastic. 

I hardly listen to oasis now but still listen to the rest, although plenty of oasis stuff sounds good when I hear it, not the same league though. 

Sassafras

JJ Cale.
I don't dislike his stuff but it does all sound very similar.