Pick one single band to write a rant about and utterly destroy?

K

killer peaches

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One band, any band. Just make it creative and original. Really..if you are just gonna say Beiber sucks, don't waste yours or my time. Pick a band that is massively popular, but you think just is utter crap. for example................

Judas Priest.

Yup. I said it. For about 3 years in the 70s, truly groundbreaking, even if half their output was Hard Rock and Ballads, not Metal. But with British steel, they totally and utterly sold out with radio oriented Hard Rock, and have only had one truly great album since 1979, in "Painkiller" which is in itself a little one dimensional, though still real good. Since then? Utter graveyard, unless you count the first album with Ripper, but that hardly even sounds like Priest.

So how does a band that who only really put out great stuff between 76-78 (Rocka Rolla was OK at best), with one aberration in 1990, get rated as some ultra amazing band, Halford's glass shattering (in the studio anyhow... usually halfazz live) shrieks not withstanding?

They wish they had half the creativity Maiden still does, just because some folks can't grasp the intricacies of the Prog Metal on their latest stuff. At least they didn't release a total turd like Nostradamus.

See? Not that hard. It's like a nice therapeutic session.

Now.......

MQ- Your turn..... =P
*and keep your egos in check people.. if someone rips your favorite band, don't cry like a girl about it*

BQ- Lions, Tigers or Bears? (oh my!)
@Leprosy .... haha! Touche!

BUT

I think my rant is better! =P

Plus did I mention that Priest's post 1990 discography makes Metallica's look amazing?
 
Would Linkin Park be a generic answer?
This girl I know is going on about how nobody appreciates them on facebook, so I kind of hate them at the moment. They're overrated as hell. I know more people my age that listen to them than people who don't. She said that "they're famous because they worked hard towards it, and all the people I know listen to JB and that garbage". As if they're the only band in the world that worked to get famous -_____-". I personally can't stand their music, I find it irratating and repetitive. All their songs are three minutes of whining about how much their life sucks, sh*tty composition and just awful vocals. Although, I would hate them a hell of a lot less if it wasn't for their fanbase, I just can't stand any of those twelve year olds that think they're metalheads and are so f*cking special because they don't listen to Justin Bieber or whatever, as if what they DO listen to is so much better. Just an overall terrible band.
Sorry if I offend anyone, I just wanted to get that off my chest.^
BQ: Lions, because the Cowardly Lion reminds me of James Hetfield. http://totallylookslike.icanhascheezburger.com/2011/01/21/cowardly-lion-james-hetfield/
 
Pantera - considered by many to be one of the greatest metal bands of all time.

My reasons for disliking Pantera.

1. In the 80's they played glam metal, during the height of popularity of glam metal. Not only am I not a fan of glam metal personally, but from day one it was obvious that Pantera was in the music industry to make a buck.

2. They abandoned ship. Not that I liked glam anyway, but I would have had more respect for Pantera if they had stuck with their original sound instead of abandoning ship as soon as it went out of popularity, even completely changing their bands image.

3. Their redneck fanbase. Call their 90's material what you will (groove metal, slowed down thrash, southern sludge/stoner metal, whatever) Simply by incorporating a southern sludge sound, putting rebel flags on their album covers, and writing lyrics about being a badass, drinking/partying, cowboys, etc. has earned them the biggest redneck following and one of the most annoying followings out of any metal band in the world.

4. Their pothead fanbase. Potheads aren't that hard of a fan base to win over. Put a few pot leaves on your album covers, have a band member with the stage name 'Dimebag', and have a few songs about smoking or fighting society and now every pothead that is also a metalhead is going to love you.

5. Their incorporation of hardcore punk and the creation of metalcore. Although they stuck to their groove metal sound for the most part during the second half of their career, they did experiment with hardcore punk in their later career. Just listen to songs like "The Underground in America" or "Suicide Note, pt. 2" off of The Great Southern Trendkill and you will see what I mean. Many early metalcore bands also list Pantera as a major influence. If you like metalcore then you should love Pantera, but I find it funny how many people say they hate metalcore but list Pantera as one of their favorite bands, when it was Pantera who helped influence metalcore.

That is all for now.

@ Jon - didn't mean to steal your pick, I guess I started writing my answer before you posted yours, but it looks like we are in agreement on a lot of reasons Pantera is overrated which makes me feel better.
 
You said half of early Priest is not Metal.......

Iron Maiden - post Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

I wish I had the money back I wasted on all that garbage. Sometimes I feel like posting hate mail on their facebook page. Not one single creative song in the bunch. It's like they lost their touch. What did they do, buy back their souls from the devil? Maybe they crawfished on him, and he paid them back by giving them writer's block. Nothing I hate worse than having to change who my favorite band is because they decided to start sucking. How can you go from the world's premiere Heavy Metal band to a group of hacks that can't write their way of a paper sack? I'd rather listen to Tool for crying out loud, and they suck. I guess one mans intricacies is another mans thorn in his side.

BA: Bears, they kinda sneak up on ya. But wait, so do the other two. Ok, then. Mountain Lions!
 
OK, I'll bite.

Pearl Jam. I know they had (and presumably still have) a huge following but whenever I hear just about anything they did I always come away thinking "this is OK but it should have been better. They didn't take this as far as they could have." It's as if they always stop short of 11. I may be the only person in the universe who thinks this but there it is.
 
The one time I'm feeling too nice, you ask this Q... I'll let Dr. David Thorpe Ph.D rip into a couple of my favorite targets for me. Everyone here could learn a thing or two from this man because these rants I'm seeing are flimsy. Anyway, enjoy:

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/your-band-sucks/radiohead-sucks.php
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/your-band-sucks/the-mars-volta.php
 
The Beatles.

Yes I never get tired of ripping on these twats. They were sellouts from the beginning. Yes, its true. Before they were signed up to a company they played in dark, dodgy, shitty places. They played in strip clubs, they looked scruffy, rough, wore leather and jeans. That was their style but then some record dude found them and signed them on the condition that they change everything about themselves. They became the suit-wearing, down syndrome hairstyle wearing marketable 4some everyone loves.
See they had to be marketable.
http://www.cracked.com/article_19061_5-artistic-geniuses-who-only-became-great-after-selling-out.html

After that they just wrote appealing music singing about things that touch on the ideals people had for the world: peace, love, tolerance, drugs. It was the damn 60s and everyone in the youth culture was all touchy-feely-smelly and extremely liberal, hating the war in Vietnam, the lot. So they wrote that trash and it became popular like Justin Bieber and that Disney crap is popular to the youth today. Yes, I compare them. Bieber and his kind appeal to the youth today. It is just that the youth today can't give to shits about politics.

Also Lennon (more like Lenin am I right?) was a stinking hypocrite. "Imagine no possessions" he sings yet he was richer than almost anyone after his success. Yeah right, imagine he had to give up his money, his home, his belongings. I'm sure he'd change his song really quickly then.

BA: Bears. Massive, powerful animals.
 
the beatles. yep. so annoying and overatred. cant go anywhere without peopel saying ooh, what a wonderful band. best band ever. muisc would be nowhere if it wasnt for them. in reality, they were hippies so drugged up they barley knew whats going on. i think theyre just meh, nothing special
 
I disagree,Priest's only bad album was Turbo Lover,well I guess Ram it Down was also barely decent.Now i'm gonna pick on an easy choice:Avenged Sevenfold!
They utterly suck,they got the most horrible singer in the history of Metal,they sucked in the beginning as a Metalcore band,and they sucked even more after they utterly sold out.To top that every member of the band is EXTREMELY overrated,Syn,who also got a stupid name is thought to be a guitar god just because he uses sweep picking(like an amateur) and is also thought to be a good solo composer,despite the fact that his solos are boring and simplistic at best.The Rev was a pretty good drummer yes,but just because he died he is made a hero and the best drummer ever.Matt is a horrible singer,and manages to be a total ripoff of both Phil Anselmo and James Hetfield,besides sounding horrible and completely impassioned.Zacky is also thought to be a great rhythm guitarist,despite the fact that he is just a useless addition to A7X's already mundane riffs.Now,the worst member,Johnny Christ also gets overrated,despite the fact that you can't hear the bass in any song.Their discography is uninspiring and lacks any traces of progressing musical maturity or style,they jump from generic Metalcore on "Sounding the Seventh Trumpet" directly to generic but very radio-friendly Hard Rock on "City of Evil",their lyrics are dumb and generic,the riffs are just unmemorable distorted shit,and they just lack any interesting stuff,also managing to have absolutely random chord progressions and melodies.Overall they are a band mediocre at best,worshiped by fanboys for being a little above all of the generic Hard Rock bands that populate the radio.THEY SUCK!
BQ:Lions,they symbolize Pride and are the Kings of Animals.
 
*Rubs hands together * MWAHAHAHA, great question KP!

My choice is...

Pantera!


The band is considered to be one of the best of all time by a lot, and this is for reasons I do not know. Cowboy's From Hell was a decent album, but everything after that went staler than 10 year old bread. The band's most praised albums are monotone, metalcore-ish and plain out boring to anyone that has a ear for melody. To someone who is tone deaf and believes that listening to Pantera qualifies them as "tough," the band is perfect, but for those who enjoy Metal AND interesting song writing, the band is the equivalent of listening to a running vacuum cleaner for 70 something minutes. Even in Metal, song writing is not just about heaviness or speed, and this is one thing Pantera seemed to forget starting with Vulgar Display of Power. The music has such an "empty," feeling and sound, which makes it lose even more musical quality. None of the riffs sound contrasting and a lot of times it's just one note and the solos are painfully slow or chaotic to the point of being sloppy. The vocals are monotone and Metalcore-ish, the drums are nothing new. The lyrics carry the same "tough" persona of the band and overdrives it until the point of the band members becoming parody's of tough guys. They have created the illusion of being a great Metal band, but even bands like Trivium and Unearth trump the band.

Honorable mention- Slayer for a lot of the same reasons.

*Takes deep breath* I feel better now.
 
*Rubs hands together * MWAHAHAHA, great question KP!

My choice is...

Pantera!


The band is considered to be one of the best of all time by a lot, and this is for reasons I do not know. Cowboy's From Hell was a decent album, but everything after that went staler than 10 year old bread. The band's most praised albums are monotone, metalcore-ish and plain out boring to anyone that has a ear for melody. To someone who is tone deaf and believes that listening to Pantera qualifies them as "tough," the band is perfect, but for those who enjoy Metal AND interesting song writing, the band is the equivalent of listening to a running vacuum cleaner for 70 something minutes. Even in Metal, song writing is not just about heaviness or speed, and this is one thing Pantera seemed to forget starting with Vulgar Display of Power. The music has such an "empty," feeling and sound, which makes it lose even more musical quality. None of the riffs sound contrasting and a lot of times it's just one note and the solos are painfully slow or chaotic to the point of being sloppy. The vocals are monotone and Metalcore-ish, the drums are nothing new. The lyrics carry the same "tough" persona of the band and overdrives it until the point of the band members becoming parody's of tough guys. They have created the illusion of being a great Metal band, but even bands like Trivium and Unearth trump the band.

Honorable mention- Slayer for a lot of the same reasons.

*Takes deep breath* I feel better now.
 
The Beatles.

Yes I never get tired of ripping on these twats. They were sellouts from the beginning. Yes, its true. Before they were signed up to a company they played in dark, dodgy, shitty places. They played in strip clubs, they looked scruffy, rough, wore leather and jeans. That was their style but then some record dude found them and signed them on the condition that they change everything about themselves. They became the suit-wearing, down syndrome hairstyle wearing marketable 4some everyone loves.
See they had to be marketable.
http://www.cracked.com/article_19061_5-artistic-geniuses-who-only-became-great-after-selling-out.html

After that they just wrote appealing music singing about things that touch on the ideals people had for the world: peace, love, tolerance, drugs. It was the damn 60s and everyone in the youth culture was all touchy-feely-smelly and extremely liberal, hating the war in Vietnam, the lot. So they wrote that trash and it became popular like Justin Bieber and that Disney crap is popular to the youth today. Yes, I compare them. Bieber and his kind appeal to the youth today. It is just that the youth today can't give to shits about politics.

Also Lennon (more like Lenin am I right?) was a stinking hypocrite. "Imagine no possessions" he sings yet he was richer than almost anyone after his success. Yeah right, imagine he had to give up his money, his home, his belongings. I'm sure he'd change his song really quickly then.

BA: Bears. Massive, powerful animals.
 
The Beatles.

Yes I never get tired of ripping on these twats. They were sellouts from the beginning. Yes, its true. Before they were signed up to a company they played in dark, dodgy, shitty places. They played in strip clubs, they looked scruffy, rough, wore leather and jeans. That was their style but then some record dude found them and signed them on the condition that they change everything about themselves. They became the suit-wearing, down syndrome hairstyle wearing marketable 4some everyone loves.
See they had to be marketable.
http://www.cracked.com/article_19061_5-artistic-geniuses-who-only-became-great-after-selling-out.html

After that they just wrote appealing music singing about things that touch on the ideals people had for the world: peace, love, tolerance, drugs. It was the damn 60s and everyone in the youth culture was all touchy-feely-smelly and extremely liberal, hating the war in Vietnam, the lot. So they wrote that trash and it became popular like Justin Bieber and that Disney crap is popular to the youth today. Yes, I compare them. Bieber and his kind appeal to the youth today. It is just that the youth today can't give to shits about politics.

Also Lennon (more like Lenin am I right?) was a stinking hypocrite. "Imagine no possessions" he sings yet he was richer than almost anyone after his success. Yeah right, imagine he had to give up his money, his home, his belongings. I'm sure he'd change his song really quickly then.

BA: Bears. Massive, powerful animals.
 
Nirvana:
Like cmon i get it, they were a damn good band & Cobain was a good frontman but no they weren't the ones to kickstart the 90s alt scene at all, no Cobain was not a good guitarist & he most certainly not was a good role model. Their music whilst good was a bit repetitive & Krist Novelsic wasn't a good bassist. Also all the fans claiming Cobain to be a god do my head in
 
The Who

So many people rant and rave over these guys, for what? A string of halfway competent Hard Rock albums? Wow wee. Pete Townshend has to be one of the most overrated guitarists of all time. I love it when people say he's one of the greats. It's amazing. The guy whangs out a few basic chords, windmills his arms and everyone rolls in the floor and swears he's the second coming of Jesus. Then there's Keith Moon. If I have ever seen one case of overblown as hell undeserved reputation based on some partying and an few firecrackers making a Drum kit explode it's Moon. This guy isn't even in Ian Paice or Cozy Powell's league, and he's the GOAT drummer...LMAOROTF!!! Then you got Daltrey. A decent Vocalist but no more. Combine that with some albums that, as I said aren't as good as the average Atomic Rooster release and you get one of the greatest bands of all time...what a HOOT!

BA: Tigers, the most beautiful animals on earth
 
To the majority of glam metal bands:
A bunch of cocky 'we're only it for sex" bands. Thinks 20 minute guitar solos are worth listening to, so we're gonna show off and that's all we'll do. Only had a couple big hits but they're still "popular". We're also going to hate on other bands because we're big crap and we deserve to. We're gonna beat up punks, and artsy guys because they're not macho enough yet we have the biggest hair and proudly wear make-up and wear even tighter (leather) pants!
 
To the majority of glam metal bands:
A bunch of cocky 'we're only it for sex" bands. Thinks 20 minute guitar solos are worth listening to, so we're gonna show off and that's all we'll do. Only had a couple big hits but they're still "popular". We're also going to hate on other bands because we're big crap and we deserve to. We're gonna beat up punks, and artsy guys because they're not macho enough yet we have the biggest hair and proudly wear make-up and wear even tighter (leather) pants!
 
To the majority of glam metal bands:
A bunch of cocky 'we're only it for sex" bands. Thinks 20 minute guitar solos are worth listening to, so we're gonna show off and that's all we'll do. Only had a couple big hits but they're still "popular". We're also going to hate on other bands because we're big crap and we deserve to. We're gonna beat up punks, and artsy guys because they're not macho enough yet we have the biggest hair and proudly wear make-up and wear even tighter (leather) pants!
 
Im not here to talk sh*t on any band or whatever, but there were some pretty f*cking stupid Pantera rants on here. Pantera is my favorite, and I can understand if someone doesnt like thier style, and I knew it was coming- but damn, those were some faggott-ass reasons.
1)The whole metalcore crap is really over said. "Underground/America" doesnt sound remotely like metalcore, and "Suicide Note 2" has 1 three-second riff that is arguably metalcore, I'l admit. And disliking a band for a gay band/genre that came AFTER them is as bullsh*it as saying Black Sabbath sucks because they inspired Pantera. See how idiotic that logic is?
2)The whole glam change- The whole change is said like it was an overnight thing. CFH was heavily glam sounding and even Vulgar Display still had glam sound in it, so it was a rather slow proggression to what they are seen as today, the aggressive stuff and all, rather than the band wagon hopping thing it is talked about as .And alot of their glam was before Phil was in the band. He joined when they were writing "Power Metal" album, which is power metal, not glam. Pantera never wore makeup. Just putting that out.
3) Of course the fans are pot smoking Texans, Pantera's from F*cking Texas for fucks sake. And there wasnt a single potleaf on any one of their albums, to the guy who said that.
4) @Jon well idk what to say. If thats your opinion, then I cant change it, but to anyone who is a fan of Pantera or has listened to it with an open mind would think otherwise. As a matter of fact,you literally just described the exact opposite of how I would, ya know, about you saying their music being boring and wannabe and repetitive/unmelodic. Pantera had a HEAVY melody, you know, thats why its called f*cking GROOVE METAL. But whatever, I just wanted to clear some stuff up. I know im not the only one who felt this way. Im not hear to start sh*t, just my long-ass opinion is all. And you might be right about Slayer, although Im a fan.
And Tigers.
 
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