Of course well all forget that the Alan Parsons project was actually just a plan by Doctor Evil to put a giant laser on the moon and nuke earth with it...
I'm the same way.. not so much because of the voice though... They just became less interesting to me, which was probably 50% my fault and 50% theirs... maybe more like 70% theirs with the advent of their latest album.
between the ages of 10 and maybe 14, linkin park were sublime. i still love hybrid theory/meteora to this day, but minutes to midnight is an abomination to god and i'll not be listening to the new record in fear of projectile vomitting.
Dinosaur Jr went downhill massively when Barlow left. You only have to listen to Green Mind or Where You Been and compare it to You're Living All Over Me or Bug.
It's like listening to a different band.
I don't really have an opinion on Lo-fi, only to say it sound really fucking stupid when a typical 'hyped band of the month' goes into an expensive state of the art major label backed studio and then try to make it sound Lo-fi because that's what's being hyped this week. :laughing: