Bands that you can't understand why they're popular/famous?

vonhelmet said:
As for Muse... They started well, but things got a wee bit pretentious around Absolution. Then they got more pretentious with Black Holes and Revelations. Then they released The Resistance. I'm not sure they'll be able to record another album because the acoustics up Matt Bellamy's arse are terrible.
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rdizzle said:
Most people seemed to have completely missed the point of this thread and just listed bands they don't like (mostly massive stadium bands as well....must be cool not to like them!).

I dont particularly like Oasis or U2 or Coldplay but it makes perfect sense why they are 3 of the biggest bands in the world. Surely the thread is about bands that are famous that seemingly possess no talent, charisma or the ability to write good songs. There can only be 1 answer to this question imo. Ladies and gentleman, I present........

THE KAISERS CHIEFS.
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I dont think i missed the point with KISS.

They are wrong in every way that their act states, and there music is nothing to be desired. They just come with that 'image' which was an 'alternative' and imo i would say pop band for back in the day.

They had fans, which obviously a lot of bands do, but i think their fans missed the point with the music, and just wanted to 'like KISS'.

As stated me and my mates were watching 'Detroit Rock City' and we were just like, WHY KISS, there were so many better bands around.
 
MUSE - what a pile of crap -They copied radiohead, poorly, then have some ****** with a warbly voice sing over a piano.
im a big fan :O
 
Because:

1. They were probably pioneers of a genre at the time - despite possibily being surpassed by modern acts they are still considered the absolute Gods of a certain genre.
2. Mass appeal - follower/sheep thing, if someone is popular it's generaly subconciously taken for granted by the masses.
3. They have more money behind them meaning higher quality generally and better marketting etc etc. They probably have a history meaning they bring an authoritive stamp with their name, more likely to recieve investment blah blah.
4. Nostalgia.
5. With certain bands, ther's a 'getting into' factor. Metallica have it (didn't like them initially, then it clicked) Iron Maiden have it (Don't get it at all, postively reject it). This could simply boil down to the personality of band members, I guess. Muse probably have it. They are like pop-Radiohead at the moment.
6. Right place, right time. Or 'introduction band'. Tapping into a certain generation. For me it was Oasis, had zero interest in music before them. The music was simple enough to appeal, and they seemed to capture a certain spirit of the times. Plenty of radio play helped too, coupled with practically no exposure or anything beyond a general awareness of previous rock music on my behalf. It was new and exciting from my perspective. I remember the only other acts in the charts were stuff like Lightning Seeds and Crowded House, they just got blown out of the water really.
7. With Slayer, it's pretty obvious really. Two massive massive riffs/hooks in Angel of Death and Raining Blood just slaps you in the face with pumelling rythym that instantly have you worshipping them as absolute pure geniuses.
8. Lack of talent? Delivery plays as much a part as playing lot's of notes fast. You might dismiss something as crap and beneath you when years later it comes back and blows your head off. Taste is so subjective, can vary from being in a certain mood to being of a certain age.
 
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Rolling Stones. Ugly guy that couldn't sing found ugly guys that couldn't play. And they keep doing that act to full stadiums around the world for half a century. It's a mystery to me.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - poor man's Faith No More but with no talent, no sense when they should have stopped and with naked chests.
 
any rap/hipedy hopedy gun toting hip gangster wannabe "artist".

allow me to demonstrate a line...

"drugs drugs guns guns bling bling ho`s ho`s bitches bitches death death sweary sweary"
 
People have been posting solo artists? I'll stay on topic and post some bands

U2
Nickleback
Dragonforce
Metallica
Muse
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Coldplay
Radio Head
Oasis
 
TurnipHead said:
People have been posting solo artists? I'll stay on topic and post some bands

U2
Nickleback
Dragonforce
Metallica
Muse
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Coldplay
Radio Head
Oasis
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Not really on topic though is it seeing as you have, like many others, once again missed then point completely and instead listed a load of bands that you don't like.
 
Whilst it's all down to preference anyone slating Muse/ Radiohead need to show some respect. They are exceptional performers and great songwriters, regardless of weather you like their style or not.

Muse are a 3 piece band ffs, what kind of standards do you guys have? For 3 people they make an incredible noise.
 
Gustov said:
Muse are a 3 piece band ffs, what kind of standards do you guys have? For 3 people they make an incredible noise.
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As I mentioned earlier, their early stuff was brilliant.

The Resistance is garbage though. Incredible noise? Impenetrable noise, more like.
 
vonhelmet said:
As I mentioned earlier, their early stuff was brilliant.

The Resistance is garbage though. Incredible noise? Impenetrable noise, more like.
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I must have listened to The Resistance about 200 times through.

It's not garbage. It's just different. Uprising, Natural Selection, MK ultra, The Resistance and all of the Exogenisis tracks are brilliant.
 
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