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"Bands that just don't rock ENOUGH"

I've got quite a big catalogue of music on my PC and on my shelves, and every time another album skips round on random that I haven't heard in a while, I often find myself thinking 'whatever happened to these guys? They used to ROCK.' There's so many bands out there that absolutely have the potential to be amazing in every way, but are seemingly more content to put out cruddy ballads or boffo electronica to try and alienate as many people as possible, thus proving their artistic integrity. Either that or they just started to suck. A few examples:

Radiohead Please please please don't turn this into a Radiohead sucks/Radiohead rules thread, because that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that after listening to the Bends, I'm gagging for them to go back and write some songs that try to tear the roof off the joint - they haven't let loose for ages, but when they used to play My Iron Lung or even Paranoid Android, no one could touch them. Please start rocking again.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club I've got both of their albums and on each there are a couple of amazing songs that attempt to shatter the inside of your head they're so awesome, but the rest of them albums are full of dreary Jesus & Mary Chain knock-offs and show-gazing nonsense. Whatever Happened To My Rock N Roll is fantastic, Six Barrell Shotgun likewise. Why no more of these ones, boys?

Cooper Temple Clause I remember one of the albums I was most excited about a few years ago was the new Coopers album, because I loved most of the tracks on the first one, and the new single Promises Promises was the best song I had heard that year. Why then, was the album a complete Cleveland steamer? Why not turn the fuzzbox up and drown out the singer's whiny voice, rather than messing about with lame effects and the kind of sounds you get on your school keyboard.

Audioslave First album = ace, not a patch on Rage but Cochise and Set it Off were great, rest of the LP was not far behind. Second album? Still hasn't grabbed me yet, just lots of shouting while Tom Morello puts his pedals on Hold and wishes he'd gone to be a Mexican freedom fighter with Zach. How can a band with such a great heritage turn into a band with no balls?

There are more, but I'm too depressed to think of them. I'm going to put Evil Empire on and put my head through the ceiling.

Hm, Chillis have gone a bit mellow. I loved it when they were pure funk rock.

Same with Incubus - their old stuff was really funky, but the new is a little bit bland (still great though!)

Stryke wrote:
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> Yup, I have, if you were gearing up for a 'you can't judge them'
> mini-speech. And they're still crap.

What bands do they sound like?

RHCP

What happened to them?!

Chipseh wrote:
> They still are. I loved "Don't believe the truth". :)

Oh balls. They've had about 2 good songs an album since Heathen Chemistry.

Cycloon wrote:
> Nowt beats Testify or Sleep Now In the Fire on full volume for sheer
> 'i really want to go mad' times.

I know EXACTLY what you mean. Moshing to Rage is so much fun :D

I still love rocking out to a good old bit of Pumpkins. And Pearl Jam. Ahh, good times.

RastaBillySkank wrote:
> Oasis
>
> BAH. They used to be so good.


They still are. I loved "Don't believe the truth". :)

Seeing them live helped, of course. :)

Edit: And Hedfix, ner ner. :D

Nowt beats Testify or Sleep Now In the Fire on full volume for sheer 'i really want to go mad' times.

Hedfix wrote:
> Stryke wrote:
> Both.
>
> So you've heard their entire album then?

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Yup, I have, if you were gearing up for a 'you can't judge them' mini-speech. And they're still crap.

Hedfix wrote:
> They have?
>
> Ah, might check them out again then.

Lol, sorry you can't really express yourself over here very well, no they're still very, very mellow. But I said Pantera, so I've restored some sanity :p

Oasis

BAH. They used to be so good.