Limp Bizkit, Creed worst bands of year

[John Lindsey]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/01/sprj.yir03.music.poll.reut/index.html

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Limp Bizkit, which suffered slow sales of its long-awaited new album, has been named worst band of the year by readers of Guitar World magazine.

Creed, another act that draws sharp reactions, came in at No. 2 even though the Christian combo took the year off. New York rockers the Strokes were No. 3, followed by "all pop-punk bands" at No. 4 and pop-punk band Good Charlotte at No. 5.

Metallica's poor-selling new album, "St. Anger," was named biggest disappointment, but it also came in at No. 2 as the best metal album, ranking behind Black Label Society's "The Blessed Hellride."

Metallica's Kirk Hammett was named best metal guitarist, a possible consolation prize for having all his solos cut from "St. Anger," and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl was named best rock guitarist, notwithstanding his initial claim to fame as the drummer with defunct rock band Nirvana.

That's the music industry for you. With the exception of Evanescence, everything I have purchased this year has been highly disappointing.

[Shitoryu Dude]

Basically, most stuff you hear on the radio anymore sucks. All a bunch of formulatic pop crap that is meaningless and quickly forgotten. Try to think of 10 performers in the last 25 years who you can still listen to and enjoy. There just aren't that many.

:beer:

[william northcote]

Well at least Creed make some decent music. As for Metallica and Limp Bizkit, this is the year that they sucked big time. Even the Strokes no longer seem as good the second time around I.E. 12.51: good video, naff song.

Thank god for MP3 downloaders. At least you can get rid of all the bad tracks on an album and insert others onto a CD :p

[Julian Gerhart]

Originally posted by Shitoryu Dude
Basically, most stuff you hear on the radio anymore sucks. All a bunch of formulatic pop crap that is meaningless and quickly forgotten. Try to think of 10 performers in the last 25 years who you can still listen to and enjoy. There just aren't that many.

:beer:
in no particular order
1. weezer
2. soundgarden
3. rage against the machine
4. audioslave
5. the white stripes
6. sublime
7. muse
8. radiohead
9. cake
10. the foo fighters
thats just off the top my head. Harvey, the fact of the matter is you are just old.

[gendzwil]

Only 10? Gah, here's 10 that have proven staying power, not to mention the more recent stuff that I think will hold up in the long run:

Elvis Costello
The Clash
The Smiths
The Cure
REM
U2
Cowboy Junkies
Sarah McLachlan
Lyle Lovett
Lucinda Williams

Now if you want to argue that mainstream radio sucks, you won't get a disagreement from me. I recommend XM (www.xmradio.com).

[monkeyboy_ssj]

Originally posted by Julian Gerhart
in no particular order
1. weezer
2. soundgarden
3. rage against the machine
4. audioslave
5. the white stripes
6. sublime
7. muse
8. radiohead
9. cake
10. the foo fighters
thats just off the top my head. Harvey, the fact of the matter is you are just old.

Muse? oh god not another one...I think they are pap! There songs are SO forgetable!

Also I'm not keen on the White Stripes either, all the rest are cool though :cool:

Also I hate people that say they like rock and then list Good Charlotte or Busted as their favorite bands...

Cheers

[william northcote]

Would you say that Iron Maiden are getting to be like the Rolling Stones. With the exception of Maiden being more like middle aged rather than middle ages :D

What gets me is that SKY TV has MTV 1, hits, 2, VH1, 2, classic, as well as Kerrang, the Amp, Scuzz, Classic FM TV, Flaunt ETC. But one channel P-rock.TV was playing bands like King Prawn, Reel Big Fish, Suffrajets, The Donnas. It was privately owned, looked cheap and was great. But as freeview TV costs £1million per year to air and they couldn't afford it, it went bye bye. Now Scuzz is playing all of what P-rock.TV was playing last year. And no White Stripes, or Limp Bizkit in sight. They did play Muse though.

[monkeyboy_ssj]

The Donnas are wicked!

I saw Reel Big Fish last summer at Sheperd's Bush empire and skanked with one of the most gorgeous rock chicks I'd ever seen...I wish I'd got her number...Plus I so owned the pit ;)

Oh well...Trying to think of some bands that are coming to town soon that I want to see.

[william northcote]

I want to come to London and see Deathboy in their home environment. But that will be in the far future :(

So what you think of Tuula or some of the indie (not Oasis indie) bands like King Prawn, the not so mainstream musicians?

[monkeyboy_ssj]

King Prawn were supporting Reel Big Fish in august when I saw them, I wasn't that impressed.

All the bassist sang was "Ya Wanna Get Dat Sh*t And Smoke It!"

But still alright though for moshing...

[william northcote]

All I heard from King Prawn was 'Dominant view', even then the bassist seemd not to sing much.

[{Think} why do I want to keep singing monkey man for? :( ]

Limp Bizkit was good until their guitarist left. Then Fred Durst placed the ex guitarists home phone and cellular number on the Internet asking the fans to persuade him to come back. It didn't last long. Now they are nothing more than a second rate band trying to capture the glory of what once was.

[monkeyboy_ssj]

Plus they killed a wicked Who song (behind blue eyes), they don't even have the rocking bit in it!

Fred Durst thinks he's important in the music industry, unfortunatly...

Cheers

Plus I hate Creed! bunch of posers...whatever happened to Marty Freedman( Megadeth)? He was so much better than Kirk Omlette...bunch of widdlers.

[william northcote]

One thing that gets me is the bubblegum music industry. What is the point in that?

[Steven Malanosk]

Hi,

If I may be so bold as to comment:

I am not a Metal Head, but I like Mettallica and St. Anger SUCKS big time!

Limp Bizkit are a bunch of Florida rednecks that cant decide if they are rap or punk, but I like them, although not in front of my daughters..............

Northcoat turned me on to DEATH BOY, pretty cool.

My prefference is punk, but alas, the copycats of today are a far cry from the 70s and even 80s.

Now, SCRAPING FEOTUS OFF THE WHEEL still rocks in my opinion.

http://www.foetus.org/audvid/

[Senjojutsu]

One thing that gets me is the bubblegum music industry. What is the point in that?
You really need this answered Will?!?
:rolleyes:

The "point" is called MONEY.
Dollars, Yen, Pounds, Euros...

That every year thousands of twelve-year old girls with disposable income will buy musical crap.

Also that thousands of fifteen-year old boys, with less disposable income, will none the less buy new heavy-metal crap under the mistaken notion that "their headbanging band" is for REAL.

THEIR BAND, with a probable life expectancy of a fruit fly, is about THE MUSIC.
Not about selling out - corporate rock - NEVER!

Yeah, right!!

I believe it was some seasoned cynic who commented about the Rolling Stones band OVER THIRTY years ago:

"It's tough to remain a street-fighting man and counter-culture rebel when you are living in your mansion."
;)

[william northcote]

Originally posted by Steven Malanosk
Northcote turned me on to DEATH BOY, pretty cool.

If yuo can get to thier back catalog, get Red Sunday and Unstopable and Stalker with vocals by Alanis Morrisette. Best one is Importance (mindless bitch experement). But then I also like Cyberaxis version of Kylies 'Can't get you out of my head'. Beer an' vitriol works wonders for music.

But yeah, Deathboy Rock. More better sound than Limp sauasage oops Bizkit.

[Steven Malanosk]

Ok, thanks.

Anyone ever listen to Social Distortion?

[Julian Gerhart]

Originally posted by Senjojutsu
Also that thousands of fifteen-year old boys, with less disposable income, will none the less buy new heavy-metal crap under the mistaken notion that "their headbanging band" is for REAL.

THEIR BAND, with a probable life expectancy of a fruit fly, is about THE MUSIC.
Not about selling out - corporate rock - NEVER!

ok. her goes.
[shameful confession]
when I was 13 I bought a limp bizkit cd and thought it was f-ing awesome.
[/shameful confession]
I have since thrown it out. thats 15 bucks I'll never see again.:cry: