Justin Bieber and BTS
Justin Bieber. He can play like 5 instruments incredibly well. He didn’t handle fame very well and they kinda forced him to be what he is.
He’s like the dude version of Brittney. Like they even publicly sexualized him too it just looked a little different because he’s male.
Nickelback hate was pretty bad but got better I feel. Animals is a banger.
Moby. Play is a great album and I play that shit at least once a year.
Since people are fairly familiar with Western artists, I’d like to mention Orange Range, an Okinawan Rock/Hop Hop band that was huge in the 2000s in Japan.
Some of you might know them because they did a bunch of anime/drama OPs, ads, and even did the official World Cup support song for team Japan (a huuuuge feat for a bunch of kids from Okinawa), but they were joking around how they still music from famous artists during an interview, and the haters just chewed them up. I personally like their music and their “stealing,” is more like “parodying,” imo.
Probably Nickelback. I’m no fan, but they seem to get the most hate of anyone just for being mediocre.
and like, they’re not even that bad
Foo Fighters, for some reason, are fucking loved, and yet if you actually listen to their albums, they’re just… meh
they got a few good songs and a lot of things I never want to hear again. and that’s coming from someone whose favourite band was them for a very long time. not to mention they sound like shit live
I read somewhere once that their agent would book them at any festival that would accept them. That lead to them getting booed a lot where they didn’t match the rest of the lineup. People began to anticipate them and became a heel type character to avid concert goers.
Comedy Central destroyed Nickleback. There was a comedy special or show, I don’t remember. Anyway, they promoted the show with a clip from a stand-up bit that was at Nickleback’s expense. I you watched The Daily Show, or South Park, you would have seen that ad a hundred times. After that, liking Nickleback was an embarrassment.
What follows is my bad recollection of the joke.
People say that music can incite violence and I think that’s true because every time I listen to Nickleback I want to hurt… Nickleback.
I barely remember that… Christ…that seems so long ago.
For me it’s “Photograph.” Such an aggressively sappy and mediocre song. Every time I hear it, it reminds me of an essay I would have written on the bus on the way to school in 6th grade.
I kind of like “Never Again”, it’s a bit heavy-handed but it’s got crunchy guitar and the message is good, don’t put up with abusive shit.
But seriously, what the hell IS on Joey’s head?
I decided to look it up and it’s a champagne chiller polished really well, looks like the Stanley cup
I don’t mind their one song. But that’s the thing, they only have one song (they all sound the same).
Imagine Dragons. Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but my understanding is:
They picked up hate for being marketed like they’re some kind of super hard rock, even though they’re not. But their music is good for the genre it is. The lead singer was raised Mormon, but is now an activist for LGBT youth.
i think they picked up the hate for being played everywhere and a lot of their songs sound the same. Interesting lore on the lead singer, that does make me like them more
Hanson. Their curse was that Mmmbop became THE hit early in their career. Their later stuff is in fact alright and with a lot more skill involved than a single repeated hook.
How long before we post bands we are suprised that nobody mentioned?
I’m sure “most hated” has already been covered, so I’ll go farther down the list and pick one that’s a little hated and IMHO more than “not bad”: Crash Test Dummies.
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm gets clowned on by people who remember it, but (1) it’s pretty good, and (2) CTD’s first three albums are full of super catchy folk-pop-rock with decent lyrics. Some of the third album, and then subsequent stuff gets deeper and deeper into Brad Roberts’ then-current interests and generally doesn’t grab me, but more power to him.
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm itself was undoubtedly picked to be sonically polarizing and grab more attention than some of the slightly less “Crash Test Dummyish” tracks.
Taylor Swift, the modern version. She used to be a genuinely talented singer songwriter but has gone way too far into the popstar life. I remember her playing solo songs on an acoustic guitar, and she was good.
i feel like you read the question (“actually not that bad”) wrong
I mean people like Chris Brown and Kanye both make themselves hated for things outside their music. Then there are people like Prince who would act like they were all high and mighty and have his staff tell everyone to not look him in the eye or even look at him. Was his music good, sure… But if someone told me not to look at him I’d mark it as a red flag and not buy his shit.
Ghost comes to mind. I’ve never had a problem with them and a lot of their songs I think are pretty good. Seems like they get shit on a lot though.
Really? I’ve never heard anything bad about them, whenever I hear someone talk about them it’s always very positive
I love ghost. Great songwriting and their mixes are fuckin solid (Andy Wallace of course)
I really like their cover of Avalanche, originally by Leonard Cohen.
Seconded. They make good music and seem to have fun doing it.
Have anything to read about them? Never even heard of them
Gotcha. Ghost is a metal pop concept band, where the front man is an ongoing chain of satanic antipopes (while still being the same dude in face paint). Only they are all really bad at converting the world to Satan worship on account of doing the actual work is no fun, and what’s the point of being the satanic antipope if you aren’t gonna have fun.
Sounds great! Only… Metalheads are like “this isn’t metal” and they’re kinda right. Its pop music, but metal and satanic.
Also, the front man may have fucked over his bandmates, or maybe not, depends really. I’m inclined to say his behavior may have been shitty, but that’s something you should work out beforehand.
At least in the thrash scene, Anthrax gets shit on a lot for being part of the Big 4, however I fucking love them, even though they had a period where every release was dogshit. Their early stuff is peak thrash, which is good because nowadays they mainly stick to playing their early stuff. Still deserving of their position. Though sometimes I wonder if it should be a Big 5, including Exodus, who were one of the first.
Testament > Exodus
Fuck yeah, exodus is great but testament fuckin riiiiips.
Anthrax has some really great stuff. But as you said, you have too tread carefully through their catalog. When they are good, they are amazing… When they are bad, they are really bad.
Peak Anthrax
Totally agree.
Top comment on the vid hits the nail on the head.: “Big 4 summary Slayer: Fastest and Heaviest Megadeth: Most technical Metallica: Largest impact Anthrax: Thrash that makes you want to grab a beer and have a party.”
Years ago I went to the Slayer farewell tour. There were a lot of bands that I had wanted to see for a long time: Testament, Behemoth, Lamb of God, and Anthrax.
In my opinion, Anthrax stole the show. I hadn’t listened to them much before that show, but on my way back home I played a lot from their catalog and realized I had been missing out.
Lana Del Rey?
I think her music is OK but she got a lot of hate for pretending she was raised poor when in reality she is a trust fund nepo baby (I think?)
