Aren't all these new wave bands pointless?

[Microwave]

The Bravery, The Keiser Chiefs, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol, The Killers, The Faint.....


why would anyone waste their time on these bands? The original versions of these bands were much better. The above mentioned clowns evern have 80's haircuts and clothes. What the ********? Skip them and go right to the source...


echo and the bunnymen, psychedelic furs, new order, the smiths, the cure


what a waste of time (snow patrol is a good band though)

[gocaps]

what a waste of time (snow patrol is a good band though)
If you've actually listened to both Snow Patrol's album and Turn on the Bright Lights and thought the Snow Patrol was better, I can't say I trust your ears very much.

[MikeLastort2]

Franz Ferdinand rocks.

And on that note, I'm going to listen to them now.

[gocaps]

Franz Ferdinand rocks.
You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to MikeLastort2 again.

Agreed. Great record. BTW, I love that "Dark of the Matinee" is basically a funky version of Hava Nagila :)

[skipshady]

The Bravery, The Keiser Chiefs, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol, The Killers, The Faint.....


why would anyone waste their time on these bands? The original versions of these bands were much better. The above mentioned clowns evern have 80's haircuts and clothes. What the ********? Skip them and go right to the source...


echo and the bunnymen, psychedelic furs, new order, the smiths, the cure


what a waste of time (snow patrol is a good band though)
Wow, I've never heard this one before. That Ted, he's always an original, never predictable.

[Microwave]

you'd have to be a moron to think franz ferdinand is good

[hangthadj]

The faint may be the worst band ever, i'll give ya that much.

[skipshady]

And I do agree that the Bravery is a steaming pile of assorted animal feces, but to each his own.

[Matt in the Hat]

The Keiser Chiefs are monkey dreck as well

[Footix]

Yeah! Bring back Nu-Metal! If it were'nt for stations playing Interpol and Kaiser Chiefs, there'd be room for the new Limp Bizkit single that nobdy's playing!

[metrocorazon]

Wait.. there's a new Limp bizkit song?

[chad]

You're all dorks.

I'm going to go listen to some MA$E. First I gotta find my puffy shiny jumpsuit, though. Uh huh uh huh.

[scaryice]

As long as people enjoy it, no band is pointless.

[Coach_McGuirk]

I thought Ima Robot's album was pretty damn good, myself.

[Microwave]

I thought Ima Robot's album was pretty damn good, myself.


I like the new cd by Harry Ballsonya

[God_Borat]

Aren't the faint that really old band from the eighties that is supposedly the inspiration for all these new Franz Ferdinand-esque bands coming out now??? Maybe theres two of them now :confused: ?

Interpol is like Joy Division's singing style and New Order's instrumentals...but they suck at trying to ripoff both!!!

[emp2b3]

I know that people always say Interpol sound like New Order and Joy Division, but I'm not really sure why. There may be some similarities, but I would never mistake one for the other while listening to a song I hadn't heard before. Is it just because they are easy band names to throw out there as a reference? Also, if all of these bands are JD/NO clones, it is strange that the Faint don't sound like the Killers etc.

[gocaps]

I know that people always say Interpol sound like New Order and Joy Division, but I'm not really sure why. There may be some similarities, but I would never mistake one for the other while listening to a song I hadn't heard before. Is it just because they are easy band names to throw out there as a reference?
Exactly. Interpol sound nothing like New Order. Nothing. The JD influence is definitely there, but so is the Chameleons UK influence, the Bauhaus influence. Hell, I sometimes hear Jawbox and the Dismemberment Plan in what they do. They're an amalgam of influences, like any band - but a copy of none (unlike, say, The Bravery - who are the paint-by-numbers band of this genre).

But JD and NO are the famous '80s bands to mention, so they get mentioned. And because it's cool to like the old, not-popular-anymore stuff and deride the new stuff, everyone's a copycat of those bands. This even happens to bands that suck. The Killers are all sound and no songwriting - they're not good enough to sound like JD or NO. They sound like Duran Duran. But nobody ever says that - it's "they're a ripoff of New Order".

The classic example - the mere mention of Franz Ferdinand in this. How are they even in the ballpark? They sound more like Wire, Gang of Four, and Velvet Underground than JD or NO. But they're a "retro" band, so they're lumped in. FF sounds more like the Strokes than they do Interpol, Bravery, Killers, Faint, etc.

[skipshady]

Isn't this thread just like the Ted Cikowski thread from 2002 when he was complaining about retread bands like the Strokes, the White Stripes and the Hives? I mean, it's nearly word for word, save a few descriptors and band names, the same thing!

It's too bad the crash killed all the old threads because I'd rather enjoy the original bitch and whine session than this carbon copy.

[Footix]

Isn't this thread just like the Ted Cikowski thread from 2002 when he was complaining about retread bands like the Strokes, the White Stripes and the Hives? I mean, it's nearly word for word, save a few descriptors and band names, the same thing!



Sadly, he hasn't mentioned Clan of Xymox yet.