Bands that enrage you

inspired mostly by the neverending Pomplamoose discussion on the Hyundai thread and the offhanded mention of The Dresden Dolls, a band that does a bazillion different things that, on paper, should be total catnip to me, but manage to do every single one in a manner that seems almost tailor-made to make me wish instead that I could shoot hammers out of the palms of my hands that would bludgeon them until they stopped.

I'm not necessarily talking about acts like Burzum who are repellent/repugnant on a basic social level; this is more about those bands who musically hit your aversion circuits through no particular fault of their own.

not a band but Joanna Newsom is this person for me, particularly re: should be total catnip but instead hammer-shooting-hands thing.

Three Doors Down. Not just because they're horribly generic and had a career that was undeserved, but for their idiotic Citizen Soldier song/video

every band Apple has used in their ads.

I should narrow that down: Every band who has done a song which Apple has used in their ads for iPhone, iPod, and iPad.

DJP: cosign on Dresden Dolls. Bands that get Brecht-rock right: Antifamily, Agent Ribbons.

andrew bird singlehandedly ruined pre-war american music for me

I love the Dresden Dolls/Amanda Palmer/Evelyn Evelyn stuff, now DJP and I can't be friends anymore ;_;

LCD Soundsystem obv

Stuck Mojo because not only dp they sledgehammer you with "get off my lawn" paranoid neo-conservative politics in the liner notes and lyrics, all you get in return is a collection of half-assed songs and an occasionally cool riff.

Also band name is stupid

the two that come to mind for me are Moldy Peaches and Rabbit Rabbit, but I always worry about bringing that up because somebody got all aggro at me in my early ilx days for one of them in a way that made me kinda think they might have been in the band or knew them or something so

like that time i said i hated the Gay Dad album and DJP didnt talk to me for a month

Oasis, just thinking of them makes me actually mad.

although I guess they are repellent/repugnant on a social level.

Yeah, I'm the same with Oasis.

although I guess they are repellent/repugnant on a social level.

― EDB, Wednesday, January 5, 2011 6:27 PM (59 seconds ago) Bookmark

Eh, nothing too wrong with writing catchy throwback rock anthems. Many bands do it and piss me off less than Oasis.

steve miller band drives me ape shit

phish too

Fogging Molly, my complete history with them is having to sit through a live DVD in a restaurant, but that was enough for total and utter - probably lifelong in fact - hatred. And the main dude used to be in Fastway so they're only one step away from both Motorhead and UFO, which enrages me even more.

Flogging Molly, sorry

i was going to say the eagles but i like "one of these nights"

i was going to say steve miller but i like "abracadabra"

As a huge follower of Phish in my late teens/early twenties, String Cheese Incident and Disco Biscuits would have me frothing at the mouth in anger. I don't think anyone I went to shows with felt the same.

xxp: ANY "Irish" punk band! Ooooooohhhh they piss me off.

Fucking IRA music innit

No, it's not! It's Bennigans music.

i don't know where to start w/this thread. cosign oasis and moldy peaches.

the smiths

pulp

animal collective

ke$ha

los campesinos

New Order

i've always hated jokey nerdy type music like they might be giants or barenaked ladies

i was gonna say andre rieu but that's more like bemused contempt

oh i also really really hate meshuggah

and that dude that does piano versions of radiohead songs

Ween

Jack Johnson

Evelyn Evelyn is the most unforgivable horseshit ever attempted.

Gorillaz

It is actually worse than the Dresden Dolls stuff because at least there is a nugget of something I could conceivably enjoy and respect underneath the neverending layers of DD douchebaggery; EE is basically someone masturbating into a microphone and telling you it's the best symphony ever recorded.

nd that dude that does piano versions of radiohead songs

― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, January 5, 2011 6:51 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

Oh yeah, he's a total hack.

bah i dig it, sorry man. xpost

btw if yall want some ouroborus action on the last amanda palmer album she does a song that is about sending fan letters to Oasis. also rape.

tbh I can get behind sending rape to Oasis

both black rebel motorcycle club and placebo drove me insane with how suck ass they were live but i've never bothered with an album of either of them. funny that i throw them together, but they seem like kind of the same bullshit to me.

oh I also really really hate meshuggah

how dare u hide behind ur mod powers for this I wld sb you, rsrrct u, then sb u again u gt me so mad I got deej dsease n abbrvting evrythng

the fact that millions of people continue to anticipate, and then either download or, worse, BUY red hot chili peppers albums, fills me with a mix of both gobsmacked fascination and utter RAGE

if you love nu http://camaholic.net/emma.gif but spend lots of time enjoying art fair drum circles, meshuggah is totally the band for you

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

I was about to excelsior that whole exchange but maybe not a good idea. Still, "Missed your window, she's not preggers" = all-time LOL.

Taylor Swift, Steely Dan, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, John Williams

Green Day

Ghost of a Sabre Tooth Tiger.

i heard an interview & Sean Lennon going on about being inspired by 19th century science books and last night they were on Jimmy Fallon playing accordions and aaagggnnngh so much affected bullshit it's like white noise, like omg just fucking play and don't make it always be a "thing" that needs explaining. Gives me a damn migraine.

And I kinda like Sean Lennon so, fuck..whatever

Elvis Costello - uninteresting "articulate" lyrics, comes across as a stuck-up prick, boring pub rock, fuck the fuck off

Nickelback doesn't infuriate me as much as it's fashionable it's led to believe most people are by it. I definitely don't like them and don't think I ever have, but their repertoire of hits is pretty impressive. It's like some weird reactionary thing online where as soon as one discovers "indie music" (at their current state, stuff like Vampire Weekend) they must cast off all their old influences to the most violent of degrees. The last.fm page, and all the comments, is boring and pathetic. Why waste time hating on this band?

Oh man, I absolutely fucking hate Elvis Costello, thanks for reminding me.

Also, anyone that dared question Oasis' ability to will hammer-projectile arms, I direct you here: You think you're cool, but you're a dick - a picture thread

bands on "fat wreck chords". just typing that makes me so mad.

i'm starting to hate elvis costello too. though more because of his awful tv show than his albums, which i've never really felt the urge to listen to.

fuck you, seriously.

http://home.kpn.nl/boeradje/mfatgg/pictures/promo/break.jpg

all-time: aerosmith, motley crue, green day, post-thrashin' metallica
more recent due to radio/party play: lady gaga, drake

also used to really hate no doubt but then they got kind of good when they stopped being a shitty ska band. :-/

the specials

whoa this thread

xp: I mean, since we're talking elvis costello and shitty ska bands

Tom Waits

can't believe this hasn't been mentioned yet--

Sigur Ros

+ that new Jonsi solo record, EEEUUURRRGGH FUCK OFF AND DIE

Forgot a really important one for me: SUBLIME

I saw a CD for a band called "the weepies" the other day

KILL

while we're on the topic of band names that enrage at first sight-- Cute Is What We Aim For

Didn't want to start a new thread. But DID want to keep it positive so...

Bands that engage you:

The New York Dolls

R. Kelley but only for moral reasons. It's hard trying to keep a lifetime ban on him since he is talented.

Coldplay have cornered the market on music to play at your wedding and/or reception.

hahaha omg just got back from a wedding tonight! guess what was played

COLDPLAY ("Yellow")

also heard Michael Buble (first dance!), Dave Matthews, and that annoying "I'm Youuuurrrs" song by Jason Mraz

the 30 min. dedicated to "dancing" where all the old ppl came out to shake their hip replacements included Stevie Wonder "Superstitious", James Brown "Sex Machine", Michael Jackson "Billie Jean", Jackson 5 "I Want You Back"

final dance floor song? Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling"

sad thing is, there are probably thousands of weddings each year with playlists that are 99% similar

Talking Heads/David Byrne

Another vote for Steve Miller.

seeing Elvis Costello's name here has been somewhat cathartic and I'd like to thank those who mentioned him.

coldplay have some good songs

Creed would have been on this list like five or more years ago when they still mattered, but really more or less just Scott Stapp.

back when Yahoo did those Yahoo Chats with celebrities, and this one was a radio broadcast, and I asked Scott what he thought of his comparisons to Eddie Vedder, and he replied "I kick his ass completely".

what a douche.

loooool

Evanescence

xxp why were you even wasting time on an internets chat w/ scott stapp???

AIDEN

Holy shit Aiden

Dare I even ask...

Xxxpost it was 11 years ago and I was 19?

BROKNCYDE

avett brothers for me....my dad and ex girlfriend love them and blaaaarrgggg

http://www.freewebs.com/xaidenx/aiden4.jpg

Aiden

Creates this:

http://www.rockworld.tv/assets/galleries/370/aiden_299.jpg

Oh dear god

haha i had never heard of aiden until this

back when Yahoo did those Yahoo Chats with celebrities, and this one was a radio broadcast, and I asked Scott what he thought of his comparisons to Eddie Vedder, and he replied "I kick his ass completely".

amazing!!!!!!! that quote takes me higher!!!!!!

i like evanescence btw

u suck. First time I saw the video I thought it was a parody.

...

Wow lotsa awesome bands getting hated on ITT... but, I guess there's no accounting for taste.

I'm not particularly enraged by many bands... but basically pop-punk sends me overboard, such as:

Rancid
NOFX
Lagwagon
Blink-182
Anti-Flag
AFI
Bad Religion
Good Charlotte
SUM 41
etc...

I generally think Marilyn Manson is a douche and in conversation comes across as nothing more than a pseudo-intellectual obsessed with promoting his own image he insists defies all generalizations one would get from just looking at him. The actual things he has to say about issues he finds relevant to himself are cliche and almost juvenile. I really first started hating him in Bowling for Columbine, fyi.

Um Rancid and BR in that list=boooooolshit

i like evanescence btw

― markers, Monday, January 10, 2011 7:19 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark

Bring Me to Life is a massive tune. Don't care for anything else by them particularly.

not too bullshit. it looks like viceroy's addressing the broad spectrum of pop punk there (only thing missing is green day, really).