I Liked You Better Before You Sold Out
Steriogram, U2, Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, A Perfect Circle, Creed, KoRn, The Lads, P.O.D., Shihad, Weezer, Zed.
[Update: removed APC; see comments]
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Comment by Angus • Wed 26 Jan 05, 4:41 pm #
Did A Perfect Circle really “sell out”, or just start doing the alternative-suck thing a-la Kid A? Curious minds need to know!
Comment by Matt • Wed 26 Jan 05, 4:52 pm #
Well, Kid A was actually cool, and was still originals. A Perfect Circle are just doing crap covers. Also, they’ve totally gone for the sex-sells thing with their cover art recently.
Comment by Raj • Thu 27 Jan 05, 9:28 am #
I don’t think APC have sold out, they’ve just failed to deliver quality music. Sure, their cover art is fleshy, but their sound is still pretty edgy (on mainstream pop-rock radio, that is). I found ‘Thirteenth Step’ to be a disappointment. Likewise with their covers album ‘eMotive’. But at least ‘eMotive’ was politically conscious. Question: Is it possible to call any band dealing with political content a sellout, even if the music is generic, radio-friendly, derivative crap?
Comment by Nato • Thu 27 Jan 05, 9:55 am #
I guess it must be hard for bands to find the balance between doing the alternative-suck thing, and doing the sell out thing.
Comment by Ross • Sat 29 Jan 05, 10:43 pm #
I must disagree! eMotive is top music. They’re reuniting all the great peace songs of old. And Thirteenth Step is also quality. Those two albums have really grown on me.
ps Can someone define alternative-suck?
Comment by Philotas • Tue 8 Feb 05, 7:30 pm #
I would question Linkin Park as well. theyve always seemed very much to do their own thing, and are one of the very few bands of their sort I actually like. they hardly ever swear in their songs, and actually seem to use more chords than other current songs.