Why Does Everyone Hate....

[ok_go_570]

Why does everybody hate bands like Blink 182 and Sum 41 so much???

[Crusader]

I personaly like them both.

[ok_go_570]

me too...but everyone else just beats them down...(by everyone i mean the majority of people i talk to)

[Crusader]

Hah, same. People think they're too poppy or mainstream but fuck that. They're cool most of the time.

[ok_go_570]

whenever someone says poppy i think of drugs hehe

 

but yeah...i was just wondering...

[Sparq]

"They're not real punk" is what I mostly hear. Remember, any musician who gives the listeners what they want and becomes rich and famous as a result has 'sold out' and their music sucks if you ask any self proclaimed purist. Just like Avril Lavigne 'isn't punk'. Who cares. If you don't like it, don't listen to it.

 

Almost every musical thread I see on other forums degenerates to a veritable hatefest of people complaining about how the big names aren't what they should be, and the underground, up and coming are awesome....then when THEY make it big, they suck as well. Success is the same as cheating, apparently.

[ok_go_570]

but at the same time bands like Bad Religon and Green Day are popular

 

and they've made it big a while ago

[Sparq]

It's not universal...but it's fairly common, at least among genres which are generally popular with your standard teenaged male forum member.

[ok_go_570]

pfft...people make no scense to me

[THE MAN]

People just dont like them I guess, but as far as being "not real punk", punk died long ago anyway.

[HoboFactory]

Blink 182 can sound decent sometimes, but the vocals are just hella annoying most of the time, and when it comes to performing live, it's a real crapfest.

[Daedalus]

I've always liked sum 41. Blink 182 i've never been keen on, nothing about the "sell out" crap but their vocals just really irritate me.

[S.E. Hardy]

I never really loved them, but I don't hate them, and I don't switch the radio when they come on.

[montrealmike]

Paraphrasing what Lars from Metallica said in reference to when they got big: 'people didn't like us because they couldn't have us in their back pocket anymore'. I think a lot of people feel this way when a band goes mainstream...

[no yu begin wher i end]

I just think that Blink 182, for the most part, makes bad music. Plain and Simple.

Sum 41, I used to hate them, but I think they're a lot better now.

[montrealmike]

I just think that Blink 182, for the most part, makes bad music. Plain and Simple.

Sum 41, I used to hate them, but I think they're a lot better now.

Bad music? Well, I'm not a fan but I have to admit, Adam's song, I miss you and Stay together for the kids aren't bad songs imo...

[Matt]

I really like "Sum 41"'s last two CDs...

[Lauren]

i just don't like their sounds.

i don't really think they are 'sell outs' persay. some artists motives for writing, recording and putting out albums change over time. you go from wanting to make it huge as an underground band, to having the world at your fingertips and trying to grab their money. i don't think this is the case of either blink 182 or sum 41. they appear to be pretty genuine. unfortunately for them, they've both changed their sounds seemingly to what people want them to sound like. a more mature sound. i don't think this is a result of them selling out, but rather, the maturing of the bands.

[saturnine]

Why does everybody hate bands like Blink 182 and Sum 41 so much???

because they're terrible.

 

/justification

[Dan #2]

I love Blink 182, and i don't care if they're punk or not. I think them doing the newest CD was more of a punk thing to do than any 'real' 'punk', because a lot of punk is generic, and boring.

 

Sum41 are a band i'd only ever buy their greatest hits disc, though We're All To Blame and Still Waiting are awesome songs.

[THE MAN]

As far as bands "selling out", I think this term has been confused with "becoming really popular". Just because alot of people seem to be liking them and buying thier CD's, doesnt mean they "sold out". now if a band starts to produce action figures and video games and basically become corporate whores, then yes, they did sell out.

[montrealmike]

As far as bands "selling out", I think this term has been confused with "becoming really popular". Just because alot of people seem to be liking them and buying thier CD's, doesnt mean they "sold out". now if a band starts to produce action figures and video games and basically become corporate whores, then yes, they did sell out.

totally agree

[miles2025]

I think it's what Sparg said...everyone who grew up on real punk doesn't like them because they are just imitation punk.

 

Me, I don't like bands like Bad Religion or the Ramones any more than Sum 41 or Blink 182. You won't see me on any boards saying that anyone's sold out or that they've ripped off previous music...I just plain and simply don't like the music genre. So any time I hear it on the radio, I turn it off, and don't waste my time complaining about it.

 

Simple Plan on the other hand....they're the biggest bunch of flaming fags who do nothing but whine like teenage girls and deserve to be shot.

[Lauren]

not to get off topic here, but could we not use any form of 'gay' as an insult?

[Kumquat]

I like Blink 182, though they do, like most bands, have their fair share of crappy music.

 

Sum41, on the other hand, isn't really my cup of tea.