You get to erase five bands from music history

[Brian F]

Which five bands/artists do you pick?

[rckrazy06]

Ummmm, Jonas Brothers five times.

Couldnt this go in Media Discussion?

[89magnumxl200]

1. Modest Mouse
2. Pink Floyd
3. Maroon 5
4. any Disney product
5. Franz Ferdinand

[rckrazy06]

Haha, I'm listening to Maroon 5 now.

[Andrew P]

Backstreet Boys, N'Sync, 98 Degrees, New Kids on the Block, and to throw you all for a loop...The Beatles!

[Leo C]

Great choices Andrew.

[Jimmy B]

Just a word of warning to all the members of ThrillNetwork:

If anyone -- and I mean anyone -- mentions Coldplay as a band to erase, I will personally hunt you down and knock some sense into you!

[Brian F]

Originally Posted by rckrazy06

Couldnt this go in Media Discussion?

It could, but it didn't.

Since I started it, I'll give my five:

1) Nirvana. Thanks for killing rock and roll, Cobain.

2) The Monkees. The first boy band, they made a market for the crap sandwiches that were NKOTB, N Sync, Hansen, Backstreet Boys, Jonas Brothers, et al.

3) Prince/unpronounceable symbol/whatever it calls itself these days. I'd rather listen to cats mating.

4) All of the phony female country artists: Shania Twain, Gretchen Wilson, and all of the blond nitwits who all look and sound exactly alike.

5) Kid Rock- absolutely unlistenable, and sells enough of the crap to create a market for more.

[Steven]

Here's my 5...

1) Monkees... like what Brian said
2) Moby... I don't think anyone would notice
3) All American Idols... none of them have made any contribution
4) Anything Disney... I've never seen such whoring of kids in my life, and that includes when I was a kid
5) Coldplay: Just to smite Jimmy... I just don't think they're the world's best band ever. Brian already smited me with one of his picks (Kid Rock), so now you can take it out on someone else.

[Leo C]

Probably a #3 for me would be Nirvana. I was just thinking about how rock would be different if Kurt Cobain would be still alive. Nirvana would not have rock frozen in time still, basically not far away from Brian's thoughts.

#1. Nsync
#2. American Idol people
#4 Anything Miley cause she sure sounds like a voice for a video that should only be sold at Walmart direct to home with a free Polly Pocket or Bratz figurine, not for Top 40 across the USA.
#5. Fergie/Hayden Pannetiere to come/ Ashlee Simpson - any 15 minutes of fame crap

William Hung could stay with "Vida de loca" take on Ricky Martin. That was a funny commentary on America.

I snicker at seeing a Moby sign hang in the Cleveland Rock n Rock Hall of Fame in a 2002 clip. I hope it's still not there. Give Cleveland some mercy God.

[williard2194]

1. Jonas Brothers
2. Miley Cyrus
3. AFI
4. Tokio Hotel
5. Backstreet Boys

[epijlh]

Just a head up Brian, Nirvana wasn't rock and roll. They were grunge.

1) Jonas Brother
2) Coldplay
3) Aerosmith (they killed rock-n-roll)
4) Kid Rock
5) ANY country artist, cept maybe Johnny Cash

[rjholla2003]

No bands, just artist. No rock, just rap/Hip-Hop.
1. SOULJA BOY (please Lord, smite him for his sins against Rap!)
2. Soulja Boy again, just to make sure the job is done
3. Cam'Ron...well...how about all of the Harlem Diplomats.
4. 50 Cent
5. Sean Kingston. I don't like his voice, even if the song is decent.

I could go on, but I'll follow the rules.

[coastergeek25]

1. N'sync
2. Backstreet Boys
3. Brittany Spears
4. Snoop (diggitty, doggody) Dog
5.American Idols....like Steven says: they are not the best, at least after they leave the show.

[apsterling]

1. Fall Out Boy - Honestly, I enjoy some of their stuff, but they just need to disband and recreate themselves.
2. Disney Artists
3. Any Boy Band or Popular Single Artist around 2000.
4. Soulja Boy
5. Most modern rap (There's good stuff, but you have to filter, and honestly shouldn't have to)

[Brian F]

Originally Posted by epijlh

Just a head up Brian, Nirvana wasn't rock and roll. They were grunge.

I've been saying they weren't rock and roll for about as long as you've been alive. I knew I hated it the first time I heard it.

[Griswold]

1. Any Rap/HIP HOP that has come out in the last 10 years. Tired of seeing dumb ass thugs rap to booty shakin' airheads.

2. Oh ya, throw Eminem in that mix.

3. I think pretty much any artist from AI with the exception of Kelly Clarkston can be pitched. She is the only one who has made any difference or made something of herself. I know some of you would argue Carrie Underwood, but if I hear "Jesus take the Wheel" or the one about her smashing the car up on her cheating boyfriend one more time, I will kick the stereo in. Its funny how artists will totally contradict themselves by the the songs they sing. They play that "Jesus take the Wheel" song over and over again on the Christian Radio station here in Columbus, but if they actually looked at the rest of that CD, they'd think twice about playing her crap.

4. Kid Rock (We don't need another cover song that combines Sweet Home Alambama and Werewolves of London) .Those songs were perfectly fine on thier own. For that matter, throw out anyone who has ever done a cover song--esp Disney tweenagers screeching the out and ruining the original meaning of the songs. Leave them alone!

5. Anything that says they are country but are really rock and white trashy. See Kid Rock/Big & Rich/Uncle Kracker whoever you are. You are ruining country music. I have no objection to rock, I love it, but there needs to be a distinction.

[epijlh]

Originally Posted by Brian F

I've been saying they weren't rock and roll for about as long as you've been alive. I knew I hated it the first time I heard it.

Well they never considered themselves Rock-N-roll, so it's not fair to say they killed it.

That would be like saying Dave Grohl Killed rap.

[Brian F]

They (and all of their clones that sound just alike) took up the airtime. That's why I say they killed it.

And I'm outspoken about hating Nirvana, but not evangelical about it. If you like them, it's absolutely fine with me. I won't try to talk you out of it, and I don't mind you saying you do. I just don't.

[Jimmy B]

Public Enemy #1: EMINEM!!!

#2: Hot Stylz

#3: Lil Wayne (or whatever the hell he's called)

#4. V.I.C./Soulja Boy/Hurricane Chris

#5. Ja Rule and Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot

#6 to #(whatever): All these other rap and hip-hop groups that came out in the last decade.

Originally Posted by Brian F

5) Kid Rock- absolutely unlistenable, and sells enough of the crap to create a market for more.

You must not have heard his latest smash hit "All Summer Long". And Griswold, I believe they call it Southern Rock music -- a fusion of rock and country. That Kid Rock's hit is an example.

[89magnumxl200]

Originally Posted by Andrew Polcyn

Backstreet Boys, N'Sync, 98 Degrees, New Kids on the Block, and to throw you all for a loop...The Beatles!

You know, I almost said The Beatles, but even though I don't like them and think that they almost killed rock and roll, they've influenced so many other musicians that are actually good, that if they were to be erased from history, who knows what would have happened.

And as for all the rappers, I don't consider what they do to be art and therefore they are not artists, disqualifying them from this thread.

[coastergeek25]

Originally Posted by 89magnumxl200

And as for all the rappers, I don't consider what they do to be art and therefore they are not artists, disqualifying them from this thread.

I totally agree: Rap isn't really a music, all it is is a person from no where that says "Hey, if i put every swear word in this song, and add some other stuff, I will be the most popular guy." And then just add a really loud bass beat into it, and you're complete.

[rjholla2003]

Disagree!
The commercial (c)rap that's being shoved down out throats isn't music at all. But true hip-hop is a beautiful art. Unfortunately, too many people are in it for a quick buck, and as many ringtones as they can sell off of a crappy single.

That link is Exhibit A. Give it a honest listen. It's not about like/dislike, but respect for the talent to put words together in a poetic way, then have the skill to set it to music, keep their flow tight and on beat, and good wordplay to exaggerate/emphasize a point. I got more, but I'm not going to take over the topic, lol.

[89magnumxl200]

I have to agree, true hip-hop is a different beast. I don't like it at all, but they're more respectable than the mainstream rappers because they do actually put forth an effort to be artistic. I'm still hesitant to declare it music though; it's poetic in nature, and it just happens to have a beat to more or less help keep the rythm of the poetry going.

[Leo C]

So getting rid of The Beatles would have taken care of Paul McCartney. They play his solo work crap on the soft rock station they play at work. That station owes me a prize for years of damaging me.

[Kyle L]

This topic is WAY to easy:

1. Soulja Boy
2. Limp Bizkit
3. LFO
4. Jonas Brothers, High School Musical, anything Disney Related as of late (AKA, all the music Carowinds 73-03 listens to).
5. Smash Mouth

[Leo C]

^2 & 3 is such a waste of 1999/2000. Thanks for the crazy memories.

[Griswold]

You must not have heard his latest smash hit "All Summer Long". And Griswold, I believe they call it Southern Rock music -- a fusion of rock and country. That Kid Rock's hit is an example.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for clearing that up. I still hate his music tho. All he did was put two existing classic rock songs together. That didn't take much talent, despite what his sales are.

[sfft_2108]

Originally Posted by 89magnumxl200

1. Modest Mouse

What? Some one please shot me right now. Explain.

[Kyle L]

I forgot Vanilla Ice. Any rapper featured in TMNT 2 is a tool.