Top 10 Bands That Should Have Broken Up Instead of the White Stripes

[KamaAina]

http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2011/02/10_bands_who_should_break_up.php

Remember Korn? In the early 1990's, they were responsible for starting the rap/nu metal genre that somehow seems to cling to life today in corners of the world where sideways visors and cargo shorts are still acceptable attire. They've sold over 40 million albums around the world, but even after their highest charting album Issues was released in 1999, the band has released five more albums of 40 year old singer Jonathan Davis singing about his troubled childhood. In an unrelated note, Davis' own children are named Pirate and Zeppelin....

Last year, Linkin Park made a listenable album. The largely critically lauded A Thousand Suns was nowhere as good as the hype laid upon it, but it was actually not annoying. That's a huge step for the band. It almost made us forget about that one guy who wore those oversized headphones, and that other guy who just screamed (and not in that cool metal way). Better to go out on top, Linkin Park....

Breaking up Aerosmith would be like dissolving a large company. That's because Aerosmith IS a large company, nothing more. They've been marketing their old image and sound for the entire latter half of their career, so why not just break up and rake in the royalties gracefully like old rockers should.

[Bake]

1. Gotta be RUSH. No contest.

Hands down. That Geddy Lee fella has the most annoying voice.

Bake

[KamaAina]

2. Bzzzzt!

Sorry, Rush did not make the list -- perhaps because they RAWK!! Thanks for playing, though. :-)

[Hayabusa]

3. 6.Pearl Jam

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You ****er...

Every single band on that list I agree with, with the exception of Weezer and Pearl Jam. Mainly Pearl Jam.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

4. What, you don't like the fact that they have several thousand live albums?

WOW! This one has a live version of "Jeremy!"

Just like the last 999.



:rofl:

:toast:

[Hayabusa]

5. I love 'em

I wish I had more than the five I have.

[Kat45]

7. Pearl Jam had a really good album out last year.

Not a live album. New songs.

[KamaAina]

8. That's why I didn't post that one

Eddi is a known surf and, thus, Hawai'i freak. Here they are doing our modern-day anthem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL_L3oRZ8XI

[derby378]

6. Creed should have been on the list

Pearl Jam wannabees.

True story: My brother's band (Baboon) was told by their record company, "Change your image and your sound to x, y, and z." Baboon told the record execs what they could do with the proposed changes. So the suits turned to Creed and said, "Okay, you change your image and your sound to x, y, and z." Creed genuflected and did as they were told, and were kept on the label while Baboon was kicked off. The rest is history.

[Odin2005]

9. I like Korn, Pearl Jam, and Linkin Park.

:hide:

[KamaAina]

10. Mmmm-kay.

Pearl Jam can live, as noted above.

Otherwise, :spank: