Monday, May 3, 2010

My Top 10 Artists to Avoid


Let's be honest for a second, currently there is a lot of music out there that has a huge number of fans that is just horrible. I know some people have their special tastes in music, trust me I have my fair share, but there is some music I just cannot stand. These are my top ten musical groups to avoid.

10. Norma Jean
This band is intense, don't get me wrong. They perform amazingly and they are very fun to watch. My problem with this band is all they sound like is pure noise and dissonance. I know that in hardcore it is encouraged, but there has to be a point where something resolves, or for that case develops. I honestly think that to write some of their songs they threw a guitar in a dryer and waited for the weirdest sound to come out, and used that to write the song.

9. Fall Out Boy (New)
This ain't a scene... FALSE. Fall Out Boy had a lot going for them after From Under The Cork Tree. Then they came out with one of the most over produced albums they could have made. I know that sometimes it is good to start moving forward with your music, but taking things that worked so well in your previous albums and throwing them out the window, like the pop punk feel to your music cause that was what you were, a pop punk band, is a bad idea. I guess I am saying all this for no reason, the band did break up, to albums too late.

8. Country Music
Ok now this might be obvious, I don't not like country music. It is rap with twang. That is all I have to say.

7. Chris Brown
So this is the dance hall sensation that beat the crap out of Rihhana, and now his career is in the toilet. This guy had a lot going for him, before he decided to be a scum bag. Now that he is making music again it all sounds bland. He was a singer, now he is trying to rap and it is not working.

6. Nickelback
I feel like this is too easy. Nickelback is so cookie cutter it is sad. They decide if they are going to write a slow or fast song. Depending on which they pick they take one of two chord progressions and write the song. It will be about sex, a scared past, or love lost. Rinse, wash, repeat.

5. Justin Bieber
This kid is freaking creepy. He is like what, 14 maybe. All he sings about is wanting to make girls fall in love with him and marrying them. He is not old enough to even know everything about love. But I mean the moment his voice changes he will be gone. Puberty is going to kill his career, you just wait.

4. The Jonas Brothers
The Jonas Brothers give a new definition to over hyped. The guys are three brothers, hence the most original band name ever, who yes are musically talented. The problem with them is that they have become actors and have kinda sold their collective soul to Mickey Mouse. Their music is simple chord progression after predictable cadence and they try to make up for it with gaudy pathetic shows. A live show should be a passionate performance, not something that is so rehearsed that you know exactly when the light is going to pan over the crowd every time.

3. Miley Cyrus
If the Jonas Brothers sold their souls to Mickey Mouse, I don't even want to think about what Miley Cyrus did. The child of the mullet king Billy Ray Cyrus made her original name on a show for Disney. Then someone decided to convince her to do pop and now she is the biggest thing since auto tune. She is everywhere too. I mean from clothing to television I can't get away from her.

2. Brokencyde
Screamers should do screamo, not rap. That is a simple truth. Write good music and be passionate. Don't write about calling a girl at 4 in the morning for sex and then scream on the track. Also, don't try to go toe to toe with bands that actually write good music, we are all going to just laugh at you.

1. Ke$ha
This is over production at its worse. This girl does not sing, she talks and they auto tune the crap out of her voice. Her songs might be the worse exercise in song writing to date. She never hits a note live and she is a mess of a person. If you were to strip out the filters on her music you would actually hear cats fighting in the background and angry drunk guys yelling at her to stop singing because she's is ruining their buzz. If this type of music is the future, kill me now.

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