Good Charlotte: Classic or Dud?

"OH FOR GOD'S SAKE, BE A MAN!"

Anthrax have aged very badly by the way, I saw them a few months ago supporting Motorhead and they were just terrible all the way, the only thing I remember was a decent Caught In A Mosh.

Not gonna say I disagree with this (I really don't care about Manowar one way or another; they just seemed to have a sense of humor that Maiden lacked, which is at least SOMETHING), except to say that the equation of complexness with "substance" is just silly. I mean, the Ramones and AC/DC and Motorhead were, uh, somewhat linear too, right?

(P.S.: Preferring Iron Maiden to Kix means hating fun, period. Or maybe just hating hooks, wit, rhythm, melodies, weirdness, singers who can actually sing, and rock'n'roll. Same things, more or less.)

There are oodles of bands who only managed one or two decent albums before splitting. That wasn't my point. However, I don't think Good Charlotte are doing anything interesting or original enough for them to milk it beyond album number three. Maybe they'll prove me wrong and re-invent themselves ala Talk Talk or Radiohead. Stranger things have certainly happened. All I know is that to me they're well below mediocre in the music department, and the fact that they insist on dressing themselves up like something they're not only adds insult to injury.

Huh?

I'm also curious about his assertion that Tina Marie is a metal artist, but that's another thread.

I'm flattered you've utilized my 3EB comparison, Alex!

nickalicious is OTM: argue semantics of longevity if you want (yes, it's a bad argument, whatever), Good Charlotte still suck; even the song of theirs I like, I went off on pretty quickly. They're like what Blink 182 shits out after a glass of Metamucil, for fuck's sake. They are never going to pull off something as great as "First Date", much less Iron Maiden's best work, because they just aren't very good.

Kix do have their dub-metal moments, by the way. That's in my book, too, I think. But start with "Walking Away" and "Book to Hypnotise."

And for crissakes, Alex, her name is TEENA Marie. And I said ONE of her albums was metal; I defy you to show me ANYWHERE where I called her "a metal artist". And if you don't understand WHY *Emerald City* sounds metal to me, it might help to read the intro to my book, and the *Emerald City* review which said book contains. It's all there!

Who dissed 3EB? I merely stated that Good Charlotte's music owes more to them than it does to the Exploited (a point I co-opted from Anthony, basically). When I "diss" someone, YOU'LL KNOW IT!

I can see you and I have completely different interpretations of the word "peak". ;-)

Ha! Chuck, I love it, I'm going to never explain myself again and just direct everyone to read my previous entries on my blog whenever I say anything (PS I'M SORRY I'M KIDDING PLEASE DON'T YELL AT ME HOW LATE I AM ON THE TURBONEGRO THING)

Who dissed 3EB? I merely stated that Good Charlotte's music owes more to them

You mentioned 3EB and Good Charlotte together=you insulted 3EB. On the other hand, that means I just insulted "First Date", which I didn't, so my theory is rub. Carry on, homeboy.

PS Radiohead's best song was "The Bends", u r all lame.

Given all that, I don't really HATE the Misfits. And "Mother" is okay.

Oh relax, I'm just ribbin' ya.

Good lord, man, have you never wrapped your ears around Static Age?

Well, I don't have time to repeat everything I've ever written in my life, sorry. And since Alex is arguing with my book in the first place (since that's *where* I identifed Teena Marie music as metal), and seems so bugged by it, it might help if he'd READ the damn thing.

Chuck, Static Age is the best CD ever.

I kinda wished you were writing about cereal sometimes, though. You should work that in somehow.