Staind "goes country" and holy hell is it ever awful

*stands up for freedom*

(btw nothing on that alex jones video? come on u guys)

must be a city thing

Except not.

*nukes a deer*

*gives George Jones a job*

*reads the Constitution*

it kinda freaks me out that i used to chew tobacco (kodiak) so gross :(

Yeah having grown up on the prairies I can attest that the dudes who liked country often liked metal and vice versa, with no contradictions seen at all. At my old store you'd get guys walking up with Metallica and Randy Travis CDs so I don't really see this as being some massive departure.

why would there be any contradictions involved? the genres share a lot.

early in HS i bought three pixies albums and two husker du albums off a kid for ten bucks. he had them cos some songs were on a thrasher video. then he decided he'd rather be a shitkicker and it was all brooks and dunn all the time. he friended me on facebook a while back and he's super into demo derby. i remember getting into a huge argument with him once about whether mariah carey was black or not.

no real point to that story i guess

it kinda freaks me out that i used to chew tobacco (kodiak) so gross :(

did that for a summer when i worked road construction, shameful part of my past

ha yeah that's exactly the type of job that's perfect for dipping

yeah dipping is kind of like putting soft, warm asphalt into your grill. i tried it once in college on a dare and wanted to kill myself, it was so bad.

Dipping should pretty much be relegated to junior high/high school.

Trust me, after 10 hours a day shoveling and spreading hot asphalt when it is 95+ degrees outside, even putting nasty shit in your mouth feels like a worthwhile distraction.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The only U.S. flag not captured or lost during George Armstrong Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn in southeastern Montana sold at auction Friday for $2.2 million.

The buyer was identified by the auction house Sotheby's in New York as an American private collector. Frayed, torn, and with possible bloodstains, the flag had been valued before its sale at up to $5 million.

Since 1895, the 7th U.S. Cavalry flag — known as a "guidon" for its swallow-tailed shape — had been the property of the Detroit Institute of Arts, which paid just $54 for it.

http://my.eimg.net/harvest_xml/NEWS/img/20101210/7f12bbcb-b555-49c9-9da0-b4068e025d6d.jpg

fyi: i got a pair of custer's underpants that i could let go for, like, a hundred bucks. possibly blood-stained.

shit stains or it isn't real

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lguvLMuQeI

Love this online discussion of dude's neck tattoo:

I think that phrase was used by our founding fathers talking to our government trying to take over, i remember watching somthing on the history channel about it. and i seen the snake picure also, lol

Maf54 (8:05:53 PM): and gram the one eyed snake
Maf54 (8:06:13 PM): grab

meanwhile, dude from staind grew up in springfield, mass which is more of a salsa/reggaeton kinda place these days.

Give him a few more years.

dude's pre-staind band will bring a tear to your eye:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WNlwk4wpuc&feature=related

Staind "goes reggaeton" and holy hell is it ever delightful! xxp

god street wine

this guy's whole career = when keeping it real goes wrong

hahaha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfD-E9hKCWM

A stunning return to form.

http://deadspin.com/world-series-national-anthem-botched-by-that-asshole-fr-1651071056

I hate his music with all my soul but that seemed like an honest mistake.

"shitty noise band Staind"

I'm waiting for the Staind / Merzbow collaborative 10".

i mean sure it's an honest mistake but that's the point. singing the national anthem at a major sporting event is the most scrutinized 2 minutes in any musical performer's career. not every version is gonna be great, but if you flub the words you get no sympathy, you knew people would be watching you like a hawk.

Particularly if you've made criticized someone else for messing up the lyrics.

Wtf I shouldn't post when I'm half asleep

Jurgen Van Gulchthro @swarthyvillain · Sep 22
KERRY: I love Hobostink, Mushroomdead, um, all those fellows
(boos)
BUSH: I own vinyl of Staind's rare EP "Pissed at Memories"
(cheers)

All I can say is I'm sorry and ask for the Nation's forgiveness. My nerves got the best of me and I am completely torn up about what happened. America is the greatest country in the world. The Star-Spangled Banner means so much to so many, including myself. I hope everyone can understand the intensity of the situation and my true intent of this performance. I hope that the Nation, Major League Baseball and the many fans of our national pastime can forgive me.

"Sure."

"I meant all of my music."

"Fuck you."

Does he mean Steeler Nation?

Oh, Staind can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we Staind at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright Stainds thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we Staind were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's Staind glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was Staind there.
Oh, say does that Staind-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the Staind?

http://www.soundslikenashville.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Aaron-Lewis-11.jpg

It has been a while, hasn't it.

Hadn’t heard news of this guy since around 2002, so wasn’t aware he’s a huge asshole: https://variety.com/2019/music/news/stainds-aaron-lewis-on-his-solo-country-act-and-political-correctness-1203188656/

well that wins the award for link i'll least likely click on for the year, congrats morrisp

Good call — it’s worse than you think.

morrisp, here is some more evidence of his assholery. I had forgotten about this thread so I posted it over in best Fred Durst shoutout in Staind's "Outside"

Good call — it’s worse than you think.

i just read it and this is overhyping it. he seems like a pretty dull & ignorant guy but we already knew that and the things he says here are pretty cookie-cutter.

I’m never prepared for “P-c-h-nt-s” bullshit

it's vile, for sure.

2014: "All I can say is I'm sorry and ask for the Nation's forgiveness."

Many great artists have had to make abject apologies to the country, although they were mainly in Stalinist Russia and it was Shostakovich and Prokofiev, not the bloke from Staind