the landfill that time forgot: crap uk bands of 00s/10s

yeah foals aren't a great fit with the view etc, but still pretty bad

they're a great example of earnest young musical types who can't think outside of thudding gtr indie tramlines

YEAH IT'S NOT ACTUALLY INDIE, IT'S MNML TECHNO WITH REAL INSTRUMENTS

Scouting for Girls are the worst, but don't belong among this lot - they're still popular, for a start.

this thread is rapidly turning into "Innocuous crap uk bands that make you irrationally angry (a poll thread)"

also, foals are gr8 too, fuiud

thought it was basically known at this point that liking sax is a side effect of those court ordered chemical castration injections

― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:57 (1 minute ago

RONG:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq85HXxrYrc

Kind of sad to contemplate the diff between this 5th on the bill at 1971 Reading brit band with the 5th on the bill @ reading landfill listed above. (maybe I'm only going to convince NV w/this argument, IDK)

who can say what's true any more in this crazy mixed up "Foals are great" world, Pash?

athlete: Pro: nothing. Con: vocalist v v irritating, bad slack playing on the rekkids I heard on radio back in the day
babyshambles: Pro: nothing. Con: total sinkhole of shitness w no redeeming qualities whatsoever CONTENDER
biffy clyro: have heard this but cannot remember a single thing, not even what it sounded like
florence and the machine: Pro: find singer attractive. Con: totally unmemorable, watched several youtubes, no memory at all of even what it sounded like
hard-fi: Pro: did actually rock, one of their singles was 1/2 decent IIRC. Con: not very memorable
hundred reasons: never heard them or can't remember then anyway
joe lean and the jing jang jong: have heard them but left no mark on my memory whatsoever.
kaiser chiefs: Pro: kind of liked the single or at least until heavy rotation made me sick of it. Con: none really, they weren't THAT bad.
kasabian: No memory of what these sounded like
keane: Pro: sounded pleasant on the radio once ior twice. Con: cannot remember any of their tunes, despite hearing at least one of them enough times.
mumford and sons: Pro: nothing. Con: Awful, awful music, CONTENDER.
noah and the whale: Pro: nothing Con: irritating sounding band IIRC. can barely remember them.
pigeon detectives: Who?
razorlight: Remember these getting some heavy airplay, cannot even remember what they sounded like.
scouting for girls: Pro: Nothing. Con: Shit, clunky music, shit tunes, creepy lyrics delivered by creepy singer, ugh WINNER
snow patrol: Passed through leaving no impression whatsoever.
starsailor: No memory of what this band even sounded like.
the courteeners: Vaguely remember the name, never heard the band.
the cribs: who?
the enemy: Who?
the feeling: Pro: can actually remember what their single went like. Con: I didn't like it, it was sappy.
the fratellis: Pro: nothing. Con: annoying sounding band CONTENDER
the futureheads: Never actually heard these.
the hoosiers: Pro: nothing. Con: Record was shit, only memorable bit was nicked off ELO anyway.
the kooks: Never heard these
the magic numbers: Pro: one of their singles was pleasant enough, find female member w long hair attractive. Con: nothing really, they were not all that bad I suppose.
the ordinary boys: Who?
the others: Who?
the rakes: Who?
the stereophonics: Band from an older gen? Don't feel like they belong here somehow. Awful, anyway.
the twang: Heard of these today, watched clip on youtube, have forgotten what it sounded like already.
the view: who?
the wombats: there used to ne a local pub blues band up here w/this name, I doubt this is them. Never heard of them.
the zutons: Never heard them
toploader: likewise stereophonics

If one of these bands had written or performed on tune that I can remember in it's entirety I would have more time for them even if I didn't like the tune. A lot of these bands get props for their songwriting skillz in their publicity doggerel IIRC? Should be prosecuted under the trades description act. If I were managing a 00's/10's landfill act I would tell them to fuck off with writing anything and get them to cover Harry Warren tunes.

I was expecting real crappy uk bands. Almost all of these bands have one or two singles which I would deem decent or good. Nothing particulary groundbreaking and can't vouch for any of their albums tho so...

Are we voting the best one or the worst one?

the ordinary boys: Who?

They were the band that Preston from Celeb Big Brother was in.

the following bands i can't bring to mind a single note, even in cases where i know i've heard song or songs by them dozens of times: hundred reasons, joe lean and the jing jang jong, starsailor, the courteeners, the others

ey that's less than i thought it would be. god bless my excellent use of memory. the only one that seems unreasonable is starsailor, but all i remember of how they sounded is MEW MEW MEW MEW MEW.

Favorite ones in here would probably be: hard-fi (the few songs I've heard sounded influenced by The Clash which is good in my book), the magic numbers, kasabian, the zutons and kaiser chiefs.

Worst ones for me would be: mumford and sons, keane and scouting for girls.

xp oh right, having looked at single releases, now i remember them. MEW MEW MEW MEW MEW was correct, though.

Wait... band that actually sounded influenced by The Clash was Harrisons. Only song I've heard of Hard-fi is 'hard to beat' which was good but not good enough to get me interested in them.

moka do u like the fratellis

moka do u like the fratellis

― nulty dread (nakhchivan)

They've got a couple of songs which bring back great memories (particulary 'chelsea dagger') of the year I was living in France. That song was played every now and then on rock clubs and parties around Montpellier and Barcelona in 2007. Not sure if I'd have enjoyed them by listening to them on my own...

lol that Reading poster Spiralli posted was the last one I, v probably ever, went to

I had a 'freakout' during Mercury Rev, not at all a voluntary one :(

yerself is lmstrm

yerself is lmstrm

― nulty dread (nakhchivan)

is that a comment for me? Don't know what the lmstrm acronym means.

no that was a mercury rev reference ;_;

athlete - this poll needs Delirious? imo
babyshambles - can't hate cos can't care
biffy clyro - one of them tried to crack on to my gf circa 2002
florence and the machine - doesn't know how to work an ipod iirc
hard-fi - my friend's brother's friend was friends with Hard-Fi, I think he is an aspie or something though
hundred reasons - bleh but shouldn't be here rly
joe lean and the jing jang jong - I am about two (2) ft away from a copy of their unreleased album as I type!!!!!
kaiser chiefs - the ILX thread about them hating poor ppl and women is good
kasabian - when they started they were marketed as these post-Boys Own kinda indie hippies who lived in the country and listened to Neu! - no-one but me remembers this tho
keane - I have another friend that looks like Tom Chaplin
mumford and sons - "this song's for Jemima who's about to go backpacking in India"
noah and the whale - are these guys 'big'?
pigeon detectives - Petridish going in on these might be his finest hour
razorlight - lol
scouting for girls - I gave their last album minus infinity out of five in the mag I work at
snow patrol - Ulster's finest Sebadoh tribute band iirc
starsailor - ...
the courteeners - am not from Manchester so have no opinion
the cribs - see Hundred Reasons
the enemy - Jon 'Gaunty' Gaunt
the feeling - Sophie 'Ellis' Bextor
the fratellis - is Chelsea Dagger really ubiquitous? I have never *knowingly* heard it
the futureheads - only in this cos of Hounds of Love right?
the hoosiers - couldn't name a song
the kooks - even Drowned in Sound scored points off these
the magic numbers - Meh-gic Numeh-bers morelike
the ordinary boys - wish I'd not started this now
the others - love that HMHB lyric about guerilla gigs
the rakes - I know ppl of ~refined taste~ who like these, w/e
the stereophonics - stay strong Mabel Cable
the twang - not endorsed by John Gaunt
the view - their last album was called 'Which Bitch?', feel like this needs to be noted
the wombats - these guys are actually rly popular on the quiet
the zutons - think I sold their first single for a decent sum
toploader - stay strong Gail Porter

kaiser chiefs - the ILX thread about them hating poor ppl and women is good

I'd forgotten about this, it was funny, yeh.

scouting for girls - I gave their last album minus infinity out of five in the mag I work at

Chortle.

wow I have never heard a note from any of these bands

well, that's not true I guess I've heard that Mumford and Sons single recently

looked up the dan hipgrave domestic journalism stuff earlier, gail porter now says that he categorically did not hit her and he does travel journalism for the daily mail

lol that was supposed to be domestic violence

can't reconcile those two statements tbh

even Drowned in Sound scored points off these

burn

kaiser chiefs - the ILX thread about them hating poor ppl and women is good

wd read

Here:

Defend The Indefensible: The Lyrics to 'I Predict A Riot'

thx

The Futureheads and the Rakes are NOT crap, miles better than the other names on this list.

back in the day we could have attracted loads of random butthurt googlers, not just gone in-house

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_424s1zf4sJM/S9roHNvE4HI/AAAAAAAAA6U/clui6i6vw8M/s400/DR+ZEUS+-+BACK+UNDA+DA+INFLUENCE.jpg

The Automatic / Gerrard chant I was familiar with is the utterly brutal "what's that coming out of your wife / is it a bastard, is it a bastard"

I had never heard Scouting For Girls until just now.

They are truly more annoying than the most annoying thing i've ever heard, like unstoppable-urge-to-kill-rising-inside-me fucking aaggggh god make it stop

Rooster - I am not going to listen to them ever again to find out, although I think I possibly once reviewed one of their singles by threatening to stab them, but they were like if Reef were less intelligent, rite?

As I recall it yes, or like the primordial ooze that Jet crawled out of?

Agree that the Futureheads are too good to be here, don't really understand the same being said about the Rakes though

I kinda feel like the Arctic Monkeys are the stupid-regional-accented elephant shitting the room up here

FUCK

how come nobody thought of them

think there's an obvious reason

[Unnamed Editor] once asked me if I would be able to very quickly write 500 words about the manufactured nature of the Monkeys' rise to fame and whether or not that tied in with football hooliganism in any way

My answer was "probably not", and I will always regret that

the munkehs should at least have been nominated

i thought i might like at least one song by one band on this list... but no. all terrible, good work!

athlete - iirc their second album cover looks like a hoover and that makes me think of lj and that makes me giggle.
babyshambles - POTENTIALLY THE BEST first album had some killer jams on it. dhoerty is a dick but at least a panto-dick.
biffy clyro - POTENTIALLY THE WORST lol smelly and welsh.
florence and the machine - broad can't sing, saved by that remix which is a cover of their cover iirc.
hard-fi - arrogant tuneless dickheads who thought they were gonna save music or something.
hundred reasons - you know if hundred reasons make it, other kerrang fodder like A should. A was a useful band name when wanting to google someone, I guess.
joe lean and the jing jang jong - A name to bring me out in lex pretend esque hives.
kaiser chiefs - saved by tv panel show chumminess, i guess, but their music is wank, ey.
kasabian - THE ACTUAL WORST not because of the Oasis fan base or the shit songs but because of the ridiculous pretentiousness that means nothing and somehow getting away with it, like wtf? why weren't you dropped for releasing something called... give me a second to wiki it... West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum with *this* as the cover? http://img.amazon.ca/images/I/51VVTBiHXKL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
keane - eh. kinda pleasant for people in their 50s; would be like having michael buble in the poll.
mumford and sons - afaik i've successfully not heard this band, not at uni anymore i guess. one of them is shagging laura marling tho, so she may have a good influence in the future?
noah and the whale - lol what?
pigeon detectives - hey guys its the libertines! oh wait no it isn't
razorlight - POTENTIALLY THE WORST although saved by being almost comatose at Reading Festival after like an ounce of weed, stumbling back to my tent with a friend, giggling insently at how loud the chants of *RAZORSHITE RAZORSHITE RAZORetc* were getting, only to not end until their set did. We were in the furthest away tenting area and still heard the whole thing :D
scouting for girls - POTENTIALLY THE WORST scott mills pop
snow patrol - I started buying Q before I bought the NME as a teenager. I think they happened to go through a run of cover stars who I liked (Em, Radiohead, Libertines, PJ Harvey although maybe not in that order or exactly 4 months in a row iirc). It was incredibly shit to read.
starsailor - Drawing a blank.
the courteeners - hey guys its the libertines! oh wait no it isn't
the cribs - THE BEST these guys are awesome, even if one of them stuck his dick inside the fanny of kate nash.
the enemy - drawing a blank
the feeling - isn't one of them shagging sophie ellis bexter? kudos to that guy and maybe she had a decent enough influence for some album tracks here or there?
the fratellis - POTENTIALLY THE WORST ARGH THE WANT TO BREAK THINGS. Only not the worst because they seem to have been forgotten in time.
the futureheads - POTENTIALLY THE BEST Hounds of Love could be my #1 of the decade, proper sound of my university education was that.
the hoosiers - more like whoosiers, amirite? i once saw a Hollyoaks storyline based around going to buy their first album on the day it came out - FACT. Dunno what they sound like though.
the kooks - the kooks more like the shit.
the magic numbers - fat people get offended when you call them fat, fyi.
the ordinary boys - reggae done by white boys in this day and age always NAGL
the others - remember being sat in sixth form with my friend paul weeing ourselves at an nme article based around the main dude in this talking about how subversive he is because he likes obscure BOOKS by osbcure writers like GEORGE ORWELL and how he loved to bang TRANNIES. years later I stopped having a crush on a girl I knew, not because of her massive coke problem or thick brummie accent but because she was wearing an others t-shirt. they were shit, obv.
the rakes - i know this band existed and i know i've heard them before but
the stereophonics - of the 00s?
the twang - anything to do with Blak Twang? Cos he was dope once upon a time. Responsible for Estelle, too.
the view - scottish, iirc?
the wombats - POTENTIALLY THE BEST these guys had some jams iirc. Moving To New York, Lets Dance To Joy Division, Kill The Director - all legitimate late 00s indie club classics.
the zutons - lol ws the girl.
toploader - of the 00s?

Agree that the Futureheads are too good to be here, don't really understand the same being said about the Rakes though

I kinda feel like the Arctic Monkeys are the stupid-regional-accented elephant shitting the room up here

― MPx4A, Thursday, February 17, 2011 7:42 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

those guys are just landfill indie with a "heritage art-school" twist. mmmhhh, just like in ye olde post-punke days.

Arctics first album was wank but the second and third had some stuff worth saving. Once the unreasonable and hilarious hype died, they turned out to be alright.

let's celebrate this thread with a nice plastic pint pot of

http://www.duffyrafferty.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/carling-logo.jpg

Are Kasabian really that bad? I thought of them as ok because I love the bass on this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76so3XRdgOU

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2650/3685747550_ccf45f1cc9.jpg

as i've yet to hear M&S and there seems to be a lot of general hate on here, anyone want to tell me whats up?

also toploader saved by Four Lions imo. could not do the same with Scouting For Girls or whoever.