Song Contest 44 - Votes

[PJ.]

So, I didn't know what post-grunge was, I looked up a list of bands on wikipedia and:

I'd listen to klezmer over post-grunge any day.

"Notable" Post-Grunge bands

12 Stones
3 doors down
Alter Bridge
Bush
Creed
Daughtry
Everclear
Flyleaf
GooGooDolls
Hinder
Lifehouse
Matchbox 20
Nickelback
Our Lady Peace
Red
Staind
Switchfoot
Theory of a Deadman
Trapt
Trust Company


Pretty much every band that got way more credit than they ever had any right to get. Genric Radio Rock trash. I can guarantee 0 points from me if you enter something that sounds like any of the above bands.

You realize wikipedia would only list the generic radio trash because there's no point in listing the ones people don't know? Needless to say, the band I'm going to submit is none of the above.

Edit:

went to the wiki page and look for that list, I guess you just picked and choose ones that were generic radio rock? I- I don't even have words for that. You can't just selectively pick the generic radio rock bands out of a list then call the entire genre generic radio rock.. You've sort of stunned me with your irrationality...

lol if all the post-grunge sounds like generic radio rock then how does the rest of the post-grunge not
you've sort of stunned me with your irrationality

I just posted the ones I had heard, but I must of overlooked Foo Fighters, though I don't think they are particularly great either, but the best of what I have heard of the genre hands down.

Oh today I found out my friend now listens to only "post-hardcore." She can't even explain what it is.

She had me listen to some. It kind of sounds like Panic at the disco but not as bad and with a bit more screaming and people you've never heard of.

I hate genres so much.

What Kublai Khan said, but adding examples: Peg entered this a while back
Peg entered these guys but it needs re-entering(which I didn't know, sad i missed that contest)
Band Pac-Man entered just recently

The genre doesn't exactly of a history of placing well here anyway.

Does anyone here like Punk-rock/indie-rock? Everyone I know goes "meh" whenever I mention the bands I like, and then go on to list classic rock bands, rappers, pop singers, or (gasp) country singers.

As far as post-grunge goes, the list that Panzer posted is pretty bad if not just for the fact that Foo Fighters isn't listed. Also, just because many of those bands are very similar (same genre though..) doesn't mean it is all bad. You can like some of it just because it sounds good. By that logic, everything that is very similar to many things is bad. So, anything that is popular is very likely to be bad, so I find that you are just trying to be hipster, which ironically is 'in'.

Most of us here like indie-rock, and some of us like Punk(I do). Also, wasn't trying to say it's bad because it is mainstream, just saying that the genre IS a mainstream one and I find all the bands I listed - which are all in the genre - to be bad. In fact, the only 2 on the wikipedia list that I would ever consider listening to for longer than 30 seconds are Foo Fighters and Alanis Morisette(arguably the two most popular acts on the list). I like a lot of bands that sound alike, the difference is, in my humble opinion, they aren't shit and the bands they sound like are equally unshit. Nickleback(which most of the bands I listed sound pretty similar to) are pretty widely considered to be shit. Exhibit A. My point was more that if the band I don't know sounds like anything on that list, than it is shit. The point wasn't if the band sounds like anything I have ever heard before it is shit. I simply took one of the things they had in common(that they are generic radio trash) and simply lumped it under that cause majority of the stuff I listed is, and if stuff that I didn't list(foo fighters). Hooray for a convultued arguement.

Edit: Gonna slightly modify my point. If it sounds like a bunch of stuff that I find to be shit, it has a good chance of being shit, but not 100% as previously stated. Insert Spinal Tap and Steel Panther here.

[Drench]

THIS IS WHERE I GREW UP

[ortolan]

Foo Fighters could be considered post-grunge

I think they're more in line with "terrible".

Well, I guess I'm not getting anything from Ort then.
...wait, I never get shit from Ort... and I still do fine...

Um....you realise I haven't voted since I last partook in these contexts?

To be fair; as shaft.ed so gleefully points out, I probably didn't actually vote in the last song contest I entered anyway

[Amrun]

Oh today I found out my friend now listens to only "post-hardcore." She can't even explain what it is.

Sounds like she might not know what it is.

Following the emergence of Punk Rock in the late 70s, bands began to expand upon its aesthetic of 'loud, hard, and fast' musical and vocal technique. Mixing together elements of their forebearers from Hardcore Punk (largely Black Flag and Dead Kennedys), Experimental Rock bands like The Velvet Underground and The Residents, with a helping of the sounds of its close cousins in Noise Rock and Emo, Post-Hardcore has undergone a continual expansion and shifting in what constitutes its musical identity.

Post-Hardcore can be considered to have begun in earnest in the Mid-80s. These bands were based on Hardcore Punk's aggression and dynamics, but many of them expanded it through longer and more complex arrangements with an ebb and flow of building tension and release both in the music and vocals. Notable bands of this early era are Big Black, Hüsker Dü, and Minutemen.

Soon after, a second wave of Post-Hardcore emerged. In addition to the traditional influences, this owed an equal debt to the addition of Post-Punk bands like Television and Wire, with a sprinkling of Dub, Funk, or Jazz-Rock. Some bands, Fugazi for instance, have straddled both styles.

Post-Hardcore today encompasses both of these previous incarnations, and has incorporated what can be considered a third-wave set of artists who took cues from first-wave bands, and added an aggressive mix with Emo, known as Screamo. Envy and Off Minor are good examples of this style.

Ironically, I like a lot of the bands listed above.

I like all sorts of shit. I just never bother to find out how they define themselves. I prefer to view each band like its own sort of genre.

[Amrun]

Oh, trying to convince said post-hardcore fan to go with me to a Clap Your Hands Say Yeah concert.

[Otolia]

Most of us here like indie-rock, and some of us like Punk(I do).

Considering the past results, I'd day that's a huge understatement. I suspect some of you to spend their free time on pitchfork (which is currently holding a festival in Paris) in order to win the contests.

[Seraphim]

Post-hardcore can be really, really good or really really shitty.

The Blood Brothers are really good, Nation of Ulysses, though they're more straight hardcore in a lot of respects, At the Drive-In kicks ass, but has already been entered, Fugazi of course, and the Minutemen are just classic.

There's some stuff you can listen to for a while.

Also, people who only like one genre of music are silly.

[Hiraki]

K guys.

So in this downtime.

We need a debate.

Next is Video Game Contest.
Then it's Cover.
Then it's Mashup.

Is this correct?

(BTW. GET READY FOR MY COVER.

I WILL GET YOUR 0'S.)

[ChannelDelibird]

No.

[shaft.ed]

this is video games
you already lost

[evilpacman18]

No.

[Hiraki]

this is video games
you already lost

I'm going to kill you all

if this is true

[AGar]

Hey, I have an idea - we could have a music-off where everyone enters whatever the hell they like and we see which one finishes first.

[shaft.ed]

this is video games
you already lost

I'm going to kill you all

if this is true

you have until monday to fix your entry

[Kublai Khan]

this is video games
you already lost

I'm going to kill you all

if this is true

you have until monday to fix your entry

Unless you plan to fix it to a video game song. In which case you should just cancel your entry altogether.

And destroy your iPod and delete all your music. Snap your CDs. Stomp your tapes. Crush your 8-Track. Drown your MiniDisc. Melt your vinyl.

Then brainwash yourself and forget video games even exist.

[Hiraki]

this is video games
you already lost

I'm going to kill you all

if this is true

you have until monday to fix your entry

Unless you plan to fix it to a video game song. In which case you should just cancel your entry altogether.

And destroy your iPod and delete all your music. Snap your CDs. Stomp your tapes. Crush your 8-Track. Drown your MiniDisc. Melt your vinyl.

Then brainwash yourself and forget video games even exist.

what are these video games you speak of?

[DemonHybrid]

Lol

Wow you guys get so mixed up when it comes to contest themes

[Chimaira]

face it, this contest and every contest after it is rabble themed

[Matias]

Changed my username. Expect me to do some wiki work to reflect this.

Also, I can't upload avatars.

And NO, this shit isn't a video game contest or any theme. It's what you make of it.

[Parama]

DH this is unacceptable

[Matias]

Who is DH

is it that guy with the really childish username? that guy's an ass

[Matias]

Well, actually, you can call me whatever but I'm not going back to that username.

[Parama]

And I will never call you anything but DH.

[Matias]

Okay.

[hitogoroshi]

after a lot of hemming and hawing I went with an artist that was entered over 20 sc's ago and didn't finish top ten

deserves a repeat showing!