Don't believe the hype..

[Silva]

TBH I find the Arctic Monkeys to be completely bland and average, with the most fake "no compromise" stance I've seen in a long time. Yet the NME bangs them on like the saviours of Brit rock. I guess it's time to pack things and move on, then.

 

[Refused as fuck]

Wasn't the singer proper full of himself, declaring that they were the future of rock music and all that? I couldn't remember a single song of theirs now if you paid me, they were really quite unremarkable and the height of meh-ness. Totally failed to back up any of the hype that surrounded them.

I don't know, I never paid attention. Which band are you referring to because it could be either of them.

Cliff Jones (Gay Dad) was a proper pompous twat.

 

[kained&able]

3 Colours Red

I loved them i did. Great band!


dave

 

[rekil]

Jesus Jones. Who sent them.

 

[stavros]

and Andrew WK just came to mind...

No way. AWK fucking rules. He is one of the very few tips the NME got right in the time I read it. "I Get Wet" is one of my favourite albums of this decade.

Terris were very shit though, and to nominate another band how about Mansun? Does anyone detect a four-skinny-indie-kids theme running through this thread?

 

[Superdupastupor]

The Vines. They did at least manage one half decent album but it was completely overshadowed by NME-fuelled hyperbole.

Saw them by accident after the singer guy had a rest from the world and was ready to return to the stage.

bloody good show. good laugh.

n

 

[Refused as fuck]

...and to nominate another band how about Mansun?

Fuck right the hell off!

 

[stavros]

Fuck right the hell off!

It's all opinions, but I thought they were (are?) shite. Each to their own.

 

[Yossarian]

and to nominate another band how about Mansun?

Were Mansun ever hyped that much? From what I remember from the NME, etc. at the time, the treatment seemed more like "People like this band, we don't know why, but we'll give them a bit of coverage to reflect that popularity."

They had a very loyal fanbase that wouldn't have been much affected by hype either way, or by the plummeting quality of the music - sort of like a Marillion for the '90s.

 

[Refused as fuck]

Mansun were misunderstood.

 

[dweller]

5:30

 

[chriswill]

Northern Uproar.

Northern uproars debut was class

 

[cybertect]

the kings of over-hype...Sigue Sigue Sputnik..

I think they defined it.

 

[Augie March]

Can we have a pre-emptive don't believe the hype for the Foals? Apparently they're the new Radiohead...