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Alternative bands like Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit become so unpopular?
El Fangel
11-03-2008, 05:29 AM
Welcome to 2004
mitchables
11-03-2008, 06:50 AM
Because nu metal is terrible, probably.
Limp Bizkit are probably one of the worst relics of the nu-metal fad, along with Papa Roach and Alien Ant Farm
I always thought Linkin Park were good. I mean Minutes 2 Midnight is no where near shit.
Limp Bizkit are probably one of the worst relics of the nu-metal fad, along with Papa Roach and Alien Ant Farm
I am not a big Fred Durst fan but the "Take a look around" and "Build a bridge" tracks were good.
mitchables
11-03-2008, 08:11 AM
Oh god, Alien Ant Farm. Are they still a band?
El Vaquero de Infierno
11-03-2008, 10:07 AM
Limp Bizkit are probably one of the worst relics of the nu-metal fad, along with Papa Roach and Alien Ant Farm
And you have all their records. Don't lie!
BigDaddyCool
11-03-2008, 10:51 AM
I believe a better question would be, why were bands like Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park ever popular.
thedamndest
11-03-2008, 12:04 PM
I saw Alien Ant Farm (inadvertently) when they opened for 311 and they didn't play their cover of Smooth Criminal. Seriously, guys? You have one fucking song and you don't even play it?
Nark Order
11-03-2008, 03:53 PM
I like Limp Bizkit. Always have.
ozzman6669
11-03-2008, 07:50 PM
To be honest I love the last 2 papa roach album.
Kane Knight
11-03-2008, 10:48 PM
A lot of people hated Limp Bizkit from the get-go, and Linkin Park have been mocked mercilessly since they put out Hybrid Theory. Papa Roach, too. Don't know about AAF.
But seriously, do you think this came out of a vacuum or something?
U-Warrior
11-04-2008, 12:36 AM
None of those bands were anything special.
Linkin Park is fairly good. But I dunno, whenever they release a new album, I always enjoy it, and listen to it a lot. But then after a few weeks, I get sick of it, and don't listen to it anymore. And it's not like other bands where if I get sick of them, I can give myself a break from them, and I'll eventually want to hear them again. No, once I'm sick of a linkin park album, I'm sick of it for good.
But props to them for entertaining me for a few weeks, I guess?
Kane Knight
11-04-2008, 09:34 AM
One of the other things I'd like to mention is that Linkin Park's popularity hasn't really gone anywhere. They're still seeing strong sales off M2M, even though the record is pretty lackluster. Their sales outdid Hybrid Theory, and it's impossible to judge Meteora within an early time period, so that's hard to nail down. However, M2M has had as many singles that have charted well as Meteora's singles.
I'm not even gonna look at Limp Bizkit, but reallly, I think this illustrates the point.
Minutes 2 Midnight is not lackluster KK!
Kalyx triaD
11-04-2008, 01:59 PM
I love LP, listening to them now. I like LB. I can give a shit about popularity, people don't dictate my listening habits. I actually kinda like when artist aren't talked about anymore - nothing like some newb wearing LP or Motorhead tees around album-drop time and fading away waiting for the next act. That happens in all genres though. Damn annoying.
FakeLaser
11-04-2008, 02:29 PM
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This is the worst thing I ever heard
Blitz
11-04-2008, 02:42 PM
Still a huge Linkin Park fan.
ron the dial
11-04-2008, 03:25 PM
gimme some guitars punk
What Would Kevin Do?
11-05-2008, 09:23 PM
3 Dollar Bill Y'all wasn't bad.
Hybrid Theory wasn't bad until it got over played.
That's about as far as those bands go. I really wish Mike Shinoda would walk away from Linkin Park and do his own thing though.
Kane Knight
11-07-2008, 12:15 AM
Minutes 2 Midnight is not lackluster KK!
It really is. Their attempt to expand betrays their lack of depth. Even LP fans seem to be nonplussed, by and large.
3 Dollar Bill Y'all wasn't bad.
Hybrid Theory wasn't bad until it got over played.
HT was so amazingly homogenous, and I think that hurt them, too. Which is amazing, considering the demos they did weren't quite as generic before their producers stepped in. But HT was like three beats with slightly different lyrics and the same theme in a lot of them.
Still, I liked the album, sameyness and all. Meteora was better in terms of diversity, but still sort of rehashed the same themes, phrased all of the songs the same way, etc.
Of course, I don't get the overplaying of it because I live in a shitty small town, and even the nearby college rock stations never really did the nu metal shit. That might have worn on me, but I still listen to a few LP songs now and again.
Jeritron
11-07-2008, 08:00 AM
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Fred_Durst_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/502px-Fred_Durst_by_David_Shankbone.jpg
I heard he directed a fucking movie.
Jeritron
11-07-2008, 04:10 PM
That's probably what he directed alright, a 'fucking movie'
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Fred_Durst_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/502px-Fred_Durst_by_David_Shankbone.jpg
Holy shit. Didn't recognize him at first.
Kane Knight
11-09-2008, 04:49 PM
I heard he directed a fucking movie.
Someone should explain he doesn't have to LOOK like Rob Reiner to direct.
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