Bands you dislike without ever hearing

Randall

Mogwai

I’ll go a step further and say the entire genre of post rock. Not exactly sure what it is but I know I don’t like it.

11th hour stubble

Randall I’ll go a step further and say the entire genre of post rock. Not exactly sure what it is but I know I don’t like it.

Despite living in a strong post rock outpost, I have little knowledge of the genre writ large, but I will say seeing GYBE live is a worthwhile endeavour. The thing is, it's sort of a version of heavy psych minus guitar heroics, minus wild abandon, tempo shifts, plus a sober intellectual sorta aura, which sounds pretty bad but seeing them perform is powerful and psychedelic under the right circumstances. You do tend to wish something abrupt might happen though just to break away from expectations. Or that things will build past the usual threshold.

sicboy

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. I have no need to listen to band with a name like that.

Randall

sicboy King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.

That’s a good one. I’ve long disliked them but too have never heard a single song

Gimmie Sopor

sicboy King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. I have no need to listen to band with a name like that.

Saw them live a couple of years ago. Terrible.

Gimmie Sopor

More or less any band whose members sport mullets, moustaches, Oakleys and baggy trousers pulled up over their bellybuttons.

Joel Jett

Gimmie Sopor lol!! I get that!

terminalsunset

Any band with a steampunk aesthetic. I just know it ain't gonna be for me without hearing a note.

Allez Al

Any British band full of broccoli/haired indie kids. Always called The Somethings. Be gone, floppy goblins!

Randall

I was thinking more specific bands. I was listening to a podcast recommended here the other day and one of the host was talking about the new Mogwai band which got me to thinking about bands you write off without ever hearing them. In the case of Mogwai I have no idea what they sound like but long ago decided I disliked them. It’s a strange thing how your mind will do that so was wondering of examples for other people.

terminalsunset

Randall I was thinking more specific bands.

Fair enough. A big one for me is Kraftwerk. I can't think of a single track of theirs, but I'm firmly not into them. Just seems like sexless computer man stuff. No thank you.

sicboy

Yeah this is becoming a dupe of the "bands other people love but you hate" thread lol

sicboy

Tropical Fuck Storm is another one for me. I can just tell the vibe is shit, so I have no desire to ever check them out.

Allez Al

sicboy Tropical Fuck Storm

Agreed. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets also.

ExpKind

There was that whole trend a few years ago where bands used shitty puns on famous names: George Moshington, Margaret Thrasher, Heath Deadger. Not a chance in hell I'd waste my time on that.

Nospectatorsnash

The band name that sets me off is DeeOhGee.

Uptown ruler 666 420

at this point, any band named "___ and the ___'s". enough already

BARELY HUMAN

Uptown ruler 666 420 at this point, any band named "___ and the ___'s". enough already

haha totally, always been a pet hate of mine even tho i was in an and the band once so can't judge..

these ridiculous names mentioned above like king gizzard, tropical fuck storm, porn crumpets or whatever are fucken awful and must be stopped. in my mind they can stay in that 2003-2007 memory hole where at least it was of its time.

i'm sure it's the same with most on here, but these days i'm so fed up with the (re)erosion of the DIY world that the moment i find out a band has a sponsorship deal, manager, publicist, booking agent i refuse to give it the light of day... it sucks man!

hotsounds

Uptown ruler 666 420 ? and the mysterians, eddie and the hot rods, harry toledo and the rockets, richard hell and the voidoids, wayne county and the electric chairs all rock.

nonsenseorgan

Van der Graaf Generator

GeorgeMucus

Parquet courts

Nathan Loud

Grateful Dead.

Camper Van Beethoven.

Get Up Kids.

I've also never seen the movie Titanic because it sucked.

Randall

Nathan Loud Camper Van Beethoven.

I also really hate this band with absolutely zero knowledge

Sukebe_GG

Randall They have a song called "Take the Skinheads Bowling" is all I know, which makes me think they are even less funny than the Dead Milkmen.

terminalsunset

Randall Camper Van Beethoven rules actually! Key Lime Pie is an all-timer alternative record. I think with the punny name and some of the lyrical content they're another one of those bands that got billed as a "comedy band" but really there's more going on.