Good Bands that Hit the Crapper.

Spartanacus

I revisited my Radiohead discography (all studio albums) on my Ipod at work today.

Man...they made three good albums and then went to shit.

No offense Radiohead lovers, but I had trouble salvaging any tracks post OK Computer.

What other bands have fallen from grace (of all but the niche super fans) as evidently as them?

Hugh Freaking Dillon

have you listened to In Rainbows? 10/10. But then out came King of Limbs. :fp:

DewieCox

I think I'm Rainbows is a masterpiece and absolutely love Hail To the Thief. I think Pablo honey gets quite a bit of undue hate, but I'd say the rest of thei albums are a step up from that, except for that last hunk o crap they put out.

I think most of the replies here will be pretty predictable. I'm expecting, though I don't necessarily agree.....Weezer, RHCP, Smashing Pumpkins

SVRDhand13

Ummmm, you realize that one of their albums post OK Computer was named album of the decade by several publications, right? Radiohead is still making amazing music. It's just more experimental now which some rock fans may not appreciate.

Spartanacus

DewieCox wrote:

I think I'm Rainbows is a masterpiece and absolutely love Hail To the Thief. I think Pablo honey gets quite a bit of undue hate, but I'd say the rest of thei albums are a step up from that, except for that last hunk o crap they put out.

I think most of the replies here will be pretty predictable. I'm expecting, though I don't necessarily agree.....Weezer, RHCP, Smashing Pumpkins

Really? I couldn't get into those. I made it a point to try and save at least one song on my Ipod for historical purposes, and I struggled. I chose #9 on Rainbows (Jigsaw) and did save three from Hail (2+2=5, There There, and Wolf). Pablo honey I had previously edited down years ago to 6 tracks (Creep is still there best song ever). I saved one song from King of Limbs but that was a super stretch (Lotus Flower). The Bends and OK Computer were the only two records that escaped unscathed.

I haven't heard recent RHCP and SP is kind of blah compared to their old stuff. I'm still loving me all the Weezer records though! I saw them live in San Diego this year and they were great.

Spartanacus

SVRDhand13 wrote:

Ummmm, you realize that one of their albums post OK Computer was named album of the decade by several publications, right? Radiohead is still making amazing music. It's just more experimental now which some rock fans may not appreciate.

I assume you mean Kid A. Years ago I whittled that down to two tracks (National Anthem and Optimistic), so I haven't listened to it in it's entiretey for a while...but I trust my past judgement. Same with Amnesiac...saved only two (I Might Be Wrong, Morning Bell/Amnesiac).

Got to clear out real estate on the Ipod for some new/better music!

Yeah...NIN is about as experimental as I get with music. Glad you enjoy it though. Hope I didn't offend.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

Kid A and Amnesiac to me were trash. fuck the bleeps and bloops. give me actual instruments.

I thought the Pumpkins' Zeitgeist was one of their best ever. I know I'm in the minority on that, but I loved it, I listened to it today as a matter of fact. Oceania? ok, but kinda boring. Just one long song to me. But the live show to go along with it was good. A bit too pumped up though. It was billed as "visually stunning effects from the same guy who brought you Roger Waters The Wall Live". SP had a spinning globe with some images on it. It was bizarre that they pumped it up the way they did. Maybe Billy expected everyone to be on shrooms.

Chili Peppers are a great example of your original question. I find their music a complete bore now. I bought their last one for $5, listened to it, and gave it away. it's really too bad, because their output is 10x the quantity of PJ. Seriously, 18 b sides from one album? that's insane. good for RHCP fans.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

SVRDhand13 wrote:

Ummmm, you realize that one of their albums post OK Computer was named album of the decade by several publications, right? Radiohead is still making amazing music. It's just more experimental now which some rock fans may not appreciate.

those same publications probably had Britney as #2 on that list. I don't put any stock in those lists.

Spartanacus

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

Kid A and Amnesiac to me were trash. fuck the bleeps and bloops. give me actual instruments.

Hey, I skimmed through Rainbows again because of the rave review(s) (and because I'm bored out of my mind at work), and the only change I made was I'm keeping Bodysnatchers and dumping Jigsaw.

I hear you about the blips and beeps! lol

DewieCox

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

Kid A and Amnesiac to me were trash. fuck the bleeps and bloops. give me actual instruments.

I thought the Pumpkins' Zeitgeist was one of their best ever. I know I'm in the minority on that, but I loved it, I listened to it today as a matter of fact. Oceania? ok, but kinda boring. Just one long song to me. But the live show to go along with it was good. A bit too pumped up though. It was billed as "visually stunning effects from the same guy who brought you Roger Waters The Wall Live". SP had a spinning globe with some images on it. It was bizarre that they pumped it up the way they did. Maybe Billy expected everyone to be on shrooms.

Not that familiar with Amnesiac b/c I've never cared for it, but Kid A doesn't really have a lot of " bleeps and bloops". I think that was the beginning of the sampling, but it's mostly made of you're standard rock instrumentation.

Zeitgeist is really spotty, but has some good stuff. Oceania feels like a more complete package to me.

eeriepadave

Stone Temple Pilots
Green Day

DURP

eeriepadave wrote:

Stone Temple Pilots
Green Day

I was thinking the same thing. Seems like after both of their second records they just said F it.

Bush

This one might surprise but I feel Soundgarden peaked at Superunkown the last two albums have been okay at best.

SatansFuton

DURP wrote:

eeriepadave wrote:

Stone Temple Pilots
Green Day

Bush

I like the first 3 STP albums, but not much after that.

With Bush, I didn't care for The Science Of Things too much, but I liked Golden State. I'm not into the New Bush.

Some more for me, not necessarily The Crapper, but I have very little use for after a certain point...

Weezer
Foo Fighters
Live
Moby Grape
Smashing Pumpkins
Sponge
Violent Femmes
Fleetwood Mac (Buckingham/Nicks lineup)
Jethro Tull
Humble Pie
Marilyn Manson

EquallyWorthless

Radiohead Post OK Computer >>>>>>>>> Radiohead Pre OK Computer

EquallyWorthless

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

Kid A and Amnesiac to me were trash. fuck the bleeps and bloops. give me actual instruments.

So many bleeps and bloops. I can't get past them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-KSrcyF6qQ

Yefa

Sepultura was great with Max Cavalera and has been worthless since he left.

Benzor

Some seriously crazy shit in this tread so far...Radiohead going downhill after 'OK Computer', 'Creep' Radiohead best song??? I can't imagine someone who has actually spent any amount of time listening to Radiohead saying these things with a straight face.

As for an answer to your thread, I think a lot of people could make a pretty strong argument for Pearl Jam. Not necessarily my opnion, but I'd have a hard time arguing against it. Don't get me wrong, they're incredible live and I do enjoy every album they release, but if I try to look at their latest releases from a critical, non biased stand point....well let's just say it's not too pretty.

K_jam

To be honest any non pearl jam fan would say pearl jam lol.

SatansFuton

Benzor wrote:

Some seriously crazy shit in this tread so far...Radiohead going downhill after 'OK Computer', 'Creep' Radiohead best song??? I can't imagine someone who has actually spent any amount of time listening to Radiohead saying these thinks with a straight face..

I know people who don't think Radiohead even went uphill far enough to go down it. For every band somebody loves, there's somebody who thinks they suck. Different strokes for different folks.

Benzor

But to answer your question, the one that first comes to mind is 'Band of Horses'. They put out two incredible albums and everything post 'Cease to Begin' is utterly worthless...not to mention that every original member of the band has left except the frontman.

SVRDhand13

Spartanacus wrote:

SVRDhand13 wrote:

Ummmm, you realize that one of their albums post OK Computer was named album of the decade by several publications, right? Radiohead is still making amazing music. It's just more experimental now which some rock fans may not appreciate.

I assume you mean Kid A. Years ago I whittled that down to two tracks (National Anthem and Optimistic), so I haven't listened to it in it's entiretey for a while...but I trust my past judgement. Same with Amnesiac...saved only two (I Might Be Wrong, Morning Bell/Amnesiac).

Got to clear out real estate on the Ipod for some new/better music!

Yeah...NIN is about as experimental as I get with music. Glad you enjoy it though. Hope I didn't offend.

No we all have different ears so its cool .

I can't stand Weezer since Pinkerton but hell at least we both love PJ