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Which band has fallen the most in the last fifteen years?

evenflow82evenflow82 Posts: 3,891
edited June 2008 in Other Music
I was thinking about bands who have had a couple of great albums and then

a. sold out
b. simply phoned it in
c. quality of music has simply decreased
d. play it safe

I couldn't help but think of how awesome Weezer's first two albums were and how everything else has been a shit pile since. Metallica is a close second.

So, what bands have really lost the spark and are mediocre or horrible now?
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  • RomanzaRomanza Posts: 115
    unfortunately, people not on this site would say PJ.
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  • Joe2TheRevengeJoe2TheRevenge Posts: 904
    RHCP. hands down.

    The music keeps getting more and more mellow, and the shows are scheduled 200 at a time and being totally phoned in.
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  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    See the Chili Peppers thread.:D

    EDIT: Curse you, Joe2.:p
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  • Veddie EdderVeddie Edder Posts: 17
    Romanza wrote:
    unfortunately, people not on this site would say PJ.

    I'd agree....I'm still a big fan, got tix for a show in June but they havent done much since "Vs"....the last one was close to awful.
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,152
    Veddie Edder wrote:
    I'd agree....I'm still a big fan, got tix for a show in June but they havent done much since "Vs"....the last one was close to awful.

    what!?!?!?!?!?!?

    close to awful? I cant een respond to that lol.

    anyway i'd also say the chili peppers. lets face it- they suck now.
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  • Strangest TribeStrangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    RHCP should never ever ever again release a double album

    also anything Chris Cornell the past 7 years has sucked royal balls
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  • PorchsitterPorchsitter Posts: 1,069
    Metallica.
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  • Strangest TribeStrangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    how about DMB
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  • NevermindNevermind Posts: 1,006
    1.RHCP
    2.Metallica
    3.Pearl Jam
  • g under pg under p Posts: 18,184
    Veddie Edder wrote:
    I'd agree....I'm still a big fan, got tix for a show in June but they havent done much since "Vs"....the last one was close to awful.


    I somewhat agree, it wasn't awful but I didn't like it. It was a disappointment to me and PJ dropped from radar some years prior to that.

    Metallica needs a major comeback or they will fall into oblivion.

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  • Blind MelonBlind Melon Posts: 911
    Weezer
    Tool (only because of 10,000 Days)

    yeah, that's all I've got actually.
    If I could, think I would give in.
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Nevermind wrote:
    1.RHCP
    2.Metallica
    3. Oasis
    4. Pearl Jam

    fixed!i! ;)
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Veddie Edder wrote:
    I'd agree....I'm still a big fan, got tix for a show in June but they havent done much since "Vs"....the last one was close to awful.
    That's Bullshit!i!

    No Code and Yield were better than Vs.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    but I agree, Avocado was awful ;)
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  • hopethatuchokehopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    Thank god this thread isn't over on the porch. There would be riots if they saw people saying they don't like pearl jam's recent output :)
  • suns rivalsuns rival Posts: 15,926
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    rhcp
    pearl jam
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  • HermanBloomHermanBloom Posts: 1,764
    Avocado may be their best albums jackholes.

    RHCP for sure; yet they were never that great; very overrated
    Tool's 10,000 Days was disappointing
    DMB for sure
    Agree that Cornell has done nothing decent since Soundgarden
    Also agree with live; haven't liked anything since The Distance to Here

    Seriously, how can anyone say PJ; just because they aren't a huge commercial success, they may be the most relevant live act around. They have more credibility than anyone out there.
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  • Blind MelonBlind Melon Posts: 911
    Well, Avocado was so-so... honestly though, Inside Job is amazing. Then with Riot Act, it was a little blah at times... seemed like too much filler, but for me, Binaural is where it's at, so I can't really say PJ, but they are just in a little decline.
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    suns rival wrote:
    live
    metallica
    rhcp
    pearl jam
    didnt realize "Live" is still around.
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  • reversedarwinismreversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    Avocado does suck, but Riot Act is good, Binaural is amazing...

    RHCP are the most improved over the last 15 years, they've matured very well. They just fit into a sub-genre of rock music that not many here appreciate. When I was younger, I might not be able to fully appreciate it either. Now I play recent RHCP as much as PJ.
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle Posts: 10,724
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  • Joe2TheRevengeJoe2TheRevenge Posts: 904
    reversedarwinism wrote:

    RHCP are the most improved over the last 15 years, they've matured very well.

    improved? matured?

    Not that they were ever very mature to begin with, but they went from addressing their personal drug addictions to singing "snow, hey oh"

    come on now.
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  • OneLoveOneLove Posts: 563
    Agreed on the RHCP front.

    I am not a huge fan, but I find gwen steffani hugely annoying these days. the no doubt stuff used to be decent on a summer day with the windows down.
  • PearlsGirlPearlsGirl Posts: 257
    1. RHCP
    2. Foo Fighters, I miss Dave's raw vocals, now he's appealing to those teenie boppers with his crap
    3. Metallica
    4. Pearl Jam, I still love them more than life itself though. #2! Soundgarden #1.
    5. Chris Cornell, seriously, when did he become a fucking pansy? He's still my favorite vocalist. Audioslave sucked ass, his solo albums don't really give him justice, and what is this shit about Timbaland? AHHHHHH!!!!
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Joe2TheRevenge wrote:
    improved? matured?

    Not that they were ever very mature to begin with, but they went from addressing their personal drug addictions to singing "snow, hey oh"

    come on now.

    Isn't that song about Heroin still? I don't think it's about snowboarding in Utah :rolleyes: ;)
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  • yellowled24yellowled24 Posts: 3,118
    Going with the general feel of everyone here im going to have to say Metallica and RHCP. Both bands create songs now, that all sound excactly the same...no variety.
    Which brings me to my next point, variety=longetivity.
    This should mean that PJ are not to be even vaguely mentioned in this thread! Every album they have put out is different to their last, which is what they should be doing, because you can bet your arse if they kept putting out stuff like Ten, we would all be whingeing like bitches saying "Oh, the songs all the fucking same".

    It amazes me why people even become members on this forum if they havent liked anything from Vs etc.
    Also another band who has dropped is Silverchair...
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  • SpaceNeedleSpaceNeedle Posts: 47
    The band Live fell off the map after release their last album in the US in 2006..


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  • Bushleaguer28Bushleaguer28 Posts: 776
    what do people have against avacado? I personally thought top to bottom it was a very good record
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  • whulmefwhulmef Posts: 176
    walrus wrote:
    rem

    I was waiting for this. I have also been waiting to respond to listen to Accelerate. Only ten years ago was Up, which is an undesputed classic. Seventeen years ago was New Adventures, maybe their best album. Yeah Reveal and Around the Sun suck; but thats only two out of, what 14 15 albums. So maybe the compressed mix on Accelerate sucks, and maybe Stipe cant sing that great because hes older than my parents, but the guys are still writing great music after twenty eight years and rocking pretty fucking hard for what some on this board call a "light rock band." If you have seen them live you know they rock on the fast songs, actually really loud.
  • rhinomagicrhinomagic Posts: 2,549
    Not 15 yrs, but more like 10:

    Smashing Pumpkins

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  • Joe2TheRevengeJoe2TheRevenge Posts: 904
    rhinomagic wrote:
    Not 15 yrs, but more like 10:

    Smashing Pumpkins

    .

    They've been gone for almost 8

    And Machina was fucking solid.

    So really, they only started sucking with Zeitgeist, but than can be blamed on Billy basically making Zwan-like songs for it.
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