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

Joe2TheRevenge

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.

OneLove

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.

PearlsGirl

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!!!!

South of Seattle

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:

yellowled24

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...

SpaceNeedle

The band Live fell off the map after release their last album in the US in 2006..

Bushleaguer28

what do people have against avacado? I personally thought top to bottom it was a very good record

whulmef

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.

rhinomagic

Not 15 yrs, but more like 10:

Smashing Pumpkins

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Joe2TheRevenge

rhinomagic wrote:

Not 15 yrs, but more like 10:

Smashing Pumpkins

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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.

reversedarwinism

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.

Like someone said, I think this song may have a little poetry to the lyrics. I don't know what its about, but lyrics aren't what I mean by matured. I just keep finding myself defending this band, because in the real world (outside this board) RHCP are widely loved for their last three albums. Its the one band I know everyone at work, in my family, amongst my friends will enjoy without exception. All of my music loving friends love RHCP. May be its that popularity that some don't like here. One of my friends recently made a random compilation off limewire, whats on it? old PJ, SG hit, 2 RH songs, SP and more RHCP than anything. And all that RHCP is from the last 3 albums. Yet here they don't sound like they did in 93, and people think they've "fallen" - in the real world yall are in the minority. The "improvement" and "maturity" is obvious to anyone that actually has all the albums.

And thats the thing, based off the negative comments here, I'd bet that yall don't have the albums or have been really exposed to the whole albums. Especially if you're saying the songs sound the same, I know you're talking out your ass. You just heard the radio songs and came to the conclusion you already wanted to make. Sorry that the last PJ sucked and RHCP doesn't sound like porn music anymore, but you guys are hating on one of the best bands around today.

Murderers.

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.

It's not about drugs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zBP1chdo0w&feature=related

Sorry to dissapoint you.

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

pj, but only because they went straight to the top of the mountain. nowhere left to go but down after that.

Murderers.

MrSmith wrote:

pj, but only because they went straight to the top of the mountain. nowhere left to go but down after that.

Yeah, Ten is probably their best effort. That or Vs. But that's just my opinion.

Yellow Ledbelly

I wish it wasn't true but Metallica is definitely the winner of this distinction.
I just don't see the RHCP being included here. While I have no concert experience to draw my opinion from, but their recorded music since Blood Sugar Sex Magik has been fairly solid in my opinion...except for One Hot Minute. Californication is one of my favorite albums for sure and I like Stadium Arcadium as well

Murderers.

^One Hot Minute is awesome.

Odin

In the last ten years, Goo Goo Dolls.

In the last fifteen years, Aerosmith. They haven't been the same since Get A Grip.

Wobbie

Toad the Wet Sprocket !

Claudia

U2
Chris Cornell

PJ-Sin

U2 ....yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah