[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by deflinus

radiohead?

a lot of people dont like pablo honey or the bends.

I definitely agree with that..

I feel this way about the Black Keys, I could not stand them a few years ago, but I really enjoyed their last album.

[auto-aim]

Originally Posted by al shabbray

i wonder who supported sonic youth last time on the DDN gig in berlin. 2 guys one medium build, playing a synth and one thurstonesqe thinny guy playing stomboxes and I think kaoss pad. it wasnt that good...it wasnt wolf eyes I know for sure btw the concert chronology doesnt mention them at all

Sutcliff Jugend?

[SpectralJulianIsNotDead]

Originally Posted by SYRFox

My Bloody Valentine

The most shining example I can think of.

[SpectralJulianIsNotDead]

Originally Posted by ZEROpumpkins

Everyone likes the Bends.
Except Cristgau.
But no one likes that cranky old bat.


Also Yo La Tengo started out as boring, but not awful.

Didn't Thurston Moore kill him with his big fucking dick anyways?

[SpectralJulianIsNotDead]

Originally Posted by SuperCreep

"Awful" to me has to be something with absolutely no redeeming value whatsoever. I can't think of anyone who started at that point and reached "awesome" status.

Even Pablo Honey has about three good songs on it. The rest of it isn't even that awful, just really passable generic 90's alterna-rock. It's not something that offends my ears on the level of Wolf Eyes or Fleet Foxes or anything like that.

That's true. MBV's early stuff was pretty decent as far as that sort of stuff goes.

[lowlife]

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

BOD are dilletantes and poseurs if ever any existed!

not true

[Toilet & Bowels]

Originally Posted by lowlife

not true

Well that statement was based entirely on hearsay, but they're still total rubbish

[uhler]

Originally Posted by SYRFox

My Bloody Valentine

i disagree. their first album is shit. but all their eps up to "isn't anything" are great. "isn't anything" was good and "loveless" is totally boring.

[frades]

pennywise began to be good only from "land of the free?"

[Skuj]

Originally Posted by noisereductions

Someone had to start this one.

Radiohead.

[Skuj]

Originally Posted by Derek

Hail has 2+2=5 and Go To Sleep, the rest sorta sucks though.

I like Paranoid Android and one or two other tracks from OK Computer, but as an album I find it very unfulfilling.

Oh Dude......it blows me away still.

[Skuj]

Originally Posted by uhler

yeah, "2+2=5" is the best song off "hail to the thief" and is an actual good song. the rest of the album is pretty bad to terrible.

Couldn't disagree more. HTTT is certainly their least appreciated album.

[Savage Clone]

Originally Posted by _slavo_

Someone might disagree, but I'm saying Labradford.

The first LPs were not so good (although not "awful" by any means) but since "E Luxo So" the things started to move up rapidly.

A few years later, I say..
The first two Labradford LPs are the only ones I kept, and the only ones that I don't find to be super-sterile snoozefests.
I am probably more attached to those because Prazision completely blew my mind when it came out. It made a huge impression.

The first few Death In June LPs are not to my taste so much, but when he switched to the "apocalyptic folk" style, I couldn't get enough.

[EVOLghost]

Originally Posted by Skuj

Couldn't disagree more. HTTT is certainly their least appreciated album.

I really like Hail to the T hief. Myxamatosis is such a kickass song


I'm gonna listen to it now. Houses of the Holy just ended.

[GeneticKiss]

With regards to Radiohead, I don't think it's 100% fair to say they were ever "awful". Sure. Pablo Honey is easily their weakest album (yes, I think In Rainbows is better), but it has some good tracks...You, Creep, Stop Whispering (check out Thom Yorke's hair in the video for a good laugh), Anyone Can Play Guitar, and Blow Out come easiest to mind.

But it's not like any of their albums are perfect:

The Bends: Bones, Black Star
OK Computer: hmm...I might've said Let Down was well named in the past, but now I like it...
Kid A: the title track isn't really that good, and neither is Motion Picture Soundtrack
Amnesiac: Morning Bell was better on Kid A, and Life in a Glasshouse just bores me
Hail to the Thief: A Punchup at a Wedding is easily the worst song Radiohead have ever done. Beyond that, this one's pretty solid.
In Rainbows: I like Weird Fishes/Appreggi, but it does lean a bit too close to Snow Patrol territory for my liking at times, and Faust Arp is obvious filler.

[LifeDistortion]

Tom Waits with his first two albums were meh, piano blues stuff but from "Small Change" on Waits became awesome.

[SpaceCadetHayden]

Hair Police: Blow Out Your Blood was a childish little album and they grew into a fairly awesome, at times, group.

[SpaceCadetHayden]

Originally Posted by batreleaser

for some reason i feel inclined to say black dice. they started out as second rate teenage noisecore thugs, and become a wonderful experimental trio dabbing in everything from idm, post punk, synthesizers, hip hop, ambient, etc..

also, magik markers. those who still hate them will disagree obviously, but once again, a second rate noisecore band who seemed they were making noise for noise sakes. but then 'boss' came out, and they were able to maintain thier noise and hardcore backbone, while incorprating great guitar melodies, 70s psych rock influences, nice rhythms, hooks, and in my opinion thier secret weapon, elisa's lyrics (very poetic, wierd, etc..) and her voice which i think is unique as they come. anyways, from what was a totally run of the mill, guaranteed a spot on the no fun lineup, generic noisecore band, s now a psychedelic/hardcore/noise rock band with lots of potential me thinks. im sure plenty of you will disagree.

I certainly agree with both. Although, I still wouldn't call Magik Markers 'awesome'. They certainly have some potential I never would've said they had 4 years ago.

[the ikara cult]

I think Coil got better over the course of their career, though they never really sucked. The incline of the graph is up though

[knox]

did ANYBODY say radiohead