# Bands that were once loved...now hated so very very much **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652 "2008-11-07T16:31:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652/101 "2008-11-10T15:00:02Z")
**Styx**. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652/102 "2008-11-10T16:41:17Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > **Styx**. I loathe Styx mainly because of [this album cover](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fAT7UABRBOo/SDIyWP6rk-I/AAAAAAAAClw/zvTlDvEle-U/Styx_Pieces_Of_Eight-%5BFront%5D-%5Bwww.FreeCovers.net%5D.jpg). I frequently browse used records, and this abomination turns up frequently. ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652/103 "2008-11-10T20:31:11Z")
> [@Bi-Polar\_Guy](#): > > I’m not sure if this qualifies, and I just know I’m gonna catch a world of grief over this one, but I gotta nominate Bruce Springsteen. His early stuff was really good–the guy knows his business. But when they released “Born in the USA,” it seems that all you heard on the radio, all you heard from friend’s stereos and pretty much all you heard in your dreams was that ##%&&\*^$$#@ cover song, and sometimes (just to change the type of torture) something else from that thrice-dammed album. > I still can’t listen to Bruce to this day, all because of that one album. I know the man is an amazing artist, I loved the stuff he made before “Born in USA,” but now everytime I hear him, all I can hear is that dammed song. Let the stones fly, but I have to stand firm on this one Thought it was a great albulm but then I think Tunnel of Love is his best work. ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652/104 "2008-11-10T20:41:59Z")
I agree —if I never hear Born in the USA again I’ll be happy. I still love the albums prior to that, but that album was just so overdone at the time and I still haven’t recovered. And I _hated_ Tunnel of Love more than any other album he’s done. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652/105 "2008-11-10T22:58:15Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > I’ve hated Hootie from the moment I first heard them. Then you’re not really addressing the OP, now, are you? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652/106 "2008-11-11T01:18:07Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I loathe Styx mainly because of [this album cover](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fAT7UABRBOo/SDIyWP6rk-I/AAAAAAAAClw/zvTlDvEle-U/Styx_Pieces_Of_Eight-%5BFront%5D-%5Bwww.FreeCovers.net%5D.jpg). Linky no worky. Is it the Kilroy Was Here album you were going for? I came to this thread specifically to mention Styx. They went from being one of the top musical acts of the 1980’s to a laughinstock. And the funny thing is, IMHO their best work is from _before_ they got popular. Renegade, Suite Madame Blue and Blue Collar Man all came before they hit it really big. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652/107 "2008-11-11T03:13:46Z")
He was trying for the cover to [Pieces of Eight](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:g9fixq85ldje). Styx and Kansas are both pretty wretched bands that were once loved by millions. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652/108 "2008-11-11T13:36:50Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > I have to take exception to both of these. > > Who _hates_ Hootie and the Blowfish? I mean really hate. I think that list of people would be vanishingly small. Not to mention the fact that while none of their other albums sold as well as Cracked Rear View, they did sell perfectly fine. And Musical Chairs is just a good CD. I hated them when their music came out. I couldn’t figure out who was listening to this stuff. I lumped them in with DMB, but I think we discussed that once before. I think you will be suprised to find a large group of people detest these bands. It’s was never the type of music I would listen to. One of my freinds liked them, but my opinion of his musical taste was not complementry. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652/109 "2008-11-11T13:50:34Z")
Oasis Manic Street Preachers ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652/110 "2008-11-11T17:31:36Z")
I thought Metallica’s latest album was very well received. To me it’s sort of a cross between their older albums and the Black Album. Smashing Pumpkins, if they’re hated it’s probably because their guitar and bass players are different. Saw them over the summer, they still rock. Billy is really good on guitar. Got a little too experimental in places, but that’s the Pumpkins. Kid Rock’s current song is doing well on rock, country, and Top 40 stations. He’s sort of a douche, but I’m sure he’s selling records. ---
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652/111 "2008-11-11T18:42:51Z")
Kiss. They peaked around 1978 or so, and define “once loved” by the fact they sold out stadiums around the world, and were probably the richest band in the world as well, at least in terms of licensing products. Now Gene Simmons is keeping that past alive almost singlehandedly. Yeah, I was a fan of them when I was 16, and pretty much hated them by age 18. Now I watch a video every now and then out of nostalgia. And I think, I used to like that?! ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652/112 "2008-11-11T21:58:15Z")
**Aqua** ’s album Aquarium (of [Barbie Girl](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEzh10_xoqw) fame) sold 15,000,000 copies worldwide with 4,000,000 in the U.S. You’re not going to find too many people who would admit to that. I still like them, though. Valete, Vox Imperatoris ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652/113 "2008-11-12T06:36:34Z")
Boy George destroyed himself with heroin, and the contrast between the confidently transgressive young singer and the grouchy, broken old man is just so pathetic that his music now seems ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652/114 "2008-11-12T07:30:32Z")
Boy George is still making music? Did anybody else know about this? (And can you really be counted as being “hated so very very much” if everyone has forgotten you existed?) ---
**Author:** ![vintageloveletter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@vintageloveletter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vintageloveletter)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652/115 "2008-11-12T07:37:33Z")
> [@bluecanary](#): > > Oasis This is who I thought of immediately. Billed as the next Beatles. Uh-huh. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652/116 "2008-11-12T07:49:01Z")
> [@vintageloveletter](#): > > This is who I thought of immediately. Billed as the next Beatles. Uh-huh. If you ever want to doom a promising band, declare them the next Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652/117 "2008-11-12T07:54:15Z")
All rap music is the next Beatles! Oh, and country music bands–them too! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652/118 "2008-11-23T00:06:26Z")
Ben Folds. Condier the classic progression - [ul] [li]universal critcal adoration for first album[/li] [li]#1 Hit on second album, critics tolerating of albums uneven-ness[/li] [li]Unmitgated shit on 3rd album and Fold’s solo career - scorn increasing incrementally with each release[/li] [li]Latest Ben Folds Five album widely considered worst record ever made.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652/120 "2019-10-31T18:52:49Z")
A lot of things can happen in 11 years. Example: threads can get old. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-were-once-loved-now-hated-so-very-very-much/471652.md?page=5)