# Local H is seriously the worst fucking band of all time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 24, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179 "2005-09-24T05:28:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179/1 "2005-09-24T05:28:27Z")
I heard a new Local H song on the radio the other day. After the initial “WTF!?” reaction to the horrible, garbagey song, I was insulted and infuriated that a band like Local Fucking H is still getting played on the radio. Are you guys fucking kidding me!? Local H were the _epitome_ of a johnny-come-lately, bandwagon-jumping derivative shitmongers, so truly worthless and valueless that they made other “Alt Rock” craze jumpers like Sponge and Dishwalla look like the fucking Velvet Underground and Beatles by comparison. These cro-mags were probably playing metal six weeks before they heard Nirvana and decided to do a shoddy, embarrassing ripoff of that band. What a crock! What a completely pointless and valueless band! And yet, a quick look at the Allmusic guide reveals that they’ve kept making records all these years, all of which sound just like it’s still 1994 and they’re practicing their Kurt voice and Cobain poses in front of the mirror in mom’s basement. Fucking embarrassing. Humiliating for humanity. I hate our freedom. ---
**Author:** ![spiralscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179/2 "2005-09-24T05:53:17Z")
Can’t be true, because it would mean that System Of A Down is only second-worst. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179/3 "2005-09-24T06:02:37Z")
> [@spiralscratch](#): > > Can’t be true, because it would mean that System Of A Down is only second-worst. It’d be bad news for Creed, too. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179/4 "2005-09-24T07:04:45Z")
I’ve never even heard of this band. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179/5 "2005-09-24T18:22:24Z")
> [@Push You Down](#): > > I’ve never even heard of this band. I’ve heard of them, but I’m completely blanking on the name of their one-semi-hit-wonder song. And didn’t their guitar or bass player have some kind of gimmick, or am I thinking of someone else from the mid-90s? ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179/6 "2005-09-24T18:50:41Z")
> [@Fionn](#): > > I’ve heard of them, but I’m completely blanking on the name of their one-semi-hit-wonder song. And didn’t their guitar or bass player have some kind of gimmick, or am I thinking of someone else from the mid-90s? Two gimmicks - black drummer, and the guitarist was a “guitarist AND bassist,” replacing the bottom two strings of his guitar with bass strings and having a seperate bass pickup installed that went to its own output, which went to a bass amp. Unfortunately, 1) he only did this live, going for the boring route on their records and 2) it apparently sounded like complete shit, live. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179/7 "2005-09-24T19:24:48Z")
Their big hit was called “Bound For The Floor.” ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179/8 "2005-09-24T19:47:40Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > Their big hit was called “Bound For The Floor.” That was “that keep it copacetic” song, right? That was a decent tune, I thought. Nothing I’d buy, but better than a lot of shit I’ve heard on the radio. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179/9 "2005-09-24T20:06:59Z")
Well, if they’re having sex _while_ they’re playing, as you suggest, that would make them sound pretty bad. And I second the Creed nomination. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179/10 "2005-09-24T20:30:14Z")
> [@Push You Down](#): > > I’ve never even heard of this band. Me neither. Maybe we should be glad? ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179/11 "2005-09-24T20:32:58Z")
Having a black drummer’s a ‘gimmick’? ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179/12 "2005-09-24T20:48:14Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > Having a black drummer’s a ‘gimmick’? Well, not since 1999, when Joe Daniels left the band. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179/13 "2005-09-24T20:53:30Z")
You’re gonna get pissed about generic grunge bands from the mid-90s, you’re gonna spend a lot of time pissed. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179/14 "2005-09-24T21:16:29Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > Having a black drummer’s a ‘gimmick’? Name one other black member of _any_ popular “alternative” band. Living Colour do not count. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179/15 "2005-09-24T21:19:07Z")
> [@VCO3](#): > > Name one other black member of _any_ popular “alternative” band. Living Colour do not count. Lajon Witherspoon of Sevendust. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179/16 "2005-09-24T21:19:11Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > You’re gonna get pissed about generic grunge bands from the mid-90s, you’re gonna spend a lot of time pissed. I’m just pissed that this band has someone not managed to have gone back to working at Maaco like the member of the Gin Blossoms and Dishwalla. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179/17 "2005-09-24T21:20:35Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > Lajon Witherspoon of Sevendust. Sevendust were a funk-metal band that came along much later, in the late nineties, as part of the nu-metal thing - and even they intentionally called attention to the “darkie” in their midst in order to get P.C. points and credibility. Try again. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179/18 "2005-09-24T21:59:41Z")
I like Local H. So what if they’re Johhny-come-lately Nirvana clones? I like Nirvana’s sound, but for some reason they stopped making records some time ago. Plus, Local H did a cover version of Toxic that rocks on toast. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179/19 "2005-09-24T22:17:51Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > I like Nirvana’s sound, but for some reason they stopped making records some time ago. I think Courtney Love broke them up, like Yoko did with the Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![spiralscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179/20 "2005-09-25T00:26:08Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It’d be bad news for Creed, too. I never hear Creed on the radio, so I can simply pretend they don’t actually exist. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-h-is-seriously-the-worst-fucking-band-of-all-time/323179.md?page=2)