I envy you.
You know, the radio in my truck hasn’t worked for a while (since the antenna, um, “fell off”), and so I haven’t heard any current music in a few years. Just recently I accidentally surfed into MTV, where I was shocked and horrified to see some idiot on stage doing his most heartfelt Eddie Vedder impersonation.
Is this really current? Does the Pearl Jam-style “alternative” STILL rule the airwaves? (Aside from the hip-hop explosion, I mean.) Seriously, I’m so out of touch that I still think the Pixies are cutting-edge, and even I know these chumps are imitating something that was never cool; and setting aside notions of “cool,” it hasn’t even been current since 1997 or so.
Is this just some massive failing of popular taste? What the hell’s going on here? Why haven’t bands found some brand-new way to suck, like they did back when I was your age? (Dammit. I just knew that phrase was gonna slip out.)
I got a car without a radio recently and I haven’t listened to MTV or popular radio in a few years either.
From the few times I’ve been exposed to it, the current music on rock stations still seems to be forth generation grunge, taking the worst of grunge, nu-metal, techno-metal, and emo and smushing it all together into a Creedy ball of bland faux-angsty poppiness. By comparison, Local H were true rock visionaries.
The latest truly new thing I heard on the radio was Stabbing-Westward style nu-metal techno-rock blend in the late 90s. And it was a steaming pile of crap. (Nu-metal had already been done by early 90s rap-rock: ditto for emo and early 90s indie.)
I gave you what you asked for–unless, of course, you think that mid-90s alt-rock is the be all and end all of alternative music…
If you’re going to change the rules as we’re playing the game, be a dear and announce that beforehand, m’kay?
Bring down the Gin Blossoms at your own risk. They were a great pop band who weren’t Nirvana clones.
Doug Hopkins also blew his brains out at a time when Cobain was still only mildly depressed.
One of the perks of being a cop is having to work concerts. You get to bust shit heads AND listen to good music. But about 5 years ago I was working a concert in which L.H. was one of the opening acts. I clearly remember telling my Captain that I was going to file a comp claim for having to listen to that!
I would say Dave Mathews Band would count as alty (until VCO descides to rewrite the rules again) that have several black members if I remember clearly.
No Doubt also had a black back up horn section when they played live and the dude that Gwen was hung up on and inspired all their songs is distinctly non-white.
Having spent too many years as a music critic, I call honestly tell you that the honor of worst band of all time should be qualified: Worst band of all time that never got a record deal? Worst band that self-released their own bad records? Worst bar band that only did covers in local bars? Worst band that had a record released that went nowhere, that hardly anyone ever heard? Worst band that is so generic or derivative or a sound-alike, signed by a record company to try and compete with a great band that helps define a genre, that after you hear them you almost immediately forget what you just heard? Worst band whose music is just unlistenable self-indulgent noise?
Believe me there are countless hundreds of thousands of worse bands than Local H, and most of them you’ve never heard.
I’d rather listen to Local H than Anal Cunt.
You don’t have to pretend anymore, they broke up.
I heard a pretty funny bit on the radio once, where the Foo Fighters did a parody version of a Creed song.
Yeah, but I’d rather listen to someone say “Anal Cunt” than listen to someone say “Local H.”
Kinda. Pearl Jam “alternative” is now “rock”, and “alternative” has moved on to be what you would also call “indie”.
Pearl Jam hasn’t had a hit in like, 10 years or so, but from what I hear, they still draw in large concert crowds.
All the folks who flocked to Phish from the Grateful Dead have now started following Pearl Jam. Don’t ask me why.
:dubious: Wow, that is… words fail me…
I would have to take VCO3’s side here. Put Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Local H, and Pearl Jam all in a row and then rotate DMB, No Doubt, and Sevendust as the sixth band. They would, in all three cases, be the one that doesn’t fit. Sevendust is a metal band that I first heard of in comparison to Pantera, No Doubt was a ska/pop band (back then), and DMB has their own folky/rootsy/DMBy sound.
Splender
Bloc Party
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
TV on the Radio
Bad Brains
Morcheeba
Skindred
Massive Attack (once upon a time)
The Libertines
The Bellrays
Now, you can try pigeonholing some of them them into other genres if you want, but if you try to claim that Spender is anything other than popular alternative, when come back bring cites.
Anyway, Local H isn’t the world’s best band, but there are hundreds of bands I like a whole lot less. If there’s anyone reading the thread who doesn’t know what they sound like, you can get a free MP3 of their song “Hands on the Bible” from Amazon.
Hold on, you mean you actually want us to believe that you saw *music * on MTV?
I ain’t buying it. MTV hasn’t had any music content since, what, 1993 or so.
And as to the OP, I’d never heard of Local H (I’m mostly out of touch with pop/rock music anymore). But I just can’t resist reading “worst…” threads.
Mtv will actually show music videos…at 2 in the morning.