# Singers/bands that make you want to shove hot rusty screwdrivers into your ears **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 1, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897 "2020-07-01T03:43:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897/61 "2020-07-03T13:42:39Z")
Shocked that there’s been no love for Thom Yorke of Radiohead. An asthmatic schnauzer could remain on key better than he can. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897/62 "2020-07-03T14:13:25Z")
Colin Melloy of the Decemberists. I like the Decemberists, but that weird affectation that he sings with gets old really quick. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897/63 "2020-07-03T14:42:23Z")
I don’t know if it’s the music or the voice but Jon Anderson (of Yes) is an abomination to my ears. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897/64 "2020-07-03T21:10:06Z")
Muse. I actually like their music, but can only take it in small doses because of the lead singer. ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897/65 "2020-07-03T22:09:37Z")
Jigsaw. I didn’t even know this band ever excited until recently, but they play them multiple times a day at my work. Imagine a mix between a shitty disco band and a shitty soft rock band and you have Jigsaw. [Proof](https://youtu.be/QjtD8A-MWBc). ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897/66 "2020-07-04T18:25:55Z")
David Lee Roth (in the Eighties). Oh, dear God, every time he does that breathy/shrieky thing he apparently thinks is the sexiest thing on Earth, I want to shove an icepick through his shrieky little throat. He’s the only singer I can think of where I literally change the channel/turn off the radio if he comes on. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897/67 "2020-07-04T20:42:24Z")
Absolutely with you on Ed Sheeran; and I’ll throw in Coldplay for good measure. It’s not so much that they’re flat-out awful, it’s the combination of their being insipid and unavoidable that drives me mad. Poster boys for mediocracy that you just can’t get away from. j ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897/68 "2020-07-05T01:08:48Z")
I found an album of Breton folk music, was reminded of Alain Stivell (who is wonderful), and bought it. I could not make it through even half the disc. I shut it off and never went back. The singer was Yann-Fañch Kemener. His voice was thin, scratchy, warbly, and extremely reedy. Accompanied by _bombard_ and bagpipes, that was altogether too much intense reediness for my ears. I’ve been to Brittany, I liked the culture, even the _bombard_ music, I danced at _fest-noz_ and had a great time. I hate to bust on Kemener; he was out gay, he’s dead, and he’s revered by the Breton people. But that voice was impossible for me, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897/69 "2020-07-05T01:10:47Z")
Why do I have to shove hot rusty screwdrivers in MY ears? Can’t I shove them in the horrible musicians’ ears? ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897/70 "2020-07-05T03:25:44Z")
That Phil Collins song ( I had to look it up ) ‘In The Air Tonight’. Familiar to the point of contempt in the 1980s, it seemed to be a favorite of radio stations specializing in corporate rock. The DJ could play it and then go home to eat lunch while it played. What a mind numbing bore-fest. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897/71 "2020-07-05T10:39:41Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > the _bombard_ music For clarity’s sake-- this is not like in the _1812 Overture_. The _bombarde_ is a Breton double-reed wind instrument. It sounds like oboe crossed with trumpet. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897/72 "2020-07-05T11:16:12Z")
Ha, that’s obscure, but I know exactly who you mean and I feel the same. It’s a pity, as the songs themselves are really good. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897/73 "2020-07-05T13:35:15Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Why do I have to shove hot rusty screwdrivers in MY ears? Can’t I shove them in the horrible musicians’ ears? Or better yet, their vocal cords. Also nominating a lot Michael McDonald’s stuff. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897/74 "2020-07-05T15:21:35Z")
Panic! at the Disco, especially that damnable “High High Hopes” song. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897/75 "2020-07-05T15:29:55Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > > [@snfaulkner](#): > > > > Why do I have to shove hot rusty screwdrivers in MY ears? Can’t I shove them in the horrible musicians’ ears? > > Or better yet, their vocal cords. > > Also nominating a lot Michael McDonald’s stuff. But he’s got such a long way to go. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897/76 "2020-07-05T15:38:55Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > But he’s got such a long way to go. And that’s the insidious part, isn’t it? You’re listening to Christopher Cross and …wait a minute! Plus Kenny Loggins, Patti Labelle, Steely Dan and others: the music industry obviously didn’t read my memo. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897/77 "2020-07-05T15:51:33Z")
^ You had to have seen SCTV’s McDonald spoof. If not, [here it is](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JLbhEUE_5U)! ---
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897/78 "2020-07-05T16:05:59Z")
You think 2020 is bad, Christopher Cross has 5 Grammys and an Oscar. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897/79 "2020-07-05T16:15:14Z")
Can you buy them on eBay, yet? 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897/80 "2020-07-05T16:22:20Z")
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