Are the Arctic Monkeys terrible

[Elliot]

well they dont play widdly widdly or de tuned thrash muck that hasn't gone anywhere for 20 years, so I like them better than a lot of stuff discussed on this site  :shock:  :twisted:

[indysmith]

LOL eliot that was bold

[plastercaster]

They're awful.

And they remind me of EVERY other indie band at the moment.

Their songs annoy the hell out of me, and they're all identical - thus they all identically annoy the hell out of me.

How much Indy do you listen to?
To an outsider (i.e. me) all thrash metal sounds the same, but you can probably tell the difference between bands by their distinctive chugging.

I agree they are overhyped, I seem to recall NME calling them "the saviours of independent music". But they are still one of the better post-libertines bands that are doing the rounds now.

[noodleplugerine]

They're awful.

And they remind me of EVERY other indie band at the moment.

Their songs annoy the hell out of me, and they're all identical - thus they all identically annoy the hell out of me.

How much Indy do you listen to?
To an outsider (i.e. me) all thrash metal sounds the same, but you can probably tell the difference between bands by their distinctive chugging.

I agree they are overhyped, I seem to recall NME calling them "the saviours of independent music". But they are still one of the better post-libertines bands that are doing the rounds now.

I listen to quite a few, cept what I listen to they all do sound different, and none of them sound like the cr@p that is Arctic Monkeys.

I'll list some bands:

Ciccone, Art Brut, Ludes, Gogol Bordello, The Long Blondes, Brakes etc.

[WezV]

Anyone else see artic monkeys crammed into the carling tent at reading two years ago??   Thats was a pretty amazing gig

I went to a few of there gigs after that but now i am bored.  First couple of gigs were great with loads of energy the last one i went to was just really dull and full of arses

[Muzzzz]

They certainly don't deserve all the hype that they seem to get, but hey, I've heard worse. Personally, they don't do anything for me, but I hate Wolfmother way more :)

The Arctic Monkeys aren't even that hyped at all in Australia anyway...

[Kilby]

well they dont play widdly widdly or de tuned thrash muck that hasn't gone anywhere for 20 years, so I like them better than a lot of stuff discussed on this site  :shock:  :twisted:

While possibly marking myself as a hypocrite, I agree (for the most part) with the above, however I have the advantage of being able to ignore posts (& bands) that I am not interested in.

However when it gets to the stage that Radio 4 and BBC News 24 informing me every 10 minutes that they are beating the Beatles sales figures and are the savours of UK music I have to react.

So while the little northern chaps are considerably better than the Libertines (but then again it's hard to find somebody who isn't), I am already sick and tired of the 2nd album.

It wasn't even as bad as this during the New Romantic or Madchester phases.

Rob...

It actually breaks a long held belief that I should not critisise music (cept for so called Urban and Dance) simply because I don't happen to like the music.

[LazyNinja]

Don't mind that dancefloor song in a club coz the girls go wild lol Their first album was shitee imo but everyone else was saying its amazing. Second album same thing again. They thought I was insane for missing Arctic Monkeys to go see Coheed and Cambria at Leeds Fest last year lol. (By the way how cr@p is Carlng fest these days?? not gonna go this year)

[Mr Ed]

No, they're worse than that - they are without a doubt THE worst "band" on the face of the planet.

[_tom_]

No, they're worse than that - they are without a doubt THE worst "band" on the face of the planet.

I guess you've never heard of these guys then http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDz1lInD3Us

[Ratrod]

I hardly ever listen to top 40 music and that includes the occaisional guitar band that's in it. I can't be bothered by that commercial stuff.

The Fratellis seem kinda cool, though.

[ToneMonkey]

Don't really mind them that much.  They're more bovril than marmite.

More sucessful than I am, so who the hell am I to argue...........Good job I'm better looking than the northern little monkies, otherwise I would be upset.

[Elliot]

I must state that I have never heard the Arctic Monkeys (maybe - are they the kiddies who play strats), nor have I heard widdly stuff since I saw Yngwie in the late 1980s nor Thrash since I saw Metallica on the Damage Incorporated tour.  So everything I wrote above came from the fact that a 15 year old NME reading nerd suddenly jumped out of my skin and manipulated my fingers to type stuff.

[ToneMonkey]

I must state that I have never heard the Arctic Monkeys (maybe - are they the kiddies who play strats), nor have I heard widdly stuff since I saw Yngwie in the late 1980s nor Thrash since I saw Metallica on the Damage Incorporated tour.  So everything I wrote above came from the fact that a 15 year old NME reading nerd suddenly jumped out of my skin and manipulated my fingers to type stuff.

Ha ha, yeah man, I keep trying to get my inner child to shut the hell up.  Little bugger keeps getting me in trouble  

[dave_mc]

well they dont play widdly widdly or de tuned thrash muck that hasn't gone anywhere for 20 years, so I like them better than a lot of stuff discussed on this site  :shock:  :twisted:

that's because music hit a high point in 1989, and it's been downhill ever since...

 :lol: