Are the Arctic Monkeys terrible

[sambo]

gives the impression that you actually like some indie, and that its this band in particular that stand out as bad. if you see what i mean.

which isnt the case at all is it? most of you think pop/indie in general is shitee...

The fact that current indie bands suck is totally unrelated to the question of whether Indie is good or not

well, seeing as a genre is pretty much defined by its contemporary flagship acts, then i would say it is completely related.

but anyway- name some indie that you personally think is great...
 
it'd be interesting to see your tastes actually, same as anyone else who i've kinda assumed hates indie in general.

 :oops:

[_tom_]

I dont like most "indie" but theres the occasional few songs that I like. I've pretty much completely gone off metal, so its not just metalheads who dislike it :P

[blue]

i'm not one for genres myself, whether it's Marilyn Manson, Skid Row, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie or Bjork, to me it's all rock.  just different flavours.  pop is just what's popular, be it good or bad, so if Marduk had a top 40 hit that'd be pop! :P  and i refuse to see "indie" as meaning anything other than "on an independent label".  you do need to use various terms and comparisons to give other people an idea of what something sounds like, but all these genres and sub-genres are ludicrous.  and why have seperate charts for them?  who decides what fits into one genre or another, and where do you draw the line?

and when did R N' B start meaning soppy drivel?

[noodleplugerine]

gives the impression that you actually like some indie, and that its this band in particular that stand out as bad. if you see what i mean.

which isnt the case at all is it? most of you think pop/indie in general is shitee...

The fact that current indie bands suck is totally unrelated to the question of whether Indie is good or not

well, seeing as a genre is pretty much defined by its contemporary flagship acts, then i would say it is completely related.

but anyway- name some indie that you personally think is great...
 
it'd be interesting to see your tastes actually, same as anyone else who i've kinda assumed hates indie in general.

 :oops:

Erm:

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.

[sambo]

i'm not one for genres myself, whether it's Marilyn Manson, Skid Row, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie or Bjork, to me it's all rock.  just different flavours.  pop is just what's popular, be it good or bad, so if Marduk had a top 40 hit that'd be pop! :P  and i refuse to see "indie" as meaning anything other than "on an independent label".  you do need to use various terms and comparisons to give other people an idea of what something sounds like, but all these genres and sub-genres are ludicrous.  and why have seperate charts for them?  who decides what fits into one genre or another, and where do you draw the line?

and when did R N' B start meaning soppy drivel?

+1

i remember a whole thread when i went on about almost exactly the same principal.

naturally- no one listened.

[matteo]

back to the topic i think the monkeys rock!! not the greatest guitaring in the world but they got some catchy tunes :D

[maliciousteve]

Can't stand indie. It got too generic far too quickly. Every other band was trying to be indie and write boring pub songs now it just sounds the same as the last popular song.

While I do listen to metal, I do listen to other things like Jazz, Country, Blues, Film music (Alan silvestri and Danny Elfman are amoung my favourites) and even some world music. So I'm not being narrow minded and thinking metal is the be all and end all. I like variation in my music but I just think indie is far beyound cr@p.

But I wouldn't insult any one who listened to it.

[JJretroTONEGOD]

Not sure if there cr@p, come on, they must be doing something right, why are they selling so many records? I'm not saying I love them, but I certanly don't hate them! I think they are good at what they do, and they deliver the goods when they need to. Music is only a business as far as record companies are concernd, you are a product as soon as you sign the dotted line, products have to sell.

[Ted]

lmao, am I sensing a lack of love for the Arctic Monkeys?  

give 'em a break, they're still young 'uns - plenty time yet.

 :twisted:

+1

$%&# me there's a lot of hate here. I think they are over hyped, but they can sure write hits. I like all guitar music so I quite like them.