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Originally Posted by Zarko
The Church
Strengths - Some of the best Alternative Pop/Rock I have listened to. Some absolute beauties in their discography. A lot of infectious material. Kilbey is a solid vocalist.
Weaknesses - Not a big fan of their 80's stuff, a bit boring when they were still trying to break into the mainstream (Thank god they got over that dream  ). Very rarely produce an excellent album throughout, always a song or two that simply annoy me. Kilbey is a pretentious ****
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Hell yes to that. I stopped reading interviews with him at one point because hearing what he had to say was making me like their music less. And on a similar note...
Swans
Strengths: Some of the most intense, powerful and unique music ever recorded IMHO.
Weaknesses: As far as personalities go, Jarboe and Michael Gira are the type pretentious jackasses that you just want to slap.