Albums You Love by Bands You Hate
 

A bit of a different spin on an old favourite.

What bands have you found to dislike for basically any reason, but still listen to their one gem?

For me it's Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power, this album just crushes the skull and is great for it. I can't get away with anything else by them, but Vulgar Display is just brilliant.

The Silence in Black and White....from Hawthorne Heights...I love it

Garbage -S/T. The rest of their output is bland but the debut is fantastic.
Happy Mondays-Pills Thrills and Bellyaches. nothing else come close.
Mastodon-Crack The Skye. What else I have heard of them has bored me rigid.

man i was debating myself whether i wanted to make this thread a few days ago, but it seems you've beaten me to the punch Comus


but yeah, when i got Arise from Sepultura, i didn't like it, but i recently got Chaos AD and it turned it completely around for me

i think i might cry.......

"A Brief History of Rhyme: MC Hawkings Greatest Hits" - MC Hawking

I normally don't like nerdcore that much, but this album was pretty good, however I can't listen to it very often.

I like Rolling stones Sticky Fingers but the odd song aside never give them the time of day.
Led Zeppelin- 1st album for the raw jams and again apart from the odd song (Trampled Underfoot FTW) I don't like them at all.

Metallica - And Just for All...

The band had it right when they made this album. Something went terribly wrong with this band after shortly after.

Burning Earth by Firewind. Really good power metal, with very little cheese in comparison to other acts. After this album they got painfully cheesy

But have you heard their other stuff? I don't think I would say I hated a band if I hadn't heard most or all of their stuff first. Maybe now that you like Chaos AD you'll hear other stuff (maybe newer) and like it?

I'm having a hard time thinking of albums that apply here, personally.

yeah that's what i was saying, Chaos AD gave me some faith in the band, so i'll probably get Roots next

Really? I personally listen to Megadeth hell of a lot more than Metallica and apart from maybe' risk' I like all of their output but we go back a long wayI guess.

I'm the same way, it wasn't always like that though. I use to be very pro Metallica back in 2000-2001. I knew of Megadeth and had a few of their albums (Countdown to Extinction, Rust in Peace, Peace Sells... But Who's Buying) etc. As the years went by my love affair with Metallica came to an end but I was finding myself enjoying Megadeth far more, funny how that happens.

soooo......Megadeth ftw?

I think so but then some people are put off by the vocals or the constant line up changes etc. Do you want me to do you a teaser comp Antonio as I have their discog.

thanks but no thanks, i already have Peace Sells and Rust in Peace, and i'm gonna get some more stuff from them soon too.

I did the exact same thing. I used to think metallica was so much cooler than Megadeth. What a fool.

Yes.

yeah I lose respect for a band that can't stay together. They still rock.

Please do I would dig that alot.

I've never enjoyed Megadeth, probably because I tried out their music so late in the game. By this time I had moved from Ride the Lightning and Vulgar Display (still love both albums though) to black metal. Proper thrash to me meant albums like Kreator's Pleasure to Kill and Bathory's first few. So when I finally decided to check out megadeth, it just seemed really watered down and bland. Especially the production irked me.

I can certainly see where you were coming from but the European sound had always been a little more dirty and rawer than the more technical and polished American sound (generally). With European metal you had the aforementioned Kreator, Bathory and also Sodom, Napalm etc. The European sound was as much about production (or lack of it) as it was drawing from other influences. Whereas the American sound generally started to become evermore insular and ended becoming a clone of itself. However both scenes hit me as I grew up so I have always liked both.

Amidst this you had Sepultura blast out with Schizophrenia which is still probably their most raw and best album (it was their second but Schiz) really went off big time.

hey man just let the children dance to what they want man ahahahahahah.

Awesome man, I'm pumped to have some megadeth on my computer now.

coryallen3?

Are you going to post anything worth reading or continue being a troll?

Cowboys From Hell is better, I think.

*cough* Far Beyond Driven *cough*


but really, FBD is really when they started incorporating groove into their music

Of course Vulgar is very good too.

I'd take Pantera over Metallica anyday, to be pefectly honest.

Hey man, lay off ziggy. nothings worth reading, this is the internet man, ahaha. yeah.

I have to go with Vulgar Display of Power for best Pantera album, but it's not an "album I love by a band I hate" because I really like Cowboys from Hell and Far Beyond Driven as well. After that...didn't pay attention (or before those three, for that matter).

It's definately either Vulgar Display of Power or Cowboys From Hell as their best album. It's really hard to say, both great albums.

i strongly dislike Black Flag but fuck me if Damaged isn't awesome for its age. everything else they put out i pretty much hate though, they really went to turds after Rollins arrived. and they were still playing the same garbage music while everyone else from the SST label moved onto better things.

have you listened to side 2? it's terrible!

Saves the Day - In Reverie
Not a fan of this band, but this album blew me away and made me take them seriously. One of my favorites of this decade. Unfortunatly most of their fanbase hated it and they went back to their earlier sound.

The Ataris - Welcome the Night
Pop punk singer Kris Roe gets a whole new lineup for his band, listens to alot of Slowdive, Swervedriver, and My Bloody Valentine and creates a wonderful shoegaze influenced, moody rock record - most fans hate it and now he's writing mediocre pop punk again. Another favorite of mine by a band I dont really care for otherwise.

Alice in Chains - Dirt
Let me first say I don't hate or dislike Alice in Chains by any means. This album is just so far above their other material that it warrants mentioning. Aside from the overplayed "Rooster" this might be the best non-Nirvana "Grunge" record - I prefer it to Ten, Superfuzz Bigmuff, and Superunknown

Hopesfall - The Satellite Years
An otherwise lame screamy metalcore band, but on this record they had production help from Matt Talbott of Hum - who was also an obvious influence on the sound. What results is beautiful layered technical guitar work amidst a sea of fuzzy heavy guitars, with low-mixed screaming that blends into the music. Aside from Dillinger Escape Plan's Calculating Infinity this is the only other record I love with mostly screaming vocals.

Yeah, I agree completely with this.

I like From Under the Cork Tree by Fall Out Boy.

But I don't like the band.

Change the album to Jar of Flies and I totally agree with everything you just said.

I despise the sweet holy hell out of Coldplay, but I can't deny that "A Rush of Blood to the Head" pops up in my CD player more often than I'd like to admit.

Well technically Jar of Flies is an EP, but I'd agree some of the stuff on there stands up there with Dirt high above the rest of the catalog.

Replace "A Rush of Blood to the Head" with "Viva la Vida" in the Coldplay post by Mr. Goth Glam, and you've got my feelings for them pegged.

And I usually don't care much for the Smashing Pumpkins, but Mellon Collie was a brilliant record that really showed off what they could do. Especially compared to their next two albums (Adore was a half-baked electro-goth experiment, and Machina an overproduced, indecipherable art-rock mess), it's brilliant.

Oasis' first two albums get the same reaction from me as well.

And as for the Pantera and Megadeth discussions that keep popping up here, I'm standing by everything Megadeth did before "Rust in Peace" and Cowboys from Hell/Vulgar Display of Power for Pantera (never liked Far Beyond Driven). Still, in the end it's gotta be Dream Theater or Kamelot when I want to listen to metal.

Pantera-cowboys from hell

dimebags riffs are awesomely simple. I also love the solo at the start of cemetary gates. Either than that phil anselmo sounds like hes having a roid rage.

Bands/artists you thought you'd never get into...but now love
 

Andrea Bocelli. I used to think he was lame or something because my mom liked him. Luckily I've matured since then :laughing:

UnderOath. I kept hearing so many different opinions. Either "They suck, just some screamo band" or "They rule, best band xXEVARXx lolz" but I've formulated my own opinion: They're pretty epic.

Lady GaGa. She's a disease, and even I'm not safe! :love:

There's so many I can barely just think of more than a few examples really(seeing as I've acquired most of my favorite bands this way!), but Bocelli, GaGa, and the 'Oath comes to mind. Any takers?

Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause