Come ****ing on, it wasn't that bad. Sure it wasn't thesame as Their pre-the art of drowning, but it wasn't by any means bad, just different. I love all of afi's albums. decemberunderground just wasn't as good.

Jesus. He did an entire album of that crap? I'm a pretty big Billy Idol fan but that's fucking awful.

Also, he looks like a poster boy for plastic surgery .. on prozac. Chicken skin stretched over a skeleton.

He still has his trademark sneer, although that certainly doesn't make things any better.

Billy, man .. What happened? :(

Has anyone ever made a decent Christmas/winter holidays album? Even Phil Spector couldn't pull that one off! I think the phrase "decent Christmas album" is oxymoronic.

I agree. He looks terrifying in that video.

1 - Kasabian - Empire
http://www.clickmusic.com/upload/empirealbum300.jpg
I played the **** out of Kasabian's debut CD. It was catchy and gripping for me at the time and I had no doubts that their follow up would live to be better. Empire pissed the hell out of me when Kasabian took the, arguably, weakest track in their debut CD (Reason is Treason) and extended it to a full length album. The first and last song are all that matter. Everything else in-between will make your ears bleed in disappointment.
2 - The Go! Team - Proof of Youth
http://www.whatrecords.co.uk/live/pics/45579.jpg
The Go! Team pull a Kasabian when their inspiration for a second full length comes from their weakest track in their debut.
3 - Matthew Good - Hospital Music
http://www.melodic.net/img6/matthewgood_2007.jpg
After the genius that was Avalanche, Matthew Good became an even bigger *******, lost his wife, gained weight and released Hospital Music. Anyone could have written these songs.... when they were pimply 15 year olds. It doesn't help that the album, stylistically, is all over the place. There is no unity, and there is no point. I used to love this man's music. I quickly sold all of his CDs after listening to this one.

http://assets.mog.com/amg/pop/cov200...88952v2782.jpg
I know this was just a testament to see how far Kurt could stretch the scope of his music but, it's just a lame drone album that should have never seen the light of day.

That's basically how I feel about:

http://blog.columbusalive.com/RiotAct/magfields.jpeg

Don't get me wrong, I still like Distortion, but it feels more like a silly noise experiment from Merritt rather than a serious, well thought out album.

I personally did'nt think that the debut was all that. Listenable for sure but I don't think i have played it in over 2 years. 'Empire' was even worse. the only saving grace was 'Stunt Man' which is a top notch track.

Empire sounded strangely (and worryingly) too much of a Gary Glitter compilation to men.

I like the debut as for what it was. nothing special but a lot better than the tripe similar bands produced then.