Artists you used to like but no longer do.
 

I got this from a Vinyl Community (YouTube) thread. Just loved the idea.

Are there any artists you used to love but now cannot bear to listen to? It could be because it holds painful memories for you, or maybe their music just does nothing for you anymore.

Best example for me is Björk. Everything after Medulla just disappointed me.

I'll admit to liking some real crappy music because I really don't care what people think.

But the fact at one point in my life I rated the first 2 Smashing Pumpkins albums causes me physical pain every time I think about it.

What do you mean by "rated" them? And Gish and Siamese Dream kick ass!

Condolences. Fortunately for me, I've always hated Corgan's voice so much that I never allowed myself to give the band a chance.
Unfortunately, though, I used to like Godsmack when they came out, so any vindication I would have had from not liking the Pumpkins is effectively nullified.

So... let me think back to when I was ~12-16 and what I kind of pretend didn't happen:

New Found Glory. Shoot me. It was my first concert too. When I was about 12. I tell people my first concert was Nuclear Rabbit, but that wasn't until I was 14 or 15.

Godsmack for me as well. There are still some tunes I think are bearable, but generally haven't gone their way in years and years.

Disturbed. I was big on the album with Voices and Down With the Sickness. When their newer albums came out ... 10,000 fists ... I was really put off and didn't look back. Now, not only do I think their newer albums are/were ****e, I also think their old albums were ****e. I theoretically could get down to that particular album again, but I now have better albums that get me pumped up that I can relate to more...

Hmm... Dave Matthews Band... I don't dislike them now, but I was much more into them when I was <15. I remember getting **** from kids in middle school for liking them. My mom got me into them. I heard their latest album after Leroi died and thought it was decent (at best). Carter Beauford is still one hell of a drummer, and they still have their badass horn guy (or whatever that is [nothin beats the solo on Crush]

Kottonmouth Kings - not much explanation necessary. I liked them before I smoked, and I don't know why. Once I started smoking, I thought it was cool for about 20 minutes and then I retired it. Where's the weed at? Its in my backpack but you cant touch that oohhhhh. Gets old. Music specifically about weed... exclusively... is unnecessary. Nothing wrong with a song or two but if that's your whole music gimmick, or if thats your life, I dunno... I respect the concept of smoking, growing, trimming, and distributing as a career and/or hobby, but try to have more going on top of that.

Mindless Self Indulgence - Still bring a smile to my face. I had to delete them from my computer not because I didn't like them anymore but because I basically felt too old to be listening to such childish stuff. But hell, gotta love their Tom Sawyer cover, and that Bring the Pain cover. And some of their originals are pretty cool. Frontman is a nutter though.

Static X/Wayne Static - Even gave his new solo album a chance and it wasn't bad. It's certainly for a teenage audience, more or less.

Hmm... That's all I can think of at the moment...

I could really only say Radiohead and U2. That's not to say that I still don't like their earlier work, just in their current forms. U2 went downhill after Pop and Radiohead after Kid A.

I could name a lot more bands that I used to listen to that I don't anymore

Guns N Roses?

though i still love "November Rain"

Jay-Z, Kanye West. = Sell outs.

I assume we are discounting the stuff you used to like as a kid, when you had no choice other than to listen to what was played around the house?

If so, I will admit to liking Green Day quite a lot. Never obsessed, I just liked a lot of their songs, and were easy to play on guitar/bass. I could probably throw on Dookie and enjoy it to be honest.

Mostly every hip hop artist. I'm still into Fragile from Yes but not so much the band anymore. Bruce Springsteen, Green Day, Opeth, Limp Bizkit (what was wrong with me...) and Michael Jackson.