A song you love from a band/artist you can't stand?

grtwhtgrvty · 05-10-2015, 12:41 PM

I was a big fan of MCR's first album back in the day when it first came out. It's kind of shallow, but I feel like their entire image and their fanbase really kind of ruined it for me, as well as the whole, overly theatrical, emo-queen thing they had going on.

I think they were a band that relied too heavily on their image. Their first album was really cool and visceral, but with each following album, they had this weird transformation. I'm all for heavily visual artists. I'm a big fan of Death Grips and The Knife and iamamiwhoami, but MCR's entire visual aesthetic has always felt very contrived and shallow to me.

This coupled a with blood on the dancefloor / brokencyde level fanbase just put me off.

05-10-2015, 12:41 PM	#25 (permalink)
grtwhtgrvty jiojoijoi Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 398	I was a big fan of MCR's first album back in the day when it first came out. It's kind of shallow, but I feel like their entire image and their fanbase really kind of ruined it for me, as well as the whole, overly theatrical, emo-queen thing they had going on. I think they were a band that relied too heavily on their image. Their first album was really cool and visceral, but with each following album, they had this weird transformation. I'm all for heavily visual artists. I'm a big fan of Death Grips and The Knife and iamamiwhoami, but MCR's entire visual aesthetic has always felt very contrived and shallow to me. This coupled a with blood on the dancefloor / brokencyde level fanbase just put me off.