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tjtech12 02-19-2008 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Alfred (Post 445304)
Unlike a lot of people here, I like Fall Out Boy to a certain degree. It's kinda my guilty pleasure.

My guilty pleasure is ridiculous power metal, a la Dragonforce.

Farfisa 02-19-2008 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by tjtech12 (Post 445375)
My guilty pleasure is ridiculous power metal, a la Dragonforce.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...465/cheesy.jpg
this cheese has a kitty looking through it......:p:

ObiSobi 02-20-2008 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger (Post 445293)
When someone says 'Fall Out Boy' sold out what they actually mean is 'Two years ago they were my favourite band and now I realise how shit they really are & now I have to say something to save face , so if I say they sold out it means I can get away with liking their early stuff , even though that stuff is just as bad as what they are doing now'.

You can look it up in the dictionary under 'Green Day effect , The'

Don't bitch about Green Day. They've been around long enough, so if they want to make their music more commercialized, I say let em.

The band's sound is O.K to my ears and I don't buy their new stuff, so I feel no shame in calling myself a (gulp) fan.

Altough them playing on American Idol was the biggest sell-out performance in human history...

tjtech12 02-20-2008 05:16 PM

Their "American Idiot" album got me into Punk rock, and I still enjoy it, even if only for nostalgia's sake.

Wayfarer 02-20-2008 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by berlisishott (Post 445446)
Don't bitch about Green Day. They've been around long enough, so if they want to make their music more commercialized, I say let em.

That's the thing - it isn't more commercialized. Everyone just seems to love pretending that Dookie wasn't poppy.

Far Beyond Driven 02-21-2008 07:25 PM

It's greenday's fault we have lame bands like falloutboy and goodcharlotte.

655321 02-23-2008 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Lizzie (Post 445290)
I don't really think that they are sell-outs at all, I just think they are horrible horrible bands

where would most people go to get there merch (hats, shirts, patches, cds, jackets blah blah)?
:hot topic
yep they sold out
and horrible in my opinion

sleepy jack 02-23-2008 03:38 PM

It's not like these bands announced they were out to do anything more than get money in the first place. They didn't have any morals or ideals to sell out on. I think people, particularly in the punk scene, throw around the world sell out far too much and use it as an insult for everything when most bands they apply it to never really sold out because they were never anything more than an outfit to make money. Sure, bands like Against Me! and Anti-Flag deserve to be called sell outs all they want because they actually did but Good Charlotte? Were they ever all DIY OR DIE!? Did they ever play anything more than lame pop-rock made for angsty preteens? Nope.

655321 02-23-2008 03:47 PM

you have an interesting point, im going to remember that

jackhammer 02-23-2008 05:49 PM

Punk is an attitude as much as a genre. If it is used to sell records then it is'nt Punk.


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