Do you find any other bands personally offensive besides Van Hagar?

[Nickdfresh]

I find Def Leppard`s anti rock band stance particularly offputting, like it`s a dirty word or something.

That shit turns rock fans off and pop/MOR fans will come and go so it`s a stupid stance to take.

Of course, it has been a while since they made a rock record.

It takes them five to ten years to make ANY record...

[Nickdfresh]

And if Steve had stayed alive.....

Yeah, that's their real downfall. It's a pity how the truly creative ones with an edge are also self-destructive alcoholics or druggies...

[Nickdfresh]

U2. I hate them. Overated, boring "save the world" drivel with a fucking douche of a frontman pretending to be the conscience of the planet. First bunch of albums, every fucking song had the same "ding a ling" guitar sound.

They have a lot of haterz here. But I'll defend them to this extent: there's very little "save the world drivel" in their actual music. And Bono is only the "conscience" if you read his interviews. Even then, you can tell he's a conflicted prick.

As far as the "ding-a-ling" sound, yeah. But they got a lot of mileage out of it just like Ed got a lot of mileage out of simple tricks to make it sound like he was playing something far more complicated than he actually was...

[chefcraig]

They have a lot of haterz here. But I'll defend them to this extent: there's very little "save the world drivel" in their actual music. And Bono is only the "conscience" if you read his interviews. Even then, you can tell he's a conflicted prick.

As far as the "ding-a-ling" sound, yeah. But they got a lot of mileage out of it just like Ed got a lot of mileage out of simple tricks to make it sound like he was playing something far more complicated than he actually was...

A friend of mine heard the tune "Bad", and immediately described it as organ-grinder music. He had a valid point, as the Edge really got carried away with his digital delay for a while. I tend to like a great deal of their music, but when they swing and miss, they tend to miss very badly. It's fairly easy to see Bono as a polarizing figure, but as you say, his various politics have little if anything to do with the actual music. I tend to believe that people think of that Red Rocks concert with him waving that flag, or some of the long-winded lectures he used to offer crowds as song introductions as a way of sermonizing to the audience. The fact is, not everyone wants to hear that stuff, let alone be preached to at a concert when they merely want to hear the band's hits. It's fine to have a social conscience, but in reality actions speak louder than words. Unfortunately, from time to time Bono feels the need to provide both.

[Jesus Christ]

U2 are My servants in who I am well pleased. But what were they thinking with that "Passengers" album?

And verily, "Pop" was not much better.

Thank Dad they hath recovered from that period.

[Seshmeister]

U2 are My servants in who I am well pleased.

Why did you smite Bono by making him such a shortass then?

[Golden AWe]

Bono is a dirty man. He used to make songs about ice creams with periods.

"Sundae Bloody Sundae"

[Jesus Christ]

Why did you smite Bono by making him such a shortass then?

Giveth Me a break, he's Irish, for Dad's sake.

How many Irishmen hath ye met who were over 6 ft. tall?

[Mushroom]

This list would be too long, but for starters: Any Death Metal Band

[Unchainme]

Daugherty

I recall on the local fox affliate (Twona will tell you how garbage this channel is), that they were hyping up these two "rockers" on the show as being amazing and all this shit

what a crock.

first of, if singing really god awful cover songs of fucking styx makes you a "rocker", than by definition WARF is David Lee Roth (uhhuhuhuhuhuhuhuh).

His "music" is pretty much extremely watered down creed with lryics that make Bret Michaels look like Bob Dylan.

not only that, dude bitches more than fucking morrissey, "It's not overrrrr"..yeah, dude, you know back in the day, david lee roth wasn't bitching about some lost love, he was porking your mom, now shut the fuck up.

Hell, even his look doesn't scream someone who's in a rock n' roll band, I mean it's one thing to be bald, Halford looked likes a badass that way, he's gay, but he looks like he could kick your ass if you ever said the word "faggot" in his presence. Daughtery on the other hand just has the look of a bitch.

So fuck you WRQK and WMMS for playing his shitty ass music all the fucking time.