Who is the wrost british indie band?

the66electric

i just watched a video from Starsailor on MTV and i have come to the rather robust conclusion that they are the worst UK indie band of all time, a rather lofty achievment because there are SO many (OASIS leading the the charge of mediocrity), in my humble opinion.

Who's yours?

66e

Morn

Absolutely - starsailor are definitely one of the worst. Every time I hear them they get more and more irritating. They started out as merely dull and have got worse since then...

Another band that have been thankfully quieter recently but are as bad as Starsailor are Embrace. Saw them at Witness and man... it just plain sucked... If they weren't so convinced of their own greatness they might be a little better but I doubt it...

rapture_queen

I also hate Starsailor and Embrace-the singer from embrace freaks me out for some reason.

Im quite sure i hate more but cant think of any right now.

the66electric

Oh sweet moses Embrace are coming tearing in at the finish to steal Starsailors thunder.

other awfulness from the last decade include Gene and Cast (oh christ they were beyond awful).

o sleep

i agree with all of your suggestions (oasis etc) but especially with the boy from 66 electric: cast were a blight upon my teenage years. one time they were playing in UCD freshers ball (or something like that) and i had concocted an elaborate plan to do something to the lead singer, like hurt him or kill him, but i ended up not going (ironically enough, because cast were playing). other contenders: the lightning seeds.
(that should've read: another contender bcos i can't think of any more thought i'm sure are lots and lots).

butterflywings

i hav2say i like oasis (i've got my whole life ahead of me, pleeeease put the firearms away.....)
embrace do ahve to be one of the top...
&that band sophie ellis bextor was in b4 she went solo, i can't remember, but seriously, u can imagine.

the66electric

I'm not going to argue the Oasis thing because each to their own but the words 'deathly dull and stunningly unimaginative' spring to mind when i think of messrs gallagher and the monobrow revolution...

Sleeper also were dreadful...

66e

butterflywings

Originally posted by the66electric
the words 'deathly dull and stunningly unimaginative' spring to mind when i think of messrs gallagher and the monobrow revolution...

ok, i concur, but still. good guitar....

lamda

Ah oasis!! Idiots!! Oh and Menswear!! Remember them??? Good hair crap music!:D

the66electric

The Longpigs.

Oh Jesus! I just had total recall about - God its hard to even say the name...

...The Seahorses.

bandit

Originally posted by the66electric
i just watched a video from Starsailor on MTV and i have come to the rather robust conclusion that they are the worst UK indie band of all time, a rather lofty achievment because there are SO many (OASIS leading the the charge of mediocrity), in my humble opinion.

Who's yours?

66e

You liked good souls or whatever their first single was, I remember you and the yid slagging me coz i didnt.....

The cranberries last few albums have been a painful blight on guitar music as for the rest usual **** ocean colour scene <mosley sholes was a present before you even think of saying it 66e!!!> , kula shaker , style council sucked ass , reef , and i know they are not a UK acts but i f.u.c.k.i.n.g. detest the hothouse flowers and the four of us

Tom182

I actually thought Cast were OK............

sodiumlightbaby

Reef, Cast, travis, Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, Gomez, Embrace...****e all of them

Amnesiac

TRAVIS! AAARRRGGGHHH! I ****ing hate them!!!!
****ing jangley guitar, meaningless lyrics and widespread credibility......AAARRRGGGHHH!
Also, the Verve.....fool that i was to have bought the album....just when it came out mind you, i didn't have the benefit of hearing the turgid "lucky man". Jesus! A terribly dull album...and it was ****ing everywhere for a while back there!

Cozpyro

Has anyone noticed that every Coldplay single goes:

JANG JANG JANG JANG
JANG JANG JANG JANG
JANG JANG JANG JANG
JANG JANG JANG JANG

johnnynolegs

i did notice that coz - i also noticed that every time he is being interviewsed he says everything is MEGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

acquiescefc

Saw sophie ellis(my mum was on blue peter) bextors, band the audience on some bizarre night with ADF and stereophonics at Sheffield Uni afew eons ago. They were awful yes.

Elbow supported Manics(leave em alone) in Manchester last year, they too were dreary sh1te.
In fact most bands that support Manics tend to be pretty borin, good call lads, the like of Mogwai, Gorkys dyslexic mynci, and a few others my poor brain cant remember.

1st gig I ever went to was Pet SHop Boys in Birmingham NEC a long time ago, the support was a full orchestra similar to Hallé or whoever and god knows what they were playin but every time the music died ppl thought they were finished then all of a sudden theyd carry on playin, sorry to offend the Classic FM ppl btw. Eventually ppl were doin the mexican wave(while they were playin) ....most memorable.

the66electric

Good Christ i forgot about the bluetones...

the66electric

Oh and Shed 7. God awful...

polarbelly

not in order of worst etc.

and i did used to like some of these bands in my younger days but here we go

oasis, starsailor, the music, travis, stereophonics, embrace
and god reef were bad

but i liked 'i'm so lonely' by cast alot... no doubt if i listened to it now i'd reckon it was crap

Deckchair

If you think Embrace are bad you should listen to the single 'My Weakness is none of you're business' one of the best songs ever written...not just indie.

Shed 7 were real bad as were The Farm, CandyFlip, Jesus Jones, EMF...

polarbelly

personally i think that song is shíte

i despise that guys voice and i always will

the66electric

That embrace song is possibly the one i hate most...

lamda

Ah i like Longpigs...... I still listen to that album occasionally. I like She Said and Lost Myself.... does this make me a bad person??? And Embrace are truly terrible.. im sorry but i could never get by that guys voice!! AWFUL!!!

Raggamuffin

one word and name

JAMES ha.

EMbrace unfortunatly dire.

they probabaly date raped a record company i bet

ross_k

the66electric mentioned Shed 7, and I really have to concur on that one, they were really shi.t. They actually embody all that is bad about britpop. You know when you watch a band and you feel embarrased for them, that's how I fell watching or listening to Shed 7.

Other bands I can only remember by looking at bad compilation cds from that era worthy of a mention include: Cast, Monaco, Gene, Lighting Seeds (slightly pre-britpop but still crap nonetheless), My Life Story, White Town, Dodgy, Bennett, Sleeper, levellers, echobelly, marion, and the list goes on.

As far as Oasis go, I think they're a great band. Maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't really assosciate them with the rest of the britpop scene, they were way above that, even back then.

Tom182

Say what you like about Echobelly...they were cool!!!!

ross_k

haha, about echobelly, I just edited the message and took them out by mistake, but I just put the cd on and straight back they go!

Does anyone remember Babylon Zoo? TOTP every week for the whole summer!

Tom182

Was that that "SPACEMAN" tripe?????


No sleep at all,carry me home........


aaahhh classic echobelly!!!!!!!!

polarbelly

spaceman is the best song ever




























along with, no limits, anything by the outhere brothers and rhythm is a dancer... of course

Tom182

eeehhhh NO IT'S NOT:mad: :mad: :mad:

the66electric

The Bluetones have a greatest hits album!

Yo, whats up wit dat?

Tom182

I only know "A Slight Return"(????????????)

Which in fairness is a very good song!!

DerekD Goldfish

You think its bad that bluetones have a greatest hits album so do space they only had two albums for god's sake also catatonia were pretty dire alone with a lot of the others mentioned espesally kula shaker

knobbles

stereophonics
- annoying, we can be snobby here and say it's music for
the common music fan like oasis and travis, though i
wouldn't add those two to my list

embrace
-annoying, we nearly all agree on this

i pretty much agree with most of the entries
but echobelly's "dark therapy", bluetones "bluetonic" and longpigs "lost myself" should definately excuse them from the list

thedrowner

embrace

i have to say, i like a lot of the bands peop[le were giving out about, i dont have their albums, but they all have at least one or 2 songs that i like very much and so cant accuse them of being dire.

except for the stereophonics. mr writer was pure chance

ah starsailor-im sorry but i love yer man's voice, i dont have their album but i have a few of their songs on different compilation cd's and theyre great

also the bluetones-they have some GREAT songs, oh my goodness-if, marblehead johnsons, sleazy bed track, slight return!

get gomez off yer list-have u ever heard tijuana lady?????one of the best chill out* songs ive ever heard!

oasis-some class songs. its true. a lot of **** songs tho.

james-laid

whitetown-your woman RULED!

travis also have some great songs.

Kali

starsailor, ash, elastica and reef.. *shudder*

the66electric

Gomez have no place in there at all.

Tiguana Lady is indeed a gem...

o sleep

i don't know who said whitetown, but i'd have to agree with the drowner here: your woman was - and is - a feckin great song.

knobbles

Originally posted by Kali
starsailor, ash, elastica and reef.. *shudder*

wouldn't be much of a fan but ash are great
and elastica have two fine albums

the66electric

I just realised i spelt 'worst' as 'wrost'.

Mongo like candy...

thedrowner

i noticed the 2, 66e, but i didnt want to be the loser who brought u up on it, but thankfully you did it yourself....ahhhhh

thank u o sleep, everything i say is always right anyways

im so siiiiiiiiiiick

and im so tiiiiiiiired

and i cant go to bed coz i need to stay up all night to keep an eye on one of our dogs who is sick
somebody hug me

and get me osme sleep

Morn

Gosh it's amazing how many of these bands there are when you get down to it! Is it a purely British phenomenon? I know that there aren't as many Irish bands of the same scale but I'd be hard pressed to name one or two that just get right up your nose... But the British folks just seem to have a knack for being irritating...

One other band I'd like to add to the trash-pile that aren't quite as terrible as they could be simply because they thankfully don't impinge on my life too much are The Charlatans... <shudder>

As for Gomez - they're clearly lost in this post - they oughta be in the best british post...

And the Levellers I have a very soft spot for - no denying they're a one trick pony, but it's a good trick...

MrJoeSoap

theres a good indie band? who?

Space Coyote

can Cornershop be added to this list???

PLEASE....oh the pain
the Levellers I hated aswell as all the ones mentioned above.

Gar_ptc

indie impies crap,anyway.

oxymoron of the year:

A good indie band

Muppet Monarchy

I can't think of any good British bands, indie or not.

Space Coyote

Eh.....
Radiohead, Blur, Supergrass, Ocean Colour Scene, Manics, Super Furry Animals, Teenage Fanclub, Stereophonics.....
are none of these bands to your liking ?

Elastica were/are damn good in my opinion.

I hope there's no RaverS posting comments about real music here...

Muppet Monarchy

Nope, I'd say with the possible exception of SFA, they all suck ass.

Reno Raines

space, catatonia, the charlatans, the supernaturals, dodgy, freakpower, gene, the boo radleys, deep blue something, suede, and i fookin hate the who

the66electric

deep blue something????!!!!! British? Get the fook!

I forgot about the Charlatans...they'd make a grown man cry of boredom.