Mainstream Bands that Don't Suck

[S<issors]

^ Pretty much what it sounds like. Can you think of any mainstream bands (and no, I'm not talking about classic rock- modern bands that have their shit played frequently on your typical "hits" station, that kind of thing) that are actually musically solid? For example, I run into a lot of people on these forums who dig a certain NIN album or era, a few Chili Peppers fans, and even one who liked the Foo Fighters.

Thoughts?

 

[Seance]

Arctic Monkeys
The Mars Volta
Radiohead
Arcade Fire
Megadeth, who in about a month will be releasing their best (or maybe arguably "only good") album in over 10 years. United Abominations sounds really fucking great from what's leaked so far
My Chemical Romance released a solid rock album in '06
Muse has some good stuff but I've only heard Origin of Symmetry so far

/shrug

p.s. I know exactly what part of my list you motherfuckers are eyeing. bring it on you cocks

 

[S<issors]

My Chemical Romance released a solid rock album in '06


p.s. I know exactly what part of my list you motherfuckers are eyeing. bring it on you cocks

uke:

 

[still day]

Black Label Society
Zakk consistantly writes some awesome riffs!!!!!

 

[Pethical]

Coldplay
Kasabian
The Strokes
Bloc Party, and basically a good majority of the indie scene

 

[DEMIgOD]

radiohead, the smashing pumpkins,TMV, Tool, MCR, Muse, Interpol are all bands that sell quite a bit of records but are still very credible.

 

[LightningLixxx]

Alice in Chains, Radiohead, A Perfect Circle, Tool, The Mars Volta, Audioslave, Lacuna Coil, Rammstein. Those are some of the first that come to mind.

 

[Khayman666]

My Chemical Romance released a solid rock album in '06

I have mixed feelings about MCR. I say at their best, they're pretty decent, but there's way too much filler. I have a hard time finding more than a couple decent songs per album (Helena, Cemetary Drive and maybe one or two others on 3 Cheers... and Sleep on Black Parade). It also doesn't help that I was dragged to see 'em in Wembley last Thursday and was seated next to three 15 year old girls who seemed to think they were at a Backstreet Boys concert. I suppose if they'd cut the pop and stop trying to sell Gerard as a pretty boy they could be a bit more respectable.

 

[Tumn]

NIN is the biggest for me.

 

[all_sins_undone]

radiohead, the smashing pumpkins,TMV, Tool, MCR, Muse, Interpol are all bands that sell quite a bit of records but are still very credible.

good bands, obviously except MCR. total shit. half of you people wouldnt fucking dare mention them if NFU didnt.

 

[fizz6207]

NIN are good although their mainstream choice for singles as of late have been pretty poor, you need to buy the album to get the good songs.

Some of these bands maybe more mainstream for where I am but I dont mind:
NIN
John Butler Trio
Eskimo Joe (got into a concert for free when some chicks stamped our hands with their stamps and I actually enjoyed it)

and I think theres others but I really dont listen to the radio at all so I cant think right now.

 

[Tumn]

Singles are garbage and picked by Interscope. I'd like if there were never any singles.

 

[shark22]

Mama we all go to hell. I love that lyric. If that is MCR they kick ass!

 

[shark22]

Tenacous D is genious.

 

[Seance]

"wouldn't have ever even thought of giving a flock of 'shitty commercial emo fags' like MCR an honest listen if NFU didn't mention them" is more like it. and that's pretty much it. whatever other childish nonsense some of you opethforum folks occassionally like to tack onto that is terribly outside my realm of concern

 

[derbeder]

Placebo
Radiohead
Coldplay
Muse

 

[Sadguru]

Tool
Radiohead
Coldplay
NIN
The Mars Volta
System of a Down
Deftones

 

[still day]

"wouldn't have ever even thought of giving a flock of 'shitty commercial emo fags' like MCR an honest listen if NFU didn't mention them" is more like it. and that's pretty much it. whatever other childish nonsense some of you opethforum folks occassionally like to tack onto that is terribly outside my realm of concern

Well, Good Grief!!!! I guess I'm not the only one who gets in this mood from time to time!!!!

 

[fizz6207]

Singles are garbage and picked by Interscope. I'd like if there were never any singles.

Yeah, I guess that leaves a problem for this thread. We are to pick bands which are mainstream, which do not suck, yet often very bad songs are chosen as singles (which are in effect, the component which makes the band mainstream). Just a thought...

 

[Graft]

coldplay?!?!?!? wtf

the mars volta > all