the singer from my band used to know him
as my mate's cousins lived down the road from him.

exciting stuff eh?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:26, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Thrilling!
They sound utterly shit though, I only got about 30seconds into Candy before I gave up.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:27, Reply)

they're just bland
but had some wild reputation for a bit for some reason.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:29, Reply)

Their Wiki page classes them as Grunge.
That made me do an ANGRYFACE, after hearing Candy.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:30, Reply)

they are not grunge
pop-rock at most
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:31, Reply)

Bland, mediocre, radio-friendly pop with electric guitars
No edge, no real flavour to their music, and yet they seem to be hugely popular.

The Carling of popular music, if you will.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:34, Reply)

good summary

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:36, Reply)

As a general rule
I don't like stuff that is classed as popular. But not BECAUSE it's classed as popular, just because I have far better taste than the general public.
So that makes sense.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:36, Reply)

Quite
Being popular doesn't mean it's bad by default, it's just the public have a phenomenal tendency to be WRONG.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:38, Reply)

Especially when the general public my age
Made up of half chav and common and half emo/indie/look at me I'm so kooky and unique.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:43, Reply)

This is precisely why they can't be trusted
Unreliable twatbags to a man.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:47, Reply)