Shit artists you have a weird fascination with

[Goldentony]

im an idiot but thats independent of liking taylor swift

[Kankurette]

The oxygen deprivation to my brain during birth must be why I like Space and not Pan Sonic or the Make-Up.

[non capisco]

Similarly I blame tripping over and banging my head on a metal grate in a caravan park in New Romney c. 1984 as to why I like '(Do) The Hucklebuck' by Coast To Coast.

[Famous Mortimer]

Not easy when you have loads of internet sources (reviews, Youtube essays, forums, blogs, etc.) who will encourage this kind of thinking, and tell you that buying, say, a Taylor Swift record, is an unintelligent mistake.

Stop reading these shitty things, is my advice.

[jobotic]

The oxygen deprivation to my brain during birth must be why I like Space and not Pan Sonic or the Make-Up.

I had that too but I like the Make-Up. So I guess you're just not that cool? Like I am?

[Kankurette]

I went to see Joe Jackson with my parents on Tuesday. I know I'm as cool as a vindaloo.

[Jockice]

I went to see Joe Jackson with my parents on Tuesday. I know I'm as cool as a vindaloo.

I went to see Joe Jackson a few years ago with my **********. And vomited down the side of the bed in the hotel later on. I'd only had a pint.

[dontpaintyourteeth]

Six Feet Under. Death Metal band lead by the former singer of Cannibal Corpse, Chris Barnes. Extraordinarily bad stuff. They did an album of cover versions of Judas Priest and Iron Maiden songs and it's just unreal.

Hilarious. Can't get enough.

[Kankurette]

From the same blog where I found Shira, I also found these two.

They're Italian sisters who dated the same bloke without realising, and even wrote a book about it. It's possibly one of the crappest music videos I've ever seen. They can't even lip sync properly.

[kittens]

I've only heard his early stuff but those first couple or three albums alone are enough to keep him well away from this thread. Genuine and bizarre art with a brilliant and perverse sense of style and humour. Weird, catchy songs, determined and deservedly cult, he's rightfully adored by his fans as an outsider icon of queer culture. Also blatantly a big influence on Viagra Boys and dare I say it even Mac Demarco?

His songs are admittedly samey and if you've heard one dance-punk beat with a big fat tambourine rattling over it then you've heard them all but the conviction of his work is so genuine that I just cannot fathom him as a shit artist. I dunno, I just think by that same logic you might as well stick Daniel Johnston in here.

I love this song:

alan beat me to it. tonetta good and cool as hell

[Kankurette]

Six Feet Under. Death Metal band lead by the former singer of Cannibal Corpse, Chris Barnes. Extraordinarily bad stuff. They did an album of cover versions of Judas Priest and Iron Maiden songs and it's just unreal.

Hilarious. Can't get enough.

It's not actually that bad until the Cookie Monster starts singing.

[Blue Jam]

Reminds me of this fella:

[Levi]

Electric Six release their 20th album this year.

I'd estimate I've listened to just over half of them just out of weird fascination. It's like rubbing your tongue against a rotten tooth to make sure it still hurts. I just can't fathom why they bother. Spoiler alert but it does really all sound the same - Dick Valentine does his strident Yosemite Sam yodel over some 90's style alt-rock with the occasional smidgen of Disco Drums. Pointless non sequiturs for lyrics. There can't be an awful lot of artistic fulfilment.  I just don't understand.

Surely there can't be a lot of money in it? Any festival appearances must be dispiriting knowing people are only there for Gay Bar or Danger! High Voltage.   

[iamcoop]

Electric Six release their 20th album this year.

I'd estimate I've listened to just over half of them just out of weird fascination. It's like rubbing your tongue against a rotten tooth to make sure it still hurts. I just can't fathom why they bother. Spoiler alert but it does really all sound the same - Dick Valentine does his strident Yosemite Sam yodel over some 90's style alt-rock with the occasional smidgen of Disco Drums. Pointless non sequiturs for lyrics. There can't be an awful lot of artistic fulfilment.  I just don't understand.

Surely there can't be a lot of money in it? Any festival appearances must be dispiriting knowing people are only there for Gay Bar or Danger! High Voltage.   

It's not a popular opinion, granted, but I genuinely think Senor Smoke is a great album packed with hard rock bangers.

The stupid lyrics can get tiresome but once in a blue moon I crack it out and remember how many good tunes are on there.

It's a weird one with them, at their height they were selling out Brixton Academy but I noticed earlier this year the singer was doing an acoustic set at the Cumberland Arms, a tiny real ale pub in Newcastle. Mind you, he was the primary songwriter and Danger High Voltage is a staple indie/rock radio tune these days so I bet that alone ties him over nicely.

[kngen]

There were a few UK82 / No Future type punks bands that dressed all Droog-like -

Don't think anyone embraced with such gusto as The Adicts though.



Always wondered if the ACO/Oi! intersection actually came about because folk completely missed the point of The 4-Skins' Clockwork Skinhead. Would be funny if that was the case, as it would certainly underline the point of the song.

[Levi]

Even notable Welsh Glam Metal overlords Tigertailz tried it out for a bit...

[George White]

After today's episode of Chart Music, Honky.

[Kankurette]

Not shit music per se, more like shit ALBUM in this case - I love Todd in the Shadows' episode on Liz Phair's Funstyle. He had people asking him to do her pop album for Trainwreckords and he basically said, "Look, I get loads of people hate it but it's not actually that bad, unlike Funstyle which is a honking great turd of an album."

For some reason it isn't on Spotify. I wonder if Phair is so embarrassed she had it taken down.

[Egyptian Feast]

It's not too bad either tbh, a pretty standard Liz Phair album for the most part that got panned mainly due to a few 'comedy' tracks, especially the Zappa-esque music biz satire 'Bollywood' (which sadly doesn't appear to be on YouTube). It was described as the most embarrassing, cringeworthy thing she'd ever done but it must depend on your tolerance for that sort of thing because I quite liked it and was almost disappointed it didn't live down to the hype. I haven't listened to it in years, but like the self-titled album, it's nowhere near as bad as received wisdom would have you believe.

[PlanktonSideburns]

It's like a wet cardboard version of alanis morrisette

[PlanktonSideburns]

Or a really edgy sheryl crow

[dontpaintyourteeth]

Mushroomhead. Not very good but they have cooler masks than Slipknot

[Joe Qunt]

Has anyone said @madhair60 yet?

[Kankurette]

I listened to Unkle Addams' stuff on Spotify last night and fuck me, he's rubbish. I appreciate the sentiment, I'm a cutter myself, but his songs about bullying and self-harm are so cringey.

[boki]

Six Feet Under. Death Metal band lead by the former singer of Cannibal Corpse, Chris Barnes. Extraordinarily bad stuff. They did an album of cover versions of Judas Priest and Iron Maiden songs and it's just unreal.

Hilarious. Can't get enough.

When he 'sings' "One man and his honour", it reminds me of The Wurzels.  Beggars belief that this clown is giving it large on social media about how bad Death Metal vocalists are these days and he's the only one who knows how to do it right.

[madhair60]

Has anyone said @madhair60 yet?

especially cunty to tag me in this to guarantee I'd see it, cheers

[Joe Qunt]

You're welcome

[madhair60]

I do appreciate the fascination though

[jobotic]

Similarly I blame tripping over and banging my head on a metal grate in a caravan park in New Romney c. 1984 as to why I like '(Do) The Hucklebuck' by Coast To Coast.

I went through the Romney Sands caravan park on the Romney, Hyth and Dymchurch Railway in the footsteps of my father on the way to Dungeness last week and thought of you.

Not then, but when I just read this.

[non capisco]

I'm DJing for an hour at my mates' wedding party next month and part of me wants to see how many times I can just play '(Do) The Hucklebuck' in a row before I'm forced off.