Can’t we all just get along? Rolling Stone talks to Hinder, a band we never even fucking heard of. Apparently, they’re on tour with Nickelback and Hoobastank.
You seem to really have your biggest following in the middle of the country. Is that something you?d agree with?
Austin Winkler: I would definitely agree as far as NY and LA with some of that artsy bullshit like OK GO, bands like that. I think they?re a bunch of fairies. I mean, they got on MTV , the VMA awards and they got on there and danced like a broadway show. That?s not fucking rock ?n roll, that?s not rock ?n roll at all.We get what you mean about OK Go and some of the bands that really are popular on the coasts, but what do you think it is about you guys that appeals to people?
AW: We have good songs, I would say. Their songs suck, I mean what the fuck? They sold 4,000 albums a week and then that treadmill fairy shit comes on the fucking TV and they only sold 4,000 more records a week because the song sucks.Do you guys know them? You seem to have a real specific fixation with them, have you met them or anything?
Cody Hanson: No, it?s just seeing their fucking stupid-ass faces on the T.V. all the time, it pisses me the fuck off.Are there any other bands that you look at and are like why are they famous, besides them?
CH: I?ll tell you, the worst band of all time in my book is Thursday.
AW: I thought he had a good voice, dude, what are you talking about.
CH: That dude has got to be the worst singer I have ever heard in my entire fucking life, man. He is terrible.
Keeping tabs on OK Go’s post-VMA record sales … so rock ‘n roll.
Can we get Danny North Side Kings to just beat the shit out of everyone?
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never heard of this band, but i’m glad. this guy is a total douchebag. OK Go is this asshole’s idea of artsy? What the fuck? nobody over the age of 15 gives a rats ass about ok go. anything that deserves to be called artsy is not going to be on the fucking vmas.
the reason why this band is popular in the middle of the country is becuase that’s where the most ignorant rednecks live, the kind of people who like a band that would tour with nickelback.
I can’t say I’m a fan of OK GO, and I’ve never heard of Hinder, but anyone that’s opening for Hoobastank and Nickelback really shouldn’t be talking shit about anyone else should they? Unless they’re on the “Worst Band Names Ever” tour, then they’re perfect.
This band has hindered my attempts at liking them by being god awful. Of course they’re on tour with Nickelcrap, they sound like a clone!
Oh jeebus, the only reason I’ve heard of Hinder is because VH-1 (which I am forced to view because they always have it on at the gym) shills for them constantly by featuring them as a “You Oughta Know” band, which means they run their video constantly with the “You Oughta Know” graphic in the top left corner. There is absolutely no reason anyone “oughta” know Hinder, they are terrible. I mean, truly, truly, awful.
In a million years, they could not write a song that’s half as good as the worst OK Go song.
Wow.
That was about the saddest thing I’ve heard all day.
I’d hate these guys if they weren’t so pathetic.
Who talks shit about OK Go? Honestly. They’re OK Go. It’s not like they’re taking your press or something. Why single those guys out? They’re not tryin to hurt nobody, they just wants to dance.
I am 29 (well above 15) and love okgo and their “fairy” videos completely turn me on.
Haven’t smiled so much from a video since Nirvana in dresses.
Girls (& women) love the silly boys that are willing to dance on treadmills and wear funny clothes, especially if they are talented musicians. It sells. They will get bigger and sell much much more. Come on, they were on Colbert. Something different and magnificent is going on with this band. Accept it and move on with your lame ass Nickelfuck tour.
I fully agree with Chris.
I am 29 (well above 15) and love okgo and their “fairy” videos completely turn me on.
Haven’t smiled so much from a video since Nirvana in dresses.
Girls (& women) love the silly boys that are willing to dance on treadmills and wear funny clothes, especially if they are talented musicians. It sells. They will get bigger and sell much much more. Come on, they were on Colbert. Something different and magnificent is going on with this band. Accept it and move on with your lame ass Nickelfuck tour.
I fully agree with Chris.
I am 29 (well above 15) and love okgo and their “fairy” videos completely turn me on.
Haven’t smiled so much from a video since Nirvana in dresses.
Girls (& women) love the silly boys that are willing to dance on treadmills and wear funny clothes, especially if they are talented musicians. It sells. They will get bigger and sell much much more. Come on, they were on Colbert. Something different and magnificent is going on with this band. Accept it and move on with your lame ass Nickelfuck tour.
I fully agree with Chris.
They’re touring with Nickelback and Hoobastank, so they MUST suck…
Still, I agree with the moron, to a point. OKGo’s shtick is like a Letterman bit, only not as funny. They were better when there was only one of them and his name was Matthew Sweet…
What a douche.
man this guy from hinder is an idiot.
“We have good songs, I would say. Their songs suck, I mean what the fuck?”
Yea, what the fuck? YOUR songs suck not theirs
When did Scott Stapp become such a dick?
Hinder is like the typical red neck band, they’re that band that all the kids who have no idea what music is about, latch on to to try and look cool.
A band like that shouldn’t be hating on the best cheap video makers ever.
Nickelback and Hoobastank are touring together? That’s like the setup to a really bad joke.
Holy crap I just watched that Danzig clip for the first time (had to go to YouTube) Pwn3d!!! That was incredible.
Head over to allmusic to peep the cover art for Hinder’s Extreme Behavior and stay for the review.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1265mpm09f5o
hinder sucks…
If I asked you to wake me when Hinder becomes popular, you’d end up calling me Rip Van fuckin’ Winkle in 60 years time.
Good luck with your “success” there, Hinder. You’ll need all of the money you make to buy herpes meds for this tour!
Is it pronounced “hinder” (to retard), or “hinder” (ass)?
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THEY’RE TOURING WITH NICKELBACK AND HOOBASTANK
AND TALKING SHIT ABOUT OK GO
Ahahahaha. God. I’m sorry. Okay. I’ll compose myself. Jesus. I can’t even…say anything about that. But as for OK Go, I can’t defend them enough. They are sweet guys who truly did the dancing thing in the beginning to entertain the audience at shows, and it turned into this huge deal. They saw a good opportunity and rolled with it. Good for them. They deserve it. They are nothing but nice.
You had me at “touring with Nickelback and Hoobastank.”
You had me at “touring with Nickelback and Hoobastank.”
Nickel Back…they are doin it big OK GO don know too much about and the treadmill thing I just refuse to watch but if its ur thing more power 2 ya …free my people ..thats my thing http://www.myspace.com/nelybrown
If he thinks OkGo is “arty,” I’d hate to get his reaction to Sonic Youth.
And, you know, if you’re in a shit band and you want to criticize another shit band, why can’t you present your case with some tact or articulation rather than coming off like a socially-retarded 11-year-old?
Did anyone follow that link to the Rolling Stone article? It had the headline “Hinder Guy Calls OKGo ‘Fairies’, Neo-Grunge vs. Emo-Indie Conflict Escalates”. What? First of all, OKGo doesn’t convey any emotion beyond “I’m trying to dance,” I don’t see how they can be called “emo,” and second of all, this isn’t a sign of any conflict escalating. This is a couple drunk, dumb-ass metalheads talking shit about some band they saw on TV. The only reason they’re getting any attention is their combination of Drop D open bar chords was derivative of Tool enough to net them a brief Rolling Stone interview.
Also: “If he thinks OkGo is ‘arty,’ I’d hate to get his reaction to Sonic Youth.” Best quote here so far.
you know what’s really pathetic? when you get a chance to promote your own music and you waste the entire interview talking about another band. is trashing another band really more important to you than than supporting your own? is there really so little to what you’re doing that all you have to say about it is “we have good music, i’d say.” well, judging from the rest of what “you’d say,” you’re not really worth much of anyone’s time.
burnwash, I think they were referring to thursday as emo and ok go as indie? and theyre in some kind of coalition apparently.
never heard of the band and never really want to. what pricks.
Went to the myspace page of Hinder. Holy Shit. It’s as if every impulse Chad Kroeger has to write “songs” got anal from the punk rock cred of Good Charlotte and then failed an english exam.
The place where the Parents of Hinder hatched their monstrous eggs should be razed to the ground, and poisonous snakes bred there.
Went to the myspace page of Hinder. Holy Shit. It’s as if every impulse Chad Kroeger has to write “songs” got anal from the punk rock cred of Good Charlotte and then failed an english exam.
The place where the Parents of Hinder hatched their monstrous eggs should be razed to the ground, and poisonous snakes bred there.
so hinder is “rock ‘n’ roll” for touring with nickelback?
riiiiiight…
Post-rock drivel: Hinder, Nickelback, 3 Doors Down, and the embarrassment of this category, Rob Thomas. These guys ought to apologize to Nirvana and Alice In Chains. Bordering on drivel: Stone Sour and Staind.
Emo-novelty drivel: OK Go, Panic At the Disco, Fall Out Boy, Angels and Airwaves, and the embarrassment of this category, Simple Plan. These guys ought to apologize to pre-2004 Jimmy Eat World and Weezer. Bordering on drivel: AFI and My Chemical Romance.
Bands that will still be remembered in 2008: Muse, Wolfmother, Audioslave and Tool.
Hinder is seriously the worst band to have exist. A lot worse than Kevin Federline and Eminem. A whole lot worse than Aiden.
“Bands that will still be remembered in 2008: Muse, Wolfmother, Audioslave and Tool.”
Sorry Chuen, but nobody’s going to remember Wolfmother in ten years, let alone 2008. You might as well put Wolfmother in the “Post-Rock drivel” list with Audioslave as an embarassment (more than Rob Thomas). Wolfmother ought to apologize to Led Zeppelin and MC5, and Audioslave should apologize to Zack de la Rocha for breaking up Rage Againt The Machine and even allowing Zack to leave Rage in the first place.
TV On The Radio, Sean Lennon, Thursday, The Decemberists, Bloc Party, The Thermals, DCFC, and I agree, Muse are potential musicians to keep their musical integrity going for ten or more years. By the way, nobody’s going to remember Thom Yorke’s solo album in 2008. He should’ve just stuck with finishing the next Radiohead album.
i remember working at my old job(a music store chain) when hinder first came out, coming across the back of the album and spitting out my drink with laughter at this photo:
http://image.listen.com/img/356×237/3/9/3/2/742393_356×237.jpg
As all the cool kids are saying these days, Ok Go > Hinder.
Hinder are an awful band and in that just come across as a jealous awful band.
Its really fucking hilarious how people think all OK Go do is dance!! They’re a band! And they got lucky with something they started off doing as a piss-take at boy bands… They played long and hard before they got noticed. They deserve it. And they’re not emo, to the idiot whoever wrote that.
Its really fucking hilarious how people think all OK Go do is dance!! They’re a band! And they got lucky with something they started off doing as a piss-take at boy bands… They played long and hard before they got noticed. They deserve it. And they’re not emo, to the idiot whoever wrote that.
I’ve seen these guys live twice now. They are coming back to the mississippi gulf coast on Sept 23rd. They fuckin’ suck. Their attitudes back stage are the worse I have ever seen. They care more about finding a peice of snaggle tooth mississippi ass than music. What a bunch of assholes.
I think its kinda amusing that Hinder sounds like Hitler.
It was only a matter of time before we brought in Hitler to end this dispute.
does anyone else think the dude with the glasses from OK Go and Nabil from The Long Winters look like brothers?
OK Go:
Nabil:
Pathetic.
God help me if Thursday is remembered in Ten years as more than a streak mark on the grundies of music.
I hate the fact that i’m now exploring this band hinder, but jesus xmas they’re worse than i thought.
check out this interview on ‘for play tv’ which includes, among other highlights, them calling buddy holly & the crickets the most effimate band ever; telling the host of the segmet to fuck himself in various ways, even though he’s a cartoon; describing groupie action in vivid detail with a story about the band sitting around watching the lead singer get a blowjob from a fan, while the guitarist plays a soundtrack to regulate her tempo; and culminates with one of the Hinder guys putting out a lit match on the scrotum of his bandmate.
these guys are charmers, to be sure!
http://www.zipperfish.com/music/hinder.php
“I mean, they got on MTV , the VMA awards and they got on there and danced like a broadway show. That?s not fucking rock ?n roll, that?s not rock ?n roll at all.”
Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but the Who (arguably very rock and roll) actually wrote more than a few broadway-esque rock operas in their heyday.
Well, I happen to like alot of the bands mentioned in the comments. Some more than others. In any case, took the wife to see the Nickelback concert and for straightforward guitar rock with pyro and big choruses and whatnot, it was well done – we enjoyed it. Hinder was the first band to play and frankly, I thought they were lame. Now, I like alot of rock that gets called derivative or is frowned on by hipsters. I like alot of rock that is weird and out there and frowned on by rednecks. So be it. But Hinder? They need to shut up while they still can.
As for the “fairies” comment, the singer from Hinder was prancing around on stage with one hand hanging limply up by his chest for much of their set. Couldn’t decide if he was trying to channel Mick Jagger or if he had some handicap. Bottom line – he made Brandon Flowers look downright masculine in lyric and in stage presence. Nuff said.
No! OK Go are hilarious, and it’s not as if they’re just dancing to poppy rubbish – I also love their songs. And they are not emo. Emo= bad, OK Go= great. FACT! This dude has a serious problem is this is who he’s picking on!
Don’t you understand! It’s ALL CORPORATE! The only reason ROLLINGSTONE is covering HINDER in their magazine is because THEY ARE BEING PAYED TO DO SO by the MAJOR CORPORATIONS!!! THAT IS THE WAY ALL OF THIS WORKS! SOMETIMES IT STAYS WITHIN ONE CORPORATION THAT OWNS BOTH THE “MAGAZINE” AND THE “BAND” THEN THEY DON”T EVEN HAVE TO PAY ANYBODY…THEY JUST MAKE A PHONE CALL!
I’m sorry what? Hinder sucks, therefore their opinion falls on deaf ears.
wow steven tyler should call up the lead singer and ask for his hand motions back.
okay, i do love hinder`s music. always have. you people who havent heard of them :: where have you been? Lips of An Angel is huge. and i`m not a redneck. but anwayyyyy, it makes me so mad to see how mean they can be towards other bands, so even though they`ll be in my city next week, they can forget me paying $90 to go to their show.
I’ve never even heard of Hinder. That’s a nice first impression though, assholes. I’ll be sure to not listen to Hinder, they’re probably terrible anyway. Their attitude is.
I saw Ok Go live back in 2002 and they were very good — they covered Jessie’s Girl for god’s sake — and it rocked. I’ve never heard of Hinder, but they sound like arrogrant pricks who should keep their bloviating mouths shut.
Who knows why we need another lame neo-grunge wannabe band, but Hinder’s getting support from Variousmedia outlets.I’ve been following VH1’s top 20 countdown for a few weeks because it seems like Regina Spektor is *this close* to getting on. Hinder’s been getting a lot of hype froom VH1, and they suuuuuuck. Terrible, terrible crap. Of course America’s voting for them instead of some quality like Regina.
For them to call Ok Go “artsy [bs]” is laughable. Shows how small his frame of reference is. Not for nothing, but Ok Go actually has some great songs, and they do make great “normal” videos (that sadly don’t get as much hype as Hinder).
seriously, you’ve got to watch this shit. these dudes are nuts:
http://www.zipperfish.com/music/hinder.php
I can’t believe the guy from Hinder is shitting on another band saying how they shouldn’t get any airplay.
Hinder is the combination of every shitty radio rock band I hate. And I hate a lot of shitty radio rock bands.
It amazes me how much of an idiot this guy is because Ok Go are not even from La, They are from Chicago…These guys sound just like Default and they shouldnt be talking about Thurday sucking because for all the emoness that Thursday producess Hinder does the same except that they market it differently…Eyes of an Angel…Wait about a month and I can assure you no one will remember who these guys were..
“Lips of an Angel” is a pretty faggy fairy song which totally sucks ass. I’d rather listen to OK Go any day. They rock the treadmill.
I was just watching vh1 and they just played Ok Go directly followed by Hinder. They accidentaly ended the Hinder video with the info for Ok Go too which I thought was also funny.
I really need to comment, I went to a Nickelback concert and didn’t know who Hinder was. I am sick of all the lip synching crap, and this was a great concert. what makes me like them so much is how they treat their fans. They were really nice, some of the other bands don’t take the time or charge a crazy amount of money in auctions to meet their fans. These guys are GREAT live, better than on the CD actually. I forgot how much live shows can be, Check them out when they are in your town, you won’t be disapointed!
ALL I’M GOING TO SAY IS HINDER ROCKS AND YOU GUYS SUCK. THEY ARE TRYING TO BRING THE GOOD OLD SOUNDS OF ROCK N ROLL BACK. LET’S GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF APPRECIATION HERE.
“ALL I’M GOING TO SAY IS HINDER ROCKS AND YOU GUYS SUCK. THEY ARE TRYING TO BRING THE GOOD OLD SOUNDS OF ROCK N ROLL BACK. LET’S GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF APPRECIATION HERE.”
TOO BAD THEY REALLY SUCK AT IT. IT’S MORE LIKE THEIR BRING BACK THE SUCK.
Hinder, we love you we hate that picture with all the stripers
Check out this interview w/ Hinder
http://www.roxwel.com/player/hinderlipsofanangelartistcommentary.html
I have met the guys from hinder and they are so great i love them and ok go isnt very good they have a hole 1 song big deal and Hinders songs are gonna last…
OK.. so.. whats wrong with Hoobastank!? i love hoobastank!!
& hinder.. yes.. i saw them live.. didnt dig them when they walked onto the stage… but they played well!! i love hinder and i’ll be looking forward to seeing them again!
As of what Austin said.. about ok go.. so.. rude of them to say that. BUT i have to agree.. here we go again.. is kind of fairy ish… but it was interesting to watch.. as of rock -n- roll.. yea.. they dont fit that cat. kind of reminded me of the good old days when i was into teenie bopper boy bands..
yet again.. if someone didnt hack into OK GO’s computer and released this video they wouldnt be as big as they are now!
If you notice…all the good comments about Hinder here are by chicks.
Pretty much proves that you suck ass as a rock band if your only fans are women.
Also see: KISS, Nickelback, and Poison.
In my opinion, Hinder’s album is awesome. Normally, you purchase an album and there may be one or 2 good songs, but on Hinder’s album every song is great except maybe one.
I also got to meet the members of the band and they were so friendly (and not in a sexual way). How the how did Oklahoma produce so many sexy men? Man, there sure are alot of hotties in that state.
Are any of you dunderheads posting comments bashing hinder actually musicians?
I play four instruments, and I’m currently studying about five different genres of music in depth. You guys need to cool your asses down.
By the way, Nickelback and Hoobastank own you all.
They’re better at being musicians than anyone on here. (Yes, even me.)
When you can play the solo from Nickelback’s version of “Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)” Verbatim, not missing a beat, just like it sounds, then you can complain.
You’re all just a bunch of immature morons looking for somebody to hate on.
F*** off, and then get a life. Losers.
OK GO and Hinder are both good bands, and, don’t start dissing Nickelback or Hoobastank. You can diss them when you’re making more money than they are. They’re plenty successful. If they’re a bunch of famous musicians, then they’ve gotta be doing something right.
*Ahem* I’m so amazed by how ridiculous some labels can be these days. Actually, the mainstream seems to eat this shit up because every time I switch it on the radio, which is not very often, I end up hearing Nickelback or some clone. Hinder’s single is so pitiful. The lyrics, arrangement, and melodies from every instrument could have been easily written and performed by a 15-year-old who only picked up the guitar six months ago. I like OKGO because they spend time writing music with some unique elements that actually rock and avoid sounding like a whiney rip-off. They’re not even what I would consider artsy, but they obviously have loads more talent and creativity than Hinder could ever hope for possessing. On the other hand, stupid music sells to stupid people and nothing we can do will ever change that.
“By the way, Nickelback and Hoobastank own you all.
They’re better at being musicians than anyone on here. (Yes, even me.)”
- Wow! Once you learn about three pentatonic licks then you might be as good. Keep up the practice on your 4 instruments junior. If you realize that the music you like really sucks then maybe you’ll spare us from writing anything remotely as shitty as Hinder, Nickelback, Creed, Default, Hoobastank, Linkin Park, Three Doors Down, and any other new douche-rock out there.
Shane its 2006. Nickelback and Hoobastank dont own anyone. They hardly own a hot meal these days.
You all SUCK! Nickelback rules! and so does Hinder….let’s see who lasts longer?…Hinder or some stupid ass band named OK Go, or the Falldown boys..ooooooo
Wow. And I mean, WOW. I just want to say a few quick things. OKGo might not be ‘rock and roll’ but hinder???? I’ll tell you what, arena rock (which leans closer towards pop culture than rock) is NOT rock and roll. Hinder is even FARTHER AWAY than OKGo towards rock and roll. And if they’re that pissed off that they can’t sell as many cds as OKGo, maybe they should get their fat asses on stage and run around on a bunch of treadmills. They might start making some money.
Ps.OKGo actually sounds like some of the Beatles’ early music. Are the Beatles not rock and roll? Hell, they’re the ORIGINAL. Name me some of their songs that sound like Hinder. And by the way, Hinder, you guys fucked yourself over big time saying that about OKGo. You could’ve opened yourself up to a bigger fan base, but, by putting down a band just for the reason that they’re getting more exposure than you just because they’re on treadmills and they’ve done some that HASN’T BEEN DONE BEFORE, you just made a bunch of people hate you. Hinder’s the same old, same old and by putting down a truly different original band, you’re putting down the very spirit of rock and roll. INDIVIDUALITY. So think about that before you go on and put down more bands.
Like Hinder’s “Oh, honey, I’m such a weenie that I can’t let my girlfriend hear me talking to you” song is so rock and roll?
Maybe Hinder’s singer needs to watch OK Go’s “Invincible” video. Look, OK Go can even blow up stuff like “real rock ‘n’ rollers,” Hinder! Is that “low-brow” enough for you?
Apparently, Hinder’s singer is the only person IN AMERICA who doesn’t get the joke. Ok Go is actually having fun with us and truthfully, since my divorce, my kids and I are laughing because of OK Go. I haven’t had this much fun since Cheap Trick came to Memphis when I was in junior high!
Wow! I am amazed at some of yall’s close-mindedness when it comes to Hinder. Yes, some of the new music that comes out nowadays is just plain pitiful and a lot of artists don’t write their own lyrics anymore. But have any of yall acutally listened to Hinder’s entire album? Hinder is a good fucking band. It’s rock and roll! Anyone that is music junkie should at least apprciate what comes out before completely trashing it. Get over yourselves….shit!
hahahahahha look at this stupid ignorant redneck above me! so THIS is the kind of idiot who listens to Hinder!
Since hinder is pretty much the musical equivalent of having your pubic hair ripped out, I really don’t take their word for anything.
Someone should pass the memo to those little hinder fuckers that jumping on the pansy train with nickelback doesn’t make them rock and roll. Rock and roll is original and inventive. A true rock musician is capable of creating things that stick out in your mind. Bands like Queen, Zeppelin, and the Cure were, and still are, rock and roll. hinder can’t touch this kind of music, so their opinion really doesn’t mean shit.
With bands like hinder and nickelback out there throwing up shallow lyrics over a three-minute-4-chord shitfest, we should all be thankful for bands like OK Go who actually bring something worthwhile to the table. Many from this generation will remember things like OK Go’s treadmill dance (in addition to their fucking great music, of course). It’s become a cultural icon. Let’s be realistic – no one from this generation is going to look back in 20 or 30 years (hell, 5 minutes) and give a rat’s ass about hinder, nickelback, or any of the other 200 bands that sound exactly like them.
in this weeks rolling stone hinder talks about how they’re the only real rock ‘n’ roll band out there right now and how they aspire to be the biggest band in the world. first of all, by claiming to be the only real rock band now they basically insult some of the greatest musicians in history: U2, aerosmith, tolling stones, white stripes, red hot chili peppers and metallica still put out records that can eat hinder alive and shit them out like chunks of corn. second of all, they and their 700,000-copy selling CD is a long way from the 171 million copies U2 has sold and the tiny arenas they play are a far cry from the 1.5 million fans the rolling stones played in front of in BRAZIL! i bet not 1.5 people have heard of hinder in brazil, even though that’s not physically possible. so i don’t want to hear them say a fucking thing about “biggest band in the world.”
additionally, they have no credibility since on VH1 they cited POISON as an influence. POISON! the band that ripped off motley crue, which is the band that ripped off van halen! it makes since that they rip off nickleback, a band that rips off its own self!
a lot of my friends are like that dude who plays four instruments and bows at the altar of hinder and nickleback. ah, sweet ignorance. and don’t challenge me, asshole, because i can play Zeppelin’s ‘when the levee breaks’ great enough to blast your balls off, and i have to choose between harvard, columbia, and UVA as to where i want to go to study english next year, so you know i can write a better song that ‘lips of an angel’ in about thirty seconds.
in this weeks rolling stone hinder talks about how they’re the only real rock ‘n’ roll band out there right now and how they aspire to be the biggest band in the world. first of all, by claiming to be the only real rock band now they basically insult some of the greatest musicians in history: U2, aerosmith, tolling stones, white stripes, red hot chili peppers and metallica still put out records that can eat hinder alive and shit them out like chunks of corn. second of all, they and their 700,000-copy selling CD is a long way from the 171 million copies U2 has sold and the tiny arenas they play are a far cry from the 1.5 million fans the rolling stones played in front of in BRAZIL! i bet not 1.5 people have heard of hinder in brazil, even though that’s not physically possible. so i don’t want to hear them say a fucking thing about “biggest band in the world.”
additionally, they have no credibility since on VH1 they cited POISON as an influence. POISON! the band that ripped off motley crue, which is the band that ripped off van halen! it makes since that they rip off nickleback, a band that rips off its own self!
a lot of my friends are like that dude who plays four instruments and bows at the altar of hinder and nickleback. ah, sweet ignorance. and don’t challenge me, asshole, because i can play Zeppelin’s ‘when the levee breaks’ great enough to blast your balls off, and i have to choose between harvard, columbia, and UVA as to where i want to go to study english next year, so you know i can write a better song that ‘lips of an angel’ in about thirty seconds.
get out of your little indie induced coma everyone is so fucking judgemental, music is appreciated by the listener. If it isn’t appreciated by the masses then so be it, if it is then great. Who are we to judge, get off your fucking computer and make your own – asshole, and then talk shit. If we all had the same taste then the world would be a pretty boring place.
Here’s the funny part: Someone mashed-up two Nickelback songs, “How You Remind Me” and “Someday”, didn’t have to do much editing or pitching either. The songs just sort of fell together. Why? Because they’re pretty much the same damned song, as is most of Nickelback’s ouevre.
Now, I’m no OK Go fan – In fact, I’ve never heard their music – but for any band to fall in with Nickleback and proclaim themselves to be superior in some way is ludicrous. Hinder is a gas bubble in the esophagus of popular culture. In five years, may they be as beloved as… oh, let’s say BUSH… or LIT… or some other stupid, vague, one-word band.
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Hiya
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I’d like to point out what a total idiot you just made of yourself on the internet. For one, the fact that you can sit there slaggingoff OK GO about how crap they are and still point out the fact they sell 4,000 albums a week really doesn’t prove your point. Another thing, you seem fine with slagging them off even though you say you’ve never met them. Honestly you gotta admit that’s pretty damn low!! They’re making something of themselves and if you like them or not they’re doing it orignally. Do you honestly think that you have the right to say shiz like that? Who’re you to say what rock’n'roll is and isn’t?!? Ok Go are promoting themselves and it’s working wonders, how can you give them abuse for being good at something? Well that’s your opinion but I know over 8000 people that would tink different and that’s on the juggling club alone. I mean honestly, get a grip. They’re a hell of a lot better than you’ll ever be
Lots of Love Hannah.:)
“we have good songs i would say. their songs suck,i mean what the fuck?
well, i’m sold! i’ll be buying a hinder album as soon as hell freezes over!
what a-holes.
Id rather have sex with a relative than be forced to listen to Hinder. The arrogance of this band to openly place themselves above the creative genuis that is OkGo is truely rediculous and laughable. All of Hinder’s songs sound exactly the same. Some guy with a forced smokey voice who is drowning between the same 4 chords every Goddamn song! Not very creative and certainly not “bad ass” if you consider the fact that they have copied their sound from every other band around them. Hey Hinder if your such a great “rock n’ roll” band then how come no one has ever heard of you? If you ever came to a music town like Portland OR, You can expect to get your ass laughed off the stage!!!!! Enjoy this moment because I have a feeling your band is going down.
Well. I think that if you like Hinder, you like them. If you don’t like them, no one is forcing you to listen. I think everyone here is missing out on what music is about. There really isn’t bad and good music overall. I do not like rap or pop very much, but it speaks to some people. I happen to like Hinder and stumbled upon this looking up how to play Better Than Me by them. The song speaks to me, but it might not to you guys. If OK Go make you laugh and have a good time, that’s what music is about. If Nickelback (and yea I saw the tour you speak of) gets you pumped up or whatever, then so be it. The thing that is great about music is that it is so diverse and so dynamic that everyone can find something they like. Who cares if a song or a band you like isn’t popular, so what, you like it so keep on listening. What if you don’t really care for a really popular band? Big deal. It is all about individuality and how you connect with the music.
So everyone on here is ripping on Hinder, and are doing the same thing that you are angry with them about. Talking down upon another artist for no reason. So Hinder and all of you on here should be ashamed of yourselves…so there.
wow i love how everyone is stereotyping people who listen to nickelback. i actually like nickelback. so what? they have nothing to do with the fact that hinder did that.
and also. SONIC YOUTH IS NOT THE MOST ARTISTIC THING EVER.
you guys are kind of hypocrites for saying that you can’t believe Hinder would talk about a band like that and then you just got and talk bad about hinder. goooooood job.
hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
All of this just makes me laugh!!
I’m sorry but, the only thing good about okgo is that little dance they do!!!
and fuck all you people talking shit about rednecks!!! i bet you never even fucking met anyone in these so called “redneck” places! and yeah, i’m from louisiana, does that make me a redneck? uhhh.. i think not! my god! i bet i’m half YALLS (mmm hmm thats right! i said it!)age and i probably have more common sense than all of you!!
FUCKING JUDGEMENTAL YANKEE SKANK HOES!!!!!
Well,
.(if you can do it why shouldn’t I?)
on a lighter note.
They are both great bands.
I just have a wide variety of taste in music.
People who can appreciate both bands are open minded.
You are “hating” on a band that other people might like.. and that makes you.. a yankee excuse me.. judgemental
I am a proud redneck and should not be judged by where I live or what music I listen to.
fuck yourselves in the ass with a treadmill 5 times.
That band ok go is good.
And that music video is tight,
But nickleback and hinder are both extremely talented too, but that is just an OPINION.
If you have a mean thing to say about any of these bands, just dont listen to them.
Don’t make this into a prejudice thing.
basically.
I’d just appreciate if you people had an open mind.
“No, it’s just seeing their fucking stupid-ass faces on the T.V all the time, it pisses me the fuck off”
aww.. envious much?
F U guys……everyone knows that true rock n roll is about angels……..and heavy and i mean heavy rock is about lips of angels……hinder sucks so bad that it is painful
you mean like Angel by Aerosmith? Because you know Aerosmith isn’t a rock band or anything.
“What the fuck?” yourself!
“we have good songs, i would say”
Your songs fucking suck! No wonder All Music Guide only gave your album 1 out of 5 stars.
“ok gos songs suck”
OK Go rocks, speak for your fucking self when you judge peoples songs. They did it to entertain people, not be pretentious fairy shit, like you say yourself.
“thursday’s the worst band i’ve ever heard”
Thursday is the worst band you’ve ever heard? Then what is Nickelback? Or any of those lame excuses for music youve been touring with? FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU IN THE ASS. And believe me, Geoff Rickly has a better fucking voice than Austin Winkler. Times 10,000.
CREED + NICKELBACK=HINDER.
A math equation involving three equally shitty bands.
You know what Hin-turd, If you’re going to talk shit about other bands, fucking think about yourself.
First of all they don’t even write their own music. There is bad music and its based upon how well you play or write the music. If you can’t appreciate good music or even understand how it’s put together you shouldn’t listen to music at all. If three power chords makes you think they are good music then you need to stop listening to music in general. If you hang out at frat parties and get together with other bro ho’s who just are clones of clones… then you’ll love hinder cause its called MINDLESS pop.
What the hell? I of course knew who Hinder was, they’re huge here.. and I actually had Lips Of An Angel on my iPod, but I just deleted it. What the hell is up with them bashing Ok Go? Ok Go is a good band! And I can’t believe they said Thursday was the worst band!!! Thursday is one of the best bands to come around in a while. They’re awesome. I love Geoff.
haha wait since when did having an “open mind” just become a lazy excuse for listening to everything. There ARE characteristics of good music. of GOOD MUSIC. Hinders lyrics are brutally awful. And if you like them, then some one should have paid a little more attention in english class. 2.. it is instrumentally simple. (so is nickleback,3 doors down, hoobastank) and if your a guitar player who cant figure out all their songs in 3 seconds, then choose a different path. saying you listen to everything because you have an open mind.. haha you might think that your on your high horse, or feel like your “better” then other people because you dont shun other types of music, or maybe you are blatantly stupid and really cant make a decision on what is good so you will listen to all the music shoved down your throat by the mainstream artists….. But please, hinder is made up of talentless douchebags, and no IM not famous and there are thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people far more talented then the majority of “famous people” but it has become such a business. You need the look, one catchy DUMB song… there is nothing really respectable on the charts except for sexy back (sarcasm dumbasses).. go fuck yourselves
I give Hinder credit. They helped me get over an ex girlfriend of mine.
I was looking at her myspace one day and this horrible noise started playing. The worst noise I’ve ever heard. She had lips of an angel playing on her page.
After that moment a relaxing calm washed over my body. I knew since I wasnt with her anymore, I wouldnt have to hear that terrible song ever again.
Thank you Hinder.
If I may, I’d to submit for review the following Hinder lyrics, courtesy of the song “Nothin’ Good About Goodbye”:
“Rolled up my sleeves today Cause I thought that this had ended
But then you called again
To tell me how you’re gonna blow my best friend.”
At least your guitar player can play the soundtrack while that happens, Asshat. And no offense to dudes named Austin or Cody, but those aren’t exactly the kind of names that lend themselves to hurling “fairy” allegations at “NY-LA” types from Evanston.
Ummm, obviously the singer hasn’t noticed his fey wrist fliging in that god awful video that VH1 keeps shoving down our throats. God, I can’t believe Hinder & Nickelback are so popular. F-in red state rock….I blame middle America.