Posted on 08/14/2003 10:18:55 AM PDT by cpprfld
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Insane Clown Posse, the Detroit rap duo beloved by teenage boys for their creepy face make-up and X-rated lyrics, have been named the worst band ever by Blender magazine.
The music publication's September issue said Insane Clown Posse "sound even stupider than they look," and derided them for rapping about "40-ouncers and venereal disease."
Officials at the band's Psychopathic Records label were less than enthusiastic about the rating.
"They've brought themselves up from nothing to become an international musical phenomena (sic), and yet, somehow, they still get no respect from fine mainstream publications such as Blender Magazine," they said in a Web posting (http://www.insaneclownposse.com).
They noted that the Insane Clown Posse album dubbed the worst by Blender, "The Wraith: Shangri-La," actually received a three-star review (i.e. very good in its genre) in the publication's January/February issue.
No. 2 on the list was 1970s supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer, followed by once-hirsute balladeer Michael Bolton (news), mellow jazz saxophonist Kenny G. and the Jefferson Airplane pop spinoff Starship.
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Grand Funk Railroad would be on my list of worst bands.
You must the most undereducated person ever.
For anyone interested in music of substance, the metal scene of the early '80s was a pretty bleak place, dominated by cheesy hair bands hawking bubblegummy rock that had been dolled up with beefy guitars and naughty lyrics. Metallica, along with contemporaries like Megadeth and Anthrax had something altogether different in mind. Influenced by punk principles of raw musical directness and lyrical focus fraught with a dark and brooding idealism, they helped lay the groundwork for a whole new era of metal.
Metallica was so huge that mainstream media could no longer ignore the phenomenon; it went multi-platinum, tipped their previous albums into platinum status and won them their third Grammy.
ICP on the other hand has so many good records that u wouldnt know wut to do wit.The most consistent album the great malienko Despite virtually no radio airplay and no MTV play whatsoever, the album quickly went gold and secured these horrific.
SO IF U CRACKERASSED FREAK WHO THINKS METALLICA SUCKS AND ICP IS A BUNCH OF CLOWNS WHO DONT CARE WELL GO GET SUM SATELITE TV N WATCH SUM MTV OR SUMTHIN PLEASE.
whats the matter with u. The smashing pumpkins were amazing.And pearl jame singlehandeldy pulled rock n roll through the 90's.BTO is another great band that should have never even been mentioned as a bad band.Ur just jealous because there canadian like me and u yankee doodle cant curl play hockey drink good beer or pick on a small punkassed country.BITCH Nazareth is also awesum cuz love hurts bitch
RUSH IS AWESUM BUDDY. Neil peart possibly one of the best drummers all time along with geddy lee an amazing bassist n singer u got one of the best bands ever.U must be a good olde yankee doodle and ur proably jealous of our canadian talent plus we kicked ur ass at the olympics
ICP: suck
Rush: suck
Metallica: suck
Gee you dusted that one off didn't ya. For the record I can drink good beer with the rest of them, preferrably Belgian or British ales. But can you handle a good Kentucky Whiskey? That Canadian Whiskey is hideous stuff. Also the "alternative" rock movement of the 1990's is not my cup of tea. Neither is the Mongolian blues rock of the 70's and 80's. If you want to listen to a good Canadian band, listen to Rush. Musicians who don't stagnate in common time and who actually know of scales that exist outside of the usual major, minor, and penatonic.
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