Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
The Darkness irritate you but many many bands singing the same and looking the same doesn't?Strange hehe.
The only good emo band is The Get Up Kids if you class em as that. Jimmy Eat World aren't REALLY emo but they're excellent.
All these crappy Brand New's and Taking Back Sunday's with their lame names and scream whiney voices. They suck.
-AC
Did I ever say I wasn't irritated by bands that sounded and looked the same? No, in fact I said (or implied) just the opposite... I hate GC, New Found Glory, that one band that has a video on MTV right now that's in a bar with the lead singer who sounds like he just inhaled the contents of a helium balloon, just about all pop rock/"punk" except for blink, Green Day, and the Offspring. Furthermore, "different" doesn't mean "good". Just because the Darkness don't follow the same cut-and-dry formula as every other pop rock band out there doesn't make them good.
I like the Get Up Kids, but I wouldn't call them emo. Jimmy Eat World are also good, but they're not emo either. The Juliana Theory (if you call them emo), Glassjaw, and Coheed and Cambria are all good... can't think of anything else off the top of my head.
As for being whiney, I agree, and it's getting worse over time. I can't remember the name of that group I mentioned before, but that guy wins the prize as far as whiney lead singers go. And the guy from New Found Glory. I used to think Mark Hoppus sounded whiney.... but he's nothing in comparison to some other guys.