The ten reasons why you should hate...

maidenrulez wrote: Jim Garten wrote: maidenrulez wrote: ...Your favorite band...my favorite band is really the mars volta...but i think iron maiden is easier to write about so i choose them...here are the ten reasons why maiden sucks You forgot reason 11 - any middle aged man (or group of men) who still considers it looks good to be wearing spandex 26 years into their careers really do need to stand back and take a look in the mirror Heh they stopped that after an unfortunate accident in the 80's

Stopped wearing spandex, or stopped looking in the mirror?

Jim Garten wrote: maidenrulez wrote: ...Your favorite band...my favorite band is really the mars volta...but i think iron maiden is easier to write about so i choose them...here are the ten reasons why maiden sucks You forgot reason 11 - any middle aged man (or group of men) who still considers it looks good to be wearing spandex 26 years into their careers really do need to stand back and take a look in the mirror

Heh they stopped that after an unfourntunate accident in the 80's

Well, if you're looking for ten reasons why you should hate my favorite band (KANSAS!!), just scan through some of their album reviews here on progarchives (note to all Kansas fans -- I STILL LOVE THESE GUYS, Hugues Chantraine and Scott Adams be damned!):

Hey Scott - love your work with Dilbert!

10.  KANSAS Drastic Measures
Review (Permanent link) by Scott Adams @ 8:27:54 PM EST, 12/31/2003
 —  It was beginning to look as if Steve Walsh was right. Kansas at this point was all but exhausted and the tracks here, especially 'Mainstream' and the superb 'Everybody's My Friend' seem merely to be admissions of the fact.

9.  KANSAS King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas (1979)
Review (Permanent link) by Scott Adams @ 9:56:16 PM EST, 12/31/2003
 —  Time travel is a great thing. It must be, as this '1979' release features 5, count 'em, 5, songs written after that date!

8.  KANSAS Power
Review (Permanent link) by Harold van Zessen @ 6:10:24 AM EST, 6/19/2005
 —  This is a very bad album and has nothing to do with the very impressive '70 albums from Kansas.

(okay, this one's from The People Of The South Wind fan site):
7.   Kansas albums
Posted by Audioman on 2002-07-30 11:55:10
My Score:

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The Elefante works are not real Kansas. I was recently at the band's show in Wallingford Ct., where I was lucky enough to land front row. When Kansas went into Fight Fire With Fire, and Play the Game, the entire front row sat back down. I looked up at Greer at some point and gave him the cut-throat sign. He smiled at me and gave me the "I know." gesture.

6.  KANSAS Audio-Visions
Review (Permanent link) by Hugues Chantraine @ 3:17:09 AM EST, 2/18/2004
....the future looked bleak in the midwest states in the early 80's and even john Mellencamp's Farm Aid could do nothing for this band.

5.  KANSAS Freaks of Nature
Review (Permanent link) by Jon Hobbs @ 1:11:28 PM EST, 4/26/2005
 —  Album flat out sucks dust from the wind....what else can ya say about a bunch of has-beens....Thought I was listening to a chinese orchestra with rap backgroung tracks....I feel as though Kansas is done---well done....Lyrics remind me of bad poetry from dysfunctional adult....After listening to entire CD, I had to take a couple of aspirin and then take a nap.

4.  KANSAS Kansas - Live at the Whiskey
Review (Permanent link) by Scott Adams @ 9:34:35 PM EST, 12/31/2003
 —  A horrible, rubbish record.....As a first release for a new label this was a disaster....A stereo recording of appalling flatulence bootlegged from the band's dressing room post show would've been better.

3.  KANSAS Drastic Measures
Review (Permanent link) by Hugues Chantraine @ 3:22:41 AM EST, 2/18/2004
 —  I think the bottom is near. This band has sunken lower than the Titanic easily approaching the depth of the marianna Trench , but who knows really because not many bands have sunken that low...... Although when you think about it many old bands trying to survive did go this low (Abacab, 3, 90125, etc).

2.  KANSAS In the Spirit of Things
Review (Permanent link) by Dave Connolly @ 7:48:37 AM EST, 5/1/2004
 —  I've been listening to mediocre music all morning, so why stop now?....Whatever artistic credibility they might have once laid claim to had long since departed this world....It's not a matter of "In The Spirit of Things" being a bad record, it's actually offensive. There are musicians who genuinely care about their music (seems to me KANSAS used to be one of them), and all this sacless strutting through '80s metal ("House On Fire") and put-upon sincerity ("Ghosts", "Once In A Lifetime") is an awful flimsy excuse to engage five otherwise talented musicians....the alarming thing is I don't even think you need musicians to make this kind of music.....I'm going to wash this miserable experience from my memory with some Yes....and bury it (case and all) in the backyard before the ground freezes.

And the number one reason why you should hate Kansas (according to those who have reviewed them on this site), is:

1.  KANSAS Vinyl Confessions
Review (Permanent link) by Hugues Chantraine @ 3:18:16 AM EST, 2/18/2004
...most of the veterans know this , but I am thinking of the newcomer in the progplanet. Imagine that he picks up a copy of this album before trying out the classic ones. What would his reaction be?  Repulsion of course, but also complete disgust of this band and this genre? hopefully not. Stay away from here you little punks . ;-)

 

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maidenrulez wrote: Wolf Spider wrote: Why do people hate DT: 1. LaBrie`s voice - is great 2. Too many guitar/key solos - are awesome 3. Boring over 10 min songs - then Yes, KC, and others are even more boring 4. Too comercial (Hollow Years, Another Day, The Silent Man, I Walk Beside You) - Sadly, yes 5. Too un-comercial (Stream Of..., In The Name Of God, Octavarium, VIDOIT) - is a big plus 6. Portnoy`s insane drumming - is great!!! 7.they are not prog - yes they are 8.they are too metal - so what 9.they are too unoriginal - Yes they are. They got too many unoriginal copycats though 10.bad concepts... - I love their concepts

Why do people hate DT:

1. LaBrie`s voice
2. Too many guitar/key solos
3. Boring over 10 min songs
4. Too comercial (Hollow Years, Another Day, The Silent Man, I Walk Beside You)
5. Too un-comercial (Stream Of..., In The Name Of God, Octavarium, VIDOIT)
6. Portnoy`s insane drumming

No need to hate.

No matter what they will remain my favorite metal(not progmrtal) band of all time You can find small flaws like hat in any band.

I love TMV, but Maiden are a bit stronger IMO.