How come I never heard of these guys?

[brblx]

D: WTF did I just listen to.

finger eleven before they got their balls cut off.

 

[busydude]

finger eleven before they got their balls cut off.

You mean they are even worse now.

 

[emilyek]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu9guMwtpAk

I really liking this song! Who says rock is dead?

Well...

Also, the chorus sounds pretty darn close, oddly enough, to Motley Crue's "Too Young to Fall in Love".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfN4vXQUJpg&feature=fvst

Like "lawsuit" close.

 

[brblx]

You mean they are even worse now.

some bands like a thing called diversity. that album had soft songs, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrR6IJfqlYU

and to be fair even whachacallit with paralyzer on it is a fuck lot better than lady gaga, justin beeber, parrot city, or what the hell else ever is popular anymore. it's just not good

 

[IcePickFreak]

I've heard the song in the OP before and always thought it was a cover song. The lyrics remind me of something from the 80s, and the beat sounds familiar but I suppose it's a pretty simple one. Don't really care for either the song or the band though, but I guess at least they have instruments.

 

[ViviTheMage]

radio ??

 

[Miramonti]

Good stuff. Don't recognize band name but heard song before.

 

[CRXican]

gross

overplayed pop

 

[arrfep]

Is that the new 'Rick roll?' It's so hard to keep up.

I don't understand why Nickelback is popular.. it is just beyond me.

:thumbsdown: Sorry, that song blows. Maybe they should try making country music. I hear that shit is popular for some reason.

:| apparently my sarcasm went undetected.

 

[eits]

ugh, wtf? paralyzer? you've never heard of that song?

terrible. finger eleven is fucking terrible. right next to trapt, et al.

 

[eits]

You mean they are even worse now.

is that even possible?

 

[Printer Bandit]

The beginning riff is fairly reminiscent of Led Zep's "Kashmir."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfR_HWMzgyc

 

[HamburgerBoy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfR_HWMzgyc

Yeah, sounds nothing like Kashmir. Reminds me of Skid Row's Youth Gone Wild if anything.

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

I saw these guys playing at the Calgary stampede a few years ago. They were on a side stage and had about 30 people gathered infront of them.
They suck, even in Canada.

 

[preslove]

Shitty mainstream rock. If I want to listen to that style, I'll listen to a good 90s band, instead of this warmed over bullshit.

 

[Gibson486]

This song is a prime example of what is killing rock. This is pop rock crap. The vocals sound like 50 other "rock" bands.

Finger Eleven is better than that song, although I'm not a huge fan of theirs.

I prefer this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVczoqOTFEQ although its not great either.

No, there are two things killing rock.

1. the attitude. Look at Oasis. Like them or not, they were probably one of the last big Rock n Roll bands. They had this arrogant attitude and did not give a fuck what the media thought....and of course, the drugs and boos. That was Rock n Roll. You can say Foo Fighters, but they just do not have the attitude thing going. Everyone is just being so nice now. I guess we could blame britpop. It was Rock, stripped down and made nice, clever, and quirky.

2. The evolution of rock. Sadly, sex, drugs, and rock n roll cannot live forever....we have come to the electronic age where everyone strives for perfection. It's the evolution of music. Perfect drum beats via a machine, perfect solos, perfect voices. Experimenting is not really experimenting anymore. It's actually more experimental to be human now.

 

[moshquerade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu9guMwtpAk

I really liking this song! Who says rock is dead?

It's nice you just discovered this. I liked it when I first heard it too... then it got waaaaaaaaaay overplayed and ruined it.

That said, I am going to see Staind and Finger11 in October, general admission so a chance to be up front. I am excited.

 

[KingstonU]

Greyest of Blue Skies was one of my favorite albums growing up. Paralyzer (The song in the OP) is catchy but easily one of their dumbest songs and felt like a sell-out song from them.

Try these songs: First Time, Above, Therapy, Keep Your Memory Vague, One Thing, Thousand Mile Wish, Good Times.