Panic! At the Disco

[MattGSX]

Part of the reason I don't like them is because they were an engineered band. Have you heard of anyone who knew about Panic! before they became an MTV poster child? I don't know if MTV or their label literally put them together, but their fan base is entirely people who were told to listen to them through marketability.

[splynt0r]

Pete Doherty Would totally fuck Panic! at the disco, if he wasn't on drugs all day long

[Nod]

Can I have some Alien goo so I can breed a Hybrid?

I just hope man can evolve into a master race of telepaths before the aliens come to probe us all and mix with our species!

[jammie]

Part of the reason I don't like them is because they were an engineered band. Have you heard of anyone who knew about Panic! before they became an MTV poster child? I don't know if MTV or their label literally put them together, but their fan base is entirely people who were told to listen to them through marketability.

Actually, yes.  My younger cousin from Jersey actually turned me onto them Christmas of 2005, definitely a couple of months before I ever saw them on MTV with "I Write Sins not Tragedies."  I believe they did have quite a bit of a following before they really struck it huge.  Actually I just read a little bio on them that says they began in 2005, album out in Sept. 2005, and didn't hit top 40 til sometime early 2006.  First TRL appearance on January 17.

Also, they came together from high school and posted some demos online.  Pete Wentz (AT LEAST THEY DON'T PARTY WITH HIM) discovered them and had them signed, took them out on tour.

I don't think there's anything wrong with them.  They had a good thing, built a fan base online and on tour through catchy tunes and a fun schtik...

[samo]

I think that some emo music is good (like Motion City Soundtrack, I love those guys), but I also think that emo music really encourages depression. I'm no psychologist, but I think that listening to so much depressing music (emo) kind of desensitizes the listener from depression, and makes it more acceptable in their eyes, and consequentially, the listener becomes depressed more. I think emo also encourages depression because the genre makes depression look cool, and also couples depression with self-righteousness. For all of you non-depressed people out there, I reccomend you stay away from emo.

[MattGSX]

Actually, yes.  My younger cousin from Jersey actually turned me onto them Christmas of 2005, definitely a couple of months before I ever saw them on MTV with "I Write Sins not Tragedies."  I believe they did have quite a bit of a following before they really struck it huge.  Actually I just read a little bio on them that says they began in 2005, album out in Sept. 2005, and didn't hit top 40 til sometime early 2006.  First TRL appearance on January 17.

Also, they came together from high school and posted some demos online.  Pete Wentz (AT LEAST THEY DON'T PARTY WITH HIM) discovered them and had them signed, took them out on tour.

I don't think there's anything wrong with them.  They had a good thing, built a fan base online and on tour through catchy tunes and a fun schtik...

I stand corrected. I was under the impression they were an assembled band. Thank you for letting me know that.

[rbcp]

I think that some emo music is good (like Motion City Soundtrack, I love those guys), but I also think that emo music really encourages depression. I'm no psychologist, but I think that listening to so much depressing music (emo) kind of desensitizes the listener from depression, and makes it more acceptable in their eyes, and consequentially, the listener becomes depressed more. I think emo also encourages depression because the genre makes depression look cool, and also couples depression with self-righteousness. For all of you non-depressed people out there, I reccomend you stay away from emo.

On the other hand, maybe listening to nonstop depressing music helps people deal with depression better.

[Tachyon]

Part of the reason I don't like them is because they were an engineered band. Have you heard of anyone who knew about Panic! before they became an MTV poster child? I don't know if MTV or their label literally put them together, but their fan base is entirely people who were told to listen to them through marketability.

This is pretty much my impression of the entire emo 'culture', 'phenomenon' or whatever the hell they call it. It's all corporations taking advantage of youth angst and fooling them into thinking it's distinctive and original. Now presenting the revolution, brought to you by Converse.

[splynt0r]

brought to you by Converse.

Wrong, Converse is a daughter company of Nike. So it's brought to you by Nike.
Don't do it 

[MattGSX]

Just thinking about all this and seeing how far it all got carried made me realize that my hate for Panic! at the Disco is nothing compared to my hate for My Chemical Romance, but I'd rather not start another thread of essentially the same thing.

[Nod]

HIM pwns MCR and Panic! at the Disco.

[murd0c]

HIM pwns MCR and Panic! at the Disco.

Um, HIM sucks just as bad as the other two.

[mrpeanut]

HIM is pretty fucking terrible. I heard a cover of don't fear the reaper. It was an ear rape.

[jammie]

HIM pwns MCR and Panic! at the Disco.

HIM is horrible!  I'll take Panic! At the Disco and MCR, thanks

[splynt0r]

Dropkick Murphy's Own all