Tue, 21 May 2013 01:51:17 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305774#Comment_305774 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305774#Comment_305774 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:24:14 -0700 icelandbob ok i have been "advised" to place this on here by Oldhat to get your feedback and start generating a barrel of hateful spite and bile to power Super Si Spurrier's future endeavours....

A piece on today's Flavourwire....

The Squarest Rock Acts of All Time

Essentially, it looks at the boring, dull and overtly earnest rock and pop acts whose heads we would like to stove in with a rusty shovel. If you don't fancy reading it, the list is...

James Taylor
The Eagles
Sting
Hall and Oates
Coldplay
Matchbox 20
Hootie and the Blowfish
Phil Collins
Huey Lewis and the News
Bryan Adams

but we know this list of musical gruel and tofu is not complete. WHO else should be on this list... and why?? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305775#Comment_305775 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305775#Comment_305775 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:26:33 -0700 Ninewhilenine83 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305776#Comment_305776 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305776#Comment_305776 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:27:23 -0700 rickiep00h
Also my picks are Arcade Fire and any nu-metal band after about 1998. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305778#Comment_305778 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305778#Comment_305778 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:30:44 -0700 sneak046 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305779#Comment_305779 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305779#Comment_305779 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:32:41 -0700 Ninewhilenine83 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305780#Comment_305780 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305780#Comment_305780 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:37:24 -0700 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305783#Comment_305783 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305783#Comment_305783 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:43:21 -0700 Jehrot http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305785#Comment_305785 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305785#Comment_305785 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:44:04 -0700 rickiep00h Some Kind of Monster really hammered home how completely not-cool they are now. (That said I really like about 2/3 of Death Magnetic and I'm really looking forward to the new album.) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305786#Comment_305786 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305786#Comment_305786 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:45:51 -0700 icelandbob
Example - Bryan Adams. He does do a LOT of charity work, but he is a strict vegan and is teetotoal. the militancy of that teetotalism came into force when he moved to London, nearby a local pub. He didn't like the rowdiness of said pub, so he bought it... so he could shut it down and make his house bigger...

Now THAT'S square! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305788#Comment_305788 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305788#Comment_305788 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:47:57 -0700 infomancer
Maroon 5
The Strokes
Dave Matthews
Train
Creed
Jack Johnson
James Blunt
David Gray
Jason Mraz
Fallout Boy
The Killers

This is probably all old stuff that isn't on the radio anymore, but it was all big when I used to work in places that played it nonstop. I feel sick at the memory. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305794#Comment_305794 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305794#Comment_305794 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:08:38 -0700 rickiep00h


Look at James. Look at him. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305799#Comment_305799 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305799#Comment_305799 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:34:39 -0700 William Joseph Dunn "I thought it was going to be cool to be in Metallica...this isn't metal! What have I done?".

No one mentioned Mike and the Mechanics, or Mr. Mister yet. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305803#Comment_305803 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305803#Comment_305803 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:53:08 -0700 richwilson
I'd add:
Crowded House
INXS
Elbow
Ellie Goulding
Damien Rice

Good shout with Metallica. How the mighty have fallen. That said, I'll still look out for the new record. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305805#Comment_305805 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305805#Comment_305805 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:54:49 -0700 Alan Tyson
Which is too bad, really - every time the radio comes on (usually while I'm switching CDs) and I hear a song I like, I have to frown and go "oh, man, I'm gonna be sick of that in two months."

Then again, this rule isn't universal. I'm kind of glad that I can still say the name Janelle Monae or The Hush Sound and still have people give me a "huh?" look.

In regards to Metallica - considering how long they've been around, I'm amazed they're still together and making music. A lot of it's hit or miss, but the glory of the download age is that I can ignore the misses and just nab the hits - I only own three songs off Death Magnetic, but I played the fuck out of those three songs for about six weeks after I got them. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305806#Comment_305806 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305806#Comment_305806 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:54:59 -0700 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305807#Comment_305807 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305807#Comment_305807 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:57:51 -0700 Alan Tyson http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305808#Comment_305808 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305808#Comment_305808 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:04:52 -0700 icelandbob http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305811#Comment_305811 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305811#Comment_305811 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:12:55 -0700 BrianMowrey
also WHATEVER, YOU'RE SQUARE, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ME AT ALL

I would add to the list Midnight Oil ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305812#Comment_305812 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305812#Comment_305812 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:15:02 -0700 sneak046 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305813#Comment_305813 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305813#Comment_305813 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:15:54 -0700 DC http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305815#Comment_305815 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305815#Comment_305815 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:22:45 -0700 BrianMowrey
Still love you, Ringo

And of course Paul (Post-80s)

We'll always have 'Live and Let Die,' though. What a song. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305816#Comment_305816 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305816#Comment_305816 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:23:21 -0700 razrangel http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305829#Comment_305829 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305829#Comment_305829 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:34:52 -0700 Birds_Use_Stars books

]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305830#Comment_305830 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305830#Comment_305830 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:35:54 -0700 rickiep00h http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305841#Comment_305841 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305841#Comment_305841 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:32:24 -0700 Foamhead
Pink Floyd
Rolling Stones
The Clash
Level 42
A-fucking-Ha
Queen
Status Quo
Muse
Europe
Huey Lewis and the News
Bruce Shitestain
The Who
T'Pau
REM
Dire Straits
Sting (not a band, but still...)
Bon Jovi
Led Zeppelin
Pearl Jam
Oasis
Guns n Roses
Linkin Park
Motley Crue
Def Leppard

I could go on but I want to leave some for others to list. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305842#Comment_305842 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305842#Comment_305842 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:49:20 -0700 William Joseph Dunn "In regards to Metallica - considering how long they've been around, I'm amazed they're still together and making music. A lot of it's hit or miss, but the glory of the download age is that I can ignore the misses and just nab the hits - I only own three songs off Death Magnetic, but I played the fuck out of those three songs for about six weeks after I got them."

After watching "Some Kind of Monster", I got the feeling that they were still together making music because the money was too good. They certainly didn't look like they were enjoying themselves at all. When I hear their music now, it sounds like a band creatively frustrated. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305844#Comment_305844 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305844#Comment_305844 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:55:18 -0700 tedcroland
While their first three albums are pretty awesome punk records, their newer, Butch Vig-produced stuff is hammy and flat, lacking crazed honesty that made them relevant. Seriously the new one is garbage--it sounds like it was specifically manufactured for middle-schoolers to listen to through earbuds. It's a pretty huge fall for them, too, where they were once the voice of genuine anarchy punk, they're now the voice of whining about anarchy punk. They really should publicly apologize for that song about Bob Dylan. Really guys, what the fucking hell?

Prog rock/metal dudes are, in general, super square nerds. Dream Theater, Symphony X, etc., have that manufactured metal distortions and heavy guitars and drop-D and all the affectations of the hardcore anger that they admire, but when it comes down to it they're singing about narratives that would have made a really not very good sci-fi novel.

[Edit rather than doublepost]
When I hear their music now, it sounds like a band creatively frustrated.

Metallica has been musically inert for at least a decade. Their entire deal is who has the most control over the band, and how many drugs they took, and how bad it made them feel. It's ultimately a narcissistic exercise.

Hetfield actually lives in Lucas Valley, not far from where I live. Someone once told me that, as a teenager, they used to bra-bomb his house with waterballoons to get back at him for acting terribly at the movie theater they worked at. Stuff like being really rude to the staff, arguing with his girlfriend during the movie, basically making a scene anytime they came in. They found it by going to the house with the giant M on the gate.

I don't know if there's a point to that story other than it's a sort of amusing anecdote about how uncool a rockstar can actually be. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305845#Comment_305845 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305845#Comment_305845 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:13:47 -0700 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305847#Comment_305847 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305847#Comment_305847 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:20:24 -0700 BrianMowrey
Why not just list everyone who's been on the radio ever, ha.


For The Who and The Bruce, I don't think the Who were or Springsteen is square people at all, instead they just make square music through lack of composing talent. I find their music toothless, but I think it's mostly because neither of them have had the musical skill to make more than a little bit of sharp music.

Remember that earnesty is a component to squareness but if you are both super earnest but also know how to bring it, you pass through squareness on the other side and achieve uber-sexy. I'm thinking the Who at least had their crotch stuck on the border wall, where they passed out drunk for the night.

For The Rolling Stones and Zep, are you really not going to add an era qualifier to either one of them? Wow. I mean these are bands that evolved a lot, it's I think tactically difficult to both be square before and after evolving, as well as not achieve anti-squareness points for evolving between two distinct modes of squareness!, which would show badass artistic conviction. I mean it'd be really zen of them.

But rather than really go to bat for either one, I'll just mention that one thing to keep in mind is a band's albums are a very small part of what they did/do. So are their tour documentaries and latter-day mega-tour experiences. Sometimes a band becomes too skilled at playing for its own good, and they mess up their own songs in the studio. The songs might strike us as boring, but they were not conceived finished. Often the band has failed to bring us the idea of a song when they have brought us the finished product. We listeners perceive the real idea of a song better when the performer is striving for it, than when the performer has already finished with it. Conclusion: to see or re-remember what the band really did, sometimes you need to watch a bunch of kids from your local School of Rock kicking shit on Zeppelin night. It's earnest, but it's fucking badass. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305849#Comment_305849 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305849#Comment_305849 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:27:22 -0700 Beamish http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305851#Comment_305851 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305851#Comment_305851 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:35:28 -0700 Fishelle Green Day
Owl City
Seal

Next time I hear any of these, I will kill whoever puts it on the stereo. I will choke them with their own intestines. Dig? (Other bands will elicit this response too, but you've already mentioned them.) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305852#Comment_305852 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305852#Comment_305852 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:10:26 -0700 Foamhead
As for period-context, I can only speak from the one I'm in and, as old as I am (42), the Stones, Zep, etc, were Boring Old Fart fodder by the time my sphere of consciousness stumbled over them. I would never deny they were innovators or ground breakers in their day but they were firmly mainstream-establishment-acceptable long before my balls felt gravity's tickle. While they've done odd tunes that I might enjoy, my overriding sentiment towards them is still that they're past their sell-by date and, the longer they keep banging on, the more they dilute whatever they were liked and respected for years/decades ago.

Slight tangent, sorry, and I realise I might be the exception when it comes to this, but I've never been a fan of live music and always come away a little disappointed by what they've performed compared to what I'm familiar with. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305853#Comment_305853 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305853#Comment_305853 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:13:14 -0700 jimmyjungle You see that video where he's going 'peace and luv peace and luv i will burn any shit you send my way,peace and luv'...
He's had so much good fortune in this life for so lttle talent and his soul still appears to be leetle and tiny.
Absolute Square.Shovel to the fucking skull.
Peace and luv. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305854#Comment_305854 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305854#Comment_305854 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:13:43 -0700 brittanica But, I will concur w/ the folks mentioning prog bands, Sting, and McCartney (and I'm not adding a qualifier; he might be the one and only reason I don't like the Beatles... him and his stupid lyrics)
And Owl City might be the squarest musical entity of the modern era. Ugh. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305871#Comment_305871 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305871#Comment_305871 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:40:08 -0700 ebullientsoul http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305876#Comment_305876 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305876#Comment_305876 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:21:22 -0700 Neil Ofsteel http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305877#Comment_305877 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305877#Comment_305877 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:44:46 -0700 G. Foyle
We Built This City ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305878#Comment_305878 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305878#Comment_305878 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:09:09 -0700 celan And I wouldn't call Devo square. Nerdy, yes. But square (as loosely defined in the Flavorwire piece), no.

This thread is such troll fodder, ha ha. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305886#Comment_305886 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305886#Comment_305886 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:21:11 -0700 keyofsilence
Kraftwerk (I didn't see them mentioned and I'm shocked to say the least),
Interpol,
The Beastie Boys,
Slipknot,
They Might Be Giants,
Simply Red,
The Lighthouse Family,
Primus (love them, but they really are huge nerds).

I'll come back to this... ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305900#Comment_305900 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305900#Comment_305900 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 04:18:16 -0700 Foamhead
The Lighthouse Family? Someone pass the insulin, please. And Simply Red...is it their music or Mick Hucknall which provokes such animosity? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305904#Comment_305904 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305904#Comment_305904 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 04:31:16 -0700 Beamish
I just saw a commercial for the Journey/Foreigner/Night Ranger tour. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305912#Comment_305912 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305912#Comment_305912 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:10:18 -0700 DistractDelude Kraftwerk, I couldn't believe you guys had missed them, they are the definition of square.
Also, as great as the music is I have to add Propaghandi. I love them but.... yeah.

Green Day get honourable mention as they are just mind numbingly dull. Plus, I still have major issues with a band that dares to call itself punk and then sells the merch for their 3-year late "anti-war" album through Claire's #@!$ing Accessories! ... Anti-flag had a song up within a few weeks - THREE DAMN YEARS!!!

I feel calmer now and I apologise for the irrelevance of that last part to the actual post. They just make me...
Yeah, I need to go lie down now. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305917#Comment_305917 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305917#Comment_305917 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:32:38 -0700 vandalhandle U2 - no reason needed it's pretty clear
white lies - i'm very bored of all these 1980's revival smiths worshipping boring indie bands
coldplay - cure for insomnia
kings of leon - it's dangerous in the middle of the road
pearl jam - careerists, that disappered up their own ass
rage against the machine - never liked their we're anti corporate but here's an album of cover versions and a live album and a boxset
metallica - the definition of hypocracy
black veil brides - i thought these were a joke meme at first then realised they're the product of a hot topic focus group
green day - suddenly became political, where was this angry political streak on nimrod and dookie
foo fighters - dave grohl's massive ego has taken over ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305918#Comment_305918 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305918#Comment_305918 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:34:48 -0700 lucialima Hanson? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305961#Comment_305961 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305961#Comment_305961 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:23:40 -0700 joe.distort black veil brides - i thought these were a joke meme at first then realised they're the product of a hot topic focus group

i was at the merch booth with MENZINGERS last week, and they gave me their all access pass to ' go around the corner and watch this shit. its insane!'

i watched them come on and posture and play for about a minute before i couldnt take it. since it was my first exposure to them, i am pretty sure my mouth was actually agape.

WHAT

THE

FUCK

and definitely second Foo Fighters- while i have no problem with them musically (and i am glad when huge bands do what they are SUPPOSED to do on tour, and that is take out smaller bands they like to help get the word out, rather than just whoever their label is trying to market to their fanbase), they are the poster child for 'That Band That Old Guys Think Rocks SOOO HARD' ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305982#Comment_305982 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305982#Comment_305982 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:11:38 -0700 hmobius http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305989#Comment_305989 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305989#Comment_305989 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:28:41 -0700 joe.distort KILL THE MAN WHO QUESTIONS
KILLERS (the grind one w ex- CHARLES BRONSON members, obviously not the other one)
KITE-EATING TREE
KILL THE CLIENT
KILLING THE DREAM
KYLESA


just off the top of my head... ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305991#Comment_305991 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305991#Comment_305991 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:36:01 -0700 keyofsilence http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305997#Comment_305997 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=305997#Comment_305997 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:53:42 -0700 infomancer
Krallice
KMFDM (well, the earlier records, anyway)
Katatonia
Killing Joke
Kyuss

So as not to completely threadjack, I've often thought that the radio-based "hard rock" bands of the 80's would be pretty square. REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Night Ranger, etc. They clearly lacked the sexuality (and drugs) of bands like Motley Crue, and I can easily picture them having a nice cup of tea before bed at eleven on the tour bus. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306005#Comment_306005 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306005#Comment_306005 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:01:38 -0700 radian http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306010#Comment_306010 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306010#Comment_306010 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:30:32 -0700 animatormike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K77mre-YhvE&feature=feedlik

Come on - he takes being square all the way around to the other end. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306011#Comment_306011 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306011#Comment_306011 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:42:40 -0700 BrianMowrey http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306014#Comment_306014 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306014#Comment_306014 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:59:20 -0700 icelandbob
Yeah, he may have been in the army and that he has a pad in Ibiza apparently being the party animal. But the fact that all of this needs to be brought up IN EVERY SINGLE INTERVIEW HE HAS EVER DONE to convince us that he is "cool and groovy" immediately marks him out as square.

I don't even need to talk about the music.

And Brian May. Man's a bloody Astrophysicist... and not in a cool way. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306060#Comment_306060 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306060#Comment_306060 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 03:36:32 -0700 keyofsilence
Here are some lyrics tailored especially towards the angsty teenager in all of us:

I know my father loves me
But does my father even care
If I'm sad or I'm angry
You were never ever there

Suck it up you fucking square. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306066#Comment_306066 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306066#Comment_306066 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 04:44:15 -0700 adrian r
youdothatvoodoo -- deviating from the norm since 2007 ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306092#Comment_306092 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306092#Comment_306092 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:37:31 -0700 joe.distort
just know we are all perfect and that nothing i like is bad. also please tell of us of anyone you know that makes sure to state they deviate from the norm. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306094#Comment_306094 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306094#Comment_306094 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:59:18 -0700 BrianMowrey
Those who have posted here may have done so with or without awareness that it's square to talk about music. But no one plays blogs-on-tape of music reviews on the radio. Music is played on the radio. So it invites interest. Talking about the squareness of music has value if not much truth, and talking about the squareness of criticism has useless truth. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306106#Comment_306106 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306106#Comment_306106 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:15:30 -0700 keyofsilence
As a side note both of them were formative musicians in my incredibly square teenage years of wanting to shred as quickly as possible. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306164#Comment_306164 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306164#Comment_306164 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:46:02 -0700 adrian r
youdothatvoodoo -- there's a lot of good shit out there ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306166#Comment_306166 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306166#Comment_306166 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:56:18 -0700 Alastair
also i like james taylor....


also, smashing pumpkins (well billy corgan) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306204#Comment_306204 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306204#Comment_306204 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:46:40 -0700 roadscum
Me? My mp3 player is more rectangular than square... ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306243#Comment_306243 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306243#Comment_306243 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:34:02 -0700 celan http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306284#Comment_306284 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306284#Comment_306284 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:50:22 -0700 curb




Surely no true sqaure could write a song like that, could they? EH? EH? They could? Oh. Ok. Sorry. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306304#Comment_306304 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306304#Comment_306304 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:16:48 -0700 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306346#Comment_306346 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306346#Comment_306346 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:01:48 -0700 Internaut
Megadeath.
Any Hair band from the 80s.

Oh, and fucking Incubus. Loved Science, even Make Yourself and to an extent Morning View, but since they got rid of their original bass player (circa A Crow Left of the Murder) it's been one step towards throw away surfer bro-rock after the other.

Edited because i started ranting about music i hate, rather than, well, staying on topic. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306380#Comment_306380 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306380#Comment_306380 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:33:57 -0700 Mercer Finn
(and I love them for it) ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306424#Comment_306424 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306424#Comment_306424 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:46:46 -0700 sellmeyoursoul aren't square. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306427#Comment_306427 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306427#Comment_306427 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:15:09 -0700 roadscum
Death Cab for Cutie!

]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306431#Comment_306431 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306431#Comment_306431 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:25:08 -0700 William Joseph Dunn never relevant and never contributed anything thing to the musical landscape. Led Zeppelin, The Stones or Pink Floyd might seem lame now, but when they came out, they were anything but square. They might have produced bad shit towards the end of their run, but there are very few bands that stay cool all the way to the end.

Also I think a band is square when they are not self aware in some way. DEVO knew they were a joke from the get go, so it's hard to label them square. Now whether you think the joke is funny or not is another story. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306435#Comment_306435 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306435#Comment_306435 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:57:37 -0700 keyofsilence
NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERD! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306677#Comment_306677 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306677#Comment_306677 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:00:16 -0700 Mercer Finn
Have never seen that video! WOW ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306711#Comment_306711 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306711#Comment_306711 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:34:45 -0700 Val A Lindsay II
]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306712#Comment_306712 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10140&Focus=306712#Comment_306712 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:38:09 -0700 Val A Lindsay II


Then some assclown comes along and does this...



I mean, really? REALLY????? ]]>