The Smiths. Dull name and hated Morrissey’s voice as a kid. Probably my favourite band.
KMFDM - I get it now
FLØRE - super cringe and lacking depth, but I still love it 😊Iron Maiden, I somehow thought it was just the soundtrack for the movie Iron Man.
Turns out it’s one of my favourite bands.
Daft Punk, I thought I hated it because “One more time” played so many times on the radio and literally everywhere back in the days, that I developed hate for it, but turns out their songs are actually good, specially Random Access Memories.
There’s also the opposite, songs I used to like but because playlists repetition I started to hate, like Cranberries’ Zombie, What’s Up, Lennon’s Imagine, AC/DC’s Thunderstorm, Radiohead’s Creep and some of Rammstein’s music.
Slade!
First time I heard Primus I could not understand what TF Les Claypool’s voice was all about. But they ended up shredding and had one of the finest drummers to ever sit at a kit.
Bloodywood. I mean I was not expecting to hate them or anything but a guy at work mentioned them and I found a random thing on youtube and im like. This is not bad. Im a sucker for instruments though outside of the standard trio.
Muse
Opeth
Karnivool
Pink Pony Club. WTF, why is it good? It’s good. Also Whole Lotta Rosie by AC/DC is such a banger.
Some bands have won me over with their live shows, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness and Bright Light Social Hour and Lord Huron are like that, I didn’t “get” them until I saw them live in smaller venues.
Agree on Pink Pony Club, a lot of her songs took me a few listens before I became a fan.
Anything Hyperpop. I used to make fun of 100 gecs but now I unironically listen to that kind of music for its innovation and boldness.
Babymetal
I avoided them for quite a while because I’m not a fan of Jpop and the fusion with metal did not sound like a good mix. I eventually listened to Kingslayer, and my attitude on them a hard 180 before the song was over. They have done quite a few great collabs, but their one with Electric Callboy is just chef’s kiss.
Underoath. I was balls deep into deathcore and death metal when Underoath had their run. They were pretty lame at first. The whiny vocals didn’t do it for me at all which is crazy considering I usually like singing vocals. Then I saw them live and was blown away.
I had the opposite effect with Trivium. This was during their Shogun cycle. Saw them live for the first time and they were horrible. No bass, thin ineligible guitars. Matt missed notes left and right. The Crusade didn’t click at all and Shogun had a couple good songs. I came to the conclusion they peaked at Ascendancy and stopped caring from that point on.
Alpha wolf. Silly name. Lovely music.
Bilmuri - ex lead singer from AttackAttack!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD9UdaXcV5g
I had no idea the itch that alt-country-rock-metal-panflute-sax would scratch, and I hope he continues to never spend a dime on music videos.
Electric Callboy. I’m generally not fond of metalcore, but their songs are very catchy.
Not really a band, more like a genre? Presentation process?
Broadway musicals.
About 7 years ago thing finally lined up so i could take my wife to NYC. She has never been. She fell in love with the plsce and we went to go see Hamilton and holy fuck all i listen to now is musicals…
Those people perform at such a high level. And they do it every night without missing. I can’t wrap my head around it.
Omg, yes. It amazes me how they do it, and some time they will have two performances a day!
