What band line-ups fit the following template?

- nice person
- sneery horrible person
- corny but basically okay person
- complete tool

blur.

for blur :
-drummer
-bassist
-guitarist
-singer
?

yeah I hadn't quite worked out which way round Damon and Alex sit but that'll do.

Thing is it seems the guitarist was/is also quite nasty !
But I don't know this band enough to tell...

I'd be inclined to swap Coxon and James.

Ramones
Joey
Dee Dee
Tommy
Johnny

I think original-lineup XTC might have somewhat fit this, lol

I would have said the Stones mk1 but they were 5 :
- Charlie
- Brian
-Keith
-Mick
+something else for Bill

Isn't Blur more 2 sneery horrible people and 2 complete tools?

The real question might be : which band did NickB have in mind when starting this thread !

But it's funny that my first thought was also Blur...

I want to say The Housemartins, but Hugh and that axe disqualifies them.

Stan
Paul
Hugh
Norman

was one of Bloc Party sneery and horrible coz

george
john
ringo
paul

Walsh
Henley
Schmidt
Frey

I would have said the Stones mk1 but they were 5 :
- Charlie
- Brian
-Keith
-Mick
+something else for Bill

Brian was the complete tool though.

Berry
Buck
Mills
Stipe

innocent - nice person
cynic - sneery horrible person
slut - corny but basically okay person
sophisticated center - complete tool

Pat Smear
Kurt Cobain
Krist Novoselic
Dave Grohl

Iommi
Bill Ward
Geezer
Ozzy

?idk

Bill Ward is not a sneery horrible person tbf

Larry Whatever
Adam Clayton
The Edge
Bono

That's why I said idk, although leaving him out can't just have been because Sharon said so xp

eheh. U2 is a good one.

You are a million x Rong re: Housemartins

a lot of inappropriate pegging itt already

- john entwistle
- peter townshend
- roger daltrey
- keith moon

I don't actually think Adam Clayton is a sneery horrible person, but there was nowhere else to put him.

- glen matlock
- johnny rotten
- paul cook
- steve jones

I don't actually think Adam Clayton is a sneery horrible person, but there was nowhere else to put him.

― Romeo Daltrey (Tom D.), Wednesday, April 20, 2016 10:33 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

may i remind you that this exercise is not 'fit every 4-piece band you know into this contrived template'

Looks like that's exactly what it is.

more rigour, everyone

Krieger
Manzarek
Densmore
Jimbo

someone else can do RHCP

- Sterling
- Cale
- Mo
- Lou

Nikki
Mick
Tommy
Vince

Flea
Frusciante
Smith
Kiedis

I dunno. That kinda doesn't work. I fucked that up.

Morris
Hooky
Barney
Curtis

i can't think of a sneery horrible person in Metallica that's not Lars. but Lars is also the complete tool.

george
john
ringo
paul

The correct order is:

Paul
John
George
Ringo

?
Noel
?
Liam

i can't think of a sneery horrible person in Metallica that's not Lars. but Lars is also the complete tool.

― charlie h,

I think the closest is:

Rob
James
Kirk
Lars

James isn't really sneery, but I think he can probably be horrible.

yep, that's as close as it's gonna get. Rob can be substituted for Cliff or Jason as well.

Mason
Waters
Wright
Gilmour

Hmmm...

Wright
Gilmour
Mason
Waters

Wright
Waters
Gilmour
Mason (countryside alliance supporter)

Lee
Kim
Steve
Thurston

Jonesy
Page
Bonzo
Plant

Betty
Reggie
Jughead
Archie

feel like "sneery" is the stumbling block here; maybe come up with an alternative descriptor for yank bands

i can't think of a sneery horrible person in Metallica that's not Lars. but Lars is also the complete tool.

― charlie h, Wednesday, April 20, 2016 11:26 AM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

They don't sneer? Even the horrible ones? (xp)

yeah idk I feel like sneering isn't really a thing in the US, not sure why that is as I'd really like to see it more often... too many people in sunglasses?

Snotty then?

feel like horrible famous entertainers in America are more likely to be earnest planet-saving types (complete tools), or insecure short-tempered goons (??)

Lou Reed could sneer, I'll give him that... & Kid Rock possibly? though I'd be inclined to view the latter as "corny but basically okay"

Zappa was surely King Sneery though.

xp mentioning Kid Rock has made me realize that perhaps our closest cultural equivalent is the jackass? horrible person, can manage a passable sneer when the need arises, but is generally too busy braying

Mike
Micky
Peter
Davy

I'd say Mike was far more horrible and sneery than Micky.

like my feelings aren't hurt or anything but i can't believe Nirvana didn't elicit a single "spot on" or whatever. Smear's hired-gun status in the band aside, i think it fits *perfectly*.

not sure Kurt Cobain is widely thought of as a horrible person

I reckon Cobain was probably quite nice basically.

Johnny Marr
Morrissey
Andy Rourke/Mike Joyce
Morrissey

xpost And you may think Grohl is a tool from a musical standpoint (which, fair enough) but by most accounts he's a well-liked dude.

There was that whole AIDS-denial thing...

- glen matlock jonesy
- johnny rotten
- paul cook
- steve jones sid

I think its pretty obvious who is who here

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C0RRUlfIXm4/hqdefault.jpg

I dunno, I see five tools inside that box.

Izzy/Adler
Axl
Duff
Slash

Cheap Trick

Tom
Rick
Robin
Bun E

A more interesting thread would be what band was comprised entirely of nice people.

Would be a short thread.

well fair enough on Kurt, I guess.
but congrats, this thread, for being the only place on planet Music Snob where Dave Grohl is not considered a massive tool!

Killfile seems to be working then