Great Band, No Personality

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I never really hated the Stereophonics. Some songs were OK. (noever motivated enough to buy them, and I could quite happily shoot real guns at bluddy "you can have it all in your life and pay for it the rest of your life" r whatever it's called.

But when they got interviewed, particularly on radio, there was no way I could stay listening for any time at all. Mind wanders. Sleeps. Begod. The old Melody Maker gave out a free CD with music and interview, and I had to chuck it out for the wellbeing of other road users...

So, who would you consider a great band? without any noticeable personality offstage/offmusic?

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 29 April 2004 14:55 (twenty-two years ago)

It's somewhat amazing that Coldplay have gotten as big as they have despite being such boring people.

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 29 April 2004 15:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Replace "despite" with "because of."

― NA (Nick A.), Thursday, 29 April 2004 15:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Television â€

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 29 April 2004 15:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Any indie band since 1995, really. Even The Darkness seem to be more like estate agents than rock stars. Obviously not every indie band since 1995 is 'great' though.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 29 April 2004 16:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Why do you say Television? I've never read interviews with them or anything, but their lyrics are full of character!

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Verlaine's lyrics may have character (and yes, they do), but as personalities go, the band just aren't very dynamic in that capacity (I mean, Guns'n'Roses they're not!)

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Television *had* personalities. It's just unfortunate that their personalities (OK, Tom Verlaine's really) was that of "Asshole".

― Super-Kate (kate), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

queens of the stoneage

― Andrzej B. (Andrzej B.), Friday, 30 April 2004 03:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Teenage Fuckin' Fanclub

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 30 April 2004 03:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Snout.

They Might Be Giants.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 30 April 2004 03:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Blur.

No Graham, speaking in a uniquely Colchester accent and fidgeting heaps doesn't automatically make you interesting. No Alex, your looks don't qualify you as Mr Fun-to-Be-With 1994-2003. No Damon, I don't care how hard you've worked to cultivate a north London accent, you do not ooze sophistication.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 30 April 2004 03:47 (twenty-two years ago)

the Feelies

― otto, Friday, 30 April 2004 03:56 (twenty-two years ago)

A little perspective/counterpoint. Think of all the terrific, larger-than-life-folks (you probably know a couple) who wanna wanna wanna be great artists but have never produced anything with a whit of personality.

So how much does the question matter, either way?

― Dock Miles (Dock Miles), Friday, 30 April 2004 11:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Let's Active. Kate right OTM about Television

― Mr Mime (Andrew Thames), Friday, 30 April 2004 12:07 (twenty-two years ago)

I think Queens of the Stone Age had piles of personality....or at least until they sacked Nick.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 April 2004 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

the guy with the personality in Television got kicked out (i.e. Richard Hell).

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 30 April 2004 14:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Autechre, Squarepusher, Pan Sonic and pretty much all electronica bands(Tigerbeat excepted)

― don (don), Friday, 30 April 2004 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Autechre, Squarepusher, Pan Sonic and pretty much all electronica bands (Tigerbeat excepted)

not in my experience

― nick.K (nick.K), Friday, 30 April 2004 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)

The Pretty Things seem to fit. The camera lense was not kind to them (Or, were they not kind to the camera lense) and they were not very charismatic in a make-the-headlines-kind-of-way, but they made music as good as Beatles, Stones, Small Faces, Love, Zombies, etc.

― Justin Farrar (Justin Farrar), Friday, 30 April 2004 15:25 (twenty-two years ago)

he guy with the personality in Television got kicked out (i.e. Richard Hell).

OTM!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 April 2004 19:35 (twenty-two years ago)

The Cure.

***ducks***

― ddb, Friday, 30 April 2004 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)

The Feelies seconded

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 30 April 2004 19:56 (twenty-two years ago)

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