Merkin
02.14.11 | but aren't all bands pretentious?
and i don't see how you can really judge it just from their music.
controversy city
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Knott-
02.14.11 | coldplay and death cab are pretentious?
rofl |
Basman
02.14.11 | @Merkin maybe, but these are the most pretentious ones in my opinion.
and i don't only judge from the music. |
couldwinarabbit
02.14.11 | how is death cab on here?
Radiohead and the smiths are top runners though (they do have the music to back it up though) |
SloppyMilkshake
02.14.11 | Seeing as the list lacks any prog bands, it's pretty much moot. |
couldwinarabbit
02.14.11 | ya just replace 7 with all prog bands |
Piglet
02.14.11 | where is Dream Theater and Tool and Pain of Salvation and whatever else everyone seems to think is pretentious. |
Basman
02.14.11 | yeah i really should've put some prog bands here, now i think about it.
but Death Cab for Cutie is on here mostly because of Transatlanticism. |
couldwinarabbit
02.14.11 | ...have you heard passenger seat or we looked like giants? It is all my hopes and dreams compressed into an album, it is not pretentious in the slightest |
qwe3
02.14.11 | how were the smiths pretentious. i mean morrissey is but i wouldn't say they were as a band.
also idk radiohead FANS are pretty pretentious but i wouldnt call radiohead that
other than that agree |
qwe3
02.14.11 | oh wait why death cab theyre just a chill indie band man his lyrics are like the opposite of pretentious |
Knott-
02.14.11 | oh come on radiohead are definitely pretentious man |
qwe3
02.14.11 | how |
thebhoy
02.14.11 | I'm afraid you don't quite grasp what pretension is. |
Jethro42
02.14.11 | Prog is #1 in rock genre as we know it. |
MO
02.14.11 | couldn't agree with 3 more, well to a degree mainly for Axel Rose |
Knott-
02.14.11 | radiohead are pretentious because they just announced they're going to release their new album in 5 days' time |
SloppyMilkshake
02.14.11 | Pretentious - Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.
So really, it's hard to call any band pretentious without calling all of them pretentious. Some are just more so than others (King Crimson, Yes, Tool, etc...all of these three I like, by the way). Better applied to individuals, rather than bands. |
couldwinarabbit
02.14.11 | on the day of the grammy's, at an inconvenient time for the media, on v-day. |
Jethro42
02.14.11 | ''...of these three I like, by the way''
That's what's matters. |
Jethro42
02.14.11 | *what |
FishTV
02.14.11 | diden't Beatles state that they were bigger than jesus? |
YoungHeretic
02.14.11 | Fail |
UnnamedOcean
02.14.11 | Radiohead are pretentious, and Thom Yorke is a complete prick, but I still love them. |
05McDonaldT
02.14.11 | do you just type that on every list young heretic, what unnamed ocean said |
Electric City
02.14.11 | mew? really? |
foreverendeared
02.14.11 | Yeah I don't see Mew as pretentious, not that it really matters. |
Nagrarok
02.14.11 | http://www.cracked.com/funny-2359-progressive-rock/
That is all. |
mfp
02.15.11 | no arcade fire? |
demigod!
02.15.11 | What. No Sigur Ros, Godspeed, or Tool?
and I didnt think GNR, Coldplay or Mew were that pretentious. |
Josh D.
02.15.11 | The word pretentious is pretentious, asshole. |
geng
02.15.11 | I don't really see how Oasis are pretentious, they're massively proud of their working class roots and fanbase. The Gallaghers are a pair of twats though. |
psykonaut
02.15.11 | this list is dildos |
Curse.
02.15.11 | The concept album is a staple of progressive rock. Examples range from Pink Floyd's Animals (about the evils of capitalism) to Rush's 2112 (about the virtues of capitalism), and Uriah Heep's Demons and Wizards (elves and shit).
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Romulus
02.15.11 | death cab could be pretentious i guess but it's more just being really fucking annoying |
zarquan99
02.15.11 | missed btbam |
jamiecoughlan
02.16.11 | Definitions of Pretentious
1. Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified.
2. Making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious.
Most of these bands are quite good and so don't qualify as pretentious for me as they have a right to
claim they rock basically because they rock. I think bands such as Creed, Papa Roach, Nickelback and
such are pretentious because they are shit and think they're awesome. And they are musically
melodramatic. |
FatChickIrl
02.16.11 | how
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Ire
02.16.11 | woh |
gabethepiratesquid
02.16.11 | The day Sputnik got unanimously trolled. |
TheSpirit
02.16.11 | Opeth fans are pretty pretentious although i'm sure they'd beg to differ |
Ire
02.17.11 | yah but dude adtr |
Comatorium.
02.17.11 | dream theater. |
Ire
02.17.11 | dream thc eater |
Satellite
02.17.11 | learn what pretension is before you make claims like this you fucking jizzjar |
Comatorium.
02.17.11 | well thats not dickish or anything |
Ire
02.17.11 | idk wat pretesnins is i just like btbam and stuff d uder idk |
TheSpirit
02.17.11 | Ire makes jests about ADTR but forgets his first few years here were spent masturbating to syngates and the solo in bat country |
sublimefan1991
02.17.11 | how exactly are coldplay or oasis pretentious? especailly oasis, the fuck makes them your #1 most pretentious band of all time? their first 2 albums are amazing. |
Satellite
02.17.11 | sublimefan1991 would rather have a 3-way with his parents than read this bullshit |
Ire
02.17.11 | that is a pree good solo brah |
Ire
02.17.11 | queef cuntry |
ShadowRemains
02.17.11 | sublimefan1991 would rather have a 3-way with his parents than read this bullshit [2]
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TheSpirit
02.17.11 | that actually is a good solo
ire, be mine again? |
Ire
02.17.11 | okay |
AnotherBrick
02.17.11 | Anybody who calls a band pretentious is a fucking retard |
Srangerthanficti0n
02.24.11 | new escape the fate (craig mabbit) is the most pretentious twat/band ever imo |
Remer17
02.24.11 | It's pretentious to be good. |
WashboardSuds
02.24.11 | billy corgan |
AliW1993
02.24.11 | Sufjan Stevens |
Aids
02.24.11 | no Muse.......................wtf
easily the most pretentious band in existence. some of the bands you listed aren't even pretentious at all... |
Aids
02.24.11 | *does a ctrl+f for "muse" on this page -- 1 found*
what the fuck? how has no one else mentioned them yet? |
omnipanzer
02.24.11 | 4, 5 and 10 huh? |
bobosucks
02.24.11 | this list is dildos [2] |
DocSportello
02.24.11 | TOOL |
Aids
02.24.11 | 4 5 7 9 10 huh? |
omnipanzer
02.24.11 | Pretentious list is Pretentious. |
North0House
02.24.11 | Lol, I'm pretty sure quite a few of the bands on here are not pretentious. |
InjunJoe
03.16.11 | Chris Cornell has enough pretentiousness for 5 bands. BTW Kim Thayil can be pretentious if wants cos hes the coolest looking human being ever. |
SteelErectedb4you8er
03.16.11 | Pretentious goes so much further than these bands, Pretentious starts with the fan base more than the bands themselves. People think they are so cool when they find a band that no one knows, and then when they get big, they dog on them. |
NightmareCinema16
10.02.12 | I'd think ELP would be somewhere up there. Idk, maybe there just overindulgent. |
ThunderNeutral21
10.02.12 | the fact that you dont have flaming lips on here is pretty hysterical |
Emim
10.02.12 | circle takes a shit |
LifeAsAChipmunk
10.02.12 | I don't see how the smiths are pretentious. |
MO
10.02.12 | olol mim |
peaks40
10.02.12 | @steelerectedb4you8er agreed. |
JohnnyoftheWell
10.02.12 | TOOL!!!!!
And Circle Takes the Square, even tho they rule |
peaks40
10.02.12 | ''Radiohead and the smiths are top runners though (they do have the music to back it up though)'' yeah for sure, i like U2 a lot but pretentious might be an understatement |
Calc
10.02.12 | La Dispute should be here, the dude couldn't sound more pretentious when he "sings" |
DarkSideOfLucca
10.02.12 | 6 can be pretentious but goddamn do I love them.
Tool is another one...and they're my second or third favorite band ever...probably third. Meshuggah and Neurosis < 3 |
ViralOblivion
10.02.12 | you forgot circle takes the square but i love them haha |
peaks40
10.02.12 | 6 is my fav band, i dnt care how big they are or ever will be |
Ecnalzen
10.02.12 | U2 could probably be number 1. I sure do hate me some Bono. |
ChuckyTruant
10.02.12 | Shai Hulud are incredibly pretentious. Even though they are great |
ViralOblivion
10.02.12 | its more of just Bono being pretentious |
peaks40
10.02.12 | i think bono is the one who makes them pretentious, i mean larry mullen, adam clayton, and the edge are pretty cool and respectively competent |
Ecnalzen
10.02.12 | It's probably a 99% Bono to 1% everybody else ratio with a 1% margin of error. |
peaks40
10.02.12 | LOL |