Bands everyone loves but you hate

Piotr Sargnagel · Post by **Piotr Sargnagel** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:32 pm

Oh yeah, I agree! The music is great but they are definitely a band I really have to be in the mood for otherwise no way!

J.K. · Post by **J.K.** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:34 am

I can't say I hate the band cause I only know this album + a couple of songs of the first, but seriously this sound more mainstream and "gay" than the majority of later Glam Metal bands. This is barely Metal to me. Overdose of happiness, cheesy refrains and cheap synthetisers ruin everything for me.

AM I ALONE ?

Piotr Sargnagel · Post by **Piotr Sargnagel** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:39 am

NO YOU'RE NOT! Very boring to my ears.

Herkus Monte · Post by **Herkus Monte** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:58 am

I have heard only their debut. The A side is totally great (even if chesy and commercial), the other side is totally ulistenable.

Bearer of the Black Sword · Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:17 pm

*first post* hehe

Accept. Really don't see anything at them.

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:16 am

J.K. wrote:

I can't say I hate the band cause I only know this album + a couple of songs of the first, but seriously this sound more mainstream and "gay" than the majority of later Glam Metal bands. This is barely Metal to me. Overdose of happiness, cheesy refrains and cheap synthetisers ruin everything for me.

AM I ALONE ?

No, I've bashed this band countless times here when they are mentioned.

ZERO BALLS.

MEXDefenderOfSteel · Post by **MEXDefenderOfSteel** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:54 am

Avenger wrote:
J.K. wrote:

I can't say I hate the band cause I only know this album + a couple of songs of the first, but seriously this sound more mainstream and "gay" than the majority of later Glam Metal bands. This is barely Metal to me. Overdose of happiness, cheesy refrains and cheap synthetisers ruin everything for me.

AM I ALONE ?
No, I've bashed this band countless times here when they are mentioned.

ZERO BALLS.

DEMON IS GREAT!!!!!

and im pretty sure you both like other things with much less balls and way more mainstream than Demon...plus the lyrics on The Unexpected Guest are great, better than 95% of modern black metal bands(and not so modern ha...)

J.K. · Post by **J.K.** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:22 pm

MEXDefenderOfSteel wrote:plus the lyrics on The Unexpected Guest are great, better than 95% of modern black metal bands(and not so modern ha...)

Such statement doesn't seem honest in your mouth, I wonder why

Dokken_Uwe · Post by **Dokken_Uwe** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:40 pm

I've only got the "Night of the demon" LP and like it for 75%.
There are some great songs on it and some weak.

Herkus Monte wrote: The A side is totally great (even if chesy and commercial), the other side is totally ulistenable.

I would not say "unlistenable", but quite boring and sometimes weak, except "Fool to play the hard way", this one has got a nice Southern Rock feeling.

I need to listen to their later records in order to get a better overview of their work.

Sgt. Kuntz · Post by **Sgt. Kuntz** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:00 pm

Well, if one can't stand hardrock at all, then DEMON is probably the wrong band. But for me the first two albums are classics with their own style, atmosphere, catchy as hell and a terrific singer. The only DEMON album i don't like at all is "Spaced Out Monkey". Rap vocals and synthesisers are bad enough on their own, but together on one record, oh dear...

MEXDefenderOfSteel · Post by **MEXDefenderOfSteel** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:24 pm

Sgt. Kuntz wrote:Well, if one can't stand hardrock at all, then DEMON is probably the wrong band. But for me the first two albums are classics with their own style, atmosphere, catchy as hell and a terrific singer.

thats why you are my friend Peter

plus Dave still sounds amazing live,not like many others still around...

mega_lodon · Post by **mega_lodon** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 2:23 am

Demon is a great band. Singer Dave Hill has a charismatic voice that you don't find in most Metal bands. "Unexpected guest" is my fave Demon album ("Taking the world by storm" comes a close second).

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:17 am

Sgt. Kuntz wrote:Rap vocals and synthesisers are bad enough on their own, but together on one record, oh dear...

That made me laugh uncontrollably.

Now, do I not only dislike this bands early work but I'm never going to listen to that album either.

bigfootkit · Post by **bigfootkit** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:01 pm

There's something very intriguing about Demon's 1983 album "The Plague".
By that time they were more of a Prog band than Hard Rock/Metal, but that record has a really dark atmosphere and some excellent lyrics.
They were label mates of Discharge at the time on Clay Records, i wonder if they ever toured or jammed together?

Lama · Post by **Lama** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:30 pm

bigfootkit wrote:There's something very intriguing about Demon's 1983 album "The Plague".
By that time they were more of a Prog band than Hard Rock/Metal, but that record has a really dark atmosphere and some excellent lyrics.
They were label mates of Discharge at the time on Clay Records, i wonder if they ever toured or jammed together?

Well, they've shared a few members (Les Hunt, Nick Bushell and Steve Brookes).

Not the biggest Demon-fan (yet), but that gig last year on KIT was amazing. Great atmosphere, and sometimes I had the feeling that just everyone in the venue was singing along.