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Evanescence? Seriously?

Just got here, and I kinda expected a little more. If I felt like getting the low-down on corporate, manufactured, tweener music, I'd turn on MTV.
Please, Gawker/Idolator, don't let this be how you start out. Being a regular visitor to Gizmodo, Kotaku and Deadspin, I would think you could do so much better than reviewing bands such as Evanescence. How about covering some underground names/groups, or up-and-comers?
I'll even help you start: check out the Figuers, Outputmessage, DangerMouse (before Gnarls Barkley), J Dilla, Guilty Simpson, and anyone on Ghostly International. All very worthwhile, and all people/groups who you WONT find on MTV or VH1... because lets face it, who ISNT sick of lyrically boring, garbage music made for suburban middle schoolers? I know I am.

Hey Idolator-

I'm a snobby white hipster who wouldn't be caught dead listening to Evanescence myself, and I say: you keep right on reviewing Evanescence albums. How the hell else am I going to learn about them? Folks like me need to learn at least a little bit about the pop music that's actually, you know, popular.

I think jfruh and Drago are sad because the story reminded them about the time Natalie Merchant left 10,000 Maniacs and crushed their souls. It's sad really.

But c'mon, how would you have described Evanescence before? I know I went with "you know, the bad metal band with the girl." It seems that description pretty much still holds true.

hey jfruh... blow me. No self-respecting music fan would be caught dead with garbage like evanescence.
and maybe i'm the non-conformist of the group, but listening to the same worthless crap as the rest of the country (read: suburbia's pre-teens) doesn't interest me.

in the interest of not further picking fights, i will not be visiting this site again. jfruh, kiss my ass... you can find it at a respectable music blog.

i love how every boring-ass dude's first post on here begins with the assumption that brian & maura are just discovering music. they're in their 30's, not 13, you nitwits.

get over yourselves and your "taste" [which is neither special nor unique and wholly crafted by the blogging/legworks of others, really].

aah overgrown hipster doofus'...my fav

I've got to toss in and agree with jfruh. I like to think of myself as picky about my music (say snob if you will). But I'm always interested in trying new things be they small indie groups, or big corporate rockers. I'll give this album a listen, I probably won't give them money, but I'll give them a listen. Music can be good/entertaining regardless of whether its recorded in some dingy diy studio, or in some sterile corporate office building (or mausoleum as may be the case here).

MTS OTM

Personally I'd also hope that this leads whatever boring-ass dudes out there that read this to discover Projekt. Which, really, they should. (Have I mentioned lately how great Voltaire is or Unto Ashes or Android Lust or...)

oh my god Drago is so cool ... he's the Paulene Kael of the indie rock scene ...
and unless i mis-interpreted the post, the point of it was "hey look what leaked today" not "hey what a great new album" ... $5 says Drago works at Starbucks

I'm just here to learn

Mastodon is on a major. 'Nuff said.

Interesting news about Evanescence becoming the Amy Lee project. Where exactly would a band like this be drawing the line with regard to artistic integrity? Basically, I see this band as Linkin Park with a lady. Finding out that she's going the Trent Reznor route is a little tough to swallow. I guess what worries me here is that - partially due to the fact that the singer is an attractive woman, and partially due to the band's Hot-Topic posturing - Evanescence took a step not towards an NIN level of commitment, but rather more towards becoming a prefabricated pop entity. I guess I'd have to hear the CD, though, which (honestly) I have no intention of doing.

Clashed... I wouldn't work at Starbucks if my life depended on it.

What I was TRYING to say is that, havin perused the various entries on this site, its not anything worth reading for people who actually value quality music. 50 Cent, Paris Hilton, P Diddy, Madonna... none of these people make music for the sake of making music. They make music to make money, and they tarnish the music scene for those of us who actually care about what we listen to. Their beats are tired and weak, their lyrics are unoriginal and uninspiring. How about covering an album that has some awesome guitar or drum solos, or just quality musicianship (something in the vein of Led Zeppelin or Metallica or the Roots)? How about a mention of someone who actually has something original and creative to say (like 2pac or Neil Young)? You can't dance or sing along with indie tunes or emo junk... its just straight up a waste or time.

Idolator: White Suburbia's Guide to Music

*blinks*

She says she wants to play Christine in Phantom, huh? Interesting. I've been saying for YEARS that Amy Lee is Sarah Brightman with a pierced eyebrow.

Evanescence is all well and good, but seriously, what is Puddle of Mud up to lately? or Nickelback? Can we get some news about Linkin Park and Staind?

Idolator: Music Drago hates but can't stop reading about

umm.

i suppose.

i do hope the flameout is worthwhile.

that'll be something at least.

yeah.

BREAKING!: some people like some kinds of music, other people like others! Play nicely, kids.

Drago is depressing. I think he's one of those industry interns who has to float around the Internet to spread hate on bands he doesn't work for. Oh wait, that's called a troll. I'll be more concise next time, promise.

But "seriously", teenage metal is one of the few things that made life tollerable back in the day. I'm sure it's the same now.

Teenage music and metal both make life tolerable, I think. (When the two combine, all can be wonderful -- then again, sometimes you have Limp Bizkit.)

This all wants me to drag my old Tesla albums out.

I have a question; if you make music for the sake of making music, and then someone likes it, so they end up paying you lots of money, and the first time someone hears your music, it's on a big label pretending to be indie, and all the cool kids say "Man, look, they're just another manufactured band making music for the money," then, um, did you really make music for the sake of making music?

Oh, yeah, that's what they call selling out because you're supposed to turn down the cash and live in your roach-infested studio in SOHO.

Or is it East Village now? I'm so unhip.

While I'm hardly an Evanescene fan, it's nice to see any woman making rock music that people might be paying attention to. Have you seen the Billboard charts recently? It's a testosterone desert. I cannot remember that last time there was such a stunning lack of guitars and vaginas in the Top 200.

Jay Mariotti poops in his pants!

Is it just me or does Wind-Up Records disapear for years at a time, only to resurface with a new, mega-selling, unlistenable act? Quick, name a Wind-up act that isn't Evanescene or Creed.

"[W]oman-free rock landscape"? More of this kind of complaint, please. Hells yeah you've got an agenda, and I want to help you storm the boyrock barricades and be a signatory to your pop feminist manifesto.

I swear I'm not kidding.

Anyway, I'm not looking for the folks at Idolator to hip me to the hippest of the hip; I'd prefer it if they said interesting things about interesting things. And Evanescence is definitely 'interesting' -- since the tweeners are scheduled to rise up against us and devour us whole with a side order of new potatoes, I think we should investigate what kind of music they're into, if only for safety's sake. Plus Evanescence are OK, I think. I've only heard it a couple times, but I like "Sober" and admire its prettiness and sourness. If we're lucky, she'll be the Dorothea Brooke of rock chicks before she's 30.

Good call, indie kid. Popular DOES equal bad.

Idolator, you savvy sons of bitches! You have a comment quota you have to reach every week, don't you? This certainly brought things back to life. (now imagine Amy Lee singing it)

Evanescence pisses me off something fierce because once they came out anyone that got in the car with me when I was playing Lacuna Coil they would say to me "Oh these guys totally just ripped off Evanescence." and then I'd have to savagly bludgeon them and leave them by the side of the road. Lost many good friends that way.

Seriously anything Evanescence has done, Lacuna Coil can or probably already already has done better.

You want to hear who should really be in Phantom of the Opera? Check out Nightwish's "Century Child" 2002 album.

At this rate we'll be talking about Rhapsody...

irregardless of particular bands, since when do people not being aware of Band A make it Band B's fault

Didn't they change their name to Rhapsody of Fire? I agree with the mention of 'Century Child.'

Let's also throw Sonata Arctica into the mix.

Oh man, what have you guys been doing since Pitchfork stopping running their mailbag?

Anyway, Hinder. They're great because you can pronounce them HIGHNDER. Like, a butt. You know.

Also: woo Evanescence! (Although boo less batshit modern-rocky!)

I find it quite intriguing the quantity of comments on here that say they wouldn't listen to "angsty middle schooler music", and then go on to whine like angsty middle schoolers. Let's face it, music is like women. Not all types are ever going to appeal to all people.
For the record, I'm a 22 year old middle class white male that many would agree has a good taste in music. I listen to Evanescence right along with No Doubt, Manson, and Ani DiFranco. I feel that if you can't listen to at least all four of those and appreciate them all, then you've got to broaden your musical tastes.

.....It was nice that a band like Evanescense could get signed, but honestly. It's Queensryche with a female singer, only with less great guitar. The solo release is a mistake. Amy's not what really drives that band...

I always thought Evanessence sounded like they should be making soundtracks for movies like Top Gun.

Hahaha... they should do a cover of Highway to the Danger Zone, christy... it'd be awesome.

"No self-respecting music fan would be caught dead with garbage like evanescence.
and maybe i'm the non-conformist of the group, but listening to the same worthless crap as the rest of the country (read: suburbia's pre-teens) doesn't interest me."

God, I hate hipster bullshit.

I'm sorry, I must have wandered into a Stereogum comment thread by accident.

sometimes I wonder if anti-popular music people realize that when the bands they like become popular they will then have to abandon them. And choose to not like them anymore. Also can someone please explain to me what a "self respecting music fan" is! I totally agree with celtickuja, Besides if rap is music anything is music, down to me whistling f***ing dixie.