Wolfmother

[hirdy_is_champ]

I don't understand how they went from being loved to hated. People hate Jet but at least we hated them after they released their second album (as its crap) . With wolfmother everyone already hates them and they haven't even released a second album. Its almost as though when the "Currentness" (sorry if I don't make sense) of their songs wore off everyone just started to hate them. I don't or never really have given a s#1t about them but I'm still confused why their hated all of a sudden.
Any reasons?

 

[Underdog]

people offended by their "classic" sound as it doesn't remotely explore anything new.

The silly think is, is that there are tons of bands who are considered credible who are exactly the same - The Living End for one

I don't mind them as they are pretty decent at what they do. I've got their debut and will buy their albums.

Their live show could do with a fair bit of improvement though

 

[bunsen burner]

Living End credible? Not to my knowledge. Old school rockabilly copied from Brian Setzer and The Stray Cats and dressed up as new punk.

 

[TheMightyPies]

i dont mind wolfmother, ive got there debut too.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Dont like their Plagurised...oh i mean inspired sound
Average as hell, over-rated, ****ing hate that classic rock sound, at-least living end had some good punk rock tunes over the years, wolfmother have produced 0 memorable songs.

 

[mr_cellotape]

I don't see the Wolfmother hate being a sudden or recent thing. I personally hated them ever since I first heard Minds Eye on JJJ, and know many people who felt the same way. I'm still amazed that they had the success that they had. At least with Jet, Are You Gunna Be My Girl was a half-decent song, and their whole first album was okay. A combination of too much radio play and a horrible second album caused the hate for them.

 

[P.A.F.C]

I hated them before it was cool to

 

[w00dy]

i don't mind the mother... never thought they were as good as their reputation insinuates, however they're still a good band...

jet i'm not a fan of, apart from are you gonna be my girl which is a complete rip off, they haven't done a whole lot for me...

 

[Upgrayedd]

I hated them before it was cool to

Same, i saw them live and i thought they looked like dicks wearing stupid vests.

 

[P.A.F.C]

There are cool bands that wear vests but I can't think of who they are at the moment.

 

[jimmy.h]

Don't mid them (wouldn't say I hate them). Saw them live and they were passable.

Hated Jet from day 1 and seeing them live was one of the most excruciating 45 minutes of my life.

I'd say the Wolfmother hate is based on the fact that their music completely lack originality, they come across as "try hards" (their trash the stage routine at the ARIAs was cringe worthy) and the fact they're not actually that talented. If they were from any other country in the world I doubt many Aussies would have too much time for them.

 

[Schism]

Dunno about hated, but there are bands that do what Wolfmother do, but 100x better. The Sword being the best example.

 

[wally funk]

i think really, people only hate them because they were overplayed on radio and on tv commercials and such. both jet's and wolfmother's first albums are still grouse for me. have expectations that wolfmother's second album will rock out as well.

 

[AndSmithMustScore]

Led Zeppelin wannabes.

 

[finrod]

I have their debut album, and I have mixed feelings about it. The songs are powerful when you first hear them, but yes, some are derivative and I don't play the record a lot. But I think a couple of Wolfmother's songs are very original - particularly "Pyramid" and "Tales from the forest of gnomes".

 

[Underdog]

Hated Jet from day 1 and seeing them live was one of the most excruciating 45 minutes of my life.

Indeed...they are a disgraceful live band

 

[Underdog]

I'd say the Wolfmother hate is based on the fact that their music completely lack originality, they come across as "try hards" (their trash the stage routine at the ARIAs was cringe worthy) and the fact they're not actually that talented. If they were from any other country in the world I doubt many Aussies would have too much time for them.

I wouldn't say they are any less original or talented then artists like The Black Keys, The D4, The Datsuns, The Hives, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club etc

All similar style, lack originality and are quite popular

As I said, I couldn't care less if a band was original or not as long as I felt they wrote some decent tunes as I do with Wolfmother. The "originality" theme is essentially just another vulnerability that people who don't dig their music can use to attack them which is fair enough. Plenty of the more original artists like Mike Patton, Mars Volta etc cop it for the opposite reasons

 

[PHX]

Didnt mind the EP, Didnt mind the album.

But it just sits on the shelf alot now and comes out now and then.

There is so much worse out there.

See Hinder, Nickelback, Alter Bridge and Creed.

 

[CURVE]

I never rated Wolfmother highly, but I do like them and have their EP and Album. Outside of "Tales From The Forrest of Gnomes", which is I song I really enjoy, I don't think I've heard any others for at least 6 months.

As for Jet. This is one band that should have crashed and burned after it's first single. Awful.

 

[patsmith]

Not a massive fan, but I'd rather have a Led Zep cover band in the Top 10 than Pink, Hinder etc.

 

[BomberGal]

Living End credible? Not to my knowledge. Old school rockabilly copied from Brian Setzer and The Stray Cats and dressed up as new punk.

Living End >>>> Wolfmother


I never 'loved' Wolfmother to start with...they pissed me off from the very first moment I saw a clip of theirs on Rage months before it started being played everywhere.

 

[jordanrobbo3]

There are cool bands that wear vests but I can't think of who they are at the moment.

Scott Weiland wears a vest, and he is the coolest mother fu**er on the planet.

I was excited for Wolfmother's debut album and played it religiously when i first got it, but i haven't played/heard one of their songs for at least six months.

Like others have said, there's worse bands around...at least the mother are trying to bring rock n roll back.

 

[retroparty]

I don't understand how they went from being loved to hated. People hate Jet but at least we hated them after they released their second album (as its crap) . With wolfmother everyone already hates them and they haven't even released a second album. Its almost as though when the "Currentness" (sorry if I don't make sense) of their songs wore off everyone just started to hate them. I don't or never really have given a s#1t about them but I'm still confused why their hated all of a sudden.
Any reasons?

I love Wolfmother and Jet.

 

[ChrisL#12]

I don't see the Wolfmother hate being a sudden or recent thing. I personally hated them ever since I first heard Minds Eye on JJJ, and know many people who felt the same way. I'm still amazed that they had the success that they had. At least with Jet, Are You Gunna Be My Girl was a half-decent song, and their whole first album was okay. A combination of too much radio play and a horrible second album caused the hate for them.

At least Wolfmother hasn't blatantly ripped anyone off, just used the classic rock model. If you hadn't noticed, Are You Gonna Be My Girl is a complete plaguarism of Iggy Pop's Lust For Life...

 

[Underdog]

At least Wolfmother hasn't blatantly ripped anyone off, just used the classic rock model. If you hadn't noticed, Are You Gonna Be My Girl is a complete plaguarism of Iggy Pop's Lust For Life...

Don't lie.

I'm no Jet fan but all it does is borrow a riff. The songs sound totally different