Cheerios4u98 11003 Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 11 hours ago, Nosferatu said: Funny story, when I was 10 I was a big fan of her music and we had recently gotten a computer. My mum told me about this software called Kazaa and taught me how to download songs using it (we haven't downloaded songs illegally for over 13 years as we now know the effects of it). I downloaded music from most of my favourite artists at the time. This included basically anything that was pop punk/pop rock sounding, even as far as Busted. When it came to Avril Lavigne, I tried downloading her song called Naked. When it finally downloaded, I double clicked the file and then I got a nude photo of Avril. It was one of those edited ones where they planted Avril's face onto someone else's body. Had to explain to my mum why that image was on the computer. I didn't check the "mp3" files or "img" files or anything like that. I had no idea what they even were. I thought I was downloading the damn song. Kazaa and Limewire were fun because you never knew for sure if you were going to get what you wanted or if it was actually gonna be porn or a virus or something. Good times. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jigsaw 31 Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 On 12/31/2020 at 9:37 PM, Tom Bot said: Machine Gun Kelly is working with Avril Lavigne. Could be interesting. Very likely to have been working on the collab with Mod Sun called 'Flames'. They've directed music video's for each over and Mod was all other the snippets of making 'Tickets to My Downfall', so MGK may have very well played guitar on that track. As a matter of fact, that looks like Mod Sun holding the camera in the image haha! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jigsaw 31 Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 Seein as this is a 'New Generation' thread, has anybody heard of the band Girlfriends? It's Travis Mills and Nick Gross (Current Goldfinger Drummer) who pretty much decided to form a band around 12 months ago. Some okay songs are fairly decent, 'Stay Awhile' is very Boys Don't Cry/Just Like Heaven, for all you Cure fans out there! Possibly on John Feldmann record label, or he's worked with them at least, he's on their 'California' video. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Bot 3524 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 On 1/13/2021 at 5:41 AM, Ghent said: I'm still listening to Tickets to My Downfall. Probably best non blink pop punk released for over 10 years Nah it's better than anything Blink has released post-Self Titled. At least the lyrics seem consistently genuine and believable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mohammad Wall-E 1432 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, Tom Bot said: Nah it's better than anything Blink has released post-Self Titled. At least the lyrics seem consistently genuine and believable. Nothing about MGK is genuine or believable lol 4 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 11355 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, Diddy Faplord said: Nothing about MGK is genuine or believable lol Yeeeeeah I think this is more about these guys giving up on new music for the last 10 years. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wrath of Margie Whipple 12692 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 5 hours ago, Diddy Faplord said: Nothing about MGK is genuine or believable lol I don't get it either. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_Kyle_ 9568 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 AL and MGK are horrible. jesus people. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jan - Unofficial Moderator 6851 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Tickets to my Downfall was a nice little homage, way better than California or Nine but I'd stop there. I still listen to it time to time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patient #48273 8077 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Yeah, a few songs on the MGK album are fun, but it's nothing amazing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JarJarBlinks 3597 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 21 minutes ago, Gaslit Jan said: Tickets to my Downfall was a nice little homage, way better than California This doesn't compute. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ghent 18200 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 5 hours ago, Kay said: Yeeeeeah I think this is more about these guys giving up on new music for the last 10 years. I've listened to all kinds of new music for the last 10 years, just not pop punk because it's been generally terrible. This MGK album though. whew. genre is back in business 🔥🔥🔥 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
...Dan... 7287 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 48 minutes ago, Ghent said: I've listened to all kinds of new music for the last 10 years, just not pop punk because it's been generally terrible. This MGK album though. whew. genre is back in business 🔥🔥🔥 Shame it took a rapper who can barely play guitar to do it, would have been nice if the pioneers of pop punk could of done it tbh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 11355 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 There's been a lot of pop punk over the years, the mainstream just isn't interested in it. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wrath of Margie Whipple 12692 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 21 minutes ago, Kay said: There's been a lot of pop punk over the years, the mainstream just isn't interested in it. It's been going strong since the 80s ('74 if you count Ramones ... which, I do), mainstream or not. There's been a ton of great pop punk/power pop records in the last decade. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Champ182 4254 Posted January 15 Author Report Share Posted January 15 26 minutes ago, Kay said: There's been a lot of pop punk over the years, the mainstream just isn't interested in it. And it also isn't the same type of super glossy 'pink and black Hot Topic shirt" aesthetic that encompassed trendy pop-punk when a lot of us were growing up in the mid 2000s. Some people only equate pop-punk with that vibe, and that's what MGK has tapped back into as a career move. But it doesn't mean there isn't pop-punk-influenced music out there, or that you have to lean into mid-2000s nostalgia to be pop-punk. Hopefully this thread proves that sometimes. For example here's one to check out that's more in the alt/indie world but clearly has some pop-punk vibes too: (Not trying to shit on MGK with this post, I'm not a fan but to each their own) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ghent 18200 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 50 minutes ago, Kay said: There's been a lot of pop punk over the years, the mainstream just isn't interested in it. Yeah, because it's been embarrassingly bad 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Elisa 3321 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 42 minutes ago, Champ182 said: And it also isn't the same type of super glossy 'pink and black Hot Topic shirt" aesthetic that encompassed trendy pop-punk when a lot of us were growing up in the mid 2000s. Some people only equate pop-punk with that vibe, and that's what MGK has tapped back into as a career move. But it doesn't mean there isn't pop-punk-influenced music out there, or that you have to lean into mid-2000s nostalgia to be pop-punk. Hopefully this thread proves that sometimes. For example here's one to check out that's more in the alt/indie world but clearly has some pop-punk vibes too: (Not trying to shit on MGK with this post, I'm not a fan but to each their own) along these lines, I really like this Tigers Jaw song that came out last week: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 11355 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, Ghent said: Yeah, because it's been embarrassingly bad Really hasn't been, not really sure why you're sticking to this idea. Theres been fucking loads of good stuff. Just because you haven't heard it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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