I fully agree with robyn.

There is an invisible pressure to support all New Zealand music saying its really good when maybe we are blinded by our own 'Made in NZ' stance. We are being too kinds to bands that aren't great, maybe mediocre as best but I guess you have to. Deep down you want any NZ band to do well, and take the world by storm so therefore praising stuff that normally you wouldn't buy. You can't find music like this anywhere else in the world, and maybe its that same reason why the rest of the world doesn't like it. When was the last time you brought an indian album?

I heard some NZ stuff that I would say in my opinion is crap, but I wouldn't go on and tell the whole world about it. Its cool that the NZ music got through to my ears in the first place.

//I was writing really horrible lyrics, but I didn't realise it, I'd want to know.

eg
Come inside take off your coat, I make you feel home
Now lets pour glass of wine cause now we're all alone...

*Someone sing the rest of this song please*

hdu - a bad band?
wtf
if hdu are crap then how would you describe The Have, Rubicon, Betchapuda, or even the D4

Yee gads who knows what this guy considers good

Oooohhh - burn rdor

:)

//Yee gads who knows what this guy considers good

He said he liked his music "hard" like death metal.

// they obviously have talent if so many people have there cd's and fast times in tahoe was such a massive song, plsu they are on the universal Label
They can play instruments... that is talent. But they write such godawful songs as Fast Times In Tahoe with a nasal fake American accent (even the video looks like a Sugar Ray vid.) But, the first line of Nirvana made me chuckle.
And being on Universal is not the sign of a good artist.

// and rubicon are on wildside.
Wildside have had some stinkers, man. You seem to be under the impression that crap bands don't get signed. Look around. Crap bands are signed all over the place.

//you just gotta dig a little deeper
Not everyones a miner, buts that's where the gems are.

sorry to state the blatanly obvious, but this site is a great place for finding the hidden gems

//You have newbie issues.
limegreen is right on the money, as usual.

//MOST NZ MUSIC SUCKS
lena o, if you want to be taken seriously, show a bit of perspective.

//take hdu as an eg- what utter shite
Your taste in music doesn't appear to have any depth or breadth. So far you have made rude comments about Tadpole, The Feelers, Salmonella Dub, Tool and now HDU. How about you just fuck off until you can open you mouth without spouting so much noxious shit, eh?

I'm really glad I didn't bother with the 'good fairy' post because you would've beaten me to it.

Every now and then I think it's good to vent - keeps everyone on their toes. "ooo, watchit, she may be wearing a tutu, but man, she's got a mouth on her..."

And you're not exactly a pioneer y'self.

Healthy to admit: this topic is a dead horse.

Are you serious about listing the Bee Gees as good music? After all your bitching about pop being crap that must be lashed with something and fucked somewhere before being killed in some silly way?

idle.

i am NO FAN of the bee gees, seekers or whatever, i was just using them as an example, if you know what i mean.

lucifer sam, crowded house have sold 29 million albums worldwide, how big does it have to be to qualify

So true Mystik! each to their own.... :-)

yeah, watch the slow evolution towards respect-worthy posts... gotta love it.

//Leave it to Saul
I worked out that one of the reasons I love the reformed Saul's comments is that his icon looks a bit like an amiable-but-impish kid with chocolate on his face. Every one-liner is thus infused with this kind of cherubic glee.

Lucifer_sam's kinda taken over the pariah role, but even his venomous hatred for pop is so over-the-top to be entertaining.

hahahaha! lurk before you leap! hahaha!

oh, how I love puns..

You don't have to be quiet or mature, just as long as you're not a complete wanker.

Besides - anyone who takes a job getting punched in the face to see free gigs is OK by me.

hahahaha! lashed! I never get tired of that cutnpaste routine!

Will, you're a classic!

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I would have to agree, there are a handful of nz bands who do preform at an international level.