Creed—Compared to the other two, I would push them slightly ahead of both only because their music wasn’t comprised of good times, violence, sex and frat-bro antics. Creed was allegedly a Christian rock band that went mainstream. It’s debatable. But that holier than thou sound got old very quick. It was the same formulaic template for every song on every album. I admit, My Own Prison did have a certain Alice in Chains, brooding quality albeit it being released more than 3 years after the last grunge album. But one could chalk that up as an homage to their influences. The album however was produced with so much slickness and gloss that it lost its luster. Unlike Alice in Chains, there was no rawness. It was filtered and saturated, made for anyone who wanted to carry the spiritual heaviness with gloves and a forklift along with a love for Jesus. They then used the same approach for their next several albums. There’s only so much Bible Belt rhetoric the ears can take.
It’s a choice between three. As someone who clearly remembers the beauty of 90s music, but also the nightmare these are the ones which immediately come to mind: Creed, Nickelback and Limp Bizkit. They are in no particular order, but all are a part of a wretched musical monolith filled with bone-headed, misogynistic, spiritually pretentious, knuckle dragging, drink-until-you’re-drunk, neanderthal manufactured party music that serves no purpose other than providing a sobering PTSD moment of that time between 1998 and 2001 when these bands ruled the airwaves. Understand that there are worse bands than these – but the question does account for the fact that the ‘worst band’ has a large following. Hence, these bands take the cake.
Nickelback— I just finished watching their documentary ‘Hate to Love’ on Netflix, not because I was eager to learn more about them, but to see if this film was as boring as their music. And it was. There is nothing about this band which has an ounce of creativity. Soulless is a better word. The lyrics are mind numbing almost to the point of sounding like nursery rhymes. The lead singer apparently likes to be as blunt as possible, evading any sense of literary allegory, metaphor or personification. It’s Ponderosa steak and potatoes. What you see is what you get. And that might be good for people who don’t like to stray away from the herd or the conformist path. But the subject matter is simply depressing. Whether it’s nostalgia, rock star life, sex, breakup and more sex it's a cycle of some form of small-town dreams and heartaches. Every song is either a ballad or a hard rocker. Pick your poison. Nickelback is also one of those post-grunge bands that went immediately to the commercial route, hired producer Mutt Lange and took the Def Leppard elevator to the penthouse. They are a band who realizes they can make music as a financial way to live rather than a band who lives to make music. But maybe that’s OK. Given they are from some remote spot in Alberta, Canada perhaps this was their ticket out and paying a price to make lame rock is just a sacrifice one needs to accept in order for that to happen.
Hi everybody! I have been looking at posts on narcs and narc abuse on here and if has really helped me out a lot. I am currently struggling with my situation and need some advice/support.
I met a narc last year, everything seemed to good to be true. Love bombing, always texting calling and taking me on dates. Everything changed when someone warned me about him out in public in front of him and who he is. This caused a conflict with us and the love bombing seized.
he would tell me that everything is okay and i can come and talk. He would set a time limit on me and kick me out after that.
he would then text me like everything was fine and we hung out again and after that he completely ghosted me for one week. He came back and texted me a week later laughing about the ghosting and acting like nothing had happened.
he continued to text me ( not like in the beginning) make plans with me, then on the day of the plans he would just ghost me. One day he would act interested the next silence.
i contacted him a month later and he acted like nothing happened. He was on a vacation and sent me a picture of another woman ( someone he allegedly met on the trip) to strike a reaction but i never gave him one. After the trip he came to my place and was extremely rude, accusing me of going on dates with a bunch of men. The next day he accused me of being an alcoholic and that he wanted nothing to do with me but said well maybe we can be "friends" then ghosted me
i assumed at this point it was over and i would never hear from him again. He contacted me on the holiday a month later acting like everything was great. We ended up hanging out a month or so later and when we hung out it went well, i thought things were going in the right direction.
after we hung out.. silence. I would try to text him and if he replied it would be very short then he just stopped replying. He ghosted me for almost three months. I thought he was done this time and of course he popped up again like nothing happened. At this point i was getting sick of if so i questioned him as to why he dissapeared and always does this. Of course he had some sob story about a injury and family member dying of cancer. I felt pity for him and he gave me an apology.. so i took him back stupidly.
things seemed to be going smooth for a couple months, of course until his family member died and his injury got better he never contacted me and was distant. Menawhile, i was there for him during the difficult time for him. He lied to me about the funeral and never wanted to chat. I was chasing him and he would always claim nothing was wrong but when i said i thought he used me when he was down he could not handle it and would always tell me he didnt care and to go away. I would get so upset i would try texting him to work it out he would barelt respond and if he did he would not be nice about it.
we did hang out a couple times after that, he would ignore me after. One day i was like hey i think you are seeing someone else, and i was like well ixam seeing someone so no problem if you are he said " buy bye good luck with your new guy stop contacting me" i was devastated and tried to get into contact with him for weeks then i just gave up and accepted it was over. He ended up contacting me a month later acting like everything was fine. He wanted to go out and have drinks i told him i would. He and i both seemed to have a great time. He ends up ignoring me again. I kept texting him trying to figure out what was wrong. He kept saying everything was fine and i said ok can we hang out again? He said maybe i was like why? He just kept saying maybe …
our last conversation we had… i said what is wrong ? He said nothing is wrong everything is fine. I asked him why he keeps saying maybe. He said " maybe but i dont want to see you right now" i said why? He saix " im just not feeling it, if i wanted to date i would" i said why did you contact me less then a week ago wanting to go out? He said i didnt.. even though he did. So i said should i just move on or what? He said whatever you want to do. So i said that he was really confusing me and asked him if he had anything more to say before i move on? My messages were turning green so i panicked he blocked me and reacted irrationally. I said " omg did you block me? My messages are not going through. Even texted him on my work phone asking what was up. And called him twice ( please dont judge me i know it is pathetic i never was this type of girl before him) so he replied and said " Ok I'll block you now" then immedietly blocked me. He has never blocked me before since I have met him he will just ghost. Is this ths final discard aka " grand finale? Did i just push him too far?
this has upset me so much its hard to even function.
Limp Bizkit—the Captain of the Nu-metal Titanic, this band showcased everything which was cringeworthy of that genre. In fact, they are arguably the quintessential band of nu-metal, filled with bombastic pyrotechnic drumming, static crunchy guitar and flowless rapping. Their mission was to incite external rage and anger. Look no further than Woodstock ‘99. Limp Bizkit perhaps thought they were the heir successor of Rage Against the Machine with a nod to the Beastie Boys. They were not. In fact, they were/are the antithesis to those great bands catering more towards a demographic of WWE wrestling, shotguns, pickup trucks and any consumable liquid that has alcohol.
