they keep trying but we’re not buying it
not anymore
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 bands that should stop writing new
music for this list we’re focusing
strictly on once beloved music roofs
that simply lost their mojo either in
recent years or long ago
given our criteria it only makes sense
to exclude a band like Nickelback as
their output has split the room since
day one
number ten Black Sabbath
while it’s an undisputable fact that
early Black Sabbath will rock forever
the same can’t be said about the men
behind the instruments
whether it’s the overexposure of ozzy
osbourne through a decade of reality TV
or they keep some drugs and booze that
have filtered through his system since
1970 or the benz general if heinous
since the do years it’s hard to get
overly excited about new sabbath
material
critics may have gotten hot and bothered
for 2013’s 13 but that’s because they
waited 18 long years for it
nostalgia alone is just not good enough
number nine Pearl Jam
yes 10 was one of the best albums of the
1990s and Pearl Jam was one of the
finest bands of the 1990s but it’s just
not the 1990s anymore they have been
around for a good 25 years and the
mileage is starting to show
they are still massively popular and
with a vocalist like Eddie Vedder
rightfully their new stuff isn’t bad bad
but it’s just not what it was every band
grows but sometimes they just grow too
far from where they started
perhaps it makes more sense for mr.
Vetter to focus more on solo albums in
the style of ukulele songs and the into
the wild soundtrack
number eight The Rolling Stones
it’s cliche to make old man rock star
jokes about Mick Jagger and Keith
Richards
but it’s cliché for a reason Keith
Richards is still among the finest
rhythm guitarists on the planet Mick
Jagger is still one of the most magnetic
frontman to ever strut on the stage and
Charlie Watts is still the most
rock-solid drummer to ever pick up a set
of sticks but the once brash
rough-and-ready energy just seems phoned
in at best
they’re all still good songs yes and
they still put on a live show that few
can touch but ask yourself this what’s
your favorite Rolling Stones album since
1985
number seven you two
you two made a huge impact in the 1980s
with a new unique sound filled with
marching drumbeats chimi delayed guitars
and Bono’s passionate and unmistakable
vocals perfectly exemplified by 1987’s
the Joshua Tree
the band then spent the nineties finding
success through constant creative
reinvention but then beautiful day
happened while it was a great song it
also marked a regression in the band
that saw them resting on the laurels of
their traditional sound and seemingly
afraid to mix it up like they once did
it’s a testament to a band’s glory days
being passed when a free copy of their
latest album causes massive negative
hysteria
just wish
number six Weezer like over driven
Marshalls River Cuomo’s nerdy glasses
and self-titled albums not understanding
their fanbase has long been part of
Weezer’s MO
revered as a modern classic today
Pinkerton was a dud in its day
creating a state of confusion the band
has never quite escaped
they can still put out a killer song or
decent album but being compared
negatively to whatever they put out
before is an unavoidable given when it
comes to Weezer
it’s just that chasing pop trends and
constantly misjudging what their fans
want doesn’t help
number five Def Leppard
forever trapped in the public’s
imagination in spandex sleeveless
t-shirts and arenas in the 1980s def
Lepp is hardly known for their
innovation
true survivors who overcame drummer Rick
Allen’s potentially career-ending
accident and the later death of
underrated guitar slinger Steve Clark
the band never quite recovered from the
death blow to glam metal that was the
Nirvana led grunge movement
while the band’s surely still have their
fair share of fans news of a new album
as recently as 2015 wasn’t exactly met
with hysteria
number four Metallica
the Black Album upset their thrash fans
load and reload upset their Black Album
fans
I
Garage Inc please their fans dad
but post-2000 releases like st. anger
and Death Magnetic just seemed to piss
off the remainder of Metallica’s fanbase
once and for all
while their documentary some kind of
monster showed their vulnerable side it
also showed their vulnerable side I mean
there’s nothing worse than when I have
to go to him and play the new record and
know there’s something on the socks and
he can see right through that in two and
a half seconds flat long gone is the
image of a bunch of denim wearing
beer-swilling thrash metal bad boys and
in its place is a slick marketable shell
of a band that no longer knows exactly
who or what they are
number three Bon Jovi
what was once a great hair metal band
with massive albums like slippery when
wet and New Jersey slowly morphed into a
fairly awful pop country band
it’s not 1988 and maybe they don’t want
to shake it up just like bad medicine
anymore but would it hurt to offer fan
something resembling the sound they were
once known for
the band’s new music may not be dead on
arrival but it certainly wasted and
wounded it’s almost like somewhere along
the line Bon Jovi and Jon Bon Jovi’s
solo career merged a worry not put to
rest with guitarist Richie Sambora’s
dismissal in 2013
number two Aerosmith there are absolute
legends of rock music but Aerosmith just
cannot seem to let go of the Rockstar
persona
they could stop trying so hard to be
relevant and focus on the actual music
they just might actually be able to
revitalize their careers considering the
vocals of their lead singer
strip it down pick up the acoustics if
they have to like Steven Tyler did with
his 2015 single there’s still a lot of
rock left in these guys but I don’t want
to miss a thing leaves a long lingering
stench meaning they’ll have to work
harder in their autumn years than most
that down
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions resume
my 10th say friends
from
number one kiss
you wanted the best you got whatever
Simmons and Stanley think we’ll mark it
well
selling out in kiss have always gone
hand in hand and there self-aggrandizing
has made the millionaires but they can’t
exactly pass the last relevant album
test
today kiss continues to sell tickets but
it’s more and more based on nostalgia
costumes and makeup an appreciation for
radio rattling hard rock
the face paint and back catalogue may
distract audiences from the absence of
Ace Frehley and Peter Criss but it can
only do so much distract from the subpar
music being offered
so do you agree with our selections
which ban do you think should just call
it a day and you know stop writing new
music
yes
for more mind-blowing top ten published
daily be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
not anymore
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 bands that should stop writing new
music for this list we’re focusing
strictly on once beloved music roofs
that simply lost their mojo either in
recent years or long ago
given our criteria it only makes sense
to exclude a band like Nickelback as
their output has split the room since
day one
number ten Black Sabbath
while it’s an undisputable fact that
early Black Sabbath will rock forever
the same can’t be said about the men
behind the instruments
whether it’s the overexposure of ozzy
osbourne through a decade of reality TV
or they keep some drugs and booze that
have filtered through his system since
1970 or the benz general if heinous
since the do years it’s hard to get
overly excited about new sabbath
material
critics may have gotten hot and bothered
for 2013’s 13 but that’s because they
waited 18 long years for it
nostalgia alone is just not good enough
number nine Pearl Jam
yes 10 was one of the best albums of the
1990s and Pearl Jam was one of the
finest bands of the 1990s but it’s just
not the 1990s anymore they have been
around for a good 25 years and the
mileage is starting to show
they are still massively popular and
with a vocalist like Eddie Vedder
rightfully their new stuff isn’t bad bad
but it’s just not what it was every band
grows but sometimes they just grow too
far from where they started
perhaps it makes more sense for mr.
Vetter to focus more on solo albums in
the style of ukulele songs and the into
the wild soundtrack
number eight The Rolling Stones
it’s cliche to make old man rock star
jokes about Mick Jagger and Keith
Richards
but it’s cliché for a reason Keith
Richards is still among the finest
rhythm guitarists on the planet Mick
Jagger is still one of the most magnetic
frontman to ever strut on the stage and
Charlie Watts is still the most
rock-solid drummer to ever pick up a set
of sticks but the once brash
rough-and-ready energy just seems phoned
in at best
they’re all still good songs yes and
they still put on a live show that few
can touch but ask yourself this what’s
your favorite Rolling Stones album since
1985
number seven you two
you two made a huge impact in the 1980s
with a new unique sound filled with
marching drumbeats chimi delayed guitars
and Bono’s passionate and unmistakable
vocals perfectly exemplified by 1987’s
the Joshua Tree
the band then spent the nineties finding
success through constant creative
reinvention but then beautiful day
happened while it was a great song it
also marked a regression in the band
that saw them resting on the laurels of
their traditional sound and seemingly
afraid to mix it up like they once did
it’s a testament to a band’s glory days
being passed when a free copy of their
latest album causes massive negative
hysteria
just wish
number six Weezer like over driven
Marshalls River Cuomo’s nerdy glasses
and self-titled albums not understanding
their fanbase has long been part of
Weezer’s MO
revered as a modern classic today
Pinkerton was a dud in its day
creating a state of confusion the band
has never quite escaped
they can still put out a killer song or
decent album but being compared
negatively to whatever they put out
before is an unavoidable given when it
comes to Weezer
it’s just that chasing pop trends and
constantly misjudging what their fans
want doesn’t help
number five Def Leppard
forever trapped in the public’s
imagination in spandex sleeveless
t-shirts and arenas in the 1980s def
Lepp is hardly known for their
innovation
true survivors who overcame drummer Rick
Allen’s potentially career-ending
accident and the later death of
underrated guitar slinger Steve Clark
the band never quite recovered from the
death blow to glam metal that was the
Nirvana led grunge movement
while the band’s surely still have their
fair share of fans news of a new album
as recently as 2015 wasn’t exactly met
with hysteria
number four Metallica
the Black Album upset their thrash fans
load and reload upset their Black Album
fans
I
Garage Inc please their fans dad
but post-2000 releases like st. anger
and Death Magnetic just seemed to piss
off the remainder of Metallica’s fanbase
once and for all
while their documentary some kind of
monster showed their vulnerable side it
also showed their vulnerable side I mean
there’s nothing worse than when I have
to go to him and play the new record and
know there’s something on the socks and
he can see right through that in two and
a half seconds flat long gone is the
image of a bunch of denim wearing
beer-swilling thrash metal bad boys and
in its place is a slick marketable shell
of a band that no longer knows exactly
who or what they are
number three Bon Jovi
what was once a great hair metal band
with massive albums like slippery when
wet and New Jersey slowly morphed into a
fairly awful pop country band
it’s not 1988 and maybe they don’t want
to shake it up just like bad medicine
anymore but would it hurt to offer fan
something resembling the sound they were
once known for
the band’s new music may not be dead on
arrival but it certainly wasted and
wounded it’s almost like somewhere along
the line Bon Jovi and Jon Bon Jovi’s
solo career merged a worry not put to
rest with guitarist Richie Sambora’s
dismissal in 2013
number two Aerosmith there are absolute
legends of rock music but Aerosmith just
cannot seem to let go of the Rockstar
persona
they could stop trying so hard to be
relevant and focus on the actual music
they just might actually be able to
revitalize their careers considering the
vocals of their lead singer
strip it down pick up the acoustics if
they have to like Steven Tyler did with
his 2015 single there’s still a lot of
rock left in these guys but I don’t want
to miss a thing leaves a long lingering
stench meaning they’ll have to work
harder in their autumn years than most
that down
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions resume
my 10th say friends
from
number one kiss
you wanted the best you got whatever
Simmons and Stanley think we’ll mark it
well
selling out in kiss have always gone
hand in hand and there self-aggrandizing
has made the millionaires but they can’t
exactly pass the last relevant album
test
today kiss continues to sell tickets but
it’s more and more based on nostalgia
costumes and makeup an appreciation for
radio rattling hard rock
the face paint and back catalogue may
distract audiences from the absence of
Ace Frehley and Peter Criss but it can
only do so much distract from the subpar
music being offered
so do you agree with our selections
which ban do you think should just call
it a day and you know stop writing new
music
yes
for more mind-blowing top ten published
daily be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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