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Check out this bunch of pathetic queens.

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by wrightylew

http://www.myspace.com/thehorrors

Perhaps the worst band I've heard this year, alongside the worst image I've seen since the 80's.

If that band didn't have their 'whacky' style, the NME wouldn't give a toss about their monotonous wank.

Spit.

wrightylew | 26 Jul '06, 12:43 | Send note | Report this | Reply

hahaha

i KNEW this would be about the horrors.


also,

they're not as bad as say, jet or something.
they just sound like a more garagey cramps really.


i dont really like them.

but i wouldnt turn them off if they came on the radio.

there are worse bands.


:'(

Then again, this is the kind of music where there are two sets of people created from it:

The people who like music for music, who say: 'They're actually just making noise.'

And the really cool ones that then say: 'Making noise? Get out of here Grandad. The Horrors rule.'

Oh well.


Not a patch on

EMBD.


'Sheena is a Parasite'

is a reasonably fun song. Obviously it borrows heavily from the Cramps and the Birthday Party, without bringing anything new to the table. But there are worse bands to steal from.


Their new vid

Is directed by Chris Cunningham if anyone hasn't seen it:
http://www.stashmedia.tv/feed/sheena.mov


MySpace doesn't work...

...on my computer. It always say connecting. Anyone know why?

Well gay.


Bad luck Wrighty!

Thread backfired a bit... I think their 'whacky' style is fantastic! The singing's pretty boring but I quite like the idea of an indie Munsters! Why, only the other day I was listening to the fantastic Munsters' Theme! I was going to play it at mixtape, but forgot.


they're okay.

their image is rather annoying, but their garage rock isn't.


Why is their image so annoying?

I think they look cool!


they're over the top

but they aren't fully detached from the 'scenester' look, so they're surrounded by obnoxious cooler-than-thou types.

but they are more interesting than baggy t-shirts and skate shoes.


i like 'em

for motherfuckin' real.


i

quite like some of there songs its jus the whole scene and look thats seems to be attached to them that deters me. Plus aparntly there crap live


well stylistically, I say good on 'em

they have done something interesting and a bit different while still being relevant to a certain audience. They look a thousand times more stylish than most bands. They even have leather-soled shoes! Which are very hard to maintain (as evidenced here: www.myspace.com/aconversationpiece)Maybe they were put up to it, tho, by a manager with dollar signs for eyes...


i think you are just jealous as they are thinner than you

mind you. they are a shit band.


Doh

I was all ready to defend the NY Dolls.


I don't really understand why

Cunningham made his first music video in 5 years for them...


he

didnt really push the boat out with the video either its a bit boring in all hounisty


"hounisty"

is the best poulicy


Both

their look and sound are pretty derivative. Do any good new bands from England actually exist?


One of them looks like

Kelly Osbourne.

Bag of rancid rat cock


...

sounds a lil like 80s matchbox b-line disaster..which is really good thing in my opinion


i think they're interesting

people that dress up and do it properly are rare. it isn't really a pastiche because they look like that all the time and did before anyone took any notice.

they're much more interesting that about 90% of indie tosh that most people talk about. they also have quite interesting lyrics.

anyhow, nme is about to make them huge.


the PR machine is

starting to grind into gear for them:

http://www.nme.com/news/the-horrors/23724

7 songs?!?! at the 100 club?!?! i'd ask for my money back...


Huh

I don't really see what's wrong with them. I like their guitar sound, and they seem fun in the way that old school punk is. You don't need to reinvent the wheel to write good songs. And frankly, I'm happy that people are still listening to old school punk and getting something out of it. I hate all those Taking Back Sunday/My Chemical Romance/Fallout Boy kind of bands that claim to be punk but are basically just cliches of some fourth-hand idea of what punk was/is.


And by the way...

you might want to grow up a little before you open your mouth again. Only assholes use "queens" as an insult...


all the hype and publicity is plain odd

when underneath the clothes and makeup they're plainly garage nerds with hard-ons for The Sonics.

there's loads of bands with hard-ons for the Sonics that look like shit and get nowhere.


meatland?


I quite like 'Sheena Is A Parasite'

and their clothes aren't that bad, at least they're putting in a bit of effort.





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