....and that's less an opinion, more a universal truth.
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Probably
This could be correct...
...if dananananaykroyd weren't also in the country.
this^
They're from Glasgow
so they're technically not in this country are they?
Yup
don't you mean radiohead?
yeah, he's mega mega
dislexic
so am I, because i swear that isn't spelt right.
...
Is this like when Tottenham fans proclaim that Spurs are the best team in London?
Yes.
When we all know there is only one team in London...
...and they play at the Bridge.
...
At least twice a season, yeah.
...
I knew that would be the reply as soon as I posted that one!!
if your a member of Dis
then yes.
One million times yes
Copy Haho
Johnny Foreigner
Cats In Paris
Safetyword
Quack Quack
Etc. Etc.
i've lost all respect for you alex.
I saw them at Rota before Zonino,
and didn't think they were anything special at all.
Less of an opinion, more a universal truth.
^Infidel
i was there
you were DEAD wrong
DEAD
i don't think you deserve
to be in my profile picture any more
I TAKE IT BACK
I TAKE IT BACK
they are the reason i didn't go to that
afternoon gig! they're just SO BAD
^ Only listens to Shania Twain and Our Lady Peace!
shut up! i do not!
:P
Nah.
Twilight Sad and Frightened Rabbit are better.
Johnny Foreigner are pretty shit hot though.
^ racist
3/10
^
nah
Actually, I should really like them, but I just haven't been able to really come round to them.
they are fantastic
but i'm afraid i'd have to agree with the dananananaykroyd comment.
also, i'm quite annoyed johnny foreigner removed 'salt, pepa & spinderella' from their myspace page. they lose 5 points for that.
I LOVE JoFo
im in sheffield visiting my best friend (Rusty0403) and we intend to see them at some pub on monday :D
Yes!
It's the DiS gig. It's going to be ace. Mike Diver is DJing! Fun times.
http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2952883
they were
...INCREDIBLE when i saw them in Derby...best band in the UK though.....hmmmm
^^^^ OMG!!!!11
a derby friend for me! and he's POSI check out those x's!!!
Seriously?
Aren't they just a spastic less talented version of LC!? I'll wait till their album comes out before ...oh, yeah ...Alex, that's sorta a bold statement for a myspace band, what?
They have a mini album
and it's brilliant. They also have a shitload of demos, which are also brilliant. They're brilliant. Like a spastic, I'm-not-prepared-to-comment-on-relative-talent-but-they're-definitely-better-by-virtue-of-being-punkier Los Campesinos!.
Well that's just brilliant, isn't it
Well done DiS.
*better-by-virtue-of-being-punkier
...
I don't see what you've changed...
I forgot the DiS page width is dynamic
but on my monitor, it drifts off the edge of the page after "better".
Johnny Foreigner are a great UK band for sure
but there are other UK bands out there...starting at the top, but this is no meritocracy - they're all incredible:
Dananananaykroyd
Favours For Sailors
Rollo Tomassi
Copy Haho
Lovvers
This Aint Vegas
Agaskodo Teliverek
Gay Against You
4 or 5 Magicians
Tropics
It's a rich time, everyone should enjoy it. Hey Harold...
saw Rolo Tomassi this week
they were indeed awesome!
Seeing them tonight with Youthmovies :)
Incidently, we can add Youthmovies to the 'best bands in the country list', no?
Ha!
Well, surely all bands are 'My Space bands' these days?
I think they're infinitely more talented than LC! (Now there's a band that I really cannot see the appeal in whatsoever).
don't burden this band
with this kind of crap.
they are the least arrogant people i've ever met. they have no ego to inflate.
alexei - keep writing great songs.
jesus i'm slaughetered
agreed
I dream a day of a tour:
Dananananaykroyd
4 or 5 Magicians
Favours For Sailors
Johnny Foreigner
rotating line-up. Would be the most incredible £6 a music fan could spend. I think this time has passed.
no no no
I've said this a milliontimes and I'll say it again
TUUUUBBEELLOORRDDD
seconded!
seconded!
seconded!
seconded!
seconded!
seconded!
woops
thats quite the endorsement though
thirded
tubelord win.
no
they are cack
massively cack
sorry.
They might be the best
when Black Kids aren't visiting. but when they are, they've got no chance :)
JoFo
FTW.
The album tracks I've got are awesome.
They are awful
Sound like China Drum fronted by Avril Lavigne. Seriously, I can't imagine anyone over 16 being vaguely interested in them.
And I thought we were so alike :(
great band
but tubelord are better.
tubelord = best british band right now. FU if you disagree, seriously EFF YOU!!!
Every Tubelord song I've heard has been dreadful.
But I'm going to see them tomorrow. Maybe they will change my mind.
Johnny Foreigner are GR8 though
Hope this makes more people listen to MENEGUAR who they ripped off and are even better.
i certainly hope so
they are a fantastic band. a lot of people dislike the vocals but i think they're great.
another hit from BSM.
tubelord
a weird mix of mo*ho*bish*o*pi and the automatic.
think thats a nice way of saying "a bit balls"
Saw 'em last night
didn't see where the hype came from!
No
I've heard the album
and it doesn't disappoint.. amazing production, had me dancing around my bedroom like a maniac.
You seem to have spelt 'Down I Go' as 'Johnny Foreigner'
oh dear.
Pants live
They were drafted in last minute to replace Vampire Weekend at a gig in Glasgow recently. They had duff tunes, all the right moves, no decent chat, and looked very fashionable…
They’ll probably do great for about a year.
....
forgot to put Held By Hands on the list.
J-Fo, Favours, Dananana,
sll great bands. word.
No
you're getting confused with Vampire Weekend there.
Touché
Yes.
You speak the truth.
Dammit
Pronounced "Too-shay".
that's
BULLSHIT!!
A tip
If you want to find out that everyone else really, really, really hates your favourite band, call them your favourite band on DiS and even if there's not been a single word said against them previously you'll soon find they lie somewhere beneath Scouting For Girls in the popular concensus.
100% yes.
I actually think they're the best British band of the last five years, and one of the best of the last twenty. Their EP is perhaps the best EP in the history of music and if you disagree then i'll throw you over my knee and beat you with a damp tea-towell.
^ Knows the score.
^sad indictment of modern britain
Me, happy slapping and dogging
its good that you can rank them
in the proper order...
What I've heard from them
was OKish but nothing to convince me to buy their records someday.
But I would like to see them live..
i tried again. i listened to them again.
but no. i just don't like it. so my vote for best band in the UK right now goes to Video Nasties.
lol
video nasties are ok...but jofo, dananana, copy haho, tubelord and some others are better.
what don't you like about jofo?
ok i listened to those other ones
dananananaykroyd is really good, i'm glad you pushed the topic here and made me listen to them, but the others are blah just like Johnny F. i dunno. i just don't like sissy-pop i guess...that whole "i'm a girl!""and i'm a boy!""and we're gonna sing songs to you babbababbbabooo!"
they seem a bit average
mind you I have yet to see them live.
when i first saw them live
supported LC and only having heard a few tracks of theirs, i did wonder where all the hype was from as they seemed to just hover over ordinary.
it was only after i started giving their music a chance that they became infectious. what seemed like quite a basic band at first came all their influences in their music and made it much more listenable.
going to see them live again, then i'll decide.
their songs
are definitely growers, quite complex for poppy guitar music.
I have to concur that
taking everything into account JF are indeed the best British band in the UK right now... I do know of another who may well as good but until they release a record I gonna hold fire...
err
Foals?
wow
thanks everyone. no pressure then......
xalexei
Keep up the good work!
how embarrassing.
It's okay. We've got used to your posts by now.
Now why don't you fuck off you jumped up little cunt.
hahahahaha
the album tracks
i've heard so far sound pretty great. But as someone said above, they lose points for taking down Salt, Pepa and Spinderella.
^ this.
It is possibly the greatest track of the decade, and i've got it, so mer.
they were good at RoTa
they were fucking fantastic at New Slang supporting Los Campesinos!.
'Arcs Across The City' is fabbo.
i want their album plz.