take_them_on77 Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 New Musical Express - is it the pioneer of new british music, boldly upholding the cause for rock 'n' roll orIs it the money-making leader of shit-stained music commercialisation??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 the latter i'm afraid, never used to be mind you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scott 5FD Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 foe, because they champion bands like Busted and The Darkness as the saviours of rock and roll, when infact, they are not even close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off With Her Head Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 It used to be good but now it is rubbish.The end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stuartmaxwell Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 pile of tripe, infact worsewhich would you eat folks?the nme or a dog dish of tripe?mmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 i'm going to find a stray dog and subject it to that test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntedbyafreak Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 The NME must die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hali Davidson Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 NME is alright actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzdiablo Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 friend or foe?neither, it's an eNeMEy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allstardawn Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 i buy it if there's something decent in it (like this week- the libertiiiiiiines), but i don't like them. or at least, they're way of going about reviews. so the latter, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 Originally posted by missdawn:i buy it if there's something decent in it (like this week- the libertiiiiiiines) are they not in it every week though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allstardawn Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 but they were on the front cover! and there were PICTURES! :Oi got a bit overexcited when i bought it and nearly started hyperventilating. i'm such a groupie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottST Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 i still buy it every week, got some good news in it...it has its head up so many bands arses though.they wank over every move Radiohead make (im not complaining, i love Radiohead), same with the white stripes, the strokes, the hives, and especially these days The Darkness.(i love them too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulscoconutass Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 Only art school wankers buy it from my work - the kind that thinks it's trendy and hip to be aLtErNaTiVe.comBought it once (for the reading/leeds 'articles') and it was quite shite, but it's still more relevant than Kerrang.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottST Posted March 14, 2004 Report Share Posted March 14, 2004 i get kerrang every week too....i used to get Rock Sound, then i saw Sum41 in it and stopped reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman Posted March 14, 2004 Report Share Posted March 14, 2004 NMEI would have to say that its now really just a load of dogs bollocksBut it never used to be mind you, one thing that fucking pisses me off is that it seems to overadvertise and back up shitty bands that are not even interesting or good, and seem to roll your fucking face in it till you listen to them, yep im talkin about "kings of leon", "franz ferdinand", "The Libertines", "The Distillers", need i say more? Thats thee whole damn shit, oh and for some reason it tries to give the impression it is cool and underground when all it is now is really advertising pop bands, justin timberlake got voted the coolest person in music for fuck sake! and that munter from the distillers god second!?! and charlie from busted was higher on the bloody list from the likes of dave grohl and the polyphonic spree!? load of fucking dog shit.I think the main reason that music magazines like keranng and NME turn out like this because it narrows down to one thing, fucking money. If they think plastering big shitty stories on the likes of the darkness then they will do it. If even it is on the likes of some shitty pop artists like justin then they will do it to make as much bloody cash as possible and appeal to the buyers wants. I might sound like a cynical ass but issues like these is what i like bringing up, thanks for noticing the big picture "take them on", glad to know lots of people thinks its worth less than a pile of dog excretion.!ADAM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RomanChoke Posted March 14, 2004 Report Share Posted March 14, 2004 Has there been a year gone by when there's been any less than 3 articles about Nirvana with New pictures and the Story behind EVERY song. Surely it'd be easier to just order back issues if you wanted to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben AWOL Posted March 14, 2004 Report Share Posted March 14, 2004 It's no different to Heat magazine and the likes. A fucking hamster on a wheel - perpetuating the same sterile bands playing the same sterile music. Pathetic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop tart Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 buy mojoit feaiures real musicnme is slowly but surely turning into a big steaming pile of dog wank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 i'd say it was somewhere in the middle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modsquad Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Originally posted by missdawn:but they were on the front cover! and there were PICTURES! :Oi got a bit overexcited when i bought it and nearly started hyperventilating. i'm such a groupie. They're the only reason to buy the NME. More often than not, there's other stuff too. But The Libertines make it worth buying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 its a load of bollox, music written about by people who can't play!I think its funny when they suddenly turn on a band they have been trying to hype for the last 2 months...shallow shite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 I buy it for the news sections.BUT their opinions tend to contradict themselves half the time, thus I see them as void (and they also worship lots of bollocks pop nonsense).I also have an un-natural obsession with Gary Lightbody from Snowpatrol.. and the NME are always trusty and include them most weeks. Mmmmm with pictures too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modsquad Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Originally posted by lepeep:I think its funny when they suddenly turn on a band they have been trying to hype for the last 2 months... I wonder who this year's band will be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 I don't read it anymore, so I wouldn't have a clue !I also think most of the festivals have done the same thing in a way, there was a time when reading had heaps of unknown / underground bands you could go and discover, now all the small tents are crammed with only bands that the NME like or push.gone are the days of getting to see "cop shoot cop" or "hair and skin trading Co." or some other out of the blue band in a wee tent...know what I mean ?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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