Bands You Feel Like You Should Like But Just Can't Get Into

Other than Pearl Jam, who else is there?
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Tool seems like a perfectly reasonable band to dislike. Do they really get that much hype?
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Especially when I was in college, a lot of people acted like they were THE band of that era.
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numbers wrote:Tool. I...dislike them...
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I just feel like I don't like them because I hate math.
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I don't like Tool, but I also don't feel like I SHOULD like them.
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I want to say hip-hop, but it isn't a band.
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ABNorman wrote:I don't like Tool, but I also don't feel like I SHOULD like them.
I think we switched to 'Popular bands that you don't like'.
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Heathen wrote:
ABNorman wrote:I don't like Tool, but I also don't feel like I SHOULD like them.
I think we switched to 'Popular bands that you don't like'.
I'm all about thread integrity.
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ABNorman wrote:I don't like Tool, but I also don't feel like I SHOULD like them.
Actually - you probably should
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Whitey McTeeth wrote:Well, post OK computer they lost me.
Huh - it was Kid A that got me seriously listening to them
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Rangi Guy wrote:
ABNorman wrote:I don't like Tool, but I also don't feel like I SHOULD like them.
Actually - you probably should
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Nobody over the age of 19 has any business listening to Tool.
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theplatypus wrote:Nobody over the age of 19 has any business listening to Tool.
A common but misinformed stereotype.
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Guys, I was talking about penises.
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theplatypus wrote:Nobody over the age of 19 has any business listening to Tool.
This would be a good thread
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Nah, I didn't mean it.
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numbers wrote:Especially when I was in college, a lot of people acted like they were THE band of that era.
Yeah, it got pretty absurd in the years following Lateralus.
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Tool fans get pretty incredulous over the idea that some people don't like Tool.
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I was pretty big into them from like age 17-21.
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theplatypus wrote:Nah, I didn't mean it.
I also think no one over the age of 19 has any business listening to the ramones
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