...'Cause this is a great slow burner

...it might be due to Martha, though.

They may be bland beyond description, but come on, in a world inhabited by the Pigeon Detectives and Razorlight, the worst?

oxygen thieves, one and all.

but snow patrol are particularily bad.

music for cd's you buy in a garage, or at the magazine rack in tesco.

i blame travis.
it's their fault.

Lips.

Definitely not the best.

Definitely not the worst.

Early on they were a great band, I'm a big fan of both "Final Straw" and "When It's All Over..". I was hugely disappointed with "Eyes Open" however, and thus, didn't even bother listening to their last album. I think they tried to go for the stadium/arena formula (cf. U2) when they weren't good enough for it.

Gary's Gang anyone?

Muse
Kasabian

Not by a long chalk. They certainly have had a few good moments.

Is Dannyboy a member of Scouting For Girls, trying to throw us off the scent ?

... and I'm sorry to do this all the time.

But The Fratellis?

The case against; Scottish Doherty impersonators? What could be worse? That bloody "Sow if you're Laaahhhhnnnleeee!" tune is the pits. There can be no worse band.

They even have a song called "Got Ma Nuts From A Hippie." I mean honestly...

I quite like Knights of Cydonia by Muse. And prior to Snow Patrol's success, Gary Lightbody organized The Reindeer Section's albums and there are two songs there, Whodunnit (sung by Adrian Moffat from Arab Strap) and Grand Parade which are genuinely (gulp) really good I think.

The Fratellis though... No redeeming features of any kind.

some of you may be aware of my fondness for all things Del and indeed Amitri. Every time I hear Snow Patrol I am reminded of the Dels, this in particular, which isn't one of my favourites. What does this mean? I don't know, I should like Snow patrol but they have definately suffered death by airplay. Too many of their songs now make me reach for the channel change on the radio because they are played constantly. Anyway over to you Justin to show them how it should be done!

Even if Gary Shitebody can't sing and they only play two strings at a time, he writes a decent tune. Most of the time.

The Fratellis? Good, fun, fast, clever jumpy-up-and-down rock 'n' roll. Well the first album was, anyway.

Elbow. Pure quality. Has no-one noticed the Turn It Up invocation as they eschew compression in order to preserve the full dynamic range of the recordings?

And does anyone follow the rather wonderful Zits cartoon strip? Today's was apt..http://www.seattlepi.com/fun/zits.asp (you'll have to choose the Oct 19th one in the drop-down)

Run may be dismal but Take Back The City is a cracking tune

I've never been able to get past the name. I mean, what exactly is a snow patrol, when it's at home? Is it some kind of insiders' drug reference? At best, it seems Thunderbirds light.

I don´t think the bearded 40-somethings are the ideal Snow Patrol demographic.

around 4 years ago, when Virgin Radio (as it was back then) did one of those irritating 'Your 100 Greatest Tracks Ever' countdowns around a bank holiday/Christmas/Easter.

What was No.1, beating anything by the Beatles, Stones, Springsteen, etc? Chasing Sodding Cars, by the Patrol.

I rest my case...

differentiate them from all the other tedious bilge from half wits named after utiliy services and the like. Urgh.

Snow Patrol are unfairly maligned. They have overloaded on meat and potatoes lately but have written some belting songs. I was shocked at how great Final Straw was when it came out, and Run was a top tune till it got over-exposed to death. Their latest album has 4 really great songs on it.

are no patrol as far as I am concerned

any bands containing frank zappa yet.
Snow patrol et al just get played too much in small doses they'd be fine familarity breeds comtempt. If want you annoyance get someone form the sixities who thinks he's a "Genius" to bore you.

...aren't that bad.
i mean, they're a Tom Verlaine tribute band aren't they?
so kudos to that, great tunes.

a comedy genius..!

I have Snow Patrol's Songs for Polar Bears and it is brilliant as is the album by the Gary Lightbody-curated Reindeer Section which features contributions from many members of the Glaswegian indie aristocracy. They are a Harrisonesque landfill-y now.

Worst Band in the World Ever = Go West.

Surely this was scientifically proven in some way, a long time ago?

The soundtrack would be westlife.

The Backstreet Boys

Is it just me or has the departure of the down arrow unleashed a torrent of hatred and bad language?

It's like the parents have gone away and everyone is scrabbling to say something controversial and offensive.

There's a fair amount of bands listed on this post which I don't particularly like and a couple that I really do. So when I see comments like 'middle-of-the-road shite' to cover all the bands above I feel a little like I've stumbled onto the wrong messageboard.

Strangely I wouldn't have a problem with this normally, but it just doesn't seem to happen much on this site... and it surprises me when it does, I can only assume that this is down to the departure of our little controversial friend 'the down arrow'.

would you describe turgid, mawkish, shallow poor-little-me "i'm so deep, i'm only listening to this band in the vain hope of a sympathy sh*g off some office-totty in the back seat of my micra" music that is the equivalent of mushroom soup... ie - a bit bland and beige, goes down easily.
it's sort-of the 00's answer to easy listening in a way.

to me, the fact that the bands(described above) are quite depressing for all the wrong reasons, is actually quite indicative of the state of the music market and the record companies who pump this cr*p out, aided and abbetted by the lastest fresh crop from whatever school of the performing arts they crawled out of.... it's a signifier also - of the psyche of those who choose to defend this material, as it speaks to me of a certain desparation of the soul, the search for some sort of meaning in their lives, or even just any form of depth to their character.
all this weeping and wailing about those mysterious things called "girls", and the search for that mystery emotion called "luuurv" is surely sign of someone who hasn't gotten laid in a while(if ever), or of someone who is not exactly in touch with themselves and enjoys keeping REAL EMOTION(that stuff you can't control) at bay.
these songs aren't beautifull... just over-produced music for car-crash montages on TV.
or background muzak for a news item on some "terrible human tragedy" that our voyueristic news channels feel they should inform us of.

now THESE are lyrics...

"Menopause wives are hard to handle
No culture or love, no gamble
The dope addicts are especially smashed
on Rowche Rumble
Rowche Rumble!"

ok - when any of these bands can compete with mark e. smith or the song below, let me know:

when it's youngsters lamenting their lack of success etc... and there isn't the slight tang of record-biz management lurking in the background, telling them which bandwagon to jump on this week.
iconoclastic curmudgeonly types working with anyone who believes in what they do, is ok by me.
which is why i never really understood why a great YOUNG band like the dead 60's never got anywhere.
let's face it, snow patrol are the 00's answer to the bay city rollers(and chris martin is suzy quatro...).

mark my words, this time next year - all that lot(see above) will be trying to sound like the latest editors album(which in turn sounds like new order, which in turn sounds like italo-disco...).

actually i went through an italo-disco period, a couple of years back... it's sterling stuff.

Worst Song Ever By Worst Landfill Indie Band Ever:

I find it hard to hear anything particularly 'indie' in that song.

I haven't heard the new Snow Patrol song yet but I dread to think what the lyrical 'theme' of the new album is going to be like seeing as Lightbody was recently dumped by the equaly irritating Lisa Hannigan. The stupid cunt was two-timing the winsome singer/songwriter/designer hippie left, right and centre "on the road" during the summer festival season and one night, no doubt fuelled by an obscene amount of brown M&M's, he decided that because their love was so strong he should tell Hannigan that he had done the dirt. Needless to say, she didn't see the funny side and the snivelling little shit was dumped quick smart.

But for me THE most irritating aspect of Snow Patrol is their confused and strangely bi-polar sense of identity. When the pandering bastards play Ireland they always harp on about how good it is to be "back home", yet when they play Scotland, they toot on about how great it is to be "back home". I had the misfortune of working for a particular indie band at both the T In The Park and Oxegen festivals this July, and this golden opportunity afforded me the 'pleasure' of seeing Snow Patrol play both festivals, at which Shitebody and their t-shirts proudly proclaimed they were "home". When they do decide where the best place is to bury their bones, I hope they'll fuck off there forever.

Fair play to them though. I'm sure they're all nice chaps and it's always nice to see a band who were good at the start make it. Their first album has its moments, but it's good luck after that.

who has heard more than his fair share of "indie landfill" rattling the walls in my boys rooms I have to say some of the criticism here is a little unjust. These bands are the ones that stop my boys from listening to Kanye West or Leona Lewis, these are the bands that have inspired them to learn guitar, they have been to The Reading Festival and seen The Fratellis, Biffy Clyro, Editors, Bloc Party and Metallica among others, they have seen Muse, My Chemical Romance, Feeder, Fallout Boy, Green Day and The Foo Fighters live thanks to "indie landfill" keeping guitar music accessible to young children and fighting back the tide of X Factor and badly made synth pop. My 4 boys musical future has been mapped out thanks to some light, infectious, fun guitar pop / rock and they are not alone. Most of it is far from perfect but there are some real gems and when you're 13 and cynycism hasn't had it's wicked way with you this is the music that matters.

The Beatles, Stones, Faces, Ian Dury, The Jam, The Smiths were not all perfect at the start they had to learn their craft and thousands of other bands fell by the wayside on the way. The public will continue to decide the fate of these bands and while I don't expect The Kooks or Pigeon Detectives to be around forever The Razorlights, Kasabian, Biffy Clyro and Bloc Party's of this world will be the ones looked back on fondly in 30-40 years time by middle aged bearded musos while they wait for the box set to be released.

So while you can know what you like and like what you know give these young men a chance you can always just not listen you know.