Worst MySpace bands, with a twist

[Susannah]

This is my first post on Friends of Tom!

I recently got asked out by a guy who is in what might be a serious contender for the worst MySpace band ever.  The guy, while nice and attractive otherwise, is in a terrible fratty jam band that claims "heavies like Phish and Umphrey's McGee" as main influences.

The sad thing is, I kind of liked him until he gave me a free copy of their new album. It was the kind of thing where I *knew* it was going to be terrible just by looking at the album art and even the font/typeface of the tracklisting. Finding their MySpace page confirmed my worst suspicions.

So my question is: would you go out with someone even if he/she was in a terrible band?  Especially if it was the genre of music you hated the most?  Or would you just try to ignore it and give the person the benefit of the doubt?

[Omar]

This my first post on Friends of Tom!

I recently got asked out by a guy who is in what might be a serious contender for the worst MySpace band ever.  The guy, while nice and attractive otherwise, is in a terrible fratty jam band that claims "heavies like Phish and Umphrey's McGee" as main influences.

The sad thing is, I kind of liked him until he gave me a free copy of their new album. It was the kind of thing where I *knew* it was going to be terrible just by looking at the album art and even the font/typeface of the tracklisting. Finding their MySpace page confirmed my worst suspicions.

So my question is: would you go out with someone even if he/she was in a terrible band?  Especially if it was the genre of music you hated the most?  Or would you just try to ignore it and give the person the benefit of the doubt?

Dump the phishmonger and shoot me a .jpg.  Thanks.  Oh, and Welcome to Newbridge!

[Jason]

I'm going to be the one to say what everyone is thinking - can we have a link to the MySpace?

[Laurie]

I have a question, two actually: Is it a two-name band, and are the initials DS?

[Jason]

If you're only going to answer one question answer mine because I asked first.

[Laurie]

Well, it would answer my question. And I wouldn't mind, because I those guys were pretty dickish when I went to see Matty Pop Chart and Kimya Dawson play."

"Wah wah wah, I only had three hours of sleep, wah wah wah, let's fuck up the playing order because I'm a wet hen and want to go to sleep and couldn't care less about talented singer/songwriters who aren't shitty local bands." The drummer/lead singer kept bitching at his band mates. Boooooooo-ring.

Also, after looking at their stupid myspace page, it is now apparent that they are a three-word band. DHS are the initials, and they are wet hens.

[Jason]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say with 100% certainty that they are not the same band.

[Susannah]

I feel kind of bad...but not too bad:

www.myspace.com/strangersvibe

"Ride the vibe?"

[Stan]

I feel kind of bad...but not too bad:

www.myspace.com/strangersvibe

"Ride the vibe?"

 Horrifying.

[Laurie]

Now that I see that she's from Roy Zeigler's hometown, it is apparent that I am an idiot.

Also, ooh boy. That's even worse than these guys.

My bad advice: You can do better. Trust me. Run away. Actually, hey, that's pretty good advice. Follow it.

[John Junk]

Plus, any guy who you're already referring to as having one of the worst bands on myspace... the scales are already vastly against him.  You can't date this dude out of pity, you will only end up breaking his heart and harshing his vibe. 

[Andy]

is it Richie, Tim, TJ or Ethan?

[Susannah]

Disclosing which Viber it is would be a little too much, even for me.

I thank you all for your good advice and feel validated--my instinctive reaction was that I couldn't possibly go through with it. Most of my friends (girls who don't really like or care about music, etc.) think I'm being shallow.

Has this happened to anyone before? Getting involved with someone who has what you think is terrible taste is one thing--you can live with that. But when he/she is so invested in the production of something you think is awful...yeesh.

[Sarah]

Getting involved with someone who has what you think is terrible taste is one thing--you can live with that. But when he/she is so invested in the production of something you think is awful...yeesh.

Spot on, kiddo.  You can hate something someone likes, but you can't despise what they do and hope for a happy ending.

[Andy]

Disclosing which Viber it is would be a little too much, even for me.

ok, from the description above I'm going to narrow it down to either Richie or Tim.  anyone else able to deductively (is that the correct word?) figure it out with the other info she gave?

Also, one other piece of info I need for my plan to reach fruition: is Susannah your real name?