My CD collection, the one I put far too much effort into during High school and way too much money into just sits now, in their slots collecting dust. An extensive collection of bands that I don’t really like that much anymore or just never have any desire to listen too. Stuff that I grew out of as I went from phase to phase.

 Hears a list of many bands that in time I eventually realized might not be that great…

 Incubus- I have a lot of Incubus, and was consistently pretty into them in High school. When they dropped the funk sound and started unplugging the DJ’s speakers they really become the epitome of average alternative. I’m sure that fact that MTV has a diabolical plot with California really helped Incubus, as there last couple albums revolved around writing music for shaggy haired coral necklace wearing surfer guys to stand around looking at the water on the beach too.

Tool- Gosh, I was really really into Tool, I was trying my darndest to be as dark and mysterious as I could. All the random dark sounding Latin and German song titles just spoke to me, it was shocking to me, and my mom thought it was weird and creepy. Something welcome to a mild social outsider. Now though, when I listen to Tool it’s just as enjoyable as a 3 hour hippy drum circle, 9 minute songs of chugging groaning base lines rolling over and over.

 Apocalyptica – It’s a good thing I didn’t keep listing to these guys or there is a good chance I’d bearing black belted pants with giant combat boots in the dead of summer well I braid my 4 foot long green hair as I wait in line to have my first name legally chained to Loki or Borgir.  

 Metallica – I have a theory about Metallica, that’s okay to like them when your are 13 but the older you get and the more you still listen to them is in direct correlation to how unsuccessful you will become.

 Dashboard Confessional- I was like 17 and I picked up a copy of Spin because Tom York was on the cover, inside was also an interview with Chris Caraba, inside was a full out photo spread of him standing shirtless in central park holding his arms crucifixion posed with a guitar in one hand and skateboard in the other hand. After that I didn’t really listen to my Dashboard CD’s anymore. 

 Stone Temple Pilots- I don’t if they are bad, or just really boring.

 Bad Religion – I liked Bad Religion for about a week. The thing about BR is that you only really need to hear one song, that’s about all they have. Everything they have recorded since the 80’s has been the same song.

Screamo- It would take too long to list all the bands but the ones I’m talking about are stuff like Alexisonfire, Underoath, Thursday, Atreyu. I’m not really even sure on what the genre is called, I’ve heard post-hardcore, metal-core the titled “screamo”, It doesn’t matter though, the music got so repetitive. The same song structures over and over, similar guitar riffs, no real melody or rhythm to speak off and I got really sick of listing to the bands talk about the interplay of melodic singing to abrasive screaming in their interviews…

 Chevelle- Think of the three plainest everyday white guys you know. They probably always wear Hoody sweaters. No, give them all the same hair cut, teach them about three chords and tell them to start a band, whoaaa you have Chevelle.

 Let’s hear from you? What bands have you grown out of? What bands, after an extended period of time did you eventually come to realize… Hey, this isn’t that great…