I maintain that 30 Seconds to Mars’ greatest failure is that their name is dependent on either a warp drive or a severe misunderstanding of astrophysics. It’s 2 light-minutes to Mars, Leto.
@@elebrony, to be honest, those two albums DESERVED to share the #1 spot. Both are the weakest albums out of their particular bands. America has probably made a ton of worst albums lists.
After Tenacious D's release, I'm just clutching my Pick of Destiny DVD and shaking in fear. The fact that Jack Black hypes Post-Apocalypto up on his twitter as their "new movie" and thus making me draw comparisons to Pick of Destiny makes me WEEP. And I don't like Pick of Destiny quite as much as I used to, so when I'm still going to bat for it, you *know* they've fucked it!
As a HUGE Thirty Seconds to Mars fan, I was incredibly shocked, upset, and angry to see them release an album like America. Why Jared Leto thought it was a good idea to release something like this is just mind boggling. After always portraying himself as “the guy that would never sellout in the music scene and rock music being his ultimate passion” he completely went against his own praises and sold out hard. The self titled album, A Beautiful Lie, and especially This Is War were absolutely stellar albums. Hell even Love, Lust, Faith, & Dreams while having extremely vile low points also had incredibly stellar high points and those high points were some of the best songs they ever wrote in my opinion. While easily the weakest offering from them up to that point, I still wouldn’t call it a bad album by any means. America though, that album hurt and it hurt HARD. As a fan I sincerely hope they bounce back from this on their next album (if there is a next album) and put out the good music that they should be putting out.
Great to see we feel the same way on Love Lust Faith and Dreams, 30STM was definitely my worst this year with FOB coming in right behind it. It is hard to see Leto write good music again, I think the fame has gotten to him. Shannon had the only ok point in America with "Remedy", which was all him, Jared showed nothing...
I hated Fall Out Boy’s album more personally. There were a few songs on America I liked. I do agree with you on Remedy being one of them, but I also liked Walk On Water and Great Wide Open which is my favorite track. Dangerous Night was ok for me too, but not special and everything else sucks. I hated EVERYTHING off of Mania but then again I’ve never been a Fall Out Boy fan to begin with even in their hay day. Regardless though, those are my 2nd and 3rd worst albums respectively. My worst album of the year is an album that not one person has talked about, 0 to BrokeNCYDE by BrokeNCYDE. Why you ask....because it’s fucking BrokeNCYDE that’s why and they are the bottom of the barrel in the world of music.
If you’re talking about 30STM then I highly disagree. The songs on This Is War were very atmospheric and progressive. Sure it was a poppier side of progressive but it was still rock, the instrumentation on that album was beautifully played, and Jared Leto was at his absolute best vocally and even lyrically on that album. That was the album that showed how much talent and crossover potential the band actually had and how melodic and soulful they can be. Not to mention the songs on the album bring the kind of scale and scope that just send shivers down your spine and tears to your eyes in all the best ways. Closer to the Edge is probably the most mainstream song on that album but even that song has the scale that you won’t in your average cynical pop song. I would say after that they started to sellout and even A Beautiful Lie was following a popular Emo trend at the time, but This Is War always felt like their most genuine record to me and it was the record that ultimately got me interested into the band.
@@Bbpagewolf i guess i just wanted to hear a heavy album again. And a return to the spacey cool lyrics like on the song budah for mary or welcome to the universe.
Except in Fall Out Boy's case, the fans DIDN'T buy it. The insane, rabid FOB fanbase couldn't be assed to buy enough copies of Young and Menace for it to hit the Hot 100 at all, and the album didn't sell very well either. Especially considering how well AB/AP did, this album was an absolute flop.
@@archivedaccount5990 same here too so dissapointed by new disturbed they should work on acoustic songs more all of those type of songs except a reason to fight is felt generic.
@@archivedaccount5990 Believe is my favourite album by them because it knew how to work with being melodic without sounding like radio friendly alt rock garbage. And Asylum took me a while to get into but I ended up loving how gritty the song meanings were, but unfortunately it's probably their last good album :/
@@ThierryRocksTV I think Asylum was their last *great* album, personally - it's the one album of theirs I spent the most time listening to. Evolution, however...it ain't gonna even come close. The lack of focus kills it for me, as it sounds like their record label was trying to force them to replicate the success of The Sound of Silence. Needless to say, Evolution was a step backward on the evolutionary scale, rather than a step forwards.
5 simple rules for rock bands going pop 1. Fill out your choruses with words 2. Stop overproducing your sounds 3. Don’t do on the recording what y’all can’t do live 4. Look far and wide for inspiration...or anywhere else 5. Have fun...as a band! Follow these rules and you won’t end up on this list!
I agree with everything except Muse, I hated that album when it came out but after listening it to a bit more, It grew on me because I'm an 80s nerd and Its a solid 7-8/10 for me now
Muse, Parkway Drive, Beartooth, The 1975, The Wonder Years, Fall Out Boy, The Amity Affliction. 1 thing in common, bands I like really phoning it in this year!
@@brooklynhatch9705 Did you even listen ro the new Beartooth? I mean you can like it if you want, I thaught it was ok, but you gotta admit compared to their first album it's shite
I am a die hard bullet fan who worships the poison, scream aim fire, fever, and venom. Gravity was a slap in the face with the only good tracks including don’t need you, over it, and leap of faith. I still saw them twice on the gravity tour though.
The lack of guitar solos was sad as I feel like that was a thing that all their fans loved about them. Add to that Matt Tucks real shitty attitude when people criticised the record was off putting as well and the fact he seemed to stand by that awful album doesn't fill me with confidence in their next output
@@proevofan and the lack of harmonies which i love some much by them but i guess it is what it is they maybe wanted to branch out but the songs turn out to be really weak other than letting you go and don't need you of course also well at least you can say that he stand by the album i guess that show that he feel it the album but i really don't know man
take a shot for every 'i lived bitch'. you may not live, bitch. (great video as usual, crash. caught the IDLES reference too, hope they're high on the best list:))
King Gizzard,The Growlers,Tame Impala,Parquet Courts,Ice Age,and Daughters are the true stand outs it's a shame they never get the credit they deserve.
Yeah, I can see why people dislike When Legends Rise so much (even though I did like Bulletproof and the title track) even though I was indifferent towards it. I still liked their earlier stuff though. *(shrug emote)*
Don't worry you're not alone I perfer the other albums over anything on this album. And while Crowbar replaced Godsmack as my 3rd favorite I still like some of their stuff here and there. Mostly from Awake and Faceless.
I’ve got some questions: 1. So had you still had the same hatred for One More Light as you did before Chester’s death, would you consider Mania and America worse than One More Light? 2. What do you think of Natural by ID? 3. What do you think was the best cover on STSML? (And yeah that cover of Semi-Charmed Life was ass)
I'll offer my opinions: 1. OML at least had SOME touch of what Linkin Park used to be. FOB and 30STM were a total 180 from where they used to be. 2. As much as I dislike Imagine Dragons, I have to admit that Natural is a good song. 3. I feel that it's a tie between Neck Deep's cover of "Torn" or Stand Atlantic's cover of "Your Graduation".
For the first question, while I can't speak for Crash, his answer probably would be no, since he gave OML a .5/5 when it first came out (you could tell he wanted to give it a 0 so bad), and Mania and America each a 1/5.
I honestly didn’t mind Gravity or Evolution. I walked out of both of those feeling like they were weak for the respective bands (the weakest in the case of Disturbed), but still listenable. Was not expecting Tenacious D to appear on here. I saw them live back in November, and I’m with you on the drawings. The songs they played from the album weren’t bad, but let’s be honest, that’s not why anyone went to that show.
Dude, I love you videos...I really do! In the midst of a disaster that flooded my home, you're bad album covers video really made me laugh despite all the crap around me (thanks again for that BTW), but the whole "I lived bitch" conceit got old so fast! I'm not even ten minutes in and it's grating on me like a road rash. That being said, loving the video so far! PS: I will always have a donut for you!
Another worst albums of 2018 list i have been waiting for. Another great video, crash and lets hope the year of the beep boops come to an end in rock music.
2018 was generic, but 2017, in my opinion, was a crapfest. For this year, I already know which albums were going to appear on this list (AmeriKKKant, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Mania, the mainstream like), but last year, there were so many letdowns from people/bands that many people had medium expectations on.
They could've put "Jumper" on Songs That Saved My Life instead of fucking "Semi-Charmed Life," it would've made more sense. But still, despite the cause, it would still be a pretty shitty album
I honestly loved STP's new album. I saw them in concert twice this year, and I gotta say: I can't disagree more with Crash than I do when he said Jeff has no charisma.
Sometimes, even almost a decade later, I still feel like a snobby asshole because I abandoned nearly all mainstream rock music once I hit high school and discovered Bandcamp. Then I watch Crash’s annual Worst of ____ lists.
Funny enough, Bullet For My Valentine actually do an Imagine Dragons cover as a bonus track. Considering I can't stand either of them, that is a match made in hell!
That's one hell of a list. Here's hoping that, if nothing else, this leads to the end of Fall Out Boy. I have not heard a listenable song from them in AGES. I guess if nothing else, it makes for good heel heat for wrestling shows as entrance music.
2013- You Can Do Better 2014- Who The Hell Gave These Sociopaths instruments? 2015- ZZZZZZZZZ 2016- If Everything Else This Year Wasn't Already Bad. 2017- What The Fuck Are YOU Doing Here? 2018- I LIVED BITCH!!!
Honestly, I feel like Evolution wasn't as good as I originally thought it was. It took me a little while until I realized the new Disturbed album wasn't even a Disturbed album. I also didn't expect America and Mania (there's honestly no point in not spoiling it. Too obvious) would ended up getting the Eternal Enemies/Memoirs of a Murderer treatment here. Ah well, they deserve it. Another thing, I had COMPLETELY forgotten that 5FDP made an album lol. I mean Jesus. Even Ivan's buddy Phil Labonte managed to get his shit together this year.
Why is it every time Crash mentions a bad cover of a song I love, I think I'll check that out for shits and giggles? I've done it couple of times now, and like the first time I'm now horrified. I really hope I learn my lesson this time. Bad covers don't always equal laughter.
I had no idea Tenacious D even put out an album in November and their album releases are almost huge events because it takes them 5 or 6 years to release them.
The interesting thing about MANIA is that for the first six songs, it’s okay pop with some good Stump performances (he kills it on Heaven’s Gate), but then immediately at track 7 it becomes as bad as everyone says imo. Young and Menace is among the worst songs I’ve ever heard
Yeah, 2018 had plenty of shit albums but in my opinion it was a hell of a lot better than 2017. Even with Fall Out Boy, 30 Seconds to Mars, and Five Finger Death Punch sucking hard...
And we got some pretty good albums from Steve Perry (His album _Traces_ is a pretty sad one, but it's beautiful to me.) and Judas Priest with _Firepower._
I also personally like the Gorillaz album _The Now Now._ It's calm but still upbeat. A fair few of people are mixed on _The Now Now,_ but I like it myself. Probably because it was the first Gorillaz album I've listened to, so I may be biased as all get out.
Knew from the very beginning of the year that Mania would be the worst and wasn't surprised to see you put AMERICA in the same spot. Call me a cynical bastard, but with how bad 2018 was, I'm not expecting 2019 to be any better.
this year was pretty godly in metal overall, though- The Wake, Witch Mountain, II: Sojourn, Hellraisers of the Waste, Jackhammering Deathblow of Trepidation, Cronicos de Sucesos, Patriarchs of Evil, Heir to Despair, Passage Into the Xexanoth, Ecliptic Butchery, Cruel Magic, Conqueror’s Oath, Desolation, Lucifer II, Breaking the Spell, Jettatura, Pacifism is Cowardice, Inner Sanctum Immolation (from my hometown!), The Outer Ones, Idol... I could keep going on with god-tier metal albums of 2018 for /hours/, and I haven’t even started with any of the amazing war/bestial black metal releases or the resurgence of austere, atmospheric black metal that was actually worth a damn...
I probably agree with Simulation Theory being a dishonorable mention, too. It may have made my best of the year list, but it's still definitely their worst album to date (in my opinion). I still love MUSE, though, and I'm seeing them this spring for their Simulation Theory World Tour... Can't wait! \m/
I know I'm many years late to this but I have to wonder with Song That Saved My Life, if they wanted to cover a Third Eye Blind song why not choose Jumper instead since that's literally a song about trying to convince someone to not commit suicide, that fits in with the theme of the album so much better than Semi Charmed Life.
Is it just me or does "When Legends Rise" (the title track from the Godsmack album) sound like a Nickelback song? Not a Nickelback rip-off but literally like Nickelback's playing the song.
Funny you bring that up. I actually had the exact same thought when I first heard that one song "Take it to the Edge" (at least I think that's what it was called). lol
I know that you only really talk about rock music, but I thought 2018 ("I lived b!tch") was an even worse year for rap or pop than it was for rock. I swear to God, Lil' Xan and 6ix9ine are some of the worst rappers of all time...
No it wasn't. Kanye, Denzel Curry, Pusha T, Noname, Travis Scott, Vince Staples, etc all dropped fantastic records. Hell even 21 Savage had a good album. I can't deny that it wasn't a strong year for billboard, but hip hop slayed all year
@@brooklynhatch9705 Well yeah, there were some good rap albums this year (another one you forgot was Kamikaze by Eminem), but overall I thought it was a terrible year. Mainly because of bad rappers like Lil' Xan, 6ix9ine (God), Lil' Yachty, Cardi B, Kodak Black, Quavo, and so on. Also even though I didn't listen to them, the albums from Nicki Minaj and Migos just look really eh to me.
Most of the new bands just don't do anything for me. I liked music from the 60s and 70s when I was a young GenX'er in high school and college in the 90s, and I have seen very few bands that have made me change my mind. I mean, the Foo FIghters, The Sword, In This Moment... all good bands who have released albums of varying quality that I own and listen to, but the newer bands just don't do much. Thankfully I'm both old enough that the rock music I like goes back almost 30 years before my birth and there seems to be a limitless supply of obscure stuff to find. Plus, I listen to pretty much anything, classical to R&B to Jazz and beyond, that I'll never run out of stuff. I'm glad I don't do what you do, Rock Critic, because it would force me to endure a lot of rubbish just to find something good. I'm in my mid 40s now and am not in the best of health, so there's no way I have time for that.
30STM’s first two albums were amazing, especially their first. That album was so unique, but it’s like they want to forget it. They really went down hill after ABL.. It’s a shame to see what they have become, especially Jared. His ego went to his head
To be honest i don´t think When Legends Rise or even Godsmack as a band is bad, but we all have different tastes and different opinions so it´s always interesting to hear different opinions i believe.
Well if many people shared their opinions on bands on this list, I guess I share mine too. Dishonorable Mentions: 1- I never liked Godsmack, so I don't like their new album either, but I guess this one have some fine musical moments. 2-Imagine Dragons sucks, but hey, at least Origins doesn't have Thunder or Believer. 3-Boring. For real I can't understand why many people says what this album is their best. IMO- it's their worst and most boring album and The Man Who Married a Robot is a cancer. 4-I love Amity Affliction, even tho their sound start getting samey after Let the Ocean Take Me. But Misery was blegh, dissapointment. That being said, I like Drag the Lake, Kick Rocks and Ivy (Doomsday). 5-My bigest dissapointment of the year...actually it's new Panic At the Disco, but Muse is close second. Not a bad album, but easily their worst, even Drones has more highlights than this thing (and Propaganda is atrocious). Actual list: 10- Someone said this is the Punk Goes Pop for charity purposes and he is right. Also, WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT RANDITION OF LOSING MY RELIGION?!WTF Movements? 9- Meh, I stoped caring about this band than Venom came out so new album does not dissapointed me. It was still pretty bad. 8- Fun fact- I started listen to this band because of how good Crash said they are and I enjoyed pretty much all they done from Naveed to Gravity. I wish they would stop put out music after Gravity thou, cause every next album by them was more boring than previous and this one is (I hope) the bottom for them. 7-STP deserved better. Their albums from begining to No 4 are amazing. But after that no, just no. And their Self-titled 2.0 is easily their worst and most annoying (I can't stand Meadows, mostly chorus). 6-No shame- I love Disturbed, so I was really dissapointed by the new one. Boring and generic radio alt rock bullshit without any care or love in it. Nothing but a lazy """hard""" songs and attempts to rewrite their cover of Sound of Silence in the least imaginative way. 5-I diddn't listen to this album, so no opinion. 4-I hope Frank Turner continues to make great albums like Positive songs for Negative people, Tape Hear Deck and England Keep My Bones, cause his recent album wasn't it. 1933 still good. 3-Never Liked Ministry, they are not for me, but I can understand appeal. Amerikkkant (blegh) thou is just atrocious and get every inch of hate it deserves (also new Otep album similarly bad). 2-I used to like this band, I can't remember why. But even in my days of being a fan, I would hate this one because it's just so boring and have so little care put in what if I still was a fan I would probably was more upset. But cause I'm not, I can just said it sucks. 1-Fuck Mania, Fuck AMERICA. They both similar in their awfulness. Like King 810 and Emmure in 2014 they are worthy of sharing top of 2018. Well it was fun, best list sure be fun as well, can't wait for it release! My AOTY is Idles btw.
I'm a fan of Dance Gavin Dance but... yeah that cover was something else. I will say though that it is 100% on brand for them to cover a super catchy song about drug addiction. And the not so subtle idea that they're saying that drug use staved their depression away COMPLETELY makes sense for them if you look at their back catalog.
Re: your statement that you could barely think of five albums that deserved dishonorable mentions, I'm surprised you didn't just also put in Coheed & Cambria, Low, The Sword, or Andrew W.K., all of which you seemed to dislike very much. Actually, on that note... how did you feel about Breaking Benjamin's new album, for real? In the FIMI video it seemed like you were making fun of it, but apparently you didn't hate it enough to put it on this list?
Andrew WK was VERY close to making that list, by the by, but... eh. In the end, he wasn’t hurting anybody I guess. Still tho. No idea what Fantano saw in that record. 🙃
Just because they screwed up with voting doesn't mean they can't acknowledge other countries' screw-ups with voting. And it's not like Crash is acting all high and mighty when referencing Brexit. He's not insinuating that America fares any better when it comes to government votes.
I love our President. I don't love everything he does....but I love him mainly just to piss off the weak ass lefties who can't handle words. Trump is punk rock, whether you like it or not. Imagine if people were this upset about our last (shit) President. Oh wait, it's coming out now that he actually was A FUCKING TRAITOR!!!!!!!!! People need to put their petty feeling aside and do what's best for their country. Grow up children.
As soon as you said The number two spot wasn’t what most would think it was, I knew you were going to put both albums that everyone knew was bad at the top.
Watching this intro from the distant dystopian future of 2021 thinking “Oh Crash, you poor naive young man. How little you know of true suckage, of the agony of real isolation, of how badly Trump really could fuck everything up, of how much survival would really become a genuine triumph because, sadly, so many wouldn’t”
2018 did rather suck with music and video games. It was pretty song for TV and film, at least. I know it was also a bad year for the world in general. On a personal level, this was actually an exceptional one for me, so your going on about how bad it was, was hard to relate to. I got a much better job and got married. Very much a turnaround year for me. I sincerely feel for those who had a bad year, though.
Seems your sentiments about the year are shared. Every worst list mentions how hard it was to even find anything, and how boring the whole year was, no matter what genre the focus is on.
I used to love Fall Out Boy in the late 00s, but all of their post-hiatus work is just terrible. I never understood why they had to do these lazy cash-ins on music trends. I still kept on defending their earlier stuff, but Mania was so bad that it legit made me wonder if FOB was even a good band to begin with, and unfortunately, the answer is no. They were decent back in the day, but there were better bands in their genre. I honestly still listen to some of their old songs, but only for nostalgic reasons. I would still call them a guilty pleasure, but Mania pissed away every single sign of genuine appreciation I had for this band. That's why it hurts so badly: Mania proofed that they have zero respect for their fans. I really hope they break up very soon, the music scene doesn't need these cynical cash grabs anymore
Julien Standaert Yes, there’s always been better bands in Fall Out Boy’s genre. Fall Out Boy was always labeled “emo.” As far as better emo bands go, I’ve got 3 words: Jimmy. Eat. World.
>Quickies
>38 minutes long
Never change, Crash. Never change.
I maintain that 30 Seconds to Mars’ greatest failure is that their name is dependent on either a warp drive or a severe misunderstanding of astrophysics.
It’s 2 light-minutes to Mars, Leto.
Hearing people complain about years that aren't 2020 is painful
2018 was worse than 2020 for me ^^;
Ivan moody starts to remind me of fred durst
TheSroolik I’ve been saying that for months now!
He even sports a backwards hat in the Sham Pain music video.
The very fact Five Finger Donkey Punch hasn't toured with Limp Bizkit is shocking.
but is he?...
@@mr.manreviews2907 might as well be
Can it get much worse than 2018?
2020: Hold my 'Rona.
“Who cares, they’ll still buy it” is an attitude that has destroyed all media, not just music.
Movies
Video Games
Television
Everything
weird; media seems to still be going
@@noneofyourbusiness4616 they mean the quality of media .
@@KhayJayArt if something is destroyed it no longer exists
None of Your Business exactly
Oh god, the damage it's done to video games. Consoles are basically casinos that can legally target children. It's disgusting.
I'm calling it, Fall Out Boy's _Mania_ is on this list somewhere!
@Drogon Well, duh! (Laughs)
EWW
It was on it, and at #1... tied with America.
@@elebrony I know.
@@elebrony, to be honest, those two albums DESERVED to share the #1 spot. Both are the weakest albums out of their particular bands. America has probably made a ton of worst albums lists.
After Tenacious D's release, I'm just clutching my Pick of Destiny DVD and shaking in fear. The fact that Jack Black hypes Post-Apocalypto up on his twitter as their "new movie" and thus making me draw comparisons to Pick of Destiny makes me WEEP. And I don't like Pick of Destiny quite as much as I used to, so when I'm still going to bat for it, you *know* they've fucked it!
That D.Va cover of Believer was adorable.
Yes
D.Va is our Lord and Savior.
D. Va is still a better singer than the Imagine Dragons guy.
As a HUGE Thirty Seconds to Mars fan, I was incredibly shocked, upset, and angry to see them release an album like America. Why Jared Leto thought it was a good idea to release something like this is just mind boggling. After always portraying himself as “the guy that would never sellout in the music scene and rock music being his ultimate passion” he completely went against his own praises and sold out hard. The self titled album, A Beautiful Lie, and especially This Is War were absolutely stellar albums. Hell even Love, Lust, Faith, & Dreams while having extremely vile low points also had incredibly stellar high points and those high points were some of the best songs they ever wrote in my opinion. While easily the weakest offering from them up to that point, I still wouldn’t call it a bad album by any means. America though, that album hurt and it hurt HARD. As a fan I sincerely hope they bounce back from this on their next album (if there is a next album) and put out the good music that they should be putting out.
Great to see we feel the same way on Love Lust Faith and Dreams, 30STM was definitely my worst this year with FOB coming in right behind it. It is hard to see Leto write good music again, I think the fame has gotten to him. Shannon had the only ok point in America with "Remedy", which was all him, Jared showed nothing...
I hated Fall Out Boy’s album more personally. There were a few songs on America I liked. I do agree with you on Remedy being one of them, but I also liked Walk On Water and Great Wide Open which is my favorite track. Dangerous Night was ok for me too, but not special and everything else sucks. I hated EVERYTHING off of Mania but then again I’ve never been a Fall Out Boy fan to begin with even in their hay day. Regardless though, those are my 2nd and 3rd worst albums respectively. My worst album of the year is an album that not one person has talked about, 0 to BrokeNCYDE by BrokeNCYDE. Why you ask....because it’s fucking BrokeNCYDE that’s why and they are the bottom of the barrel in the world of music.
After second album they sold out. Hell i loved the second one but i could easily see even that album as selling out compared to the first.
If you’re talking about 30STM then I highly disagree. The songs on This Is War were very atmospheric and progressive. Sure it was a poppier side of progressive but it was still rock, the instrumentation on that album was beautifully played, and Jared Leto was at his absolute best vocally and even lyrically on that album. That was the album that showed how much talent and crossover potential the band actually had and how melodic and soulful they can be. Not to mention the songs on the album bring the kind of scale and scope that just send shivers down your spine and tears to your eyes in all the best ways. Closer to the Edge is probably the most mainstream song on that album but even that song has the scale that you won’t in your average cynical pop song. I would say after that they started to sellout and even A Beautiful Lie was following a popular Emo trend at the time, but This Is War always felt like their most genuine record to me and it was the record that ultimately got me interested into the band.
@@Bbpagewolf i guess i just wanted to hear a heavy album again. And a return to the spacey cool lyrics like on the song budah for mary or welcome to the universe.
Except in Fall Out Boy's case, the fans DIDN'T buy it. The insane, rabid FOB fanbase couldn't be assed to buy enough copies of Young and Menace for it to hit the Hot 100 at all, and the album didn't sell very well either. Especially considering how well AB/AP did, this album was an absolute flop.
Thank God for it flopping so hopefully they'll just give up at this point
AB/AP was quite good and had killer singles like Centuries
Quickes
38 mins.
That's what I said
Lol! The vid is a bit long but if you look at the fact that 16 albums were in the vid that's roughly 2 minutes per album so that's pretty quick lol!
Oh, I just realised the cleverness of the custom AMERICA album cover. Having all the lines end in -ed, even the last line. Well played.
I don't have anything to say, so: Beep Boop.
Beep Boop
Rock music this year may as well been the Electric Zoo song from Spongebob
Something tells me the "I lived, bitch" gag is coming back for the 2020 list.
If Crash's Twitter is anything to go by, it'll come back as "we lived, bitch".
Evolution was so bloody disappointing because I love Disturbed's early to mid 2000's work
Same here, man. I love Disturbed back in the Sickness and Ten Thousand Fists days.
I even liked Indestructible.
@@archivedaccount5990 same here too so dissapointed by new disturbed they should work on acoustic songs more all of those type of songs except a reason to fight is felt generic.
@@archivedaccount5990 Believe is my favourite album by them because it knew how to work with being melodic without sounding like radio friendly alt rock garbage. And Asylum took me a while to get into but I ended up loving how gritty the song meanings were, but unfortunately it's probably their last good album :/
Matthew Cool Was immortalized good?
@@ThierryRocksTV I think Asylum was their last *great* album, personally - it's the one album of theirs I spent the most time listening to. Evolution, however...it ain't gonna even come close. The lack of focus kills it for me, as it sounds like their record label was trying to force them to replicate the success of The Sound of Silence.
Needless to say, Evolution was a step backward on the evolutionary scale, rather than a step forwards.
"Can it get much worse than I lived bitch??"
*2020 has entered the chat*
5 simple rules for rock bands going pop
1. Fill out your choruses with words
2. Stop overproducing your sounds
3. Don’t do on the recording what y’all can’t do live
4. Look far and wide for inspiration...or anywhere else
5. Have fun...as a band!
Follow these rules and you won’t end up on this list!
You just told every rule that paramore had on after laughter :D
I dont like bands that go pop they are such sell outs its not even funny kudos to the bands that stay consistently good and true to there sound
I’m here to tell you that 2020 makes you wish for the year of “I Lived Bitch”, I’ll take 5 Americas over 2020 any day
I said this on Artv's channel: That "Songs that Saved My Life" music compilation is the Punk Goes Pop for charity purposes.
I agree
Stand Atlantic's cover was great though
Hi I'm from the dystopian future of 2022 and it gets worse a lot worse
...And Justice For None is the Results May Vary of 5FDP.
Couldn't agree more.
Hopefully it's gonna be the album that will kill the band because I can't imagine how they can survive after such a miserable album.
Even RMV was better than that shit
Holy shit you're right
I hope so because if your right it will be the record that finally kills their fucking career
I agree with everything except Muse, I hated that album when it came out but after listening it to a bit more, It grew on me because I'm an 80s nerd and Its a solid 7-8/10 for me now
I agree with this
Jared stone I definitely wasn’t as into it after my first go through, but after giving it some more time I found myself digging it.
its a 5-7.5 . not bad
It sucks that some bands I liked had some really shit albums in 2018.
Muse, Parkway Drive, Beartooth, The 1975, The Wonder Years, Fall Out Boy, The Amity Affliction.
1 thing in common, bands I like really phoning it in this year!
@@hellonurd8957 can't agree with you on parkway drive that album was masterpiece to me
@@hellonurd8957 Parkway Drive's album was awesome, but otherwise I agree
@@hellonurd8957 Beartooth? The Wonder Years? Gotta x to doubt that
@@brooklynhatch9705 Did you even listen ro the new Beartooth? I mean you can like it if you want, I thaught it was ok, but you gotta admit compared to their first album it's shite
As a Bullet fan, I felt that Gravity was underwhelming.
There were a few songs I liked out of the album, but overall it just didn't resonate with me.
I was never a BFMV fan but I could at least see the appeal in a few areas. Gravity however didn't show them at their best.
Songs from the album that i checked out other than letting you go and don't need you makes me not want to look at rest of the album lol
I am a die hard bullet fan who worships the poison, scream aim fire, fever, and venom. Gravity was a slap in the face with the only good tracks including don’t need you, over it, and leap of faith. I still saw them twice on the gravity tour though.
The lack of guitar solos was sad as I feel like that was a thing that all their fans loved about them. Add to that Matt Tucks real shitty attitude when people criticised the record was off putting as well and the fact he seemed to stand by that awful album doesn't fill me with confidence in their next output
@@proevofan and the lack of harmonies which i love some much by them but i guess it is what it is they maybe wanted to branch out but the songs turn out to be really weak other than letting you go and don't need you of course also well at least you can say that he stand by the album i guess that show that he feel it the album but i really don't know man
take a shot for every 'i lived bitch'. you may not live, bitch.
(great video as usual, crash. caught the IDLES reference too, hope they're high on the best list:))
JLM 2002 it’s idles man, I call top 5 at least
Rock music will never die!
King Gizzard,The Growlers,Tame Impala,Parquet Courts,Ice Age,and Daughters are the true stand outs it's a shame they never get the credit they deserve.
@@wigglewilson9030 Daughters doesn't get credit? Are you being serious?
Rock has been dead for years please stop dancing on it's lifeless body.
@@lilwaterpump3289 maybe commercialy but critically it's a darling. Yeah kind of a silly statement.
@@Revealingstorm. you should listen to their Mathcore albums
Yeah, I can see why people dislike When Legends Rise so much (even though I did like Bulletproof and the title track) even though I was indifferent towards it.
I still liked their earlier stuff though. *(shrug emote)*
I honestly NEVER liked Godsmack. Hell I'm on Crash's camp when it comes to that band.
This album is has songs that are either metallica ripoffs or boring but also weirdly funny "experimental" bullshit.
Don't worry you're not alone I perfer the other albums over anything on this album. And while Crowbar replaced Godsmack as my 3rd favorite I still like some of their stuff here and there. Mostly from Awake and Faceless.
#1 was a well deserved tie. VERY well deserved.
Joseph Tafur never thought I’d live to see the day when there would be a tie on this channel but maaaaaan was it well deserved
@@zdoggzero6595 yes it was
It was more deserving than when he did it in 2014.
Little D.va is the cutest animated character ever.
Hearing both albums from Fall Out Boy and 30 Seconds to Mars just hurts...
I agree w/ Crash when he said those albums better end their careers.
FOB released a new EP in August that was way better than Mania
Didn't hurt as much as actually listening to those albums
I’ve got some questions:
1. So had you still had the same hatred for One More Light as you did before Chester’s death, would you consider Mania and America worse than One More Light?
2. What do you think of Natural by ID?
3. What do you think was the best cover on STSML? (And yeah that cover of Semi-Charmed Life was ass)
I'll offer my opinions:
1. OML at least had SOME touch of what Linkin Park used to be. FOB and 30STM were a total 180 from where they used to be.
2. As much as I dislike Imagine Dragons, I have to admit that Natural is a good song.
3. I feel that it's a tie between Neck Deep's cover of "Torn" or Stand Atlantic's cover of "Your Graduation".
For the first question, while I can't speak for Crash, his answer probably would be no, since he gave OML a .5/5 when it first came out (you could tell he wanted to give it a 0 so bad), and Mania and America each a 1/5.
I honestly didn’t mind Gravity or Evolution. I walked out of both of those feeling like they were weak for the respective bands (the weakest in the case of Disturbed), but still listenable.
Was not expecting Tenacious D to appear on here. I saw them live back in November, and I’m with you on the drawings. The songs they played from the album weren’t bad, but let’s be honest, that’s not why anyone went to that show.
Watching this in 2021 makes 2018 look like heavenly times
4 real 😂
We did get a Teletubbies reboot in 2018😂😂😂😂
Dude, I love you videos...I really do! In the midst of a disaster that flooded my home, you're bad album covers video really made me laugh despite all the crap around me (thanks again for that BTW), but the whole "I lived bitch" conceit got old so fast! I'm not even ten minutes in and it's grating on me like a road rash. That being said, loving the video so far! PS: I will always have a donut for you!
Another worst albums of 2018 list i have been waiting for. Another great video, crash and lets hope the year of the beep boops come to an end in rock music.
maybe he gets reincarnated every decade or so, what's next? The Fred Durst of Djent?
2018 was generic, but 2017, in my opinion, was a crapfest. For this year, I already know which albums were going to appear on this list (AmeriKKKant, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Mania, the mainstream like), but last year, there were so many letdowns from people/bands that many people had medium expectations on.
They could've put "Jumper" on Songs That Saved My Life instead of fucking "Semi-Charmed Life," it would've made more sense. But still, despite the cause, it would still be a pretty shitty album
watching this in 2024 with 0 memory of what happened in 2018 is. certainty something
Gap rock is a genre: it's called pop music
Wait, Stone Temple Pilots made a new album?
I completely forgotten.
Trust me, you aren't missing anything.
🙁
I’m just glad someone besides me liked Chester Bennington as their lead singer.
I honestly loved STP's new album. I saw them in concert twice this year, and I gotta say: I can't disagree more with Crash than I do when he said Jeff has no charisma.
I surprisingly liked the new stone temple pilots album i even bought it
Wow. Even here we brits are being taken the piss out of for brexit. Great video anyway especially with that idles reference
Wait they used a third eye blind song and they used Semi-charmed life why didn’t they use Jumper the song that was actually about suicide?!
Internet needed Lil D'va singing Believer
I love Disturbed, but Evolution was a major misstep.
Same but add Bullet and Gravity. Jesus Christ.
Yeah, I completely agree.
Evolution? More like devolution, am I right? Wokka wokka
For that was with Muse and Simulation Theory. I actually enjoyd it more than Crash, but the sound just wasn't a good fit for them
Disturbed is not went far enough with their "experiment"
Sometimes, even almost a decade later, I still feel like a snobby asshole because I abandoned nearly all mainstream rock music once I hit high school and discovered Bandcamp.
Then I watch Crash’s annual Worst of ____ lists.
Funny enough, Bullet For My Valentine actually do an Imagine Dragons cover as a bonus track. Considering I can't stand either of them, that is a match made in hell!
If 218 was nicknamed "I lived, bitch", I can't wait to see what name Crash will give to 2020
That's one hell of a list. Here's hoping that, if nothing else, this leads to the end of Fall Out Boy. I have not heard a listenable song from them in AGES. I guess if nothing else, it makes for good heel heat for wrestling shows as entrance music.
2018 I Lived Bitch!, more like 2018 I Survived Bitch!
Disturbed going alt rock just goes to show how we have all become desensitized to what used to be "edgy."
They were never edgy....they always sucked.
2013- You Can Do Better
2014- Who The Hell Gave These Sociopaths instruments?
2015- ZZZZZZZZZ
2016- If Everything Else This Year Wasn't Already Bad.
2017- What The Fuck Are YOU Doing Here?
2018- I LIVED BITCH!!!
To the people who missed the premiere: y'all should've seen the chat when #4 and #1 were announced.
Top chat replay for the win!
I'll say this about 2019 as opposed to 2018, I went from being the heaviest weight of my entire life to finally starting to shed those fucking pounds.
I returned to this video after Spiritual Machines II released. I hope Crash talks about it in the 2022 albums video lol
Honestly, I feel like Evolution wasn't as good as I originally thought it was. It took me a little while until I realized the new Disturbed album wasn't even a Disturbed album.
I also didn't expect America and Mania (there's honestly no point in not spoiling it. Too obvious) would ended up getting the Eternal Enemies/Memoirs of a Murderer treatment here. Ah well, they deserve it.
Another thing, I had COMPLETELY forgotten that 5FDP made an album lol. I mean Jesus. Even Ivan's buddy Phil Labonte managed to get his shit together this year.
Why is it every time Crash mentions a bad cover of a song I love, I think I'll check that out for shits and giggles? I've done it couple of times now, and like the first time I'm now horrified. I really hope I learn my lesson this time. Bad covers don't always equal laughter.
35:11 So basically, Fall Out Boy finally took their own song to heart?
I had no idea Tenacious D even put out an album in November and their album releases are almost huge events because it takes them 5 or 6 years to release them.
37:49 : fob heard this line, proceeds to rewrite wrongs by releasing a folie a deux-like comeback track~
The interesting thing about MANIA is that for the first six songs, it’s okay pop with some good Stump performances (he kills it on Heaven’s Gate), but then immediately at track 7 it becomes as bad as everyone says imo. Young and Menace is among the worst songs I’ve ever heard
Yeah, 2018 had plenty of shit albums but in my opinion it was a hell of a lot better than 2017.
Even with Fall Out Boy, 30 Seconds to Mars, and Five Finger Death Punch sucking hard...
And we got some pretty good albums from Steve Perry (His album _Traces_ is a pretty sad one, but it's beautiful to me.) and Judas Priest with _Firepower._
I also personally like the Gorillaz album _The Now Now._ It's calm but still upbeat. A fair few of people are mixed on _The Now Now,_ but I like it myself. Probably because it was the first Gorillaz album I've listened to, so I may be biased as all get out.
@@Flamestar320 I liked The Now Now as well. It's not as great as their first three albums, but it's way better than The Fall or Humanz.
Knew from the very beginning of the year that Mania would be the worst and wasn't surprised to see you put AMERICA in the same spot. Call me a cynical bastard, but with how bad 2018 was, I'm not expecting 2019 to be any better.
this year was pretty godly in metal overall, though- The Wake, Witch Mountain, II: Sojourn, Hellraisers of the Waste, Jackhammering Deathblow of Trepidation, Cronicos de Sucesos, Patriarchs of Evil, Heir to Despair, Passage Into the Xexanoth, Ecliptic Butchery, Cruel Magic, Conqueror’s Oath, Desolation, Lucifer II, Breaking the Spell, Jettatura, Pacifism is Cowardice, Inner Sanctum Immolation (from my hometown!), The Outer Ones, Idol... I could keep going on with god-tier metal albums of 2018 for /hours/, and I haven’t even started with any of the amazing war/bestial black metal releases or the resurgence of austere, atmospheric black metal that was actually worth a damn...
I probably agree with Simulation Theory being a dishonorable mention, too. It may have made my best of the year list, but it's still definitely their worst album to date (in my opinion). I still love MUSE, though, and I'm seeing them this spring for their Simulation Theory World Tour... Can't wait! \m/
With the our lady peace album it sparked an idea
How to get into our lady peace (and when to get out)
Dalton Riser I could more than likely use a series like that
I know I'm many years late to this but I have to wonder with Song That Saved My Life, if they wanted to cover a Third Eye Blind song why not choose Jumper instead since that's literally a song about trying to convince someone to not commit suicide, that fits in with the theme of the album so much better than Semi Charmed Life.
Is it just me or does "When Legends Rise" (the title track from the Godsmack album) sound like a Nickelback song? Not a Nickelback rip-off but literally like Nickelback's playing the song.
Funny you bring that up. I actually had the exact same thought when I first heard that one song "Take it to the Edge" (at least I think that's what it was called). lol
Coming back to the intro of this video in 2020 is... interesting to say the least
I will never not call 2018 "I lived bitch" after this video.
Hot take: Imagine dragons has exactly 1 good song, it'e called "hopeless opus" and they havent released anything that good since
Two years later and your #1 pick is holding up perfectly.
I’m a disturbed fan, but evolution was aids
I know that you only really talk about rock music, but I thought 2018 ("I lived b!tch") was an even worse year for rap or pop than it was for rock. I swear to God, Lil' Xan and 6ix9ine are some of the worst rappers of all time...
No it wasn't. Kanye, Denzel Curry, Pusha T, Noname, Travis Scott, Vince Staples, etc all dropped fantastic records. Hell even 21 Savage had a good album.
I can't deny that it wasn't a strong year for billboard, but hip hop slayed all year
@@brooklynhatch9705 Well yeah, there were some good rap albums this year (another one you forgot was Kamikaze by Eminem), but overall I thought it was a terrible year. Mainly because of bad rappers like Lil' Xan, 6ix9ine (God), Lil' Yachty, Cardi B, Kodak Black, Quavo, and so on. Also even though I didn't listen to them, the albums from Nicki Minaj and Migos just look really eh to me.
@@elebrony yeah, every year you're going to have shitty, no talent hacks dropping garbo. This year compared to others was stellar tho.
6ix9ine? Don't you mean Sucks9ine?
Most of the new bands just don't do anything for me. I liked music from the 60s and 70s when I was a young GenX'er in high school and college in the 90s, and I have seen very few bands that have made me change my mind. I mean, the Foo FIghters, The Sword, In This Moment... all good bands who have released albums of varying quality that I own and listen to, but the newer bands just don't do much. Thankfully I'm both old enough that the rock music I like goes back almost 30 years before my birth and there seems to be a limitless supply of obscure stuff to find. Plus, I listen to pretty much anything, classical to R&B to Jazz and beyond, that I'll never run out of stuff. I'm glad I don't do what you do, Rock Critic, because it would force me to endure a lot of rubbish just to find something good. I'm in my mid 40s now and am not in the best of health, so there's no way I have time for that.
30STM’s first two albums were amazing, especially their first. That album was so unique, but it’s like they want to forget it. They really went down hill after ABL.. It’s a shame to see what they have become, especially Jared. His ego went to his head
To be honest i don´t think When Legends Rise or even Godsmack as a band is bad, but we all have different tastes and different opinions so it´s always interesting to hear different opinions i believe.
If it weren't for "Drop Me In The Water", O.L.P. could've called the album "Nothingness".
8:30 Nice Rock Band 4 background pic for the video 🤣
2018 was, for me, only slightly better than 2017, but still pretty depressingly bad.
also, breaking benjamin? really? they are good.
Well if many people shared their opinions on bands on this list, I guess I share mine too.
Dishonorable Mentions:
1- I never liked Godsmack, so I don't like their new album either, but I guess this one have some fine musical moments.
2-Imagine Dragons sucks, but hey, at least Origins doesn't have Thunder or Believer.
3-Boring. For real I can't understand why many people says what this album is their best. IMO- it's their worst and most boring album and The Man Who Married a Robot is a cancer.
4-I love Amity Affliction, even tho their sound start getting samey after Let the Ocean Take Me. But Misery was blegh, dissapointment. That being said, I like Drag the Lake, Kick Rocks and Ivy (Doomsday).
5-My bigest dissapointment of the year...actually it's new Panic At the Disco, but Muse is close second. Not a bad album, but easily their worst, even Drones has more highlights than this thing (and Propaganda is atrocious).
Actual list:
10- Someone said this is the Punk Goes Pop for charity purposes and he is right. Also, WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT RANDITION OF LOSING MY RELIGION?!WTF Movements?
9- Meh, I stoped caring about this band than Venom came out so new album does not dissapointed me. It was still pretty bad.
8- Fun fact- I started listen to this band because of how good Crash said they are and I enjoyed pretty much all they done from Naveed to Gravity. I wish they would stop put out music after Gravity thou, cause every next album by them was more boring than previous and this one is (I hope) the bottom for them.
7-STP deserved better. Their albums from begining to No 4 are amazing. But after that no, just no. And their Self-titled 2.0 is easily their worst and most annoying (I can't stand Meadows, mostly chorus).
6-No shame- I love Disturbed, so I was really dissapointed by the new one. Boring and generic radio alt rock bullshit without any care or love in it. Nothing but a lazy """hard""" songs and attempts to rewrite their cover of Sound of Silence in the least imaginative way.
5-I diddn't listen to this album, so no opinion.
4-I hope Frank Turner continues to make great albums like Positive songs for Negative people, Tape Hear Deck and England Keep My Bones, cause his recent album wasn't it. 1933 still good.
3-Never Liked Ministry, they are not for me, but I can understand appeal. Amerikkkant (blegh) thou is just atrocious and get every inch of hate it deserves (also new Otep album similarly bad).
2-I used to like this band, I can't remember why. But even in my days of being a fan, I would hate this one because it's just so boring and have so little care put in what if I still was a fan I would probably was more upset. But cause I'm not, I can just said it sucks.
1-Fuck Mania, Fuck AMERICA. They both similar in their awfulness. Like King 810 and Emmure in 2014 they are worthy of sharing top of 2018.
Well it was fun, best list sure be fun as well, can't wait for it release! My AOTY is Idles btw.
I'm a fan of Dance Gavin Dance but... yeah that cover was something else. I will say though that it is 100% on brand for them to cover a super catchy song about drug addiction. And the not so subtle idea that they're saying that drug use staved their depression away COMPLETELY makes sense for them if you look at their back catalog.
5:04 You know it's weird, when you're more excited to see Lil' Wayne come on stage than Imagine Dragons on TV.
"Can it get much worse then I lived bitch/2018"...
this comment is laughable in hindsight.
Hate to burst your bubble, but... there was actually a Teletubbies reboot. In 2016.
Re: your statement that you could barely think of five albums that deserved dishonorable mentions, I'm surprised you didn't just also put in Coheed & Cambria, Low, The Sword, or Andrew W.K., all of which you seemed to dislike very much. Actually, on that note... how did you feel about Breaking Benjamin's new album, for real? In the FIMI video it seemed like you were making fun of it, but apparently you didn't hate it enough to put it on this list?
Andrew WK was VERY close to making that list, by the by, but... eh. In the end, he wasn’t hurting anybody I guess.
Still tho. No idea what Fantano saw in that record. 🙃
I think Tenacious D webseries tried to replicate The Big Lez Show and broke their legs badly during their run.
When Americans try to reference Brexit >_> ummmmm remember the orange guy you voted for?
Just because they screwed up with voting doesn't mean they can't acknowledge other countries' screw-ups with voting. And it's not like Crash is acting all high and mighty when referencing Brexit. He's not insinuating that America fares any better when it comes to government votes.
Touché... fuck I didn’t vote for him, tho. FWIW.
I love our President. I don't love everything he does....but I love him mainly just to piss off the weak ass lefties who can't handle words.
Trump is punk rock, whether you like it or not. Imagine if people were this upset about our last (shit) President. Oh wait, it's coming out now that he actually was A FUCKING TRAITOR!!!!!!!!! People need to put their petty feeling aside and do what's best for their country. Grow up children.
@@sydIRISH Yeah, nothing is more punk rock than being born into wealth and privilege. Trump was and is The Establishment.
Bullet with Butterfly Wings? That’s certainly.... a choice to put on an anti-suicide album
I frickin' spit out my drink at Bwha-ah-ah-ah the Clown xD
As soon as you said The number two spot wasn’t what most would think it was, I knew you were going to put both albums that everyone knew was bad at the top.
I love the work you put into these videos, you should get a lot more views my man
Watching this intro from the distant dystopian future of 2021 thinking “Oh Crash, you poor naive young man. How little you know of true suckage, of the agony of real isolation, of how badly Trump really could fuck everything up, of how much survival would really become a genuine triumph because, sadly, so many wouldn’t”
2018 did rather suck with music and video games. It was pretty song for TV and film, at least.
I know it was also a bad year for the world in general. On a personal level, this was actually an exceptional one for me, so your going on about how bad it was, was hard to relate to. I got a much better job and got married. Very much a turnaround year for me. I sincerely feel for those who had a bad year, though.
Andrew Visokey have you played spider man ps4? Congrats on getting married btw:)
Seems your sentiments about the year are shared. Every worst list mentions how hard it was to even find anything, and how boring the whole year was, no matter what genre the focus is on.
I used to love Fall Out Boy in the late 00s, but all of their post-hiatus work is just terrible. I never understood why they had to do these lazy cash-ins on music trends. I still kept on defending their earlier stuff, but Mania was so bad that it legit made me wonder if FOB was even a good band to begin with, and unfortunately, the answer is no. They were decent back in the day, but there were better bands in their genre. I honestly still listen to some of their old songs, but only for nostalgic reasons. I would still call them a guilty pleasure, but Mania pissed away every single sign of genuine appreciation I had for this band. That's why it hurts so badly: Mania proofed that they have zero respect for their fans. I really hope they break up very soon, the music scene doesn't need these cynical cash grabs anymore
Julien Standaert Yes, there’s always been better bands in Fall Out Boy’s genre. Fall Out Boy was always labeled “emo.” As far as better emo bands go, I’ve got 3 words: Jimmy. Eat. World.
Walk On Water made me ashamed to have supported 30 Seconds To Mars and seen them live
Watching in 2020. What even HAPPENED in 2018......
I actually thought 2018 was a pretty great year for music
i think it was an amazing year for music overall