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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:51 PM
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Europe's worst band / solo artist (the nominations are open)
I'll set the ball rolling with a double attack from Sweden. Ace of Base and Whigfield.
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Red_Storm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:52 PM
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1. what about errm, Europe...........

It's the Final Countdown !!!
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:53 PM
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Ahh...Sweden, so much to answer for.
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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:53 PM
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2. that english rock band that screams
forgot their name
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:54 PM
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4. The Dorkness?
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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:54 PM
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5. ah yes The Darkness
topic
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a_random_joel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:54 PM
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3. Easy
Four Non-Blondes.

Next question.
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:54 PM
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6. You do know they were American, right?
Or was your irony so subtle I totally missed it?
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a_random_joel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:57 PM
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8. Are you kidding?
I got an import DJ promo, so I always thought they were Euro...
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:59 PM
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It was a vanity project for Linda Perry, now songwriter for Pink, Aguilera
et al.
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:56 PM
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7. Paul McCartney and Wings.
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Red_Storm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:57 PM
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9. the group that sang Der Komisarr..........
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:57 PM
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10. Falco?
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Red_Storm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:58 PM
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14. not sure but I hate that song.......
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quispquake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:58 PM
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12. There were two bands who sang that...
Falco, and After the Fire (didn't like either one personally!)
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a_random_joel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:59 PM
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18. Der Kommisar ROCKED!!!!!!
To this day, I have a warm and special place in my heart for that song.
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reprehensor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:57 PM
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11. Yanni. n/t
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:58 PM
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13. God, yeah.
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a_random_joel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:58 PM
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15. Ok, next try... Haddaway.
And countless other Eurotrash groups like them.

Although SNL made me love "What is Love". Not because it is a great song.
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:58 PM
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16. Yeah. I'll add Snap.
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Red_Storm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 03:59 PM
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17. Generally speaking, any band from Germany (Except Scorpions)
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 04:00 PM
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19. Or Kraftwerk, Can, Neu, Amon Duul II.
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 04:07 PM
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21. Don't forget Faust, dumbass.
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 04:08 PM
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22. Dammit! There's always one.
That'll be me kicked out of the Krautrock club, then.
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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 04:12 PM
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24. man do not talk bad about Kraftwerk
Or Rammstein for that matter
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Red_Storm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 05:12 PM
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27. Why?
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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 05:18 PM
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28. because
because kraftwerk only revolutionised music, and created the whole techno genre and they started in the late 60s..
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Red_Storm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 05:24 PM
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29. creating techno was revolutionary?

ok then
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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 05:28 PM
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30. err yes
Especially in a time when the standard was the beatles
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a_random_joel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 05:54 PM
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34. I believe it was.
I love techno.

And that aside, Kraftwerk is in their own league.
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 05:34 PM
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33. What about Rammstein?
End of Line.
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 08:48 PM
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41. Accept. Accept kicked ass.
Ronnie Spector's Wall of Sound had nothing on Accept.
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 04:01 PM
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20. Again. Yngwie Malmsteen. Or Tatu.
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LibertyorDeath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 04:12 PM
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23. Well these jokers are right up there. IMO




Not to be confused with these jokers but if you do it's understandable :)
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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 04:13 PM
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25. The darkness?
I said that already :D
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LibertyorDeath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 04:18 PM
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26. I know and I salute you !

Just couldn't resist sticking them side by side with Spinal Tap.

I'm sure u understand LOL :)
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southpaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 05:30 PM
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31. Spacehog
I know, they were supposed to be retro-chic, and their sound did make me long for vintage Bowie, but overall, they really sucked.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 05:31 PM
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32. ABBA
n/t
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a_random_joel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 05:56 PM
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35. Oh come on now...
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HalfManHalfBiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:06 PM
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36. Coldplay
Boring elevator music. Soft rock for sub-16 year old dorks.

I'd rather listen to William Shatner sing.
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SEAburb Donating Member (985 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:09 PM
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37. Danish pop band Aqua
One hit was that nauseating "Barbie Girl".
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:21 PM
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38. What about Abba? or the Sex Pistols?
I hated both.
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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:36 PM
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39. no way
ABBA still holds up
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 06:42 PM
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40. I nominate Heino
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-01-04 09:08 PM
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42. Roxette
The most generic pop pap imaginable.
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