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    Canadian BanditMadeleine Davies
    12/29/15 1:11pm

    I am so glad that there is no internet evidence of myself as a tween. Being a fan of Savage Garden, 98 degrees, Backstreet Boys, N’Sync etc. was limited to listening to the radio and buying merch.

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      ad infinitumCanadian Bandit
      12/29/15 1:24pm

      I would have written SO much Mary Sue fanfiction about Guns ‘N Roses. And posted it under my real name. Along with all my super deep suicide poetry, and even deeper musings about how deep I was. And it would have lived on the Internet forever. Thank the good lord I’m old enough that that wasn’t possible back then.

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      YoSupCanadian Bandit
      12/29/15 1:33pm

      Okay but you just created said evidence.

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    kshortie16Madeleine Davies
    12/29/15 1:20pm
    GIF

    No, but really. I’ve never heard a song by these kids. I couldn’t pick them out of a lineup. At least I kinda get 1D. These boys here? Nah.

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      willsomeonethinkofthechitlinskshortie16
      12/29/15 1:37pm

      Someone started tweeting about them on my TL and was spamming the shit out of me. One of the members has the same name as my kid, and I was about to yell at him for having a Twitter account he’s not supposed to have. I still had no idea who the band was.

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      crankylittlephotonkshortie16
      12/29/15 1:41pm

      I agreed to take my teen daughter to a 5SOS show this summer. I am no stranger to boy band shows, so my expectations were low. AND YET. They worse than I could have ever imagined. SO, SO BAD.

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    Calls From the PublicMadeleine Davies
    12/29/15 1:17pm

    I saw this cover the other day, and felt an unmistakable stirring inside of me. Something along the lines of “That’s exhausting me and I bet their mothers wish they would put some pants on”

    ...Then I sighed deeply while shaking my fist at the sky. I will happily take my place amongst The Olds.

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      ad infinitumCalls From the Public
      12/29/15 1:26pm

      I just think they all look very uncomfortable!

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      willsomeonethinkofthechitlinsCalls From the Public
      12/29/15 1:35pm

      I looked at that and thought “they really need to wash all that shit off themselves and put some clothes on. Also, if that’s sexy, then I want no part of it.” I’m old. I’m now going to listen to “Ace of Spades” in honor of the rock legend, Lemmy.

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    LOREM IPSUMMadeleine Davies
    12/29/15 1:10pm

    Perhaps I’ve been living in a bubble, but I’ve honestly never heard of these people.

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      dalilaLOREM IPSUM
      12/29/15 1:14pm

      I honestly thought they were like, a parody band or some made up thing from SNL.

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      LOREM IPSUMdalila
      12/29/15 1:16pm

      The Rutles of pop-punk (or whatever the fuck they play) perhaps?

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    BusyHornsMadeleine Davies
    12/29/15 1:13pm

    “At the end of the day, he was like, ‘Shit, I feel stressed,’” says Irwin. “He’s like, ‘You guys ever look up shit on the Internet?’ We’re like, ‘What type of shit?’ He’s like, ‘Girl stuff, like, hot girls dancing.’ So he goes on YouTube and writes ‘hot chicks dancing’ in the search. And we sat there watching hot chicks dancing. It was such a creepy dad-on-the-Internet move.”

    Haha WHAT.

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      Calls From the PublicBusyHorns
      12/29/15 1:20pm

      I feel like that is EXACTLY what hanging out with Chad Kroeger would be like. Too many chicken strips and slimy soft-core youtube videos.

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      SquigglesBusyHorns
      12/29/15 1:26pm

      So accurate.

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    secretagentmanMadeleine Davies
    12/29/15 1:10pm

    Didn’t one of these guys send a boner vid to a girl, and she in turn sent it to everyone? That’s the only reason I know their name.

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      Madeleine Daviessecretagentman
      12/29/15 1:30pm

      Yes.

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      zombiebarbiesecretagentman
      12/29/15 1:34pm

      Man, I was really proud of the dick video I received a few years ago. I’m so bummed to learn it’s trickled down to the youths.

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    AltairaMorbius2200ADMadeleine Davies
    12/29/15 1:09pm

    My main reaction is “THESE are the boys my middle school students are drooling over? Seriously?”

    They are at least 50% less hot than I thought they’d be.

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      DashleyinCaliAltairaMorbius2200AD
      12/29/15 1:14pm

      The only fan of theirs I know IRL is the 12-YO daughter of one of my best friends. :-( She’s like the closest thing I have to a niece. Love her, but her taste in music is awful, and I’m wondering if I should stage an intervention before it’s too late. Like, if you’re going to be a middle schooler who is into a boy band, at least be into a boy band that isn’t totally lame.

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      AltairaMorbius2200ADDashleyinCali
      12/29/15 1:19pm

      But ARE there boy bands that aren’t totally lame?

      Is any of the music at least fun? That would explain a bit. N*Sync might have been spotty on the attractiveness/lameness part, but they did throw out some fun dance tunes.

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    Macabre CadabraMadeleine Davies
    12/29/15 1:16pm

    These dudes make Good Charlotte look like GWAR by comparison. I can’t tell any of these kids apart except for Kool Aid Red with the permanent anime cowlick – at least the Madden brothers made an effort.

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      Yog-Sothoth is the GateMacabre Cadabra
      12/29/15 1:22pm

      Your comparison of Good Charlotte to GWAR makes me want to vomit purple slime all over.

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      KinseyYog-Sothoth is the Gate
      12/29/15 1:51pm

      Me too. I choked on my coffee. Damn funny.

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    Joseph FinnMadeleine Davies
    12/29/15 1:18pm

    A band so meaningless, Rolling Stone didn’t even bother to give them an original cover and just plagiarized themselves.

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      DashleyinCaliJoseph Finn
      12/29/15 1:25pm

      Better boy band covers:

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      willsomeonethinkofthechitlinsDashleyinCali
      12/29/15 1:44pm

      One Direction look so cute! They’re kind of like your big brother’s friends. You know, the ones that are sweet to you, tease a bit, but are in no way interested in you. That other 5 Seconds band looks like your big brother’s skeevy friends, who would totally try it on with you once you’re 15-16.

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    HecateBarTheDoorMadeleine Davies
    12/29/15 1:36pm

    These guys are better.

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      HecateBarTheDoorHecateBarTheDoor
      12/29/15 1:43pm

      Aww, I tried to link a YouTube of the song and it had been deleted. Wah.

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      KinseyHecateBarTheDoor
      12/29/15 1:51pm

      Are these the guys Mabel rescued?

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