Has the bar for "damn fine" musicians been significantly lowered recently?

What - no George Acosta? How the hell did Creed make this list?

Where's Molly Hatchet? Lynyrd Skynyrd? KC and the Sunshine Band?

and why the hell was flo-rida mentioned?
/we coulda guessed he was a floridian

worst list ever?

Florida: WTF is the state's problem?

FeedTheCollapse: worst list ever?

Florida: WTF is the state's problem?

Yes, and I will never forgive Florida for Creed

Die Polizei: FeedTheCollapse: worst list ever?

Florida: WTF is the state's problem?

Yes, and I will never forgive Florida for Creed

Can't forget Limp Bizkit

I saw Creed and Backstreet Boys in the first ten listed.
I didn't not make it to eleven.

First thing that came to mind when I read "damn fine" was Tom Petty.

Only a handful of those listed deserve to be mentioned, and many who should be on the list, like Skynyrd, are nowhere to be found.

I had no idea Florida was responsible for so much musical suck. Aside from Tom Petty and maybe a couple others, everyone on that list I either haven't heard of or consider some of the worst in music over the last decade or two.

I saw maybe one or two "damn fine" musicians in a list of flash-in-the-pan MTV fodder.

Tom Petty is the only good one I can think of. Please enlighten me.

/not clicking 31 times for this crap

el crappo.

Need some ear bleach after that list. Hmmm... Lemme put some 16 Horsepower on.

Goonie_Goo_Goo: el crappo.

Need some ear bleach after that list. Hmmm... Lemme put some 16 Horsepower on.

They're from Colorado.

/Still a good choice.
//Going to the Wovenhand show tonight.
///yay me.

16 Horsepower reference, awesome.

Serious, wtf florida?

Crappy bands should do all of their shows in front of green screen.

Death, FTW.

Tom Petty was the only good musician on the entire list...


It kind of makes sense that all the crap I hate comes from Florida though..

puckhead: I saw Creed and Backstreet Boys in the first ten listed.
I didn't not make it to eleven.

That sucks that you made it to eleven?

jerkobson: Goonie_Goo_Goo: el crappo.

Need some ear bleach after that list. Hmmm... Lemme put some 16 Horsepower on.

They're from Colorado.

/Still a good choice.
//Going to the Wovenhand show tonight.
///yay me.

Yeah, I know they're from Colorado. Just sayin' that the list sucked so much, I had to get ear bleach.

/Black Soul Choir blasting from my 'puter speakers

Then why not show a few?

I am really hoping that subby was being sarcastic.

Of the 35 "artists" on that list, I've heard of 16. Of those, I like/can tolerate 4, 8 suck royally, and 4 I've either never heard, or haven't heard enuogh of to form an opinion.

Yay Florida.

That's a whole lotta Do not want.

No Morbid Angel?

'N Sync?!?! More like 'N Toilet.

HA!

/all weak

MensRea: Death, FTW.

Beat me to it.

No Cynic, Death, or Atheist?

Psh.

Yeah, that list sucks.

Random good FL musicians (IMO, of course):

Jim motherfarking Morrison
Against Me!
Iron & Wine
Death
Tom Petty
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Outlaws
Molly Hatchet
.38 Special
Allman Brothers Band (formed in FL :p)
Bellamy Brothers
KC & The Sunshine Band
Morbid Angel (not really into it, but a lot of people are)
New Found Glory (see above)
dead prez
T-Pain
2 Live Crew
etc etc

Yay for Iced Earth, Six Feet Under, and Obituary.

Boo for no Death, Cynic, Morbid Angel or Savatage.

safari joe does it again:

Yes, and I will never forgive Florida for Creed

Can't forget Limp Bizkit

Add the Brokeback Boys and N' Stink and thats enough suck to doom the list.

Also, I thought Marilyn Manson was from Ohio. He didn't move to Florida until he was about 18 or so.

Dear Everyone,
Sorry for all the crappy music.

Love, Florida.

tampa definetly deserves it's due... for example

and ftmfw...

some Florida bands that have achieved international success:

Death (legendary)
Morbid Angel (has sold more than half a million records)
Iced Earth (these guys ought to be as big as iron maiden but aren't for some strange reasoning. bad marketing department?)
Monstrosity
Malevolent Creation (actually from NY but moved to FL because we're just that awesome)
Cannibal Corpse (well over a million records sold)
Kamelot
Circle II Circle
Control Denied
Savatage (legendary. most of the band is involved in TSO these days)
Decide
Hate Eternal
Six Feet Under
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Obituary
Cynic (any fan of prog that doesn't know this band is missing out)
Atheist
Trivium (I think they suck but..)

some other great Florida bands:

Dark Faith
Kult ov Azazel
Paths of Possession
Torche

where is my Kamelot?

/love me some metal

spellacopter: Dear Everyone,
Sorry for all the crappy music.

Love, Florida.

Fixed

funny fact about Creed:

Despite the fact that they are from Tallahassee, FL, this entire city likes to pretend that this band never existed. people don't talk about them, ever. the mainstream rock radio station in town never plays them. venues that they used to play at back in the day have since taken down photo's of creed from their photo galleries and don't even mention them as "look at this band that got it's start here, etc..."

it really made me lol when I first noticed this. one has to wonder if Jacksonville, FL did the same thing (oh god I hope so) with limp biscuit.

Don't know about Florida as that list is so full of fail.

I'm constantly amazed at the amount of great bands/musicians that come out of Sweden though.

/no, this doesn't include ABBA

Cannibal Corpse was originally from Buffalo, New York.

/the more you know...

but ABBA is amazing?

but ABBA is amazing.

Lumber Jack Off: but ABBA is amazing?

Definitely not my style of music, but they definitely were successful and commercially viable.

I just knew someone would attempt to call me out as an ABBA fan or something when I made the statement I did.

No mention of Rise Against or Socialburn?

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=815996 00

\m/ for Ulcer.

I didn't feel like clicking all the way through, they had some really crappy "bands" on there, the main question is, did Ray Charles make the list? I'm really glad Tom Petty was on there, as I view them as one of Florida's only contribustion to the arts...

WTF? No Skynard, Allman or Molly Hatchet on the list...FAIL FAIL FAIL!

And to a lesser extent the outlaws and 38 special

A Gram Parsons mention would have greatly improved this shiatty list.

Absence of The Outlaws=worthless list.

Get off my lawn. NOW.