Asking Alexandria Says Bands Today Don't Have Enough 'Issues'
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- Asking Alexandria sat with Radio.com and discussed their love of metal but also Nirvana, as well as a somewhat embarrassing moment from their career. Read more here: bit.ly/1mYzuo6
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"Seriously, get a drug problem!" -Danny Worsnop 2014
"But then they went country." Yes I know this whole thing was sarcastic, but look who else just "went country."
My Chemical Rømance Trash "Emphasis on the first syllable"
My Chemical Rømance Trash but Danny's country is GOOD AS FUCK.
They were talking about bands as a band asking alexandria have never done a country song the closest they got was vultures and moving on but that still isn't country... danny did do a country solo album but in this interview they were talking about themselves as in the actual band asking alexandria... if they were talking about solo albums Ben wouldn't be there
I think it's hilarious when people don't understand ben and Danny's sarcasm
We're middle class.
Stuff's alright.
We got money, we ain't got a lot of it.
But we're doing okay.
We're not struggling, we're right there.
I got two kids and a wife and we got a golden retriever and we live in the subuuuurbs.
ROCK AND ROLLLLLLLLLLL
SCREAM FOR ME
NO! I'm gonna leave...
Velga Al Rasyid Poetic
How ironic the last part of what Danny said “I got two kids and a wife and we got a golden retriever and we live in the suburbs”
This is what I'll never understand. Everybody goes on about how current day Metallica is horrible, and everybody agrees, but as soon as Asking Alexandria say it, the Internet explodes in rage. If Ozzy or Lemmy or Slayer or whoever said it, everybody would agree with them. It's not what they're saying, it's who's saying it that's the thing that's annoying people.
I'd call Slayer out for it if they did it.
+GamerTagVideos But Ben did say that ~despite~ their most recent albums, Metallica was still the best (or one of the best) bands in the world and that no one can steal their crown. He might've said and couldn't believe that it was true, but he did say they were still a band to be respected. At least that's what I got out of his words :)
ChernovFan100 ozy sucks
Wow, you can feel how your IQ gets lower with every comment read. Clearly a lot of people never watched other interviews with this band and don't know that much about them and their irony isn't tasted by much. Open your mind people.
funny how the singer says other bands use a formula. any musician can listen to AA and understand that band is definitely using a recipe themselves. not once, not twice, but every damn song. the singer is just dense and doesn't notice the open e string pattern over and over again lets not forget hitting c on the e string for that true emotion!
OkieRecon Yeah, the new style of using the same fuckin' open string pattern, yeah, so fuckin' new.
Roderick Peterson Guns N' Roses used the same repetitive chord progression for a lot of songs and their music is fucking legendary. All any band does is find what works and stick to it, which happens to be using the same progression or things like that.
I would agree with you but asking alexandria change their sound on evert new album they put out no 2 albums are the same but my point is that when they use formulars they are one of the first majour bands to do it cos when they did it they made the formular more famous
I love Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Hardcore, Punk, Grunge, Hard Rock, Hair Metal ....but who the fuck is Asking Alexandria???
A shitty band that first started out as post-hardcore and only chugged one open chord throughout all of their songs. Now they are slowly changing into a generic radio hard rock band and are OCCASIONALLY hitting chords that go up to the 3rd fret. They covered skid row's 18 and life and they suck so bad that they had to simplify the solos in the song so they could pull it off, rather than actually practicing and getting better, the lazy talentless fucks.
They covered Skid Row's 18 and life? I have to listen to that.
They sure did. I think they also covered youth gone wild. But I didn't hear it.
shortwinger3 You are such a dumbass if danny wasnt english 18 and a life would have been on q so fuck yourself talking like you know something about music
I do know something about music. I know a hell of a lot more than Danny does. He thinks that guns n roses was the only metal to "hold on for dear life" through the 90's even though guess what? That version of guns n roses NEVER released another album. Because nowadays guns n roses is just an axl rose solo project and a shitty one at that. Don't give me that shit about his accent affects his singing because it doesn't. He doesn't sound English at all when he sings(or at atleast attempts to because he sucks at singing). Ac/dlc is Australian. Does Brian Johnson sound Australian when he sings? No he doesn't. There cover sucked shit. They simplified every thing about the song so they could pull it off because all they can do is 0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0.
I still like asking Alexandria, i mean yeah i don't like what they said about the Nirvana and Metallica. but they do have a point, Metallica is old news, i like them but I've never been a fan of bands that stay on for years and years. And i don't know why people are making fun of someones opinion even know they may be bad ones, that's like me saying to someone that I hate metal overall and them saying WELL FUCK YOU METAL IS AWESOME AND YOU CANT HAVE AN OPINION, its a bit unreasonable, so what difference does it make that members of a band saying something about a band they may not like?
***** Emo music is like Underoath and shit... Three Gays Disgrace and whatnot.
I did actually watch the full thing, i new they were influenced by nirvana and they hate the new Metallica, i was just saying theres no point of making fun of someone elses opinion :)
And i personally like asking alexandria and three days grace, i wouldnt count myself as "Emo" though, or scene or any other names that society calls people with this certain type of music. Have a good day :)
Fucking respect to you my friend!
Thank you my good sir :)
Finally someone who gets it!
i'm sure they're just trying to troll and cause people to start talking about them but it's just funny how he mentions bands such because they all the sound the same yet they sound like every other 2004-05 metalcore band from that time
Almost all they said was just sarcasm they both enjoy Metallica and Aerosmith, and why call them generic when they are actually a great influence for their genre that's why nowadays a lot of new bands sound like them.
prepare for people who dont know shit about AA in the comments. FAIR WARNING.
One of my favorite bands, but that was the douchiest interview
You do realise that they were being sarcastic right? Like that's British humuor
UR JUST SALTY CUZ THEY ARE RIGHT AND U CANT PROOVE OTHERWISE i dont care that its a 5 y o comment
"Everybody sounds exactly the same, they have this formula and they just all copy it and all use it and they all write the same song."
This pretty much describes Asking Alexandria perfectly.
no all the bands now copy what they have done idiot
Every band is different asking alexandria stays the fucking same
They must be irony impaired.
They shouldn't get ahead of themselves.
Their music is formulaic as fuck... the same fuckin' Gothemburg style riffs, the same power-chord based chorus with cheesy singing/keyboards and the very fuckin' SAME open string palm muted breakdown from almost every melodic Post-hardcore and pseudo-Metalcore bands (Pseudo-metalcore because bands like Converge and Integrity are actual Metalcore).
They are just a bland, unoriginal and boring band that is popular for Hot topic kids... they are not even metal, the only metal thing I can stick out from them are the Gothemburg copypasted riffs and some growls (shitty fake growls) from their vocalist, but that's all... everything else is friggin' pop punk shit that even Avril Lavigne could do.
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gothenburg style riffs? first they don't have riffs and you can't compare them to In Flames for example.
I have heard some random generic melodeath kind-of riffs in some of their songs. Those riffs sucks, obviously.
Omg their cover of Right Now (Na Na Na) I bought that on iTunes!!!
Contrary ro what they say I think it's actually a great cover
AreTrees It's not bad, I mean most Punk Goes Pop covers are kinda gross anyways
Why are they hating on their Right Now cover?? That was one of the best songs they fucking did back then!
I havn't listened to these dudes in ages but Danny is right, I really think they owe their success to him.
What's the point in coming to an asking Alexandria video and hating on them?
I don't know of many metal bands talking about how awesome life is. They're usually talking about some weird gothic "demons will rise and government's are bad" shit
To be honest, I'm with Asking Alexandria on this one.
Everybody hates on new Metallica, especially considering the quality of their material post ...And Justice For All. So in reality what Asking Alexandria is doing is nothing new. It's not what they're saying, it's who's saying it that's sparked such a controversy. I guarantee that if Lemmy Kilmister hated on Metallica a ton of people would agree with him, but whenever Asking Alexandria have an opinion, they get attacked for it.
Yes, they're cocky and arrogant and all that, but hey, all rockstars are, am I right? At least Asking Alexandria actually show up for their shows on time unlike a certain Mr. Rose...
And what's sarcasm? Never heard of that before
suuuuree, asking alexandria is SUPER original, is not like the other 10000000 emo core bands out there
Asking alexandria, attack attack, chelsea grin, "Something" with sirens, all that hipster emo fashion stuff, IS ALL THE SAME, some growls and open sixth string riffs, some keyboard effects, the chorus is always the same, some dude singing like a girl about how they broke up with their girlfriend and some screams, then the most overused part of the song... the Breakdown... no need to explain
Oh and, people can write songs about the hell they want. Rock, metal, etc is not about having issues or decapitate babys as many ignorants think it is
:D
Bence Bakos Their music proves that they overuse the same fuckin' Gothemburg style riffs, the same power-chord based chorus with cheesy singing/keyboards and the very fuckin' SAME open string palm muted breakdown.
Sorry, but they are just a bland, unoriginal and boring band that is popular for Hot topic kids... they are not even metal, the only metal thing I can stick out from them are the Gothemburg copypasted riffs and some growls (shitty fake growls) from their vocalist, but that's all... everything else is friggin' pop punk shit that even Avril Lavigne could do.
couldn't of said it better thank you :) slayer all the way man!
Asking Alexandria was the original tho. They started that emothingy and everyone copied them.
I like that this band is the epitomy of generic and they're talking about everyone else being too "similar" and "bland" with a formula. Every song they ever put out follows the same exact formula.
Nah
Don't hate Asking Alexandria because they don't like Metalica or Nirvana! They can like what they want! And yes, they are fucking huge band! For 4 years hard work they reach over 8 000 000 fans in the world!
what danny said about what he thinks about rock music today is so fucking right.
people still waste their time to watch interviews of people they hate and then leave hateful comments? Wow so many people got too much time on their hands. Go watch something that makes you happy instead of something that pisses you off that would be so much more helpful to everyone!
I think, and read carefully, that everybody posting about this has a finger up their ass. When I saw this advertised on facebook, it was said they SLAMMED Nirvana. The only band they had anything to say about was Metallica's NEW shit. Which, I do like Death Magnetic a bit, but we can all safely agree that maybe they care a bit more about being "Metallica" than being musicians. Musicians in the sense musically, not technically.
I'm not the biggest fan of these guys but I think they're hilarious. It's obviously a joke
same
Ben Bruce: I honestly can't believe the bullshit people are saying about this interview! We clearly said that Nirvana were genius and deserve to be inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame and that Metallica will always be the biggest band in the world and that no one would ever take their crown from them! I also did an interview with guitar world a few months ago and said that Metallica were one of my favourite bands of all time! Such a ridiculous situation! It doesn't even fucking matter! I know that I love Metallica and Nirvana! No need to prove otherwise! ;)
I think they forgot there in that category of bands that sound the same.
I will say this and I'm sure my opinion won't be popular, but asking alexandria musically has matured over the years since the first music they have came out. I do dig the metalcore, old school rock n roll approach they have in their music nowadays from the songs "don't pray for me," "moving on, and "run free." Some should listen and hear the difference in sound they have. They are heading in the right direction
HOWEVER, the opinions expressed about Metallica should of kept to themselves. These questions are a bit stupid as well
Oh and danny, lose some weight dude. Lol
Does anyone know when or if the documentary's coming out? What's it called? Should be hilarious!
People need to calm down and realize Ben and Danny fuck around alot with sarcasm and joke about everything, they're just joking around.
Guns n Roses aren't Metal btw and Metal has never died.. its always been an underground movement
What song are they talking about when they say to burn from jukeboxes?
Oh GAWD I LOVE THESE FUCKERS
"Everybody sounds exactly the same. They have this formula, they all copy it, and they all write the same song... it sucks."
Welp, Danny just dissed his own band. Way to go.
People are so idiotic, they weren't talking badly about metallica and nirvana, they made a valid point that metallica could put out anything they want and everyone would bow down to it because they're pretty much the 'gods' of metal. And they were completely right about the comments they made on generic bands which isn't entirely hypocritical if you follow the band you would know they're completely moving away from the generic metalcore scene.
And lastly the majority of you need to learn to understand sarcasm.
As a British person, I feel incredibly embarrassed. Why can't you be American, Asking Alexandria!
Im guessing the song they were talking about was The Final Episode
I love Asking Alexandria but i dont think they are right, the 90s where awesome a lot of badass bands
arguably the best decade for music
From reading these comments, the truth must sting a bit.
I actually don't know how to feel about this. fame's getting to their heads. "stupid bands", absolutely, but that's not for them to say. I feel like they are really trying too hard to be these big rockstars meanwhile they're in a sub-par metalcore act that started in 2008.
LOL DID ASKING ALEXANDRIA JUST COMPLAIN ABOUT HOW EVERYTHING SOUNDS THE SAME WHEN THEY SOUND LIKE EVERY METALCORE BAND EVER
LOLLL these guys have the most elementary views of music possible, this band is literally an example of getting lucky in the music industry,
Not really.....they were one of the first popular bands of metalcore and basically pioneered the early days of metalcore and paved the way for other bands to just copy their style. You're wrong.
@@yooloi363 true, real Metalcore started in the late 90s and early 2000s 😂😂 these guys copied what other bands at that time and in that scene were doing. they didn’t pave the way for shit. there’s not a single band signed to a record label right now that would list Asking Alexandria as an influence
This is why education is so important.
Their cover of right now (nanana) takes me back. I still love it but probably only because it use to be my jam when it just came out.
Looks like this comment section is full of "real metal heads" who can't take sarcasm
Was the Asking Alexandria documentary ever released, if so can anyone tell me where to find it, I would love to watch it 😊
I'm pretty sure it's "Through Sin and Self Destruction" it's on Sumerian's channel or if you just look up the title you can find it. I'm not totally sure if that's what they were talking about though
Nevermind it was never released. That was something different
Love these guys :3 such a good bunch of dudes and they put on amazing live performances
y’all rlly don’t know what sarcasm is .
What's the song are they on about? Please someone tell me
i believe it's right now (na na na)
it's is the akon cover lol they fucking hate it
I don't think people understand their sarcasm and how they joke
I remember watching this when it came out and I was in 8h grade and being like “REEE FUCK THESE GUYS” fast forward to now and they’re one of my favorite bands lmao
Oh no.. once again Asking Alexandria have made an even bigger grave for them self. Being that rock n roll band that doesn't give a shit is kind of getting old. Especially because they are all around the age of 25 not 18.
Have always been a fan off their but the respect levels are always dropping lower. Please guys get you shit together!
Pantera was the metal band that carried the flag through the 90's
anyone know what the song they're talking about is?
I can't take them seriously as "rock stars" considering they used to be crab core. Haha
Guys they are being sarcastic, and it is their opinion. I guarantee some of you bash other bands just because the sound horrible, or maybe there is a person in the band you don't like. Those of you hating on Asking are just being hypocrites, so be respectful. You can say whatever you like about them, but do it respectfully and not in some rude way that will upset others around you.
i miss Danny 😩😩😩
I don't. He was dragging AA into the grave.
He didn't die, for fuck's sake!
+Nikola Perunovic he died bitch, you better ivestigate a little
Another band that survived the 90’s nirvana wave was pantera, but they changed their sound and got heavier.
Fuck but I love the Right Now cover they did. Why would they hate it. Years passed and it's still a jam
I love their cover of right now na na na!!!
You see the thing as any criticism is rendered irrelevant as soon as its coming from Asking Alexandria. Its ridiculous that they criticize radio music for being boring and samey when those two words perfectly represent them as a band
Lol so many butt hurt people over nothing.
Right now (Na Na Na) by akon is the song they covered earlier
How has no one here realized that they arent taking this interview seriously? They fuck around a lot and some of you should be able to pick up on it easily
They were doing a documentary?? Wtf since when? Is this still a thing?
A lot of people took this waaaaayy too seriously, they just like to fuck around and joke alot, they were being sarcastic, have you heard their latest album? The last thing they'd want to promote is being an alcoholic or a drug addict ._.
THE PUNK GOES POP SONG THEY HATE IS
Right now (na na na)
I fucking miss Dimebag
They prove a point with the whole "radio music" thing. People seem to not understand there are so many different forms of music that aren't primarily on the radio. When most of it is actually really good but the idiots who run these stations simply don't understand how to identify good music.
I know everyone is talking about nirvana and Metallica thing.... But does anyone no when this documentary is coming out???
I became a fan of Asking Alexandria a month ago and I'm too late, but I love their music, and I should watch more interviews of them.
yeah bub
Maybe if they practiced as much as they drank they could write some songs that aren't shitty.
Why isn't there a petition to remove these hacks from Mayhem Fest?
How ironic that Asking Alexandria bashes other artists for sounding so much alike. Get a drug problem? Middle class artists shouldn't make music? God forbid a music type other than metal becomes successful. I wouldn't even consider their music in the category of metal. There is more to music that technicality and screaming into a microphone. There is plenty of good metal artists around these days and they are not one of them.
i'm laughing so hard when Danny says "emphasis on the first syllable" and when he says "great drummer" and rolls his eyes XD
You people are freaking out over nothing. They are entitled to their own opinion about other bands. Just because you don't agree with their opinion doesn't mean your opinion is any better. Quit being butt hurt over someone's opinion that is on a youtube video. Get over yourselves. Just my 2 cents
They are being sarcastic
THE ALLONETIME PROJECT OFFICIAL how?
I personally enjoy music with happy themes, its rather motivating
Lol they said the did a 90s cover of a song and don't wanna say the name cuz they don't want people to look it up. Hey guys, it was a cover of Skid Row's Youth Gone Wild. Your welcome (:
This is the most ironic video on UA-cam. Hipsters will be wearing their shirts with the "formulaic" quote soon.
the moment you mention *cough* them *cought* and Nirvana in the same sentence then you know the world has gone to shit
This is fucking brilliant, spot on. You all are bloody mental if you don't think this is hilarious. And AA never takes interviews seriously.
"Wow, I am a bad fuc**** person. I have done some disgusting things in my life" = well your music, obviously! :)
grow some balls
:D already got a pair
Was the documentary finally released, 4:10 ? with the departure of Danny it should have canceled...
Posers like to throw unintelligent insults at legendary bands.
Guys! I've got it! They're trolling us all. THEY HAVE TO BE.
They're talking about the akon 2009 cover
I need Ben's jacket.. like seriously ! I need to find that
people get so offended these days, get a fucking life and stop complaining about bands in a youtube comment section.
They're obviously referring to the band Issues
Its like they are not the band of today. I like their music but I hate how they act like. I'd also recomend them getting some knowledge about music.
What is this documentary?
There is alot of bullshit being thrown around here, and you may not like the band but as ben said "I honestly can't believe the bullshit people are saying about this interview! We clearly said that Nirvana were genius and deserve to be inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame and that Metallica will always be the biggest band in the world and that no one would ever take their crown from them!" they didn't really do much insulting and they may of made sarcastic remarks but everyone else saying they need to get over themselves, well you do as well. I'm not here to start conflict, but at the same time, everyone is blowing this up out of proportion.
Intro song??
I think its pretty fucking obvious when they started trolling the camera guy.
I love asking, but I love Nirvana A LOT MORE. But people are acting like asking insulted Nirvana for killing a genre of music, however they're just clearly saying that Nirvana shifted the scene from being about thash metal, heavy metal etc to grunge.