Don't get me wrong, I like The Vines. But they have been hyped WAY too much. Like The Strokes before them but to an even greater extreme. Craig Nicholls has nothing original about him whatsoever. He just so obviously a huge Kurt Cobain fan. I mean, does originality mean nothing? Magazines like NME are full on blowing them out of all proportion. They have a couple of nice catchy songs but I mean, come on, best album of the year? They're almost a ska band for fuck's sake!
Don't get me wrong, I like The Vines. But they have been hyped WAY too much. Like The Strokes before them but to an even greater extreme. Craig Nicholls has nothing original about him whatsoever. He just so obviously a huge Kurt Cobain fan. I mean, does originality mean nothing? Magazines like NME are full on blowing them out of all proportion. They have a couple of nice catchy songs but I mean, come on, best album of the year? They're almost a ska band for fuck's sake!