Spinoff: bands and artists you dont understand why they get so much hate

Two come to mind which were criticized based on comparisons to other work.

Audioslave had a terrible critical reception, particularly around Cornell’s lyrics. “Be Yourself” in particular got panned and it’s got one of the prettiest guitar riffs I’ve heard. It’s also just a positive song, which is refreshing to hear sometimes. It just seems odd sometimes when people are in a different stage in their life lyrically, and critics will blast them because it’s not the same depth because the same pain and substance isn’t there.


Bush is seen as a 90s grunge knockoff. They’re from England. These guys aren’t going to be dealing with the same scene. Kind of weird so many hold a British band to the American grunge standard because of the time period they came out in.