Highly Evolved is one of the few cd's my work has....so I've been putting it on just for a bit of variety. Now, I'm not really a fan, and I haven't particularly liked the singles and stuff i've heard on JJJ, but why do people hate them so much?
Their music isn't great, but it's not as bad as everyone here carries on about. I can absolutely understand indifference... but any more than that, why bother?
Basically, I just want to know... why do you all hate them so much?

people like to hate things
personally, i'm indifferent
i think craig's rise from macca's deep fryer to world touring put a few people's noses out of joint.
then had rock star breakdown, and many laughed.
musically i think they're ok. i've met pat on a couple of occasions and he's an upright dude. i don't know their story or their hype......they're just a band
they prompted much derisive laughter when we saw them at the big day out a few years ago - they could barely play their instruments
i like a couple of songs but i really couldn't give a shit either way
the whole "we're so craaazy thing" got on a lot of people's nerves. especially when it all seemed so staged.
musically, i don't really care either way.
they seem to gain back alot of respect at homebake and splendour last year. then again i don't mind some of their stuff. and i prefer them to jet.
they were actually pretty competent at homebake. i was surprised.
though craig seemed to be turning into chris bailey.
i dont/didnt mind them, but they really were the worst band I've ever seen live.
The most annoying thing I can remember was their trashing the stage thing after every show. Kinda got way too contrived for mine.
montyclift said yesterday
they were actually pretty competent at homebake. i was surprised.
though craig seemed to be turning into chris bailey.
i just spat coffee. that's hilarious.
couldn't have said it better myself.
lameaaaasssss!
adamdmills said yesterday
the whole "we're so craaazy thing" got on a lot of people's nerves. especially when it all seemed so staged.
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I suppose you're eating your words now he actually clinically is
anyone see em at the big day out.
craig has gotten pretty darn FAT!
he looked kind of ill
They looked like a band that were pretty happy at BDO.
They played like a unit and the body language was good.
Their playing seems to be in reverse to their hype these days.
i think they're fucken great.
i really liked the first album.
quite liked the second.
hated the third.
I went to a You Am I gig years and years ago, just when You Am I were starting to really fade and The Vines were a little band that YAI had taken along for the ride.
They were handing out free Vines demos and I picked one up. It sounds.. er.. interesting. A mate described it as "The Beatles, but without being able to play instruments".
Does it go on the ebay as a "COLLECTORS ITEM ULTRA RARE $1 NR"?
as larry david once said 'PRETTY GOOD!'
Hedwig dies
Mad-Eye Moody dies
George Weasley loses an ear
Fred Weasley dies
Wormtail dies
Ted Tonks, father of Nymphadora (aka Tonks) dies
Remus Lupin dies
Tonks dies, having given birth to a boy a few months earlier (she married Lupin)
Colin Creevey dies
Bellatrix Lestrange dies
Crabbe (one of Draco’s sidekicks) dies
Snape dies
Harry briefly dies
Voldemort dies
Ron and Hermione marry and have two kids.
Harry and Ginny marry and have three kids.
Draco Malfoy marries and has a son.
Bill and Fleur have a daughter.
Remus and Tonks’ son has grown up and loves Fleur’s daughter.
Happy ever after. gg
wow, new album?
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Autumn Shade 3! hahahaha!
it's tradition.
don't go back to doledrum, loveparade.
I just found this on You Tube.
I remember Kingsmill cracking the shits on Triple J at the time saying they were disgraceful to act that way on a show that many bands would give their right arm to have an appearance on.
I for one think it is brilliant. I love that first Vines album.
not heavy enough
hehehehe
that letterman footage is awesome
new video is great - music.ninemsn.com.au/thevines
secret myspace show happening in melbourne soon
new album is all kinds of fun. i'm hoping they're the big 'comeback' band of 08.
rob schnapf really does get a sweet sound.
Playing at The Tote tomorrow night for free. 8pm.
Can someone go and report back? Cheers.
They have ''Autumn Shade 3'' on the new album - is this a running joke amongst the band? Autumn Shade 1 was good, Autumn shade 2 was lame, I wonder if part 3 will be a travesty?
they played it at golden plains, it's shit.
number 1 was really good.
anybody read the interview in Jmag? makes them sound like small children who constantly need to be babied.
Australian rockers The Vines have cancelled all their upcoming shows after the deterioration of singer Craig Nicholls' mental condition.
damn he didn't die
didn't realise assburgers could be so debilitating.
unless it's cover for some other ailment...
I don't particularly like the Vines, but that's pretty poor hiponion.
if you want to find craig, just got to Oatley park, he is ALWAYS there ....stoned.....alone.....weirdo......
I'm there!
I always had a bit of a soft spot for him amongst my disinterest. He seems so awkward.
or South Hurstville RSL Club.....