Your Band Sucks!

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3. Evanescence (despite them not being a band)
4. Silverchair (despite them not being a band)
5. Jimi Hendrix (Lol, he's really not a band)

We're just using the term band to describe any 'artist' really. Out of curiosity though, why aren't Evanescence or Silverchair bands? Yes, I know Evanescence is so terrible that they shouldn't be even referred to as anything remotely musical, but, at a very base level, they could be somehow described as 'a band'.

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We're just using the term band to describe any 'artist' really. Out of curiosity though, why aren't Evanescence or Silverchair bands? Yes, I know Evanescence is so terrible that they shouldn't be even referred to as anything remotely musical, but, at a very base level, they could be somehow described as 'a band'.

Given that I've listed them as #3 and #4 respectively, obviously I don't agree with the statement that they make 'terrible' music. My reason for not describing those two as bands is that they're basically solo artists with hired musicians. Their frontpeople completely dominate the songwriting and decisions in the band. There isn't even a decent pretence of equality. Evanescence has a revolving set of musicians who have left over this, and they've actually had Amy's solo work on the 'band' album. Daniel Johns has reportedly actively stopped other band members from taking part on songwriting; I don't know how true this is. However, I do know that Paul Mac, Johns' partner in his side project, was heavily involved in Silverchair's last album, and Silverchair's new songs bear a resemblance to the Dissociatives' (Johns and Mac's side project) as well. I'm pretty sure Silverchair's other band members have had side projects as well, but I don't see them creeping into Silverchair's work. It just shows how much influence Johns has. /rant

Thanks for the education, Luna Artemis