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[–]Zednix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I remember listening to Billy Talent before I started listening to metal. Their music hasn't aged well.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I think the opposite actually! I'm not a big fan and Billy Talent randomly pop into my head a few times a year so I check up on them 2 see if they've done anything new (they were never big where I lived or received any advertising or anything.. I don't think they ever toured here either..), and I feel unlike other bands from their era and of their genre (and similar genres) that are still making music today, they haven't become a band that's either:

  • A) Based their music around nostalgia and created songs that sounded like their older songs with the same themes and messages.. There are many pop-punk and alternative bands from the US still around making music singing about teenage/high-school issues, and it's really cringey seeing guys in their mid-40's who have families sing about issues they've covered multiple times, and aren't relative to them, to appeal to nostalgia and a younger audience.

  • B) Sold out. They've progressed musically, but they haven't compromised their sound to the point of selling-out like a lot of US Bands are also doing.. Take Bring Me The Horizon for example (although I will admit, they are doing it better than a lot of other bands trying to do it), they went from a hardcore screamo/emo band, and transitioned to this almost dark synthwave/goth pop band (which seems to be a trend with US bands atm), especially with their last album release which is much more commercial friendly and left a nice portion of their fan-base divided. You would have never thought this band would have developed into this one.

So yeah, I know opinions are like assholes.. But I feel they aren't doing so bad compared to many of their peers.

[–]Zednix 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Their music got a ton of radio play here when they were initially active. Maybe I have just become bored with their music since it doesn't evolve enough.

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I can see what you mean about them not “evolving enough”, from the perspective of a person who only listens maybe a few times a year tho, the changes are noticeable! They aren’t huge though and I can totally see what you mean.

In my head, I’m comparing them to acts like blink-182 for example. And blink-182 did have potential, their self-titled album was really good, but after that they went in reverse trying to revive their old sound with their last 2 albums.