How are these guys still going, popular, getting number 1 albums and which wretched concave scythe-hole are all their fans emerging from?
think my brother likes them, so itâs probably 40ish blokes who donât think much about new music
Went to see them at Dinnington in 2001. It was quite fun.
Rugby fans
Theyâre not a band Iâd ever listen to but I always find it a bit weird when threads like this come up with people positively baffled that a band they donât like could be popular.
Stereophonics were massive back in the day, have a bunch of sing-along hits that still get played on the radio, are probably great fun to drink pints with your mates in the sun at a mid-sized regional festival, and they still put the work in touring. Itâs not rocket science.
Liked the first album when it came out. Saw them live, thought they were pretty boring, and never bothered with them again. Dakota is a good song though.
Like the first two albums heavily. Still play them occasionally.
Been pure dogshit since. Absolutely insane theyâre so huge.
First record is brilliant, second one isnât bad, everything after that has done absolutely nothing for me but its really not surprising that theyâre popular is it? Pretty inoffensive, middle of the road ârockâ music that gets heavy radio play, plus people that are now 40 year olds who only have a passing interest in music have grown up with them. People like different things, and the most popular things will always be a bit âsafeâ, thatâs why theyâre popular. Who cares? Listen to something you like instead and ignore them, not sure what the point in whining about it is.
Sorry, I wasnât meaning at all to completely dismiss them or their fans, they had several good tunes in the late 90s, just surprised they were still at it and still so âbig.â Iâm not a big fan of much theyâve done since about 2001 at all but it at least shows that âguitar music being deadâ is the ultimate clickbait mythâŚ
Kelly Jones called his kids terrible names, Iâll give ya that. Otherwise pretty inoffensive.
Thank u, next.
Pretty funny tbf
Jones is a Leeds United fan and once gave Wayne Rooney a Leeds United shirt for his birthday.
Ah, sorry Marty, donât worry though, it was a quote from here joking about the mystery of the Stereophonics in 2019 rather than a serious diss.
Iâm not worried. Or a fan of the Stereophonics. Cheers.
I understand, sorry about all this, I do make my worst
posts by far when Iâm hungover on a Sunday.
Donât apologise. They are shite. Ladrock nonsense.
I donât know about that, some of their songs really make you think, like the onr about matches and trees and the one about going shopping with no intention of buying anything.
All Welsh people love them. Think theyâre the best band ever. Just canât reason with them
I like some songs. Particularly local boy in the photograph and dakota. Never really investigated further tho.