Don't Believe The Hype - 20 Over-Hyped Flops!

Because he's in it...

November 07, 2007

We all know the story too well. The music press (yes, sometimes us included) salivate about a band, then by the time they’ve released their first album, either a) You realise they’re shit, or b) they disappear into obscurity. We thought we’d pay tribute to some of the casualties of over-hyping in recent years with this rather fetching gallery…

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god i saw the horrors play at sxsw 07. i wanted to set those bastards on fire then rip my ears off. and set tHEEEM on fire. they ****ing suck
~ by totd 9/25/2008 Report

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