Back in the day, when two artists didn’t like each other, they’d deal with it in relatively low-profile ways: A snippy backstage comment, or a pointed interview comment. Maybe they’d toss in a lyrical jab, the way Lynyrd Skynyrd did toward Neil Young on “Sweet Home Alabama,” but that would be just about it. That’s all changed. If, say, the Kurt Cobain/Axl Rose VMA-backstage kerfuffle had happened today, the resounding Twitterpocalypse would have the over-capacity whale showing up for three solid days whenever you tried to reload the site. And every time an artist is even vaguely annoyed at something another artist says or does, they seem to get on their blackberries to air it out. Impulse control, after all, is a tough thing to master when you’ve got a computer sitting in front of you and a few hundred thousand followers eager to soak up whatever you might give them. Meanwhile, sites like ours live for these instantaneous bursts of conflict because, honestly, who doesn’t love reading about this stuff? So here we are: The unranked list of 2011′s biggest, dumbest, best inter-band squabbles.
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Left out me vs. my downstairs neighbor Eugene. That guy is a total dick.
Twitter was certainly ablaze with that one, indeed.
THE CRUEL RAVAGES OF TIME VS. AXL ROSE’S FACE… well played Stereogum
Don’t forget Odd Future vs. Listenability!
That Patrick Stickles vs. Kurt Vile beef was a pretty good one too.
It was indeed. http://stereogum.com/871832/a-trip-through-the-kurt-vilebank-of-america-controversy/franchises/wheres-the-beef/
Did that commercial ever materialize? I couldn’t find it on YouTube when we did the post.
i’ve never really listened to titus, though i’ve liked everything i’ve heard. i’m sure they’re great, but stickles’s online persona irritates me to the point of never wanting to really check them out.
It’s totally worth checking them out. The Monitor is one of the best indie rock records of recent years and they have a kickass live show.
I haven’t seen the Kurt Vile BoA commercial myself but I also have mostly been watching TV on hulu/netflix in the past year or so so it’s very possible that it did air and I just missed it.
RIght on. That’s what i keep hearing. I’m sure I’ll check it out eventually, and I’m pretty positive I’ll love it.
You’ll love it. It’s like a cross between early era New Kids on the Block and the sound of an Urban Outfitters employee blowing themselves while lighting their baby sister’s used diapers on fire. Well, minus the synth bass.
cool bro
The Cruel Ravages of Time put out my favorite metal album this year.
You guys have been doing a great job with the writing for your site and just keeping the content flowing and up to date. Kudos
Fuck Rolling Stone Magazine!
The last one is easily number one.
I never want to see that picture of Weird Al again
I never want to see that picture of Weird Al again..if I don’t have hand lotion readily available.
Fucking right-wing sock’em bots
Liam Gallagher vs. Payos
Dont forget Pitchfork vs. Childish Gambino (Gambino in “All The Shine”: “Pitchfork only like rappers who are crazy or hood”, Pitchfork: 1.6/10 review) and Allmusic vs. Bon Iver (a mean 2.5/5 review) and
this is like the fourth time you guys have said lana del rey is the first snl musical guest of 2012
for once and for all:
KELLY CLARKSON ON JAN. 7
Ok, y’all doing this shit on purpose now. LOL.
Don’t forget me vs. You guys making all of these damn lists.
Don’t you love it when people refer to farting as “beefing”? Like – “oh holy hell…who beefed?!”
I don’t want to think I’m the only one in on this so please don’t be shy. No, seriously, guys…
PLEASE TELL ME I’M NOT ALONE.
although i was sad that oasis split up ,i loved noel’s album but i think they will reunite one day
less twitter flame wars, more enraged lyricism. please.
What, no top 10 of “Indie’s power couples” or “Indie rock’s most eligible bachelors”?
Do djfreshie and theduchessofthomyorke count as bands? ’cause if they do…
Common – “the sweetest and most thoughtful and generally softest” – started beef with Ice Cube, dedicating a whole song entitled “Bitch in Yoo”
That would make him harder than any other rapper who never started beef with Ice Cube.