Biggest Flops of 2008: Guns‘n’Roses, Plain White T's, The Cure, Gym Class Heroes, Panic at the Disco

Posted by aubin on Friday, January 2, 2009 at 2:30 PM (EST)

Cleveland's MetroMix has posted a list of the 20 biggest flops of 2008. Among them were highly anticipated releases from Guns'n'Roses, Plain White T's, The Cure, Gym Class Heroes, Panic! at the Disco, Offspring and R.E.M.

Check out the whole list and indulge some schadenfreude here. But expect some glaukenstucken to follow.

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Plain White T's

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JawbreakerSucks (January 2, 2009)

Thorns of Life.

Blackjaw_x (January 2, 2009)

Lol. Yeah, they aren't very good and neither was Jawbreaker. In my... opinion.

Rudy87 (January 2, 2009)

ouch

AnarchyPants (January 2, 2009)

I agree, Jawbreaker was amazing in their time but a lot of the songs haven't aged well.

dowrongright (January 3, 2009)

i don't have an opinion on Jawbreaker one way or another but props on your awesome screen name. you've given me the courage to change mine to GasLightAnthemAreOverratedAndYou'reAllSheep.

RamblinBoyOfPleasure (January 5, 2009)

you speak the gospel, after all you love guns n roses even though they're fucking shite as well as those old school punk bands that only true punks love!

Cheesetits (January 2, 2009)

Fuck it, that site picked "Lollipop" as a top 10 song of the year, they have nothing more to say.

Apeman_On_The_Moon (January 2, 2009)

It can't be a flop if the band sucks to begin with.

eazyd2 (January 2, 2009)

agreed. every one of theses bands fuckin sucks. especially the fuckin cure and fuckin rem. man i hate those cunts.

dowrongright (January 3, 2009)

robert smith is a genius and michael stipe started bathing again! give respect where it's due.

red_eye_inc (January 2, 2009)

Suck on that, Fueled By Ramen. They had zero "hits" this year, I'm stoked they're flopping.

damnitsderek (January 2, 2009)

Hell, I could have told you most of this before these albums even got released.

MilesQToast (January 2, 2009)

hells bells

MilesQToast (January 2, 2009)

I just got beastie boys as band of the moment twice in 5 minutes. If I get 1 more do I win a price?

damnitsderek (January 2, 2009)

All of the aforementioned albums!

MilesQToast (January 2, 2009)

nice!

xIxKilledxJesusx (January 2, 2009)

business flops or "we thought they sucked" flops?

Dante3000 (rich) (January 2, 2009)

Actual flops. Some of the albums (Gnarls Barkley and REM) they actually liked but sales wise they flopped. It's pretty well done actually.
-Dante

miniblindbandit (January 2, 2009)

i never feel glaukenstucken.

Babrook (January 2, 2009)

Cleveland is shit.

This coming from a longtime resident.

MilesQToast (January 2, 2009)

yeah I always thought Ohio was just another nice midwest state but over the past 3 or 4 years I've come to realize it's dirty.

RedScare (January 2, 2009)

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the state. I think Cleveland is a good town though.

Babrook (January 2, 2009)

Rust Belt, baby.

It's all dirty over here.

dX927 (January 2, 2009)

Cleveland rocks

leftoverbud (January 2, 2009)

i've got a better list.

biggest flops of the last 5 years:

Punknews Records

dX927 (January 2, 2009)

what about Punknews: The Musical?

AnarchyPants (January 2, 2009)

They should have a Punkews episode of Lost where they have flashbacks and flashforwards.

givemeamuseumandillfillit (January 3, 2009)

Not even close! They actually lasted 2 releases, that DC Flag label was far worse.

Not only did they only last 1 release, but that release was Hazen Street..

IamMclovin (January 2, 2009)

This article talks about how these big artists (Guns and Roses, Usher, ect.) aren't selling like they used to. Correct me if I am wrong but I didn't think anybody was selling like they were 5-10 years ago.

Vinnie (January 2, 2009)

Chinese Democracy flopped? Who could have seen that coming?

aorta (January 2, 2009)

This list is ridiculous because NOTHING sells as much as it used to. You might as well call every major-label record released this year a flop.

dX927 (January 2, 2009)

I enjoyed Chinese Democracy for the mostpart. Rolling Stone ranked it in their Top 50 Albums of 2008, I think I'll listen to them before random guy from Cleveland

Timorous_Me (January 2, 2009)

Rolling Stone also picked a Jonas Brothers song as one of their favorites of the year.

dX927 (January 2, 2009)

and?

dowrongright (January 3, 2009)

rolling stone gave Appetite For Destruction one star, gave the Use Your Illusion disasters four stars each...Rolling Stone sell their reviews. Chinese Democracy sucks.

nick_s (January 2, 2009)

It pains me to stick up for this band but the crtique of Keane was ignorant at best. Band reinvents itself so it doesn't sound like coldplay and releases an album that essentially alienates its middle aged fan base. Lazy journalist slaps tag and critique on band that could have been relevant 5 years ago.

Most the albums flopped for a fairly good reason, but the comments from that website are fucking pitiful.

Holy_Balls (January 2, 2009)

i want to flop my dick into a hot biddy's behind. yee-haw!

jacknife737 (January 2, 2009)

Well, people aren't buying albums anymore. Not to mention it's more then a little annoying to claim that number of albums sold means anything, at all.

Babrook (January 2, 2009)

'fuk u man if nickleback is so bad y do they sell so many cds

fukken retard'

WaitingRoom (January 2, 2009)

Who is Q-Tip?

dowrongright (January 3, 2009)

you're kidding right?

Grue (January 3, 2009)

What about Soulja Boy? He flopped so hard, even biggest flop lists dont include him.

IllaZilla (January 3, 2009)

I think too many of their assessments are based on album sales, which don't seem to take digital sales into account. I think most of the pop records on there would have looked less like flops if digital sales were taken into account. Chart positions are a slightly better indicator, but those are based on sales as well. At this stage in the industry game I think gross revenue vs. production cost is a better indicator of what "flops" or not.

disconnected (January 3, 2009)

Well they clearly haven't heard of this, worst song ever?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TH5ibABP4U

superskabro (January 3, 2009)

The record labels love high turn-over rates in the hit-maker department. PATD, Gym Class Heroes and Hinder are all out of the picture. Now the labels can strong-arm some up-and-coming suckas into a shitty contract to crap out a hit single. Then it all starts over again.