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NOT AT ALL WORTHWHILE

 Friday, January 22nd, 2010 at 2:32pm by

I think that people think that Sergeant D. is just dicking around when he talks about his love for bands that most of the metal community (or at least a substantial portion of the metal community – we might not have the majority on this shit these days) loathes. He names his website Stuff You Will Hate for a reason. He knows you’ll hate the stuff. He’s not being ironic. It’s one of the things that makes his writing so much fun to read.

Case in point: he endorses this band Worthwhile, who I would label softcore – because calling them hardcore would make them seem tougher than they are. Dudes in near matching uniforms jumping in unison? The run-in-place? “It’s our time to rise/ It’s our time to shine?” That’s why you don’t let thirteen year olds write lyrics.

If the gang from Saved by the Bell ever turned Zach Attack into a “hardcore” band, I think they might sound like Worthwhile.

Also… Worth-fucking-while? Really, guys?

-AR

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  • http://www.myspace.com/1033metal Jackson

    not a huge fan of this style, but there was a band called Solidarity from wisconsin that actually pulled it off amazingly well

  • Jason S.

    Runnin’-in-place core

    • Ian

      +1 haha

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Anthony-Showalter/100000592087843 Anthony Showalter

    The running in place is like…..WHAT?!?

  • Chainsaw Majini

    All dance moves aside- This song is fucking awful. The vocals are laughable.

    • Alex_P

      Worse than the worst pop-punk. I bet this is massively popular.

  • LukeD

    wow…the Zack Attack reference is dead on. I wish i was under 18 to kick all of their asses and then run in place on the runners face. Worthwhile?……..fuck no it’s not.

    • LukeD

      I meant singers face…..you know what i meant

  • Tonberry

    The vocals sound like bad dubbing from an episode of Naruto.

  • http://twoja-stara-gra-metal.blog.onet.pl/ Simon

    Happy hard core?

  • AlexG

    These guys make Richard Simmons look tough.

  • Robert

    You’re pretty much all wrong. This shit is really good.

  • Natsquatch

    These guys can’t possibly be serious.

    ………right?

  • http://lavidastrangiato.blogspot.com/ Jake Strangiato

    Technically, Sarge didn’t write this, one of the other writers from SYWH, Seanyouwillhate, did. According to Sarge’s comment on the article, he does like it, though.

    • http://lavidastrangiato.blogspot.com/ Jake Strangiato

      Dammit, I meant Shawnyouwillhate, blasted typo.

  • Matt

    Sounds like a shitty new found glory

  • Mike Reaper

    Wow I LOVE that “Singer” :-P

  • Chris

    Eh, I like it. Reminds me of Stretch Arm Strong for some reason…

  • Jerry

    Sounds kinda like Gorilla Biscuits to me…

  • builtforsin

    queer shit for dick eaters

  • stu1

    The vocals are just really really…. odd? They don’t make sense. Oh, and the song is a weird collection of “parts” and not an actual “song.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jake-Ryan/596440962 Jake Ryan

    this band played at the same battle of the bands that my band did. i hated them….they’re a super christian band too. and why does the vocalist just talk the whole time?

    i like my happy hardcore good and secular. (a day to remember / enter shikari. if you hate these bands dont start yelling at me, i know most metalhead hate them)

    • Dysenteric

      For a moment, I thought you said you consider Enter Shikari and A Day To Remember to be happy hardcore.

  • Dysenteric

    This is the sort of pop-punk you’d find on a Tony Hawk videogame. They may succeed in doing that.

    I don’t care about this band, it’s not my thing. Now let’s quietly and quickly move on before anyone here starts up another stupid Internet “-core” fad based around this band.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Harrington-Neil-Sauer/677600672 Harrington Neil Sauer

    shit vocals
    shit band

    and i dont just say that because I hate pop punk hardcore, i say it cause this bands blows dick. there’s actually some pop punk hardcore that’s tolerable, sadly this aint it

  • Stew

    It’s the Jonas Brothers meets New Found Glory. Simply awful. These kids should be shot.

  • Watty

    “Who I would label softcore”

    More like…. “Flacid-core”

  • Brrrrrrt

    It sounds like shit too … but still way better than that new Korn sort of song !

  • Sambo

    The music isn’t all that bad but I think the vocalist shouldn’t talk most of the time. It almost sounds like a kid-friendly version of A Day to Remember meets Millencolin.

  • BruisedMetal

    I already heard this band in about 30 other bands that sounded like them before they were born

  • iamultraman

    Boy does that singer love to 2-step. Boy, does this band blow….

    Hardcore music for kids in grade school.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sean-Wright/1365416981 Sean Wright

    Sorry. I’m 26 soon to be 27 and this isn’t Hardcore. I listen to Discharge, Cro-Mags, Black Flag, Septic Death. Hell even bands like Bane, Converge, Pulling Teeth, and Mother Of Mercy are actual hardcore.

    I know I may sound like an old fuck, but at least I know what good Hardcore Punk/Hardcore music is and not fooled by watered-down posi-Hardcore like this. I am going to listen to some Deadguy and Quicksand now.

    • http://stuffyouwillhate.com Sergeant D

      I’m 31 so playing the age card doesn’t work here broseph

  • http://stuffyouwillhate.com Sergeant D

    1. I didn’t write the Worthwhile post, that was SYWH contributor ShawnYouWilHate
    2. The correct name for this genre is EASYCORE

    Just thought I’d mention those 2 points!

    • Dysenteric

      “Easycore”? Holy shit.

      I should really stop hoping that no more “-core” labels will be made up out of nowhere and spread faster than a rent boy’s cheeks. Fucktastic.

    • Hammer_Smashed_Hurtt

      Please stop perpetuating “Core” tags. Its gay. Yes Metal Sucks guys I said it. It is absolutely fucking gay.

      • http://stuffyouwillhate.com Sergeant D

        Easycore has been around since 2001, when New Found Glory coined the term. You don’t have to like it, though– in fact, I hope you don’t lol

  • adrian

    i wanted to pluck out my eyes and jam them into my ear holes. i wanted to pummel them with a man hole cover. there is no point them. in fact i already scheduled an assassination for all those bitches

  • needly needly doo

    what terrible turrible (like cleveland brown says) terrible vocals and music to boot

  • http://www.theblacklaser.net Joe The Wizard

    I think we should send each of these kids a Behemoth record. No no no, better yet, let’s send each of them one heavy, evil album.

    1. Thelema.6 – Behemoth
    2. Covenant – Morbid Angel
    3. Once Upon the Cross – Deicide
    4. Carving Out The Eyes of God – Goatwhore
    5. In the Eyes of God – Today is the Day

    I think this little homework assignment will get them up to speed with Evil. I bet it will make their music better too.

    • Hammer_Smashed_Hurtt

      WAAAAY good call on #4 ‘ Carving’ is the shit!

  • Jacksonfreak09

    Origin would be a good one also. Even Devil Driver or Burn the Priest

  • SonOF

    It sounds like the lead singer isn’t American, but apparently these guys are from Cali. His accent sounds strange, especially at the beginning with that “It’s our time to rise..” shit. Boo this. I’m from Long Island, NY and there are dozens of this type of “puss-core” stuff out here. Except in LI, the kids have skinny jeans, plugs in the earlobes and girl’s haircuts. At least these kids look like normal “kids” (somewhat).

  • http://www.countshockula.blogspot.com ezra

    Too bad there is already a Gayrilla Bicuits

  • http://www.countshockula.blogspot.com ezra

    Biscuits

  • http://www.flamingtusk.com Zosimus

    The basic impression I got from this is that the lead vocalist dude is TRYING REALLY HARD NOT TO RAP.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rich-Peto/509357110 Rich Peto

    Popcore?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ian-Wilmot/1177765489 Ian Wilmot

    if he were to sing instead of just talk
    the song would be much better

  • http://myspace.com/grobiwunder grobi wunder

    I can’t really understand how people who enjoy bands like, say, Behemoth or Cro-Mags (and I do both) can call these kids ‘ridiculous’ or ‘poser’ or whatever… lol
    Y’all need to wisen up and listen to the Sarge, the man knows what he’s talking ’bout!

  • Mitchell

    Utterly hilarious