VCK Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Has the line-up improved or downgraded itself over the course of ten years? I can see a bit of a massacre here... The Cure vs. The Strokes Paramore vs. Pulp Bombay Bicycle Club vs. Jane's Addiction You Me At Six vs. Weezer Crystal Castles vs. The White Stripes Angels And Airwaves vs. The Dandy Warhols Coheed And Cambria vs. Mercury Rev Cancer Bats vs. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives Deaf Havana vs. The Moldy Peaches Kasabian vs. Foo Fighters Florence And The Machine vs. Muse The Vaccines vs. Ash Enter Shikari vs. Sum 41 The Shins vs. The Hives OFWGKTA vs. A Mystery Jets vs. Less Than Jake Blood Red Shoes vs. Vex Red Foo Fighters vs. The Prodigy The Black Keys vs. The Offspring Kaiser Chiefs vs. Slipknot Bullet For My Valentine vs. Incubus All Time Low vs. NOFX The Gaslight Anthem vs. Puddle Of Mudd Eagles Of Death Metal vs. Hundred Reasons Band Of Skulls vs. Amen Pulled Apart By Horses vs. Raging Speedhorn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetime Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 (edited) Has the line-up improved or downgraded itself over the course of ten years? I can see a bit of a massacre here... The Cure vs. The Strokes Paramore vs. Pulp Bombay Bicycle Club vs. Jane's Addiction You Me At Six vs. Weezer Crystal Castles vs. The White Stripes Angels And Airwaves vs. The Dandy Warhols Coheed And Cambria vs. Mercury Rev Cancer Bats vs. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives Deaf Havana vs. The Moldy Peaches Kasabian vs. Foo Fighters Florence And The Machine vs. Muse The Vaccines vs. Ash Enter Shikari vs. Sum 41 The Shins vs. The Hives OFWGKTA vs. A Mystery Jets vs. Less Than Jake Blood Red Shoes vs. Vex Red Foo Fighters vs. The Prodigy The Black Keys vs. The Offspring Kaiser Chiefs vs. Slipknot Bullet For My Valentine vs. Incubus All Time Low vs. NOFX The Gaslight Anthem vs. Puddle Of Mudd Eagles Of Death Metal vs. Hundred Reasons Band Of Skulls vs. Amen Pulled Apart By Horses vs. Raging Speedhorn Edited March 18, 2012 by thetime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VCK Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Did reading have any competition for bands in 2002? You seem a bit desperate dissing the lineup this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffinman Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 There are so many 'VS' thread and pointless threads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martino231 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Well yeah of course. The festival scene was comparably far less competitive 10 years ago. I think you'll find that the standard of the line up for most festivals has declined because there are so many competing to get the top bands. If you don't like the line-up then don't go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetime Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 There are so many 'VS' thread and pointless threads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza_20 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 I was going to agree a bit with you thetime. 10 years ago it was a different festival completely with much less competition. But to comment on your vs VCK. Friday shows that mid main downwards is still nothing to shout about. Saturday is a mixed bag really, and to be fair 2002 just had Foo Fighters on a different day, now we still have them. Sunday, except for Slipknot and The Offsrping, it actually beats 2002 quite easily. Compare it to 2005 if you need to, seen as one of the best all round lineups over the years compared to any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcademicPistol Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 (edited) The Cure vs. The Strokes Paramore vs. Pulp Bombay Bicycle Club vs. Jane's Addiction You Me At Six vs. Weezer Crystal Castles vs. The White Stripes Angels And Airwaves vs. The Dandy Warhols Coheed And Cambria vs. Mercury Rev Cancer Bats vs. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives Deaf Havana vs. The Moldy Peaches Kasabian vs. Foo Fighters Florence And The Machine vs. Muse The Vaccines vs. Ash Enter Shikari vs. Sum 41 The Shins vs. The Hives OFWGKTA vs. A Mystery Jets vs. Less Than Jake Blood Red Shoes vs. Vex Red Foo Fighters vs. The Prodigy The Black Keys vs. The Offspring Kaiser Chiefs vs. Slipknot Bullet For My Valentine vs. Incubus All Time Low vs. NOFX The Gaslight Anthem vs. Puddle Of Mudd Eagles Of Death Metal vs. Hundred Reasons Band Of Skulls vs. Amen Pulled Apart By Horses vs. Raging Speedhorn 10 - 16 2002 wins! but double Foos would be too much! And some of them could go either way for me. Edited March 18, 2012 by AcademicPistol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetime Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Well yeah of course. The festival scene was comparably far less competitive 10 years ago. I think you'll find that the standard of the line up for most festivals has declined because there are so many competing to get the top bands. If you don't like the line-up then don't go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriseede Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Of course a lineup from 10 years ago is gonna look better than one now because you have bands that are headliners/subs now playing lower slots making it look like a much better lineup than now, you can't compare lineups on strength when they're this many years apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VCK Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Well yeah of course. The festival scene was comparably far less competitive 10 years ago. I think you'll find that the standard of the line up for most festivals has declined because there are so many competing to get the top bands. If you don't like the line-up then don't go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martino231 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 The other thing worth mentioning is where those bands were in 2002. Obviously if we got that line up today it would be fantastic. But bear in mind that in 2002, bands like Sum 41 and Less Than Jake were nothing compared to what they are now. Even Muse and Slipknot were nowhere near as highly regarded as they are today. In 5-10 years time there's a chance we'll look back on this years line up and see that a lot of the bands have gone on to become headliners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcademicPistol Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 It's just for japes! Stop posting the same things people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffinman Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Yeh one year in 2019 we'll look back and be like, 'Cancer bats were only 2nd bottom on a stage they are headlining!' or Paramore used to sub and now they are mid NME!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEMON_WOLF Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 The Cure vs. The Strokes Paramore vs. Pulp Bombay Bicycle Club vs. Jane's Addiction You Me At Six vs. Weezer Crystal Castles vs. The White Stripes Angels And Airwaves vs. The Dandy Warhols Coheed And Cambria vs. Mercury Rev Cancer Bats vs. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives Deaf Havana vs. The Moldy Peaches Kasabian vs. Foo Fighters Florence And The Machine vs. Muse The Vaccines vs. Ash Enter Shikari vs. Sum 41 The Shins vs. The Hives OFWGKTA vs. A Mystery Jets vs. Less Than Jake Blood Red Shoes vs. Vex Red Foo Fighters vs. The Prodigy The Black Keys vs. The Offspring Kaiser Chiefs vs. Slipknot Bullet For My Valentine vs. Incubus All Time Low vs. NOFX The Gaslight Anthem vs. Puddle Of Mudd Eagles Of Death Metal vs. Hundred Reasons Band Of Skulls vs. Amen Pulled Apart By Horses vs. Raging Speedhorn 2012 - 12 2002 - 14 A lot closer then I first thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieuphoria Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 The Cure Pulp Jane's Addiction Weezer The White Stripes The Dandy Warhols Mercury Rev The Soundtrack Of Our Lives The Moldy Peaches 1 - 8 Foo Fighters Muse Ash Sum 41 The Hives OFWGKTA Less Than Jake Vex Red 1 - 7 The Prodigy The Offspring Slipknot Incubus NOFX The Gaslight Anthem Eagles Of Death Metal Amen Raging Speedhorn 2 - 7 4 - 22 Now that is a festival Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamesedream22 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 to be fair i think 2002 was one of the best lineups readings had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARE Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 The Cure vs. The Strokes Paramore vs. Pulp Bombay Bicycle Club vs. Jane's Addiction You Me At Six vs. Weezer Crystal Castles vs. The White Stripes Angels And Airwaves vs. The Dandy Warhols Coheed And Cambria vs. Mercury Rev Cancer Bats vs. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives Deaf Havana vs. The Moldy Peaches Kasabian vs. Foo Fighters Florence And The Machine vs. Muse The Vaccines vs. Ash Enter Shikari vs. Sum 41 The Shins vs. The Hives OFWGKTA vs. A Mystery Jets vs. Less Than Jake Blood Red Shoes vs. Vex Red Foo Fighters vs. The Prodigy The Black Keys vs. The Offspring Kaiser Chiefs vs. Slipknot Bullet For My Valentine vs. Incubus All Time Low vs. NOFX The Gaslight Anthem vs. Puddle Of Mudd Eagles Of Death Metal vs. Hundred Reasons Band Of Skulls vs. Amen Pulled Apart By Horses vs. Raging Speedhorn 13 - 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaosmark2 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 The Cure vs. The Strokes Paramore vs. Pulp Bombay Bicycle Club vs. Jane's Addiction You Me At Six vs. Weezer Crystal Castles vs. The White Stripes - Tough call. Only leaned to White Stripes because it's the mainstage. Angels And Airwaves vs. The Dandy Warhols Coheed And Cambria vs. Mercury Rev Cancer Bats vs. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives Deaf Havana vs. The Moldy Peaches Kasabian vs. Foo Fighters Florence And The Machine vs. Muse The Vaccines vs. Ash Enter Shikari vs. Sum 41 - The Shins vs. The Hives OFWGKTA vs. A Mystery Jets vs. Less Than Jake Blood Red Shoes vs. Vex Red Foo Fighters vs. The Prodigy The Black Keys vs. The Offspring Kaiser Chiefs vs. Slipknot Bullet For My Valentine vs. Incubus All Time Low vs. NOFX The Gaslight Anthem vs. Puddle Of Mudd Eagles Of Death Metal vs. Hundred Reasons Band Of Skulls vs. Amen Pulled Apart By Horses vs. Raging Speedhorn 8 vs 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtymookie Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Did reading have any competition for bands in 2002? You seem a bit desperate dissing the lineup this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtymookie Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Of course a lineup from 10 years ago is gonna look better than one now because you have bands that are headliners/subs now playing lower slots making it look like a much better lineup than now, you can't compare lineups on strength when they're this many years apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriseede Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 But you also have bands you look back on and think "what the fuck were they doing booking them there?" . Some people on here remind me of that lunatic britney spears fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink_triangle Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 The Cure vs. The Strokes Paramore vs. Pulp Bombay Bicycle Club vs. Jane's Addiction You Me At Six vs. Weezer Crystal Castles vs. The White Stripes Angels And Airwaves vs. The Dandy Warhols Coheed And Cambria vs. Mercury Rev Cancer Bats vs. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives Deaf Havana vs. The Moldy Peaches Kasabian vs. Foo Fighters Florence And The Machine vs. Muse The Vaccines vs. Ash Enter Shikari vs. Sum 41 The Shins vs. The Hives OFWGKTA vs. A Mystery Jets vs. Less Than Jake Blood Red Shoes vs. Vex Red Foo Fighters vs. The Prodigy The Black Keys vs. The Offspring Kaiser Chiefs vs. Slipknot Bullet For My Valentine vs. Incubus All Time Low vs. NOFX The Gaslight Anthem vs. Puddle Of Mudd Eagles Of Death Metal vs. Hundred Reasons Band Of Skulls vs. Amen Pulled Apart By Horses vs. Raging Speedhorn 18-8 is what you call a thrashing but 2002 is my favourite year ever, the tents were amazing as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink_triangle Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Saturday is a mixed bag really, and to be fair 2002 just had Foo Fighters on a different day, now we still have them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukeeyyy Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 The Cure vs. The Strokes Paramore vs. Pulp Bombay Bicycle Club vs. Jane's Addiction You Me At Six vs. Weezer Crystal Castles vs. The White Stripes Angels And Airwaves vs. The Dandy Warhols Coheed And Cambria vs. Mercury Rev Cancer Bats vs. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives Deaf Havana vs. The Moldy Peaches 4-5 Kasabian vs. Foo Fighters Florence And The Machine vs. Muse The Vaccines vs. Ash Enter Shikari vs. Sum 41 The Shins vs. The Hives OFWGKTA vs. A Mystery Jets vs. Less Than Jake Blood Red Shoes vs. Vex Red 4-4 Foo Fighters vs. The Prodigy The Black Keys vs. The Offspring Kaiser Chiefs vs. Slipknot Bullet For My Valentine vs. Incubus All Time Low vs. NOFX The Gaslight Anthem vs. Puddle Of Mudd Eagles Of Death Metal vs. Hundred Reasons Band Of Skulls vs. Amen Pulled Apart By Horses vs. Raging Speedhorn 5-3 13-12 2012 edges it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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