34 responses so far ↓

• 1 jack // Mar 5, 2009 at 5:13 pm

  This ‘review’ is a bit pointless really…

• 2 Joe Heat // Mar 5, 2009 at 5:45 pm

  It’s pure clown shoes.

• 3 Nicky // Mar 5, 2009 at 6:49 pm

  The person reviewing this obviously has got it twisted. Get someone who knows a thing or two about this kind of music before you bash it man, go lsten to your super poppy music, quit hating, weak bro!

  nP

• 4 Jimbob // Mar 6, 2009 at 11:00 am

  ahahahha Chad is 27 and Jordon is 29. Old men? Oh my god this is bad. This review is so terrible that my grandmother could shit better work.

• 5 yesss // Mar 8, 2009 at 5:30 pm

  “the comic touch of bowling for soup”

  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

• 6 Kathy // Mar 11, 2009 at 6:48 pm

  Don’t forget to go to mtv and watch New Found Glory’s video for “Listen to your Friends” – http://www.mtv.com/videos/new-found-glory/349132/listen-to-your-friends.jhtml#artist=1011154

• 7 Ian // Mar 12, 2009 at 2:35 am

  Worst review ever. You attacked the band for being “has-beens,” when this band continues to sell out every date on their national and international tours and have influenced a full generation, and they’re only in their late twenties. Thats something worth noting if you ask me. You also compared this band to “popular” bands, some of who (like your prime examples Bowling for Soup and Good Charlotte) have never made music anywhere near as complex or meaningful as NFG’s.

• 8 XBrianX // Mar 12, 2009 at 6:06 am

  Hugh Platt is a fucking dipshit. If I ever find out where you live I promise to set your house on fire.

• 9 Raz // Mar 12, 2009 at 1:30 pm

  I’ve got his phone number if you want?

• 10 Hugh // Mar 12, 2009 at 5:43 pm

  0800-GIVE-A-SHIT

• 11 Raz // Mar 12, 2009 at 5:47 pm

  That’s my phone number! Asshole!

• 12 ROFLZ // Mar 13, 2009 at 4:46 am

  Ha, im glad to see so many people bashing the review cause i was reading it and i had to make sure i was actually reading about not without a fight.

• 13 Crystalized // Mar 13, 2009 at 1:14 pm

  finally a review on this album i AGREE with (about new found anyway.. i happen to still like less than jake and blink, im glad less than jake hasnt gone so mainstream as to become pour poo like this… i have tried to listen to this album repeatedly but i keep getting bored and changing the album to a strung out, anti flag or rise against one to get my punkish rock fix… maybe my tastes have changed over the years.. but i guess, come to think about it, i really never have liked new found glory. I think its the lead singers voice mixed with the pathetic excuse for lyrics.. fuck hes not a teenager anymore and it still just another “wah wah girfriend left me wah wah should of hung out with my mates wah wah wah” shit they have always sung that i have never gotten into. I dont mind a bit of pop punk but i dunno… this stuff just bores me to tears. I kinda put it in the same basket as what jonas brother fans will move on to next.

• 14 owen // Mar 14, 2009 at 4:21 pm

  A useless review saying nothing specific about the album or music at all. Just a view on ‘pop punk’ with NFG ‘incidental’. But I guess you dont know NFG have a side project International Superheroes of Hardcore (thrash band) and Coming Home was actually not at all pop-punk, or they continue to sell out large venues year on year.

• 15 Ryan // Mar 14, 2009 at 5:49 pm

  This is a poor review Hugh…Which is consistant with how well you take criticism.
  (i.e. 0800-GIVE-A-SHIT)
  When you let someone who hates New Found Glory review New Found Glory, what do you expect.
  (i.e. “their sixth (who’d have thought!) studio album”)
  The one thing I tend to agree with is that the lyrics are fairly repetative.
  As far as vocals and sound…Its on par with the previous albums (three of which went Gold, a big “Fuck You” to Hugh for ripping their success) that fans have come to love
  Personally, I don’t think this album is their best work, but it is solid. If you were a fan of “Sticks and Stones” and “Catalyst” this album will surely be enjoyable. I know that the people reading this review are quite likely to be fans of the band. If thats the case, this album is definitely worth getting.

• 16 Hugh Platt // Mar 14, 2009 at 7:43 pm

  I don’t equate sales with quality. The Jonas Brothers have Gold Records – doesn’t stop them being a big bag o’ toss.

  You say this record is ’solid’ and ‘on a par with the previous albums’ – in that I can agree with you. NFG have been solidly shit for many, many years now.

  If people out there are fans of “Sticks and Stones” and “Catalyst”, they MIGHT enjoy this new record as clearly they’ve already got masochistic tendencies for terrible, derivative, lowest-common-denominator pop-punk.

  However, since this is yet another tediously familiar record from NFG, I expect even some of those poor souls will be bored stiff-shitless by this kind of “musical” nonsense by now.

• 17 Dan // Mar 17, 2009 at 2:52 am

  The bottom line is that it’s clear that many people disagree with this review as do I. The thousands and thousands upon people that attend NFG’s shows night after night also disagree. So this guy (the reviewer) doesn’t mean much in the the big picture, or any picture for that matter. This reviewer also shows that he knows nothing about the effect, and musical influence this band has had on me and millions of others since I was a kid. He thinks he’s got it, and that his insight into this band is spot on. But he couldn’t be more wrong because he’s not looking at the album or the band with the right perspective. He disrespected a great band and a great bunch of guys. Also, NFG’s previous album’s, particularly Catalyst and Coming Home, have been very versatile musically and I would even say lyrically. Not Without A Fight is a shout out to all of us who have been with them since day one and, much more.

• 18 Dan // Mar 17, 2009 at 3:03 am

  The bottom line is that it’s clear that many people disagree with this review as do I. The thousands upon thousands of people that attend NFG’s shows night after night also disagree. So this guy (the reviewer) doesn’t mean much in the the big picture, or any picture for that matter. This reviewer also shows that he knows nothing about the effect, and musical influence this band has had on me and millions of others since I was a kid. He thinks he’s got it, and that his insight into this band is spot on. But he couldn’t be more wrong because he’s not looking at the album or the band with the right perspective. He disrespected a great band and a great bunch of guys. Also, NFG’s previous album’s, particularly Catalyst and Coming Home, have been very versatile musically and I would even say lyrically. Not Without A Fight is a shout out to all of us who have been with them since day one and, much more. I left this response twice because I made a grammatical error the first time. I can’t stand those and so I had to. Sorry guys.

• 19 Hugh Platt // Mar 17, 2009 at 1:24 pm

  You seem to be arguing that this should be reviewed from the perspective of a fanboy. Do you see why that’s a flawed argument?

  I wish I’d given this an even lower mark now.

• 20 Dan // Mar 17, 2009 at 4:09 pm

  Well, I think that even being a fan of the genre would have boosted your rating of the album and the band. It seems to me that you’re definitely not. I understand that you’re looking at NWAF from a strictly musical perspective which is what a reviewer is supposed to do I suppose. But at the same time, I feel that you haven’t given NFG enough credit as far as the maturity they’ve acquired over the years. Lyrically, I admit Jordan still comes off as a teenager but mainly in Not Without A Fight. I think that the band has taken a step backwards lyrically because in previous albums they appear to be a bit deeper and have more meaning. But guitar wise and instrumentally as a whole I know that they’ve improved. Catalyst and NWAF being their top two in that category. As a whole they’ve come along way and in your opinion, the distance they’ve traveled may not appear to be very far. Being that this review was based on one album, some of the things you said were understandable, but you made it seem as if they’ve accomplished nothing (I’m not referring to commercial success) saying that they can’t find away to stray from only playing three chords, which they’ve done. I do understand how some of my points were based on my love for the band which is not relevant to writing a review. But you bashed my band and that upset me. Anyway man, I’m not saying that you didn’t have any points because you did. But it would have seemed to me that if your review wasn’t even a little bit biased, you would have given them credit for at least something.

• 21 Hugh Platt // Mar 17, 2009 at 7:21 pm

  I think fans of the pop-punk genre should be even more pissed off than I am at this sorry excuse of an album – it’s such a worthless, tepid musical document that I’d be livid that a gang of half-baked halfwits such as NFG were making dollars off my favourite genre.

• 22 Dan // Mar 18, 2009 at 2:36 am

  Wow, you really hate NFG. I was a little let down by the album and Catalyst is my favorite out of everything they’ve released. I was hoping they’d go more in that direction but whatever. Obviously we don’t see eye to eye on this but thats ok. They just decided to go back to playing all out pop punk, and it just didn’t work out for the absolute best. But I don’t find it to be nearly as awful as you’re making it out to be, and I guess we’re not gonna change each other’s mind on the matter. Like I said, I felt some of your points were valid.

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• 24 carlo simone // Mar 31, 2009 at 10:56 pm

  maybe if hugh ever got a piece of pussy in his life he would be able to relate a little more to their music!

• 25 Mike // May 8, 2009 at 8:54 pm

  Firstly this is probably the worst review I’ve ever read, not just of a new found glory album, or any album for that matter, just the WORST review of ANYTHING… First, someone who so obviously hates the music this band is putting out, should NOT review an album by them because this is what results. If you hate the music that much, don’t listen to it, but yea the album shouldn’t be reviewed by a total fan either but neither by a douche who thinks hes doing the world a favor by telling them how “bad” these “old men” are at putting out music. Not only is it not a review, so much as a bashing of the genre as a whole, but theres no reason for it other than you just blatantly hate the music. MAYBE if you named an actual reason you didnt liele the album, other than that you simply dont like the music, it might be considered a review but your God awful ranting is just pathetic, and you should really just shut your mouth and leave the reviewing to someone who’s actual unbiased ont he matter. As for the album, I personally like it, not the BEST they put it but still very good, and as or the band themselves, I couldnt wait for them to put put another album. Its all about your taste in music, people loved Milly Vanilly, that’s their choice, now Im not comparing NFG to them but the point is if your doing a review it shouldnt be about how much you hate the band, but what the good and bad points of the album were if someone where to listen to it who finds it interesting. So to go back to Milly, yes they may suck to many people but to those who love them thed want to see a review that said whether the new album was good or not, not what the asshat of a reviewer’s life opinions are.

• 26 Hugh Platt // May 9, 2009 at 12:49 am

  HI MIKE.

  If you read the review again, you’ll notice I mention several reasons why this is the worst album I’ve heard in years – this review is not a bashing of the entire genre NFG squat in, just this terrible, terrible album they’ve made. I can even arrange the good and bad points of this record in a helpful series of bullet points if it helps you:

  GOOD POINTS:

  1) Eventually, this album comes to an end.

  BAD POINTS:

  1) EVERYTHING ELSE.

• 27 Raz // May 9, 2009 at 2:18 am

  Hahahahahaha

• 28 Mike // May 11, 2009 at 5:32 am

  You’re right, it IS an good review, and SO MANY people agree with you. Usually when someone gives a review, whether giving acclaim or ripping apart, people generally just say I agree or i disagree and state points why, but if you havent noticed, everyone with the exception of 1 or 2 people have not just disagreed with you, but called you out for having such a craptastic “review.” And as for you’re several points, i did reread your review and I maintain what I said before. The reasons you hate the album is, you dont like the singers voice, you hate the lyrics, you dont like the guitar and overall music of each song… so you dont liek anything, which means you hate the band, which means you’re not only biased, which is the type of person you said shouldnt review the album, but you’re also JUST BASHING the album. No critque at all, no review, just a place for you to vent about how much you dislike the band. That’s the point I was trying to make, yea you can split it up into points if you’d like but it still remains obviously not a review, and here’s points of my own.

  Good: Your review came to an end
  Bad: Your insesant repeating of the same useless “points” is rather annoying and you dont seem to realize you’re a complete tool and give John Edward a run for his money

• 29 Raz // May 11, 2009 at 11:59 am

  In all fairness, I like Seann Williamm Scott.

• 30 Tim // Jun 12, 2009 at 7:13 pm

  Dude you know that Steve writes the lyrics not Jordan. You should get the facts set before bashing them. Have a nice day.

  -Tim.

• 31 Your All Dicks // Jul 30, 2009 at 3:31 pm

  Im sorry but all of you guys are fucking retards for argueing about this shit, some people like NFG and some don’t and it just so happens that someone who dislikes NFG writes a review on the album (not the best idea ever) but thats his opinion, you may disagree but there is no need to fucking write out a 2 page long argument on the matter. So basically what im saying is let this guy have his opinion on NFG and write reviews on whatever he wants and all of you that disagree also have your opinion but just dont act like fucking retards with Down Syndroe arguing about it for hours on end. END OF DISCUSSION.

• 32 Your All Dicks // Jul 30, 2009 at 3:33 pm

  STFU NOOBS

• 33 Hairyman // Jul 31, 2009 at 4:27 pm

  Is Penisland a real place?

  If it is, I bet NFG are joint presidents of it.

• 34 Spencer // Nov 29, 2009 at 7:33 am

  Hugh,

  “they’re always going to struggle to assert their own identity against the mass opposition they face in the great war of pop-punk”

  NFG has always had their own identity. The nasal voice Jordan Pundik sealed that deal the second they appeared on the scene. Further more there the only ones besides Greenday that are making new material still in the genre that I know of.

  “what exactly is the point of New Found Glory in 2009?”

  To go on tour and make money. I’ll even go as far as saying these guys like touring together. I give them credit for being around this long. I was at their Halloween show in Milwaukee. I can’t remember the last time I had so much fun.

  “Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad if they’d even considered progressing beyond those listless three chords that pop punk’s been dry-humping for the last fifteen years.”

  Last I checked…. no, wait…. let me check again……… Oh yeah, that’s right, that’s what pop-punk is ding-dong, a simple yet catchy anthem. Something NFG has done flawlessly, especially in “Don’t Let Her Pull You Down.” You’re just sick of it. Can’t blame you, but I can’t get enough.

  “New Found Glory don’t want their party to end, partly because you suspect they wouldn’t know what to do when it does.”

  I have some news for you Hugh. The party isn’t ending soon. Not so long as guys and gals like myself exist. The truth is that they put on a great live show. Furthermore they contain exactly what you have so persistently complained about, consistency (in what you hate). I can’t for the life of me find a band other than NFG that hasn’t lost their intensity (and is still around).

  I’m always looking for a good band to go see live. With NFG I don’t have to spend 8 million for tickets to see a show with 8 million people. Instead, I go, I watch, and I have a good time. Just thought I might speak my peace. Thanks for reading.

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