Ranking PAINFULLY MEDIOCRE bands (sorry) 

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Finn "This one's probably gonna upset some people" Mckenty

Finn woke up and chose violence this morning I see.

As a Coheed fan I'm honored to finally get shit on in one of these tier list videos. I thought I was safe 😂

I used to know a tool fan. She's cool. I knew a five finger death punch fan that was cool. I hope he stopped smoking meth.

I used to be a Megadeth fan, but I stopped listening to them because I was getting tired of classic metal. Before I came back to them, I thought I wouldn't like them because they are more in line with classic speed metal than other bands, but I was wrong; their songs are legitimately great and beyond just the technical ability, they have surprising emotional depth.

Danny Carey is really a cool dude. Just throwing that out there.

That’s exactly why Maynard comes off as such a dick. He’s just annoyed. By both the fans and the media asking the same low effort questions. You can tell a marked difference when he’s interacting with someone who doesn’t annoy him. He’s actually a pleasant guy when he’s not talking to a brick wall

Finn is just out here declaring war on every fan base

Hey, did you guys hear Dave used to be in Metallica? He mentioned it once

Finn likes bad more than mid because its content gold 😂😂

Seen Machine Head twice. Hell of a show on both occasions. Not my favourite band but done some great stuff.

5FDP's first album was fresh and cool. Then they tried to recreate it 10 times, and it got boring fast.

I feel like Finn nowadays is more about trolling people with shit takes rather than saying anything of substance.

I’m not even that big of a Tool fan but labeling a band that put out a song like Rosetta Stoned or Prison Sex “mid” is just begging to be called a contrarian. Love your videos, but that’s just too of a hot take to be taken seriously by anyone who even remotely likes music lol

i can’t believe you think coheed is mid, i will revolt by continuing to watch your content and subscribing

I’m a coheed fan because I’m a sci-fi nerd engineer. I’m also a bassist who was 6’2 in 7th grade.

I think Foo Fighters is my ultimate mid band but with cool band members and cool fans

I rubbed shoulders with Maynard years ago on my birthday sitting at a bar. Had no idea who he was and proceeded to get drunk and crack jokes with him and the guys from a perfect circle not knowing who they were the entire time. We must have exchanged info bc one of Maynard’s guys texted me the next day and added me to the VIP list lol 100% it’s the fans. Maynard was totally cool to me bc I didn’t care who he was

Can’t believe you think Coheed is mid, Finn. Thinking up something horrible to say about you now

I'd include Blink-182 but Finn won't allow it 😮

Tool mid? Come on Finn... Just getting attention on this...

Finn: People who think Mid things are great, bother me Me: Finn, YOU bother me

When tou say "hell yeah, brother" all I can think about is wrestling stuff 😂 maybe Hulk Hogan's theme song .

Im glad the bands I like arent liked by normies like Finn.

The one thing I'll give the Offspring, more specifically Dexter, is that of all the SoCall punk lables Nitro took the biggest commercial risks. Putting out a Willhelm Scream album that everyone predicted to be a failure, as the lable was going broke, and calling it "Career Suicide" was also surprisingly ballsy.

Megadeth probably could have conquered the world if Dave wasn't such an egomaniac and actually hired a real singer.

Just discovered your 2nd channel recently, and as I am sick at home I have plenty of time. Highly entertaining, thank you, Finn.

Why do so many people have a crippling fear of being a part of the majority when it comes to music??? So many of these Mid-bands are good artists, but because they’re popular people try to separate themselves from them any chance they get because they want to be seen as unique and cultured! Like what you like man. “Being Mid is worse than being bad” is a wild statement! 😂

coheed's first 4 albulms are amazing, us fans are kinda nerdy lol. most of the band are cool guys. claudio seems like the kind of guy everyone would want to invite to go wine tasting or for a barbaque.

I want a local band tier list.

Do I know anyone who loves Machine Head? Well, in 2022 we got together with people from 16 countries (3 continents) for their show in Manchester England, so yes, I think I know some people who do. And judging a musician as unlikable based on something he once said seems a bit over the top. Meet them, have a conversation and then judge whether they are cool or not. The guys from Machine Head are definitely happy enough to go to a bar after the show and hang out with their fans if the travel schedule for the tour allows it.

"Hell yeah brother" sounded like Macho Man Randy Savage

My dad LOVES Machine Head. We’ve seen them live with Amon Amarth, I enjoyed both, but liked Amarth better, they have couple great songs, like Davidian, From This Day and recently Choke On The Ashes Of Your Hate. My only isdue with them is that I prefer short songs and average Machine Head song is 6:00, that’s why I like aromentioned songs, they keep it short here. The logo I think is great tho, the fact that Robb did it himself is cool too.

Starting with tool as a mid band 🤣🤣🤣🤣

It is subjective so there is no wrong answer here. But I would personally rank Megadeth a lot higher. They haven't had the success of Metallica (and I tend to prefer Metallica's early thrash sound to Megadeth's) but they were doing very interesting things and made some truly great albums. I am not as familiar with their later catalogue but everything from Killing is my Business to Rust in Peace is great. I would put up Rust in Peace as the greatest metal album of all time. Peace Sells is a killer record. So Far So Good So What is rough in patches but has some amazing entries like Mary Jane. Looking Down the Cross on their debut is an amazing, amazing metal song that truly does things a little different

Megadeth is far from mid lol. Like with every band they have a few stinker albums but for the most part they’re great.

2:06 Tool 3:49 five finger death punch 5:36 machine head 7:00 the offspring 8:35 papa roach 9:53 coheed and cambria 12:24 megadeth 14:30 panic! At the disco 15:36 all time low

I almost got into a fight at a machine head concert once. The opening band was Arch Enemy and my friends and I went to that show just for Arch Enemy. During Arch Enemy’s set some people started shout-chanting “Machinehead.” I turned around and flipped those people off. One of them stormed over to me to try to fight me but I guess security saw them and stopped them from coming over to start a fight with me and kicked them out of the show.

Also the new drummer for FFDP has a discord with like twenty People and he’s amazing . Total Chad. Would love to see him go past FFDP some day

Good video. The Offspring and Papa Roach are two of my favorite bands and the more I see music critics and RU-vidrs justifiably (!) sh*t on them since I totally get their cringyness, the more I feel the need to listen to them again ;-) is that a healthy reaction?

Your description of a Coheed fan was so unexpectedly spot on.

Hi Finn, here to say I'm a diehard Machine Head fan. I wear a Machine Head jacket just about every day and consistently listen to their albums often. Actually just took my son to his first concert a few weeks ago and it was one that Machine Head headlined with Fear Factory and Orbit Culture. And while I'm a huge fan of the band era that featured Robb Flynn, Phil Demmel, Adam Duce and Dave McClain, the most recent album (Of Kingdom and Crown) was a surprisingly triumphant release. I highly recommend it to anyone who thinks Robb lost it with the Catharsis album.

I just started watching this and the first band up is Tool. Finn coming right out of the gate throwing haymakers at his own audience. This and the reactions in the comments are the content I come here for. 10/10

As a mid musician, this gives me hope.

I'm so glad you acknowledged the lack of switching out of turrets in space craft. No one else brought that issue up

Memphis May Fire is the greatest midcore band ever

As much as I love Finn, there would definitely be a fight for who's going on the "other van" if they're was a big road trip. His van would be quite AF "no catchy sing-a-long songs, what are we in a Subaru commercial"... 🦗🦗🦗 Other Van: " 🎶 🎶 Oh, whoa, oh I got a love that keeps me waitin' Oh, whoa, oh 🎶 🎶 " - everybody.

„Do machine head exist?“ meanwhile machine head headlining the biggest metal festival in the world: ☹️

I want to hang out with Adam Jones from Tool. Not to hear about tool, but to ask about being a VFX artist on Terminator, Jurassic Park and Edward Scissorhands.

Tool and mid are two words that don't belong in the same sentance respectfully

Machine head mid 🤦‍♂️,did you hear the blackening album,through the ashes of the empire,unto the locust.

Totally agree that elder Emos and theater kids fit the Panic At The Disco demographic. I don’t like their newer stuff, but when they first came out I was obsessed with their first two albums and I fit this description to a tee. Thanks Finn for the laughs

for some reason i think that Megadeth is more like speed metal with bad vocals rather than all out thrash, they're not particularly fast when compared to their contemporaries but made that up with more big brain stuff like shred guitars and more intricate riffing, although the "big brain" part is also outshined by bands like Voivod, Coroner, Watchtower, and what have you.

How is Tool mid? I mean, I think this RU-vid channel is mid, but I’m not bitchin’ about it.

I guess you can call Machine Heads 90s to early 00s discog mid but since and espacially for The Blackening they are above average

I like Machine Head. Saw them this past February and they kicked ass 🤘! “The Blackening” is one of the best metal albums of the 2000’s (in my opinion) and it still holds that title for me.

Can't wait to see the Reddit review of this video! I'm sure it's gonna be just as comedic and light hearted as this video is! On the topic of this video, I'll say that imo, when I think mid bands I think Foghat or Bad Company. They easily fit into the bottom right section, as most of their remaining fans are still pumping out the same blues scales at Guitar Center and telling me Slash is peak musicianship.

TOOL Army…invade!!!!

thanks Finn! Haven’t been feeling too good last couple of days snd this picked me up! I would only defend Tool from being mid as I like them, but other that you were spot on! So right about machine head! I saw them support slipknot once and have tried to get into them but couldn’t. Excellent !

The Coheed and Cambria fan you described was literally me in 7th grade and I only know two songs by them, lol.

It’s kinda ironic that Maynard is a ‘Tool’ 😂😂

When I think "mid" I think of a ton of those early post-grunge bands like Collective Soul, Mudhoney, Silverchair, Candlebox, Live, etc. Like, are they actively bad? I don't think so, and a few have a couple good songs, but they all sound the same.

Thats because Machine Head are everyones 6th favourite band.

I was waiting for Alexisonfire (Finn’s mentioned he thinks they’re mid). I am of course one of the people who thinks they’re exemplary of perfect 2000s post-hardcore but was curious to hear his input on his disliking of them lol

I’ve seen Machine Head live once and got to meet them too. They do have their mid moments but I wouldn’t call Burn My Eyes, The Blackening, or Unto The Locust mid.

When I seen the title I thought Finn "wanted all the smoke" and seems like he does. I saw Machine Head I want to say back in 99 when their album The Burning Red came out. Yes Offspring mid in my book. Still watching your vid so more to come. Papa Roach very awesome live. Tool absolutely awesome live seen them in Munich in 06. I stumbled on Coheed and Cambria by accident. I bought this live DVD when I was deployed in 05 and I had this janky ass knock off dvd player that would play slowed down like it was screwed and chopped. Imagine listening to Coheed and Cambria screwed and chopped with their weird space wizard lyrics😂

"Tool is mid" says, "Don't trust me. Question everything I say....(everything)."

When we mention FFDP and cool band members, how could we forget Mr. Jeremy Spencer AKA Psycho Sinner?! The *epitome* of cool.

I love Machine Head! I remember the first time hearing the intro to Davidian at a party when I was a junior in high school.

The thing with tool is you kinda gotta let em grow on you I used to think they were mid asf but the more you really listen to them and they’re music the more realize it kicks ass

I had a college friend that got a Machine Head tattoo back in the late 90s. I lost contact with him over 20 years ago, but I sometimes wonder how much he regrets that decision.

Totally agree with this list, except I think the album Rust in Peace took Megadeth far outta the mid category forever.

Yes kids in highschool wore machine head shirts and we often saw them live. Back in 2001-2003

I love machinehead the new album is pretty good

These comments have not disappointed

FFDP are like light beer, its so watered down that it might as well be categorized as spicy water but you don't mind drinking it in a hot summer day

I saw FFDP play at Meyhemfest in 2008 opening for Slipknot & Disturbed and was very impressed with the performance. Really enjored that first album.

Midchine Head

I don't understand how Tool is a mid band, but ok

Five Flavored Fruit Punch fans are by now their own breed of human.

All Time Low was my absolute favorite band when I was 13. I also loved Twilight and was transitioning out of my Disney Channel era, so I think that speaks volumes.

Megadeth fan: "Wait, it's mid?" Finn: "Always has been."

Machine Head is overall very mid but "Burn My Eyes" is A tier. That slam poetry song really hurts their case though

I remember people who were actually Machine Head fans back in the late 90's. I saw them live once, but to be fair, I was only there to see One King Down and Vision of Disorder, who were playing before them. I don't even remember if I stuck around til the end of their set, lol.

Nice to know I am now old enough for music nosslgia gimicks to apply to me but I still keep a modern taste in music. Like Sick New World seemed kinda cool but I'm not stuck hoping for new releases from bands in that era.

I will always like Megadeath. In 86' when I was 18, doing College Radio we set up an interview with Dave before a show in our city and ended up smoking weed and watching Caligula on their bus and only got station ID'S and show intro 's, no interview.

I would tend to agree about Megadeth, but Rust in Peace is such a legendary album it kind of raises the entire band to great. I'm pretty sure I saw Machine Head live in the early 90s opening for Sepultura or Napalm Death, but I really can't remember when, where, or anything about the show. I guess that's mid. I've got a ticket stub somewhere, it's the only reason I remember I was there.

It fuckin scared me how accurate the calves and coheed comment was, been a coheed fan since my early childhood and was nicknamed tree trunks for my legs in middle school

He really came for me on the topic of geeking out over band lore 😂😮‍💨

I dont know how Blink 182 isnt on this list. They're probably the most painfully mediocre band I've ever heard in my life. Every single song sounds the same, both vocalists are god awful, the guitar and bass are literally first year music student worthy....the only even remotely talented musician is Travis Barker whose cringe af and really built a career from playing really fast. Hes like a less technical Joey Jordison. Blink 182 is just an edgier, more immature version of weezer.

If you really have Tool on this list I’m unsubscribing and blocking

Say what you want about All Time Low, but Alex Gaskarth is a phenomenal songwriter. Not only for All Time Low, but he wrote songs for 5SOS, Simple Plan, and State Champs. Put Up, So Wrong, Nothing Personal, and Don’t Panic are all 10/10 albums. Nobody admits to liking All Time Low just like nobody admits to liking any other neon pop punk band. They were scene, but unpopular with scene kids because they didn’t have screams. They fit into the category sometimes with Sleeping with Sirens and Pierce the Veil because they were more “girl” oriented than the other bands at the time

Mf that said Radiohead in the chat you better watch your back

Coheed and Cambria is like... Khaki Granola Bar-Core

I knew this video would be cringe but FFDP being considered cool is actually hilarious 😂 keep reaching Finn

I think your hatred of Tool fans clouds your judgement. Every one of those guys is a master of their craft and they do things many can't even begin to emulate.

Ivan Moody performed Far From Home acapella at a show after my friend who passed from suicxde’s mother talked w him backstage and dedicated it to her because it was her favorite song. No matter how lame I find 5FDP now I will always respect that.

I think it’s also pretty safe to say that Bullet for my Valentine is kind of mid. Why would you listen to them over Killswitch Engage, Parkway Drive, August Burns Red, or early BMTH? Exactly, because you just wouldn’t.

It’s a TOOL day now. Just to spite you, Finn.