While Gary Holt (Slayer/Exodus) has already removed his Instagram post, Loudwire has reported the guitarist recently slammed Imagine Dragons. After watching the pop/rock act’s halftime performance at the College Football Playoff Championship game this past Monday (7th) between Alabama and Clemson, Holt vented about their 10-minute set via Instagram, stating:
“Just watched the college football half time show to see just how bad it really was. PLEASE no more calling this shittiest band on earth “ rock”, they are simply the crappiest excuse for a band I’ve ever heard. Uggggh. Just awful . I don’t usually enjoy slagging musicians but they can’t really call themselves that. So fuck em!!”
According to Loudwire, Holt shared an image with text reading:
“Imagine Dragons suck giant hairy monkey balls.”
Apparently, since the group’s halftime show, Spin raised a question:
“Is Imagine Dragons the Worst Band Ever?”
Meanwhile, there seems to be a division via Twitter as a few consider them “the best” and others have labeled them “worse than Nickelback.”
Read a few responses below:
lol i can’t stop laughing at the realization that all Imagine Dragons choruses are just them repeating the song’s title 2-3x in a row https://t.co/6FHwhxuVQW pic.twitter.com/m37Hm1r9Wt
— Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) January 8, 2019
Imagine Dragons is millennial Nickleback
— Leo (@TrillSmith) January 8, 2019
For 10 difficult minutes, Imagine Dragons played the one that goes, “Thunder, thun-thunder” (“Thunder”).
And the one that goes, “Believer, believer!” (“Believer”).
But they didn’t play the one that goes, “Radioactive! Radioactive!” (whatever it’s called) https://t.co/tQnFZuqi6t
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 8, 2019
imagine dragons is music for speeding in your toyota sienna
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) January 8, 2019
To all the haters. That halftime show was better than anything you personally will ever accomplish in your tiny lives! #ImagineDragons
— Dale Bradley (@DaleBra27855754) January 8, 2019
The uugh uuugh I’m trying to contain my vomit right while reading your article, the ‘journalist’ haven’t listened to ID and i just leave this cap of the article where it says that they play Rock… Imagine Dragons said that they don’t do rock and they’ll say over and over again pic.twitter.com/PXvc59Cmpj
— Jose María García (@SrJoseMg) January 9, 2019
@Imaginedragons I ❤️’d the halftime show! I had to work or I would have been cheering in the pit!
The medley of songs was awesome and @DanReynolds smiling at his fans was the best! Photo by Chris Tuite#RiseUpDragons pic.twitter.com/d7kZZTMQZ9— ⭕️Michelle Sherry⭕️ (@ringosmomma) January 9, 2019
imagine dragons constantly advocates for social justice, LGBTQ+ rights, &mental health, & their lyrics are usually self-empowering. calling them “the worst band ever” just bc they have a certain sound & some college football fans didnt like their halftime show is an ice cold take https://t.co/wnii5ZNBT1
— stephen (@alsostephenking) January 9, 2019
Sounds like this person just hates imagine dragons and had nothing better to write about. He should have just posted this on his blog
— Mattj739 (@mattj739) January 9, 2019
Things we should never include in a #NationalChampionship again:
– the Bay Area
– Imagine Dragons
– Alabama— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) January 8, 2019
Recap on America listening to Imagine Dragons during halftime #NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/TcQ9R0SmsF
— ℭ.. ℜ ♚ (@cjroosevelt) January 8, 2019
“And now for your halftime show featuring Imagine Dragons!”
Literally everyone: pic.twitter.com/n5S6Onasjd
— Gods Burner Account (@GodsBurnerAcct) January 8, 2019
George RR Martin got the idea for game of thrones when a certain band told him to imagine dragons
— Ben Rosen (@ben_rosen) January 8, 2019
Imagine Dragons is a better band than Nickelback but I feel like Nickelback’s fans loved Nickelback in a deeper way than Imagine Dragons will ever be loved by theirs
— Todd in the Shadows (@ShadowTodd) January 8, 2019
[via Loudwire]
