I kinda like Gumball, but both Billy and Mandy and Flapjack were way better.
Agreed.
Virtual Reality was supposed to explode since the 90s, and it never has. I don't think it ever will. It all just seems so pointless at this point.
This is an interesting one... In Dio in Sabbath vs Ozzy in Sabbath, I would give them a tie. But it's not like equality, because I think the first three albums (Ozzy era of course) are better than all of the Dio era. But the first three of the Dio era are much better than the remaining 6 of the Ozzy era.
Dio solo vs Ozzy solo. Hm... A lot of the "classic" solo Dio I don't even like much. Except Holy Diver, which is a great album. But aside from Holy Diver, I think the band improved in the 90s and beyond (with the exception of Angry Machines). Ozzy on the other hand, started with two great ones, then had Bark at the Moon which was good.... No Rest For the Wicked is good. After that he pretty much goes to crap for me. Yes, that means I don't really like the No More Tears album, sue me.
And then of course, Dio has Rainbow on his resume, all three albums being fantastic.
Vincebus Eruptum is a really good album, but I don't really like anything else from them. And I probably like Iron Butterfly's In a Gadda Da Vida more than VIncebus Eruptum.
I only *like* BOC's two best albums, while I downright love LZ's two best albums. I never checked out The Who beyond the big hits, their radio hits never made me want to.
Well Metallica is basically the most controversial band in the history of the genre. Here are some various Metallica topics that cause a lot of controversey, maybe you have some dissenting opinions:
----The black album is sellout garbage (personally I'm not fond of the album, but I don't really consider it sellout or garbage)
----Load and Reload are also sellout garbage (personally I liked these when they came out, and don't think they are sellouts)
----St. Anger is beyond laughable garbage (this one I actually agree with)
---Lulu is the biggest trainwreck Metallica has ever done and is among the worst albums of all time (I greatly disagree with this one. It's not great by any means, but about half the songs are decent. Not even remotely as bad as St. Anger).
---Hardwired is the best thing Metallica have done since And Justice For All (I agree with this one)
I'm really only familiar with three poppunk bands:
Green Day, which I liked before I got into classic rock and metal. I don't really like them anymore, but I don't hate them either.
Blink 182, which I've always DESPISED.
Sum 41, which I always thought sucked but not as much as Blink 182.