hey Fantano. Im one of the original members of Brokencyde. id love to talk with you sometime about the old scene and music. i'm a big fan of you and your channel! sincerely
I lament the fact that there are like 6/7 proto-Gizz tracks lost to myspace under the band name Revolver and Sun the tracks are labeled but you can't listen or download them :(
i was once in a band that booked a show as an opening act for Brokencyde. Then they canceled their tour. Then the venue burnt down. Then our band broke up. Fun times
Fun fact: 100 gecs and BrokeNCYDE are friends EDIT: plus, Laura and Dylan have publicly spoken about taking influence from that era of MySpace scene/AltPress/Warped Tour bands, with Breathe Carolina, I See Stars, and 3OH!3 being given shout outs. They had Craig Owens from Chiodos on their remix record. The influence they've taken from that whole scene along with their friendship with BrokeNCYDE make the comparison more sensible than it seems.
greendaythebeatles Honestly, it just reads like Anthony is too butt-hurt to admit his new critical darlings were inspired by one of the cringiest musical acts of all time.
this actually makes fantano look kinda full of shit, in this vid. i like his vids but sometimes he's way too quick to state his opinion without taking stuff into account
Sahil Arora Normally, in a review capacity, I would agree with you saying it’s just opinion, but we’re talking about facts on this topic. This isn’t subjective. Gecs know BrokenCyde and have a healthy relationship with them. They’ve _very clearly_ been inspired by them in _at least_ a loose capacity (not all inspiration has to be super up-front and immediately identifiable, after all), Anthony’s just kinda wrong on this one. Not sayin’ that like it’s a moral failing or anything, I’m not gonna go ape and call him “full of shit” or anything over this, but it’s just not something that’s within the realm of subjectivity given what’s known about Gecs’ and BrokenCyde’s relationship and mutual respect.
Ya, I feel that. I really never got the feeling machine girl was ripping off the grips, since Anthony complained about it I can see some similarties. The ugly art is the shit tho.
@@thepopgroup3366 I don't think it's just you, but I think it's more that they are both going for gabber + noise. I really enjoy both artists maybe because of their similarities not despite them. It is hard to see Anthony just not even give the Ugly Art a score. For me it's an 8/10 but I could see him giving it a 6 or even a 5 given his take. Would that be better or worse than no score?
Are you high? City morgue are influenced by a lot of sounds from the 90s and early 2000s, obviously not just hip-hop. And while Limp Bizkit is potentially part of that, I doubt anyone else sees them as musical pioneers or something, because they're not.
I'm an old person too and I honestly miss Myspace lol. The music and the whole scene in general was fun! It's really why I don't give younger people a hard time for listening to "mumble" rap. Older people hated Myspace music back then and we were just trying to have a good time, so I see the similarities.
If you've been active on MySpace then you're not old. Can milennials stop with this "oh I'm just an old carcass, get me a coffin" thing because it's really cringe worthy, no offense to you personally.
Back in the late 00s I was bummed that people were so narrow minded about electro/crunk-emo and to begin with, there was a fear of admitting our emo side due to toxic masculinity. Thank shit now things are changing.
Personally I've felt that 100 gecs is a lot more similar to other MySpace artists such as Dot dot curve and jeffery star. I can also see some resemblance to early Skrillex. In my opinion I don't think 100 gecs is anything new or "revolutionary", just a modern take and reupholstered version of sounds and ideas from the MySpace era. I do believe that 100 gecs won't be the only new artist to bring back sounds and ideas from the MySpace era. Example of this is artist like X and juice wrld both stating blood on the dance floor as an influence. I think part of reason this is happening is because even artist/bands from the MySpace era have strayed into more mainstream pop and hip hop. I feel that we're going to see more crunkcore, post-hardcore, pop punk, and ska influenced artists/bands emerge soon
If 100 gecs owes anything to anyone, it's unquestionably Frank Zappa (esp. early Zappa e.g. "Freak Out"). There is no more accurate comparison. Gecs are doing what Zappa did, just with a different object of ridicule (and ofc therefore sonically much different). Also I wouldn't dismiss the comparison between City Morgue and Limp Bizkit. I think there's definitely at least an indirect link there. Ofc I find Limp Bizkit particularly underrated and innovative so to me that's not an insult.
“I don’t see how you can draw comparisons outside of...” goes on to list multiple examples that make a good case. Tony, you’re wrong. Brokencyde was def ahead of the curve with these screamo rappers we got now.
Lol, a lot of people in the comments just can't be nuanced. They are not exactly like brokencyfe, but they obviously have some scene influence. Gecs are many many times more creative than a lot of those bands I listened to, but it's no mystery who they pull influence from. Attack Attack! and I Set My Friends On Fire definitely had a lot of similar sounds back in the day, but gecs has had the last decade of the trap and soundlcoud rap to also look back upon and incorporate into their music. I personally like gecs, but I also grew up listening to scene, punk, and ska in highschool, got into soundcloud hip-hop afterwards, and find their reflection of the the last 15 years of music to be genuinely fresh, funny, catchy, and deeply enjoyable. Many, probably most, don't have the context to enjoy their music as such, but just because you don't like something doesn't mean that it isn't done well, done creatively, or done genuinely. I've enjoyed seeing them flip so many of the musical trends that I have (admittedly) turned my back on due to shame and embarrassment of my highschool self, but they have shown me that there were ideas and sounds from those scenes that I really did enjoy, and which still bring me joy today. Do I think that they are brokencyde? No. I think that 100 gecs is born from a completely different cultural context and no matter how much they ARE pulling from mid-late 00s scene music, they ALSO are pulling from the last 10 years of pop, hip hop, and electronic music, and that's just undeniable. There are similarities ofc, and gecs has mentioned before their influences, but there COULDN'T have been a 100 gecs in 2009 because 2009 was not 2019. Meme and internet culture, music culture, political culture, and just all culture in general HAVE changed so much that acts like 100 gecs can only be the product of this time. I don't know why people want to be so reductive about everything just because they don't like 100 gecs. They're good, genuinely innovative, and definitely will not be everyone's cup of tea.
1995 Honda Civic It’s still decently big in the electronic music scene (I mean Marshmello made some dubstep songs semi recently, plus the success of labels like Monstercat and Disciple), but beyond that it’s basically gone aside from ricco harver remixing 800db cloud
A lot of things that were considered cringe are "cool" now is all it is, personally find gecs just as bad as those bands but they make a lot more sense today I guess. I just don't understand how they're considered groundbreaking or the future of pop as many claim lol
It’s considered “cool” nowadays to take a bunch of overused, obnoxious pop cliches and doing them “ironically”. People have this weird thing where they think anything ironic is automatically amazing and hilarious and groundbreaking (as if that wasn’t the majority of “hip” media and humor for the last few decades).
8bitdiedie Nah, the gecs are legitimately great musicians. Sure there’s plenty of stupid, ironic humor in their songs that I could understand finding annoying, but beyond that people legitimately like to hear their weird and erratic style of unique pop music.
@@8bitdiedie Gecs aren't an ironic novelty act. Their music for the most part isn't ironic, and I enjoy a lot of it unironically. And I'm a classically trained pianist who produces music in my spare time before you come at me with that uppity snobbish attitude of "oh you just don't know music then". I can't stand music snobs. No progress would ever be made in music (or elsewhere) if it wasn't for people experimenting with sounds. It sounds bad to some ears, great to others, get over it.
I'd say the strain of myspace scenecore that Gecs are similar to isn't as much Brokencyde, but more on the cutesy electropop side, a la Nickasaur or Breathe Carolina
100 gecs isn't a rip-off but I do think it would be a lie to say they weren't at all influenced by brokencyde, I think Laura and Dylan have acknowledged their cool. They just aren't the primary influence
They only like 100 gecs because they somehow got it in their head its cool to like them. These are the same people that never listened to a Brokencyde song, but proclaim they're the worst band of all time. They will also lie about both of these points until the cows come home. Like seriously, imagine trying to talk about how "revolutionary" and what a "breathe of fresh air" 100 gecs is. Fantano is shitting on your leg and telling you its raining.
I tend to find the main difference between both bands are the fanbases. In an alternate world, 100gecs would have been a “cringe”, hated myspace band and brokencyde would be a critical darling considered groundbreaking for *puts on monocle* “their blend of post-ironic hyper pop”.
I’ve said for years that I’m very accepting of other people’s music tastes. I may give a light teasing to some people, but it’s all in good fun and I try to make that obvious. Anybody can listen to whatever they want to and that’s absolutely A-ok; in fact, I think it’s amazing that other people can hear the exact same waveforms and interpret it an entirely different way and have the exact opposite reaction. It makes life interesting and I wouldn’t change my mindset for the world and I think the world would be a better place if we all took this approach. That being said if you even remotely like Brokencyde un-ironically you’re a fucking degenerate.
Just wanted to thank Fantano for making this video. I somehow missed all the talk about 100 Gecs the first time around. This was the first time I had ever heard of them. I went and checked out their music and was instantly confused. My initial reaction was disgust, but I also kind of liked it? However I moved on for a couple of weeks. Then randomly one day I revisited their music and went down the rabbit hole. I absolutely love them. The strange thing is I can read thousands of negative comments and reviews and find all those points valid - yet at the same time my brain doesn’t agree with them. Dylan Brady is IMO crazy talented. After reading countless interviews with him and checking out his solo work - it’s clear the guy is a talented producer / musician. So at least to me as someone who is an outsider who only now discovered them, I’m not really getting all the “takes” that their music is chaotic and random. When I hear their album it’s overall cohesive and I understand clearly what they were going for production wise. I see the decision they made and why they made it. There is like two spots on the album where the music is random gibberish and it’s not even that long. Yet the way people go on about this album they describe it as every track is this chaotic mess like someone switching channels on the TV. But I just don’t get that. Also as a side stance, I am not someone who is political at all. But I find it fascinating that Laura is trans, hates her voice because it doesn’t match the gender she identifies with - and then uses auto correct software to make her voice match the pitch she’s always wanted to have. 100 Gecs don’t make this aspect front and center and she no doubt just wants to be treated normally and doesn’t want the music to be identified by that. But I personally think it’s amazing that their music allows her to step up to the stage and the music tools gives her the voice to be who she wants to be. And this is coming from a conservative asshole who genuinely is not socially conscious or cares about causes. But at least to me, I think it’s amazing that someone can do that. The way I see it digital artists like Hatsune Miku are insanely popular. Literally 80k people stadiums will sell out in Japan to see a hologram. They are taking that aspect of music and combining it with the human factor and making it live. And I see nothing wrong with that. That said I 100% get it if the “tone” and sound of the vocals isn’t for some and they find it grating. So I can step back and recognize that aspect. But that’s just my 2 cents. I think people are really underrating them as musicians in terms of thinking this is all a chaotic mess. I think there is more purpose to it and Dylan Brady knows what he is doing. I highly recommend people check out his solo work. I really think future albums form 100 Gecs is going to surprise them as I have no doubt his skills as a producer are getting better and better and we will get a more polished record as they grow as a band.
a VERY big point is also that 100 gecs production is actually really great and brokencyde songs sound like they were made in 04 garageband with only default instruments
I like how Anthony's entire argument is "uh AKSHUALLY your argument is ridiculous, it's like comparing Metallica to Mozart." Love the memes and reviews dude, but I think you are biased here because brokeNCYDE is seen as cringe and 100 gecs is seen as "post ironic" (a phrase here that means, 'they're only pretending to be garbage, therefore it's cool')
Literally started listening to 100gecs this week because they've been popping up into my feed almost everywhere. And I've fallen so in love with that shit it rips so hard
@Mad Sadiq Y'know I respect that you're out here hustlin, but I think I speak for the majority when I say we don't give a fuck about a reaction video. That type of content has left a bad taste in people's mouths on this platform for years now. Try a review, something that adds to the conversation. If I wanted to listen to the song, I would go listen to it. Nobody needs you for that.
100 gecs doesn't sound like brokencyde but they are alike in the sense that they both aren't timeless. In 10 years 100 gecs is going to be just as cringe.
Except Brokencyde is hated by everyone (outside of scene kids) the day they came out. 100Gecs are praised by internet hipsters that hated Brokencyde at the beginning.
@@gx1tar1er because they're horrible frauds. i understand why someone who wasnt exposed to 2000s scenecore would find this appealing. i mean i don't but i understand. i even understand someone who would reconsider brokencyde after listening to 100gecs, i mean both of them have appalling taste in music, but it is what it is. what i DON'T understand is someone making the most obnoxious mental gymnastics to deny an obvious reality to appear self-consistent when they are clearly playing favorites. makes me suspect they aren't really honest about their opinions. they're trend-hoppers for money. sick clout goblins.
Myspace truly was the best platform for music makers and I am glad to have been able to participate in its heyday. I really wish there was still a place like Myspace, if only for bands and artists.
@@bartuomyej yeah it's really great that artists can earn so easily with bandcamp. BC is objectively a much better place for artists to do business. For me it lacks a social media aspect, or at least an artist to audience interaction. Being able to DM artists, discover new music through your favorite artists top 8 or whatever, being able to book entire shows and sell tickets on myspace, the ability to upload videos and picture albums. the efficiency of myspace bulletins. so many ways that there will never be a music platform like Myspace.
Blink-182, Sublime, Skrillex and the Jack Ü snare, John Zorn's Naked City, Warped Tour, Soulja Boy, Cannibal Corpse, Jazz, Nightcore, Death Grips, TH-cam and Taylor Swift.
Similarities : lyrical content, humor, 'wall of sound' instrumentals, vocal style, plus they know brokencyde sooo seems like you just big mad fantano. ' 100 gecs is deeper and more complex therefore it's not similar' is not a good argument bru
His argument boils down to “Brokencyde is old cringey music no critic like me ever liked, but 100gecs is new critically acclaimed stuff, therefore you can’t point out the obvious similarities”.
@@8bitdiedie exactly, like I understand that no one likes that era of crunk core, but it's too common for someone to not accept an artist as influencial just because they disliked or 'cringy'
Because he mentioned it, I decided to listen to the track I Need Help Immediately and my first thought was “This sounds like that episode of Friends when Ross Geller tried to play keyboard.”
Jesus shit, I had not heard from brokeNCYDE in a decade. Just heard a song again because of this video and gotta say, after years of therapy and medication it took only one song to get me depressed again.
5:38 YES YES YES FUCKING YES, listening to that masterpiece right after 100 gecs is the most seemless shit, love Disco Volante, love Mr Bungle, love 100 Gecs
I don't see the similarities at all to be frank. For one Brokencyde's original style was among the many different crunkcore bands. Can't really say I heard a single track were 100 Gecs scream their vocals. Also Brokencyde is not even the same band anymore. Only two members remain.
I could somewhat believe that title, although I will say that 100 gecs are far better musicians but they've just wasted talent or perhaps need more time to mature. I will say that they genuinely care about their music and aren't trying to be a copy of anyone else even though their influences are present. I guess they're just not for me. I love experimental stuff but come on now, they are a recently purchased Vespa that people are comparing to a well-oiled machine like Death Grips which is pretty ridiculous. I pretty much agree with tons of your opinions, but the geckos are not quite it, at least not yet. Also they have completely embraced the early Myspace aesthetic and that's undeniable
100 gecs: 💯🦎
Brokencyde: 0 gecs
You do the math
Dang bro you got a point
Brokencyde wins
Why are people so worried about how many gecs they have?
@@SlyHikari03 if it ain't got no gec, then it ain't worth a hecc
@@osamayomama this is worthy of a tattoo. lol
hey Fantano. Im one of the original members of Brokencyde. id love to talk with you sometime about the old scene and music. i'm a big fan of you and your channel! sincerely
Wait are you actually Phat J? It would be awesome, you should send him an email or somerhing for an possible interview
Yo check out Anthony's twitter. He said he was down
@@weloc thank you!
@melon this needs to happen!!
Yoooo Phat J, huge Brokencyde fan here and I heard you left the band to start your own music career
You ever release any albums? I'll buy them man.
Myspace was the wild wild west back then. Going to warped tour and seeing the obscure bands you found on myspace was a moment.
*Flashbacks to crying for 5 minutes after being tricked by my first winterrowd game*
Same,
I miss when MySpace was the most Indie Rock and Metal goldmine that I used to be.
I lament the fact that there are like 6/7 proto-Gizz tracks lost to myspace under the band name Revolver and Sun
the tracks are labeled but you can't listen or download them :(
simpler and better times honestly
It was pretty great. I loved finding new bands from looking at local bands pages and seeing their influences and who they played with.
Just so everybody knows, Neil Cicierega just released Mouth dreams. It is fantastic
You know the rules!
Boredlands ty for reminding me
Yes, I hope Fantano reviews it soon. From what I have seen, I think he will love it. And if he doesn't, I really don't care because I loved it.
Honestly didn’t like the mash ups on the new album. They just sound off to me.
You beautiful fucking human being, thank you for letting me know this.
i was once in a band that booked a show as an opening act for Brokencyde. Then they canceled their tour. Then the venue burnt down. Then our band broke up. Fun times
Borat voice: Very nice!
100gecs is just human nightcore.
Nightcore is just 2d Imagine Dragons
and it is beautiful
This reminded me to recommend the new Clown Core tape, Van
@@servvo No.
And everybody with a brain fucking hates nightcore.
Fun fact: 100 gecs and BrokeNCYDE are friends
EDIT: plus, Laura and Dylan have publicly spoken about taking influence from that era of MySpace scene/AltPress/Warped Tour bands, with Breathe Carolina, I See Stars, and 3OH!3 being given shout outs. They had Craig Owens from Chiodos on their remix record. The influence they've taken from that whole scene along with their friendship with BrokeNCYDE make the comparison more sensible than it seems.
greendaythebeatles Honestly, it just reads like Anthony is too butt-hurt to admit his new critical darlings were inspired by one of the cringiest musical acts of all time.
@@8bitdiedie Yeah, I get that the scene thing was never Fantano's bag, but at the same time he doesn't have to get mad online about it
this actually makes fantano look kinda full of shit, in this vid. i like his vids but sometimes he's way too quick to state his opinion without taking stuff into account
Chee Beesco well he does say it’s all just his opinion
Sahil Arora Normally, in a review capacity, I would agree with you saying it’s just opinion, but we’re talking about facts on this topic. This isn’t subjective. Gecs know BrokenCyde and have a healthy relationship with them. They’ve _very clearly_ been inspired by them in _at least_ a loose capacity (not all inspiration has to be super up-front and immediately identifiable, after all), Anthony’s just kinda wrong on this one.
Not sayin’ that like it’s a moral failing or anything, I’m not gonna go ape and call him “full of shit” or anything over this, but it’s just not something that’s within the realm of subjectivity given what’s known about Gecs’ and BrokenCyde’s relationship and mutual respect.
Antnee, this is literally how I feel when you compare machine girl to death grips almost every review you do of them antnee.
Ya, I feel that. I really never got the feeling machine girl was ripping off the grips, since Anthony complained about it I can see some similarties. The ugly art is the shit tho.
Maybe just me but steroids sounds like wlfgrl, maybe because both of them got some gabber vibes to it
@@thepopgroup3366 WLFGRL CAME OUT BEFORE STEROIDS are you daft
@@bentley230 i said "steroids sounds like wlfgrl", not "wlfgrl sounds like steroids"
@@thepopgroup3366 I don't think it's just you, but I think it's more that they are both going for gabber + noise.
I really enjoy both artists maybe because of their similarities not despite them. It is hard to see Anthony just not even give the Ugly Art a score. For me it's an 8/10 but I could see him giving it a 6 or even a 5 given his take.
Would that be better or worse than no score?
Let’s be real tho. 100 gecs is the type of band to take it as a compliment.
Cause it is a compliment unless you’re a stuck up critic
If anything, their song “Stupid Horse” is more of a EDM ska song than anything by brokencyde.
_pick it up_
Ben Oron yes, please! Lol
Bruh that shits not even ska its nightcore polka
@@solstie it's Ska nightpolkacore
Caspian Solstice it’s not polka it’s just some shitty pop, maybe if i drop the “shitty” it’s no more “unique” than the chain smokers.
limp bizkit walked so city morgue could run
how could you say something so controversial yet so true?
PFP checks out
unfortunately
Stop iiittttt
Are you high? City morgue are influenced by a lot of sounds from the 90s and early 2000s, obviously not just hip-hop. And while Limp Bizkit is potentially part of that, I doubt anyone else sees them as musical pioneers or something, because they're not.
All I want to see is your track review Of The Pink Phantom by Gorillaz.
Hell yeah homie !
yep, what happend to that reaction, he's just playing with the hype at this point
tomorrow night
me too man
Ian Hess wait does anyone know what happened to the new music Friday stream tonight
Well 100 gecs have never said the n-word, so there’s that
Daisy can’t tell if ur joking or not from ur profile name
Nah my profile name is the leaped’s name. BrokNCYDE really did say the n-word
@@daisy1414 Brokencyde are mexicans actually
@@nibyafternight1983 oh, so we gucci then
cringe and bluepilled
Brokencyde was so ahead of their time, like their music or not. I personally don’t hate it
100 gecs is original pisscore in a world more accepting of post ironic aesthetics
Chaotic Satire melon rated it a solid 7 tho... 😔
@@herbalgiles9468 when it's actually a strong 9
Chaotic Satire cap
Herbal Giles he bumped it on twitter to an 8
nalim lattarai Ik just saying it’s not a strong 9
I'm an old person too and I honestly miss Myspace lol. The music and the whole scene in general was fun! It's really why I don't give younger people a hard time for listening to "mumble" rap. Older people hated Myspace music back then and we were just trying to have a good time, so I see the similarities.
you don't understand how much i appreciate this :)
am i the only one that cringes when people in their late 20s early 30s call themselves "old"
@@somber8575 ❤
Daniel Johnstone same. 34 is young. Old is 60 and above.
If you've been active on MySpace then you're not old. Can milennials stop with this "oh I'm just an old carcass, get me a coffin" thing because it's really cringe worthy, no offense to you personally.
Back in the late 00s I was bummed that people were so narrow minded about electro/crunk-emo and to begin with, there was a fear of admitting our emo side due to toxic masculinity. Thank shit now things are changing.
Personally I've felt that 100 gecs is a lot more similar to other MySpace artists such as Dot dot curve and jeffery star. I can also see some resemblance to early Skrillex. In my opinion I don't think 100 gecs is anything new or "revolutionary", just a modern take and reupholstered version of sounds and ideas from the MySpace era. I do believe that 100 gecs won't be the only new artist to bring back sounds and ideas from the MySpace era. Example of this is artist like X and juice wrld both stating blood on the dance floor as an influence. I think part of reason this is happening is because even artist/bands from the MySpace era have strayed into more mainstream pop and hip hop. I feel that we're going to see more crunkcore, post-hardcore, pop punk, and ska influenced artists/bands emerge soon
@Peter Kropotkin someone on reddit geuinely made a serious post about how they think skrillex is the greatest artist of all time lmao
Brokencyde and DDC are much more similar to each other, Jeffree Star is pretty different.
Exactly, I think they sound way more like dropping a popped locket even. Dot dot curve for sure too
Melon I need to know what you think about the new Gorillaz track so I can decide whether I like it or not
just like the song, he's given every Gorillaz track on song machine best tracks
crimnge
100 Gecs sounds like what our parents thought Mindless Self Indulgence sounded like.
100 gecs are literally just the twins from “how to train your dragon”
ruffnut and tuffnut would absolutely gec
FOR REAL OMG
*how to train your dragon
Fax
I'm old enough to be confused about people considering Brokencyde old.
100 Gecs sounds a lot more like The Medic Droid than Brokencyde.
Someone who remembers The Medic Droid! I would agree a bit, lmao.
Here for this
and Black Dresses is goth The Millionaires (and i really like black dresses)
Fer sure maybe
I came to comment the exact same thing
imo the gecs hype and the whole "hyperpop" thing will get really stale after like a few more singles
fred figglehorn paved the way for 100 gecs
If 100 gecs owes anything to anyone, it's unquestionably Frank Zappa (esp. early Zappa e.g. "Freak Out"). There is no more accurate comparison. Gecs are doing what Zappa did, just with a different object of ridicule (and ofc therefore sonically much different).
Also I wouldn't dismiss the comparison between City Morgue and Limp Bizkit. I think there's definitely at least an indirect link there. Ofc I find Limp Bizkit particularly underrated and innovative so to me that's not an insult.
brokeNCYDE is what people who don't like 100 gecs think that 100 gecs sounds like.
*leans in and screams into your ear*: “LIARRRRRRRR!!!!!!!”
Unpopular opinion: Limp Bizkit paved the way for City Morgue.
Shut your mouth, and don’t ever make me cry like that ever again
“I don’t see how you can draw comparisons outside of...” goes on to list multiple examples that make a good case.
Tony, you’re wrong. Brokencyde was def ahead of the curve with these screamo rappers we got now.
100 gecs are clearly influenced by anthony fantano's bass playing
Lol, a lot of people in the comments just can't be nuanced. They are not exactly like brokencyfe, but they obviously have some scene influence. Gecs are many many times more creative than a lot of those bands I listened to, but it's no mystery who they pull influence from. Attack Attack! and I Set My Friends On Fire definitely had a lot of similar sounds back in the day, but gecs has had the last decade of the trap and soundlcoud rap to also look back upon and incorporate into their music. I personally like gecs, but I also grew up listening to scene, punk, and ska in highschool, got into soundcloud hip-hop afterwards, and find their reflection of the the last 15 years of music to be genuinely fresh, funny, catchy, and deeply enjoyable. Many, probably most, don't have the context to enjoy their music as such, but just because you don't like something doesn't mean that it isn't done well, done creatively, or done genuinely. I've enjoyed seeing them flip so many of the musical trends that I have (admittedly) turned my back on due to shame and embarrassment of my highschool self, but they have shown me that there were ideas and sounds from those scenes that I really did enjoy, and which still bring me joy today. Do I think that they are brokencyde? No. I think that 100 gecs is born from a completely different cultural context and no matter how much they ARE pulling from mid-late 00s scene music, they ALSO are pulling from the last 10 years of pop, hip hop, and electronic music, and that's just undeniable. There are similarities ofc, and gecs has mentioned before their influences, but there COULDN'T have been a 100 gecs in 2009 because 2009 was not 2019. Meme and internet culture, music culture, political culture, and just all culture in general HAVE changed so much that acts like 100 gecs can only be the product of this time. I don't know why people want to be so reductive about everything just because they don't like 100 gecs. They're good, genuinely innovative, and definitely will not be everyone's cup of tea.
The only reason they get compared is because thematically they are both artists for the _internet_ by the _internet_ .
They’re actually more like 2008-2009 Skrillex tbh
@Elizabeth of course she does, makes me like them even more
@Elizabeth didn't brostep kinda die out?
@@1995.hondacivic pretty much
1995 honda civic there’s been a bit of a resurgence in the past couple years. Check out Space Laces and Moody Good for some good new “Brostep”
1995 Honda Civic It’s still decently big in the electronic music scene (I mean Marshmello made some dubstep songs semi recently, plus the success of labels like Monstercat and Disciple), but beyond that it’s basically gone aside from ricco harver remixing 800db cloud
A lot of things that were considered cringe are "cool" now is all it is, personally find gecs just as bad as those bands but they make a lot more sense today I guess. I just don't understand how they're considered groundbreaking or the future of pop as many claim lol
It’s considered “cool” nowadays to take a bunch of overused, obnoxious pop cliches and doing them “ironically”. People have this weird thing where they think anything ironic is automatically amazing and hilarious and groundbreaking (as if that wasn’t the majority of “hip” media and humor for the last few decades).
8bitdiedie Nah, the gecs are legitimately great musicians. Sure there’s plenty of stupid, ironic humor in their songs that I could understand finding annoying, but beyond that people legitimately like to hear their weird and erratic style of unique pop music.
@@8bitdiedie Gecs aren't an ironic novelty act. Their music for the most part isn't ironic, and I enjoy a lot of it unironically. And I'm a classically trained pianist who produces music in my spare time before you come at me with that uppity snobbish attitude of "oh you just don't know music then". I can't stand music snobs. No progress would ever be made in music (or elsewhere) if it wasn't for people experimenting with sounds. It sounds bad to some ears, great to others, get over it.
@@GLamoRousCooKie Gecs is in many ways post-ironic
God... why’d you have to remind us of Brokencyde 😭
I'd say the strain of myspace scenecore that Gecs are similar to isn't as much Brokencyde, but more on the cutesy electropop side, a la Nickasaur or Breathe Carolina
100 gecs isn't a rip-off but I do think it would be a lie to say they weren't at all influenced by brokencyde, I think Laura and Dylan have acknowledged their cool. They just aren't the primary influence
I see 100 Gecs as the new Mindless Self Indulgence
100 gecs actually sound more like PC music than brokeNCYDE
Shout out to AG Cook
your whole argument is "I like 100 gecs and I DONT like brokencyde so cut it out!"
Not really
Well I do like 100 gecs and I DONT like broken brokencyde so cut it out!
People are out here sweating bc they are similar lmao, "wait I like this?"
Lmao basically. Anything crunkcore is apparently “objectively bad”. Like, no, buddy, ya just don’t like it, let us enjoy it and fuck off xD
They only like 100 gecs because they somehow got it in their head its cool to like them. These are the same people that never listened to a Brokencyde song, but proclaim they're the worst band of all time. They will also lie about both of these points until the cows come home. Like seriously, imagine trying to talk about how "revolutionary" and what a "breathe of fresh air" 100 gecs is. Fantano is shitting on your leg and telling you its raining.
gorillaz?
At this point I should give up with the new Sufjan Stevens album, see u in the YUNOREVIEW 😔
check again
this is funny cuz it just got uploaded
Ey
he just uploaded it how do you feel rn bro
Wow get rekt
its not like brokenCYDE because pretentious music forums claimed them first
I tend to find the main difference between both bands are the fanbases. In an alternate world, 100gecs would have been a “cringe”, hated myspace band and brokencyde would be a critical darling considered groundbreaking for *puts on monocle* “their blend of post-ironic hyper pop”.
I’ve said for years that I’m very accepting of other people’s music tastes. I may give a light teasing to some people, but it’s all in good fun and I try to make that obvious. Anybody can listen to whatever they want to and that’s absolutely A-ok; in fact, I think it’s amazing that other people can hear the exact same waveforms and interpret it an entirely different way and have the exact opposite reaction. It makes life interesting and I wouldn’t change my mindset for the world and I think the world would be a better place if we all took this approach.
That being said if you even remotely like Brokencyde un-ironically you’re a fucking degenerate.
Replace Borkencyde with 100gecs in your post and you’re right on the money!
Idk about Brokencyde specifically but they definitely seem influenced by “scene” music in general.
finally my scene kid self can relate to an anthony fantano video
no my guy 100 gecs is like listening to fяed
100 gecs reminds me more of dropping a popped locket and I set my friends on fire
Just wanted to thank Fantano for making this video. I somehow missed all the talk about 100 Gecs the first time around. This was the first time I had ever heard of them.
I went and checked out their music and was instantly confused. My initial reaction was disgust, but I also kind of liked it? However I moved on for a couple of weeks. Then randomly one day I revisited their music and went down the rabbit hole.
I absolutely love them. The strange thing is I can read thousands of negative comments and reviews and find all those points valid - yet at the same time my brain doesn’t agree with them.
Dylan Brady is IMO crazy talented. After reading countless interviews with him and checking out his solo work - it’s clear the guy is a talented producer / musician.
So at least to me as someone who is an outsider who only now discovered them, I’m not really getting all the “takes” that their music is chaotic and random. When I hear their album it’s overall cohesive and I understand clearly what they were going for production wise. I see the decision they made and why they made it.
There is like two spots on the album where the music is random gibberish and it’s not even that long. Yet the way people go on about this album they describe it as every track is this chaotic mess like someone switching channels on the TV. But I just don’t get that.
Also as a side stance, I am not someone who is political at all. But I find it fascinating that Laura is trans, hates her voice because it doesn’t match the gender she identifies with - and then uses auto correct software to make her voice match the pitch she’s always wanted to have.
100 Gecs don’t make this aspect front and center and she no doubt just wants to be treated normally and doesn’t want the music to be identified by that. But I personally think it’s amazing that their music allows her to step up to the stage and the music tools gives her the voice to be who she wants to be.
And this is coming from a conservative asshole who genuinely is not socially conscious or cares about causes. But at least to me, I think it’s amazing that someone can do that.
The way I see it digital artists like Hatsune Miku are insanely popular. Literally 80k people stadiums will sell out in Japan to see a hologram.
They are taking that aspect of music and combining it with the human factor and making it live. And I see nothing wrong with that. That said I 100% get it if the “tone” and sound of the vocals isn’t for some and they find it grating. So I can step back and recognize that aspect.
But that’s just my 2 cents. I think people are really underrating them as musicians in terms of thinking this is all a chaotic mess. I think there is more purpose to it and Dylan Brady knows what he is doing. I highly recommend people check out his solo work. I really think future albums form 100 Gecs is going to surprise them as I have no doubt his skills as a producer are getting better and better and we will get a more polished record as they grow as a band.
a VERY big point is also that 100 gecs production is actually really great and brokencyde songs sound like they were made in 04 garageband with only default instruments
''100gecs sounds just like BrokenCyde and BOTDF''
''Yes.''
this video made me throw my phone into the lake, yeah
I'm fucking crossing my fingers that the next vid is the pink phantom
I like how Anthony's entire argument is "uh AKSHUALLY your argument is ridiculous, it's like comparing Metallica to Mozart." Love the memes and reviews dude, but I think you are biased here because brokeNCYDE is seen as cringe and 100 gecs is seen as "post ironic" (a phrase here that means, 'they're only pretending to be garbage, therefore it's cool')
Literally started listening to 100gecs this week because they've been popping up into my feed almost everywhere. And I've fallen so in love with that shit it rips so hard
@Mad Sadiq
Y'know I respect that you're out here hustlin, but I think I speak for the majority when I say we don't give a fuck about a reaction video. That type of content has left a bad taste in people's mouths on this platform for years now. Try a review, something that adds to the conversation. If I wanted to listen to the song, I would go listen to it. Nobody needs you for that.
You rip on suicideboys and ghostemane for their vocals but defend 100 gecs. Ok.
100 gecs doesn't sound like brokencyde but they are alike in the sense that they both aren't timeless. In 10 years 100 gecs is going to be just as cringe.
Except Brokencyde is hated by everyone (outside of scene kids) the day they came out. 100Gecs are praised by internet hipsters that hated Brokencyde at the beginning.
@@gx1tar1er because they're horrible frauds. i understand why someone who wasnt exposed to 2000s scenecore would find this appealing. i mean i don't but i understand. i even understand someone who would reconsider brokencyde after listening to 100gecs, i mean both of them have appalling taste in music, but it is what it is. what i DON'T understand is someone making the most obnoxious mental gymnastics to deny an obvious reality to appear self-consistent when they are clearly playing favorites. makes me suspect they aren't really honest about their opinions. they're trend-hoppers for money. sick clout goblins.
I just want to say that
Underrated comment
Myspace truly was the best platform for music makers and I am glad to have been able to participate in its heyday. I really wish there was still a place like Myspace, if only for bands and artists.
It's called bandcamp lol
@@bartuomyej bandcamp is similar but not the same
@@ennui_cherub yes, it's better in every imaginable way, from UX perspective to the fact you can actually directly support artists financially
@@bartuomyej yeah it's really great that artists can earn so easily with bandcamp. BC is objectively a much better place for artists to do business. For me it lacks a social media aspect, or at least an artist to audience interaction. Being able to DM artists, discover new music through your favorite artists top 8 or whatever, being able to book entire shows and sell tickets on myspace, the ability to upload videos and picture albums. the efficiency of myspace bulletins. so many ways that there will never be a music platform like Myspace.
645AR and 100gecs should collab
Being a fan of Breathe Carolina, I See Stars, The Medic Droid as a kid allowed me to be obsessed with 100 Gecs as an adult.
Blink-182, Sublime, Skrillex and the Jack Ü snare, John Zorn's Naked City, Warped Tour, Soulja Boy, Cannibal Corpse, Jazz, Nightcore, Death Grips, TH-cam and Taylor Swift.
Fantano simping does'nt Let him see the thruth
Similarities : lyrical content, humor, 'wall of sound' instrumentals, vocal style, plus they know brokencyde sooo seems like you just big mad fantano. ' 100 gecs is deeper and more complex therefore it's not similar' is not a good argument bru
His argument boils down to “Brokencyde is old cringey music no critic like me ever liked, but 100gecs is new critically acclaimed stuff, therefore you can’t point out the obvious similarities”.
@@8bitdiedie exactly, like I understand that no one likes that era of crunk core, but it's too common for someone to not accept an artist as influencial just because they disliked or 'cringy'
Because he mentioned it, I decided to listen to the track I Need Help Immediately and my first thought was “This sounds like that episode of Friends when Ross Geller tried to play keyboard.”
Guys I think Anthony's shirt is trying to tell us that his Onlyfans is only in NY
damn, not near dt, mi then :'(
Imagine the first thing coming to your head being only fans
You talking about Myspace as if it's a history lesson is one of the funniest things ever. Makes me feel old as fuck.
Pink phantom u damn melon
I can still sign into my MySpace but it doesn't look like it did in 2010
hyperpop gets right everything crunkcore got wrong
turns out the missing ingredient was “gay” all along
Wow these comments are actually good for once
Review who will cut our hair when we’re gone by the unicorns
I agree, Limp Bizkit did pave the way for City Mourge
"I am old"
Damn Fantany, that really hit me.
Jesus shit, I had not heard from brokeNCYDE in a decade. Just heard a song again because of this video and gotta say, after years of therapy and medication it took only one song to get me depressed again.
not even 10 seconds in and there are balls in my face already
You were not coming of age during brokencydes rise you were already ripe Melon
hey you're the guy from blunder's comment section
@@gelmayuri418 lol!
Anyone remember Nintendocore? I do...
stan IAMERROR
They're really gonna make all those scene bands popular again & I'm here for it.
nope, all of them are huge flops, even the ones with connections that were able to get the good features.
Fantano mad defensive because it's kinda true lol
I mean... Love him or hate him, fred durst paved the way for a number of artists.
Um, Crystal Castles I could understand maybe but brokencyde???
Someone saw the Majority Report when Jamie dropped her dummy take on this lol
For real? Jamie I am disappoint
next step: Blood on the Dance Floor, best to worst
I think Brokencyde has aged surprisingly well
Brokencyde was unironically fire and were just now discovering their genius
5:38 YES YES YES FUCKING YES, listening to that masterpiece right after 100 gecs is the most seemless shit, love Disco Volante, love Mr Bungle, love 100 Gecs
Pink Phantom track review when?
Smooth comparison to Mr. Bungle, Anthony. Last time I compared bungle to gecs I was called a boomer and a zoomer in the same thread.
The issue is there's kids really thinking 100gecs invented autotune and perpetuating it.
brokencyde is still fun to listen to for the memes I know its trash but it's still fun
I'll take them over Limp Bizkit any day.
I'll never forget the sheer confusion I had when watching the video for let's get freaky.
Ugh bruh, I never understood niggas that hated on Viper back then but gave BrokeINCYDE a listen. They're hella ass, it's not funny.
100 gecs is just ISMFOF.
A lot of Hyperpop has very subtle influencies of nintendocore and the such, so the brokencyde influence is not far away from point
Day 32 of asking Melon to review Big Time Rush's debut album "BTR"
I don't see the similarities at all to be frank. For one Brokencyde's original style was among the many different crunkcore bands. Can't really say I heard a single track were 100 Gecs scream their vocals.
Also Brokencyde is not even the same band anymore. Only two members remain.
Uhhhhhh 800db Cloud?
Brokencyde is good while 100gecs isnt
I’m alarmed by the time it’s taken you to review the pink phantom by gorillaz
The first time I heard 100gecs I immediately thought of brokencyde.
I could somewhat believe that title, although I will say that 100 gecs are far better musicians but they've just wasted talent or perhaps need more time to mature. I will say that they genuinely care about their music and aren't trying to be a copy of anyone else even though their influences are present. I guess they're just not for me. I love experimental stuff but come on now, they are a recently purchased Vespa that people are comparing to a well-oiled machine like Death Grips which is pretty ridiculous. I pretty much agree with tons of your opinions, but the geckos are not quite it, at least not yet. Also they have completely embraced the early Myspace aesthetic and that's undeniable
lilppblunt The fact that the Gecs are so brazenly immature is one of the things that makes them so much fun to listen to.
@@jacobbelyea7945 yeah, I just prefer musicality and irony to a point where it's not irritating.
lilppblunt Irritating is subjective
Where is your sweater from
When you finally learn that every music group takes influence from other artists and sounds, who would've guessed?