our guitars were in tune, jesus.

And by the way, to set the record straight. You misquoted me. I didn’t say, “Josh Groban should be thown from a moving car”. I said. “Josh Groban should be SET ON FIRE and thrown from a moving car”!

Get it right, buddy!

LOL, CONFUSION izz my middle name!

I’d definitely work for The Stone if they wsnted me!

As for the rest of you, i’ll let you eat cake!

josh groban sucks ass. so he sells albums, so what? lots of stupid people buying suck-ass music does not make it or the “artist” good, it makes them popular,,,,2 very different things.

One more thing Chris Weiner-garten who else wrote this article with you. Our? We? Us?

as to who represents Rolling Stone here. Commenters are not reviewers. They don’t work for the magazine. Nobody who works for the magazine said to throw Josh Groban from a moving car.

perhaps some of this reviewer’s perspective shows how out of touch rolling stone is with so much of the modern music business.

“throw josh groban out of a moving car” you say?

the same josh groban outselling EVERYONE right now? outselling just about EVERY rock band your magazine loves?

you may hate what denver and the band does. you may rip on the clarks, you may think sixwire is old, blah blah blah…they were the bands that ordinary people voted for. i’m sure some of those same people buy groban records and genuinely enjoy them, and probably don’t read or care about your magazine. they care about how their music makes them feel….not whether the so called “hip” folks at rolling stone think it’s cool or not. they don’t give a fuck about bullshit like that.

Just curious Christopher, what is your musical backround. I don’t think you have one since you are so far off on your review.

How about they write their own song as good as Gimme Shelter?

Then, I’ll be impressed.

BTW . . . MC5 . . .

KICK OUT THE JAMS, MOTHERFUCKERS!!!

Watch the video of them performing Gimme Shelter and tell me you don’t feel chills. An amazing performance.

I look forward to their CD. Hopefully the producers don’t screw it up.

That’s what the problem with all this sticky sweet pop that constantly comes down the pike.

MC5 says it all!

These guys, like so many others, DON’T Kick Out The Jams, that’s why they suck.

Hit us over the head or get lost! Out.

KICK OUT THE JAMS, MOTHERFUCKERS!

Metal Shawn G | 12/25/2007, 9:59 pm EST

“Also, stop picking on the Goo Goo Dolls. They’re awesome”

No.

First of all, they’re called the Goo Goo Dolls, they Should Be killed by a firing squad just for that.

Secondly, I Wanna Wake Up Where You Are . . .

Fuck this. BANG BANG BANG BANG

There, no more Goo Goo Dolls.

Now, go to bed.

PS Now stop picking on me so I can go back to being nice!

The Clark Brothers were great, although I thought Sixwire should have won. Also, stop picking on the Goo Goo Dolls. They’re awesome.

re: John Q. | 12/25/2007, 7:26 am EST

“You’re ridiculous. It’s obvious you are going for the ’shock’ with the comments in your review. To actually bring the “f” word into a comment about the DMHO is absolutely stupid. You were taking a cheap shot at a christian based band. You should be banned from Rolling Stone. You’re a joke. I hope you didn’t spend 4 years in college learning to write like that.”

Hopefully someone will have mercy on you and take you behind the barn and put you out of your misery! Ciao.

John Q. | 12/25/2007, 7:26 am EST

“You should be banned from Rolling Stone. You’re a joke. I hope you didn’t spend 4 years in college learning to write like that.”

(OK, I’ve calmed down a little!)

Just knowing that you want me banned means I scare the shit out of you! I plan to continue to do so!

PS Josh Groban should be set on fire and thrown from a moving car!

Thank you America and Fox. I am so proud For the Clark Brothers, they were great musicians. Although I liked Sixwire and they were a great band too, the Clark Brothers showed real talent every week. Good job boys and congratulations!! You deserve it!

From the 1st show, my top 3 picks were Sixwire, Clark Bros and Denver. (How silly to have the kids make it so far. Shows how powerful a country full of teens can be in the voting)

From a purely musical perspective, I voted for Denver. One fact that was never brought up is how amazing it was to have arrangements for 12 parts written and learned in 6 days before the next show. Most of the country who never played an instrument has no idea how tough that is to accomplish.

As much as I enjoyed the Clarks, I felt there were two things that hurt them: How can you allow a band to add members (drums and bass) half way during the series? Either the 3 of them were the band or not. Also, as great as they were (I got a chill several times), they were not well rounded enough. They really needed a bass and drums throughout the series.

That being said, I felt the bulk of the country would view Denver as a great Vegas back-up band but not mainstream enough to win. (For the record, making Denver try to duplicate EWF’s Phillip Bailey’s falsetto on “September” wasn’t fair. What guy with two testicles can sing that part adequately?)

Therefore, I really thought Sixwire would win. They had it all: The fullness, the harmonies, the versatility, the mainstream attraction (not too much God-fearing), and a great the lead guy.

Is there anywhere that shows the voting numbers? I’d sure like to see the weekly voting numbers. It would be interesting to see how many more votes over Sixwire the Clarks got.

The Clark Brothers were absolutely mind-blowing! I loved every one of their performances, regardless of the topic of the songs. I just hope their first album isn’t all Christian music — they need to appeal to as wide an audience as possible. And Ashley is HOT — so intense and passionate. Can’t wait to see what’s in their future.

Hmm, not sure what happened to the post below mine, but it was basically a rant against the Clark Brothers and these types of shows. Just to explain my own post.

Actually, Metal Shawn G, the Clark Brothers have more than paid their dues. They’ve toured on the bluegrass circuit and played tent revivals with their family since they were children. They were signed to a label as a six-piece with three of their other brothers. The label screwed them over and they had to file for bankruptcy. They’ve toured in other people’s bands and decided to become their own band - again. So to say that they’re undeserving is stretching it, IMO. Even people who’ve been successful on American Idol (which I admit I watch but have never voted for)generally are the ones who’ve been pursuing deals, playing gigs, etc. I have yet to see some complete novice win a show like this. I am more than happy to support independent bands and labels (I bought far more cds by independent artists than “mainstream” artists this year), but I am also happy that the Clark brothers had the opportunity for this exposure.

You’re ridiculous. It’s obvious you are going for the ’shock’ with the comments in your review. To actually bring the “f” word into a comment about the DMHO is absolutely stupid. You were taking a cheap shot at a christian based band. You should be banned from Rolling Stone. You’re a joke. I hope you didn’t spend 4 years in college learning to write like that.

Yeah, Star Search had a lot of memorable music acts that crashed and burned.

It’s hard to get there, but it’s 10 times harder to stay there. They’re one shitty debut album away from obscurity.

I really hate bands and singers who get “discovered” on one of these stupid ass creampuff shows. How about paying your dues by touring and get your ass kicked night after night until you can stand on your own two feet?

I love the story of Black Sabbath putting together a band so they can escape from a dead end steel town.

And just before they were ready to go into the studio to make their first record, Tony Iommi cuts off the tips of the fingers on his right hand forcing him to glue little pieces of plastic so he can finger the guitar!

Fuck these powder puff wannabe rock star jerks. They’re all weak and worthless.

I guarantee this band will wind up making a lot of shit!

When did the Dave Clark 5 get back together? That’s great! Terrific.

Forget about faith… forget about the background… forget about image. What we are talking about here is music. The Clark Brothers FEEL IT! It’s as simple as that. I’m so sick of plastic, non feeling artists coming out of the factories of big industry. Let’s get back to roots. Roots of music and roots of feeling which is what music is supposed to be about. It’s NOT image! It’s not who looks hot and who doesn’t. It’s close your eyes and see if you feel anything. The Clark Brothers make me feel. That’s music. I’m not surprised that big industry wouldn’t like them. They won’t crank out anything but rubber stamped clones. Just like George Harrison said, “Don’t bother messing ’round with music, they want the blood from a clone” I’m SICK AND TIRED OF THE CLONES!

. . . just like Josh Groban!

“Goo Goo Dolls song with enough ill-tuned guitars and flubbed notes to fuel the third drunken encore of a bar band. What up, dudes? Did you borrow Rocket’s guitar tuners?”

So what you’re saying is if they were in tune and not making mistakes, that would somehow make them good? They’re the fucking goo goo dolls. If they had an 80 piece orchestra behind them they will still suck because their material is total white bread pop crap.

I agree…the Goo’s rocked and I am Happy the Clark Bors. won.

The Clark Brothers well deserved win! Congrats!!

I loved the Clark Brothers- so humble and raw. I don’t care what they were singing about, they went for it in every song-awesome. I loved that they were singing about God and I’m not religious. Plus they’re really attractive, especially Austin!

I am so happy that the clark brothers won. It was very well deserved. congrats.

I am not religious, not from the south or midwest, and I do not typically like reality TV show, but I was glued to the set of NGAB every Friday night just to see the Clark Brothers perform. Their passion and grit transcends the genre they may be “pigeon holed” into. I do not consider them a Christian band anymore than I consider Elvis a Christian singer. They are true Americana, folk-rock-country at its best, and I predict they have a huge future ahead of them. I will be first in line to buy their CD. As for your oh-so-ironic-and-witty review of the show, maybe you should step off your bully pulpit and get some soul.

Can’t think of a band that has grabbed me emotionally like the Clark Brothers, not at least for a long time. And that’s 40 years, growing up as the son of two pro musicians, youngest of four kids who threw Elvis, the Beatles and Lord Kitchener at me.
These guys will be huge, and deservedly so.
And that’s speaking as an agnostic.

Christopher, I’ve been following your series about this series from the beginning. Loved both of ‘em (and no, I don’t see any conflict in that).

Finally, reality music TV gets it right. Even the worst of these bands were far and away better than the talent on the entire last six seasons of Idol hands down, with the possible exception of Daughtry and Elliott Yamin on Season 5. The judging and hosting was far superior. The pacing of the finale was perfect–no false drama and still hugely satisfying to see the quality of the bands who made it to Top 3. And even those who didn’t.

Anyone judging this show by comparing it to better bands playing in second-rate bars all across North America is missing the boat. It’s *reality TV*. Those are the standards we have to judge it by–and by those standards, it was a great concept, well-executed.

As for The GooGoo Dolls, the irony is heightened by the fact that their performance was taped well in advance. It’s almost like John knew his own performance paled in comparison to those he was judging. hehehe

Bring back NGAB next year.

This was an incredible series. Yes we did get it in Canada. Couldn’t vote though. Anyways I thought that this as well as the Rockstar series showed what real singers, musicians and talent in general was supposed to be, unlike those pathetic idol shows which are nothing more than a giant kareoke session. Cudos to you yanks for getting it right, at least the final two. I thought Sixwire would have had a better chance to really hit the big time,however, with the amount of heart the Clark Bros. showed, I think they actally wanted it more. Just an observation, I thought the Goo Goo’s did sound a little off. Rusty maybe?

Don’t know what you were watching, but you couldn’t have been watching the same reality show. I can’t wait for a CD. It would be in a stocking stuffer or two at our house if there was a Christmas CD available. Maybe you should try writing reviews for some other industry. You sure can’t recognize talent. I also am sorry I wasted my time reading your opinion.

what a waste of internet space this reviewer is.

i can’t believe i wasted my time reading it

probably the writer was hoping for dotdotdot
to win

my wife and I loved the show and ESPECIALLY the clark brothers, who, in our opinion, are going to be major stars.

Wah wah wah. They said Jesus. Their not as enlightened or intelligent as my pretentious atheist self. Wah wah wah.

The Goo Goo Dolls performance rocked…You don’t know what you’re talking about…

I wish you could have written this article with more respect for The Clark Brothers - it’s fine that you didn’t appreciate the production value - and understandable that you didn’t think it was a popular show (though I feel it was all about the time slot), but you shouldn’t have impugned the talent of the winners by saying, “who gives a shit?” People who DID watch the show really enjoyed their performances… even those of us who aren’t Christian music fans… or even country fans. These guys were full of soul and brimming over with talent… they rocked every song and Ashley poured a gut wrenching bluesy-ness into every lyric. Too bad you too jaded to enjoy the natural purity that these boys offered every week.