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What happened?

handofdoom | Brooklyn, NY United States | 01/12/2003

(1 out of 5 stars)

"I remember in 1997 or so when these guys were hardcore. What happened?I picked this cd up in a used cd bin, and no wonder someone sold this cd - its awful!There is nothing hardcore about these guys anymore, its pop punk and well ... not even very good pop punk. Bummer because these guys used to be really good."

Good enough, I guess

philster | Georgia | 05/08/2002

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Maybe the fact that I got this album for free contributes to my apathy towards it. I've always like h2o, and it was actually kind of nice to hear them traveling in a pop direction without losing their heart and energy, but something about this album feels entirely pointless. The world just doesn't need another major label pop punk band. I mean, these guys are doing it better than Sum 41 and their ilk, but it all goes back to middle school... your success is determined by who you associate with as much as who you are. Randomly jumping into an overcrowded genre and losing the originality of your sound is no formula for success, even if you can still write good songs. And these are indeed good songs... catchy choruses, inspirational lyrics, lots of energy. If Face to Face hadn't already perfected pop punk under corporate influence, this would be a lot more interesting to me. Not bad, but there's no reason for this to have been made in terms of the universal music community."

What HAPPENED?

Christy | Tennessee | 02/07/2002

(1 out of 5 stars)

"This was a band that preached the message "Don't forget your roots" sad thing they stopped buying into it , and have sold themselves out. H20 not sellouts?. Well H20 spread the gospel of anti major corporate labels , they created a great mixture of oldschool punk and the style of NYC Hardcore speed . Now look at them; MCA record signers. The result a plastic pop album abandoning their sound that made them popular. Don't convince me that MCA didn't destroy this band's creativity , because all you have to do is hear it for yourself."