I definitely agree with that..

I feel this way about the Black Keys, I could not stand them a few years ago, but I really enjoyed their last album.

Sutcliff Jugend?

The most shining example I can think of.

Didn't Thurston Moore kill him with his big fucking dick anyways?

That's true. MBV's early stuff was pretty decent as far as that sort of stuff goes.

not true

Well that statement was based entirely on hearsay, but they're still total rubbish

i disagree. their first album is shit. but all their eps up to "isn't anything" are great. "isn't anything" was good and "loveless" is totally boring.

pennywise began to be good only from "land of the free?"

Radiohead.

Oh Dude......it blows me away still.

Couldn't disagree more. HTTT is certainly their least appreciated album.

A few years later, I say..
The first two Labradford LPs are the only ones I kept, and the only ones that I don't find to be super-sterile snoozefests.
I am probably more attached to those because Prazision completely blew my mind when it came out. It made a huge impression.

The first few Death In June LPs are not to my taste so much, but when he switched to the "apocalyptic folk" style, I couldn't get enough.

I really like Hail to the T hief. Myxamatosis is such a kickass song


I'm gonna listen to it now. Houses of the Holy just ended.

With regards to Radiohead, I don't think it's 100% fair to say they were ever "awful". Sure. Pablo Honey is easily their weakest album (yes, I think In Rainbows is better), but it has some good tracks...You, Creep, Stop Whispering (check out Thom Yorke's hair in the video for a good laugh), Anyone Can Play Guitar, and Blow Out come easiest to mind.

But it's not like any of their albums are perfect:

The Bends: Bones, Black Star
OK Computer: hmm...I might've said Let Down was well named in the past, but now I like it...
Kid A: the title track isn't really that good, and neither is Motion Picture Soundtrack
Amnesiac: Morning Bell was better on Kid A, and Life in a Glasshouse just bores me
Hail to the Thief: A Punchup at a Wedding is easily the worst song Radiohead have ever done. Beyond that, this one's pretty solid.
In Rainbows: I like Weird Fishes/Appreggi, but it does lean a bit too close to Snow Patrol territory for my liking at times, and Faust Arp is obvious filler.

Tom Waits with his first two albums were meh, piano blues stuff but from "Small Change" on Waits became awesome.

Hair Police: Blow Out Your Blood was a childish little album and they grew into a fairly awesome, at times, group.

I certainly agree with both. Although, I still wouldn't call Magik Markers 'awesome'. They certainly have some potential I never would've said they had 4 years ago.

I think Coil got better over the course of their career, though they never really sucked. The incline of the graph is up though

did ANYBODY say radiohead