5 Seconds of Summer

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Love them or hate them: They could be just what this music industry needs right now.

Now and again a band will come along who not only split the music world but have the ability to split rock loving fans in two as well.

Whether it be Fall Out Boy, Paramore or the numberous other bands that have come before them who posses something uniquely special - the ability to send fans arms sky high and make them enjoy the music they listen to - the world has always loved a good villain.

5 Seconds of Summer are no exception.

But why are 5 Seconds of Summer being cased in these villainous roles?

These four Aussie lads are not doing anybody any harm or going around as if they are the best band in the world. They are just a new band who are enjoying some really amazing success right now. The 5SOS lads have number one singles, a chart topping album and a worldwide tour with One Direction under their belts and that's just for starters. Currently travelling the world promoting their new album where they collaborate with the likes of All Time Low and Good Charlotte - who have both divided opinion back in the day but overcome it to become two of the most successful rock bands of their generation.

Back to 5SOS!

Some people love them, some people dislike them and some may even hate them. A lot of people are sceptical or have a negative view of these lads purely because of the One Direction connection. Although, getting seen by One Direction and invited on their tour for a band like 5 Seconds of Summer was massive, it has really given them a chance to get their brand of rock music out there a lot quicker than they would of otherwise been able to and in all honesty, I think they've shown themselves to be nothing like the One Direction lads.

I think that 5SOS should be judged solely on their talent and music alone, along with its ability to introduce a new generation of fans to rock music and bands they wouldn't of necessarily listened to beforehand. 

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5 Seconds of Summer have graced the covers of, and been included in, many alternative or rock magazines in the past few weeks causing debate that hasn't been seen in a very long time. They've caused debates on whether they should be included in these magazines or not, whether they should of been given their own covers so soon or whether the industry should of waited to see how it pans out for the band over the course of the year.

Its clear that the answer to whether rock magazines should include 5SOS is simple: yes they should.

Why is it so unacceptable that a band of young, talent lads who write their own songs with their rock idols and play rock based music should be included in a magazine that covers 'rock bands' ? In my opinion these guys clearly fall into that category just like those who have gone before them, All Time Low, Good Charlotte and Blink 182. They're all rock with other influences infused.

In my opinion, these four guys in 5 Seconds of Summer may just turn out to be one of the most important bands of right now.

Look at it this way, it's not very often a band who love, then collaborate with, artists like All Time Low, Good Charlotte and Lower Than Atlantis become an overnight global sensation (and still have the likes of these bands bigging them up on twitter etc!)

Soon enough 5 Seconds of Summer could be responsible for more kids liking rock music (yay for rock!), for more kids picking up an instrument wanting to playing in a band and for more filling their walls with posters of rockstars from the bands me, you, 5SOS and other rock fans love.

That can't be a bad thing right?

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I say keep an open mind when it comes to 5 Seconds of Summer!