History YMMV / Pendulum

*** You read that right: any of the songs by Pendulum is awesome. Many drum and bass fans prefer their acts to be underground, but Pendulum managed to enter in the mainstream and still being very liked by the dnb fanbase, despite ''In Silico'' was at first frowned at.

** Hell, Pendulum is pretty much this trope incarnate for the entire dnb genre: it is the most successful drum and bass band in the world.

* FriendlyFandoms: With Music/{{deadmau5}}, EnterShikari and Hadouken!.

* MagnumOpus: ''Hold Your Colour''. Not only to the band, but to the ENTIRE drum and bass scene.

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Rob and Gareth are now focusing more on their side project, KnifeParty. Pendulum is now more of a DJ set, but the fanbase keeps asking for a fourth album.

* VindicatedByHistory: ''In Silico'' has now a better reception by the dnb community, probably thanks to ''Immersion''.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Poor ''In Silico''. This album had one of the most controversial stories in the history of electronic music.

--> "[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome It's NINE-THOUSAND MIIIILES, back to youuuuuuu...noooooow...I still feel like HOOOOOOOME is in your arms...]]"

** "Through the Loop" uses audio from the infamous boat scene in [[WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory]]. That's all that really needs to be said.

** The Tempest also gets a special mention, the album closer to In Silico, which progresses from a soft bass guitar driven intro to 4 minutes of hard rock. Then the song tops it off with 2 minutes of intense Drum and Bass.

--> "[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome It's NINE-THOUSAND MIIIILES, back to youuuuuuu...noooooow...I still feel like HOOOOOOOME is in your arms...]]"
* TooGoodToLast

** The Tempest also gets a special mention, the album closer to In Silico, which progressive from a soft bass guitar driven intro to 4 minutes of hard rock. Then the song tops it off with 2 minutes of intense Drum and Bass.

** The Tempest also gets a special mention, the album closer to In Silico, which progressive from a soft bass guitar driven intro to 4 minutes of hard rock. Then the song tops it off with 2 minutes of intense Drum and Bass. It's not the most refined song, but damn, it's awesome.

* FanDumb: Rob Swire has implied that he was often subjected to insults and attacks on social media, especially when he [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks decides to do something different]] (re: ''In Silico''), which [[WildMassGuessing may or may not]] have contributed to him [[NiceJobBreakingItHero putting Pendulum on hiatus]] because it was "not fun anymore". Things [[ItGotWorse only got worse]] after the hiatus, to the point that he [[BreakTheCutie nearly had a meltdown on Twitter]] and [[TheDogBitesBack started blocking people with impunity]], also later closing his Facebook account.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: So many. "Blood Sugar", "Comprachicos", "Crush", "Different" (especially live), "Hold Your Colour", "The Island", "Propane Nightmares", "Under the Waves", "Visions", "Watercolour", "Witchcraft"...these are only ''some'' of their songs that are considered pretty much universally awesome.