History YMMV / Pendulum

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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Many fans were dissatisfied with ''In Silico'', due to the album shifting away from the electronic elements of their debut album in exchange for a more rock-flavored record. ''Immersion'' would have the band return to their more traditional drum-and-bass sound, which fans were satisfied with.
* AwardSnub: ''Immersion'' was nominated for "Best Dance Release" at the 2010 ARIA Awards, but lost to Yolanda Be Cool's "We No Speak Americano".
* FaceOfTheBand: Rob and Gareth to a lesser extent. While many people certainly know who Perry, Ben, and KJ are, Rob and Gareth are generally the two always interviewed for the group and are the ones who ''lead'' the group in terms of songwriting and production. Rob gets this trope a bit more than Gareth: he's always the one demonstrating production/songwriting in more technically-based interviews (often by himself), and is always the one getting bitched out by the fans. ''In Silico'' having a new sound? Pendulum on hiatus? DJ set not playing in a city?[[note]]The DJ set is El Hornet and whichever MC he has, during the hiatus it was Verse. The performing band basically have nothing to do with it except sharing a name.[[/note]] It's always Rob getting the complaints and insults, whether it's on Dogs on Acid, Twitter, or Facebook.
* FriendlyFandoms:
** With Music/{{deadmau5}}, Music/TheProdigy, Music/InFlames, Music/EnterShikari, Hadouken!, and Music/PorcupineTree, due to being influenced by many of them. ''In Flames'', Liam Howlett and Steven Wilson would collaborate with Pendulum on a few tracks on ''Immersion'', and Rob Swire would lend his own vocals on [=Deadmau5=]'s singles ''Ghosts N Stuff'' and Monophobia.
** On a greater scale, Pendulum and the British rock scene. While the drum & bass side of the fandom lost it after ''In Silico'' ([[WinBackTheCrowd mostly coming back with]] ''Immersion''), Pendulum seems to have a massive amount of respect from rock fans since then, with the general idea of "yeah, these guys are electronic, but they're just as metal as everyone else at this festival". {{Hilarious in Hindsight}} and ironic after many of the "fans" on Dogs on Acid basically told them that they weren't "hard" enough for rock fans to like them; even more so if you know Rob and Gareth's musical history: being rock musicians ''before'' being drum & bass producers.
** Also with Music/DevinTownsend after the release of ''Immersion'': he contacted them to use the melody of "The Island" in his song "Save Our Now", and all the more so after his remix of "Crush" on ''The Reworks''.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Gareth had a fear of ''[[Music/JeffWaynesMusicalVersionOfTheWarOfTheWorlds The War Of The Worlds]]'' since he was very young. When working on a song ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Wj02bM3Js "Voyager"]]), he decided to face his fear so the album could be sampled for the song.
* HoYay:
** [[https://youtu.be/G5ijO1dvwiw?t=7m58s There's an interview]] in which Rob and Gareth are asked if they're married. Gareth instantly replies "To each other?" with a massive grin on his face, which causes Rob to respond with an almost ''mortified'' "''No''".
** Becomes HilariousInHindsight when you find out that Gareth is practically the walking embodiment of HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday (to the point of being embarrassed when ''buying cucumbers for a tonic'') and Rob is generally the more secure one of the pair who has no problems joking on Twitter about how he and Gareth are a gay couple.
* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: Besides their controversial change in direction, most of their songs are accused of sounding identical to each other, as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g61brCepGVE parodied in this video]].
* MemeticMutation:
** Tiarawhy examples:
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBP2gdLRksk&t=1m26s "Out Here"]] became a sensation after [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]] she popularized it by featuring the track in her {{NSFW}} [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash flash animations]].
*** She's even used [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN_74wT03qk "The Vulture"]] in her infamous Milkmare game, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swzMccCnnFs "Salt on the Wounds"]] on her Cadance game!
*** And also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UINhE8L1yXg "Fasten Your Seatbelts"]] on Chrysalis.swf.
** [[https://soundcloud.com/memeless/rob-swire-has-a-nervous-breakdown Rob Swire Has a Nervous Breakdown]]
** It's drum and bass, what you gonna do?
** "Enjoy Pendulum at Reading!"
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Rob Swire's lengthy rant on the Dogsonacid forums being blamed for killing Drum N Bass. This stanza in particular:
--> "Oh, and by the way — I'm not sure if drum and bass is dead or dying (I've been in the studio / on tour too long to tell). However, if your genre was flimsy enough to be knocked over by ONE SINGLE RECORDING ARTIST who happened to — god forbid — sell some fucking records for the first time in about 5/6 years, then I'm glad it was us that got to drive the final stake through its stale pig shit heart — and good riddance. Wake me up when your genre is making something that people outside the scene think is worth listening to again."
* SignatureSong: "Propane Nightmares" and "Slam".
* SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel:
** "Plasticworld". It's Pendulum mixing their traditional [=DnB=] sound with ''jazz'', of all genres, but it works perfectly and sounds like it would fit in the atmosphere of a busy street at night illuminated by neon signs.
** "Still Grey" is either this or NightmareFuel, depending on how you see it.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Poor ''In Silico''. This album had one of the most controversial stories in the history of electronic music.
* UnexpectedCharacter: When announcing ''The Reworks'', we saw a list of other electronic artists, ranging from a couple of moderately known acts to Music/{{Skrillex}} and Music/DevinTownsend.
* VindicatedByHistory: ''In Silico'' has now a better reception by the [=DnB=] community, probably thanks to ''Immersion''.
* WinBackTheCrowd: One word: ''IMMERSION''.

* AwardSnub: ''Immersion'' was nominated for "Best Dance Release" at the 2010 ARIA Awards, but lost to Yolanda Be Cool's "We No Speak Americano"

* AwardSnub: ''Immersion'' was nominated for "Best Dance Release" at the 2010 ARIA Awards, but lost to Yolanda Be Cool's "We No Speak Americano".
* CreatorBreakdown: After releasing ''Immersion'' in 2010, Rob made it adamant that he and Gareth had little interest in continuing to make music with Pendulum due to growing disillusioned with the drum-and-bass community, and because they wanted to focus on their dubstep-based ''Music/KnifeParty'' project instead. Over time, Rob has shown more interest in returning to Pendulum, which culminated in a remix EP being released in 2018, and two new singles being released in September of 2020.

** With Music/{{deadmau5}}, Music/TheProdigy, Music/InFlames, Music/EnterShikari, Hadouken!, and Music/PorcupineTree, due to being influenced by many of them. ''In Flames'', Liam Howlett and Steven Wilson would collaborate with Pendulum on a few tracks on ''Immersion'', and Rob Swire would lend his own vocals on Deadmau5's singles ''Ghosts N Stuff'' and Monophobia.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: ''Immersion'' was one that ''definitely'' succeeded.

** With Music/{{deadmau5}}, Music/TheProdigy, Music/InFlames, Music/EnterShikari, Hadouken!, and Music/PorcupineTree.

* UnexpectedCharacter: When announcing ''The Reworks'', we saw a list of other electronic artists, ranging from a couple of moderately known acts to Music/{{Skrillex}}... [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and]] Music/DevinTownsend.

* FaceOfTheBand: Rob and Gareth to a lesser extent. While many people certainly know who Perry, Ben, and KJ are, Rob and Gareth are generally the two always interviewed for the group and are the ones who ''lead'' the group in terms of songwriting and production. Rob gets this trope a bit more than Gareth: he's always the one demonstrating production/songwriting in more technically-based interviews (often by himself), and is always the one getting bitched out by the fans. ''In Silico'' having a new sound? Pendulum on hiatus? DJ set not playing in a city? It's always Rob getting the complaints and insults, whether it's on Dogs on Acid, Twitter, or Facebook.

** With Music/{{deadmau5}}, Music/TheProdigy, Music/InFlames, Music/EnterShikari and Hadouken!.

* AwesomeMoments: Rob Swire's lengthy rant on the Dogsonacid forums being blamed for killing Drum N Bass. This stanza in particular:
--> "Oh, and by the way — I'm not sure if drum and bass is dead or dying (I've been in the studio / on tour too long to tell). However, if your genre was flimsy enough to be knocked over by ONE SINGLE RECORDING ARTIST who happened to — god forbid — sell some fucking records for the first time in about 5/6 years, then I'm glad it was us that got to drive the final stake through its stale pig shit heart — and good riddance. Wake me up when your genre is making something that people outside the scene think is worth listening to again."

* ItsTheSameSoItSucks: Besides their controversial change in direction, most of their songs are accused of sounding identical to each other, as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g61brCepGVE parodied in this video]].

* SweetDreamsFuel:

** [[http://www.youtube.com/G5ijO1dvwiw?t=7m59s There's an interview]] in which Rob and Gareth are asked if they're married. Gareth instantly replies "To each other?" with a massive grin on his face, which causes Rob to respond with an almost ''mortified'' "''No''".

* SignatureSong: "Propane Nightmares" and "Slam"

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

** With Music/{{deadmau5}}, TheProdigy, Music/InFlames, EnterShikari and Hadouken!.

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[AwesomeMusic/{{Pendulum}} Now with its own page]].

** It's not over yet, she's even used [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN_74wT03qk "The Vulture"]] in her infamous Milkmare game, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swzMccCnnFs "Salt on the Wounds"]] on her Cadance game!

* FaceOfTheBand: Rob and Gareth to a lesser extent. While many people certainly ''know'' who Perry, Ben, and KJ are, Rob and Gareth are generally the two always interviewed for the group and are the ones who ''lead'' the group in terms of songwriting and production. Rob gets this trope a bit more than Gareth: he's always the one demonstrating production/songwriting in more technically-based interviews (often by himself), and is always the one ''getting bitched out by the fans''. ''In Silico'' having a new sound? Pendulum on hiatus? DJ set not playing in a city? It's always Rob getting the complaints and insults, whether it's on Dogs on Acid, Twitter, or Facebook.
* FriendlyFandoms: With Music/{{deadmau5}}, TheProdigy, Music/InFlames, EnterShikari and Hadouken!.

* HoYay: [[http://www.youtube.com/G5ijO1dvwiw?t=7m59s There's an interview]] in which Rob and Gareth are asked if they're married. Gareth instantly replies "To each other?" with a massive grin on his face, which causes Rob to respond with an almost ''mortified'' "''No''".

* MemeticMutation: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBP2gdLRksk&t=1m26s "Out Here"]] became a sensation after [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]] fan animator Tiarawhy popularized it by featuring the track in her [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash flash animations]].

*** Hey, at least we can remember the last one from "Random Bits" by Eddsworld, as well as Jerk It Out.

* NightmareFuel: Pendulum has their [[NightmareFuel/{{Pendulum}} own page]] about NightmareFuel!

* StrictlyFormula: Besides their controversial change in direction, most of their songs are accused of sounding identical to each other, as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g61brCepGVE parodied in this video]].

* MagnumOpus: ''Hold Your Colour''. Not only to the band, but to the ENTIRE drum and bass scene. ''Immersion'' is a very close second, although it might even replace ''Hold Your Colour'' as the band's magnum opus.
** Hell, Pendulum is pretty much this for the entire dnb genre: it is the most successful drum and bass band in the world.