Horribly Over-Rated Bands

[McLovin]

After watching Zombieland., i retract my Metallica sentiments...

for whom the bell tolls was perfect in during the opening credits...

 

[McLovin]

Kings of Leon

Agreed...Although that sex is on fire song holds its spot close to my heart...I was at a strip club once and they blasted it. A girl walked out and proceeded to light some vodka down her parts...

 

[McLovin]

Pussy Cat Dolls, I can't believe people like them, let alone rate them, the only thing they have going for them are their looks and even there they seem a bit trashy...

fk...if you want to go down that path, why not list every teeny bopper trash 'band' over the last 10 years...

 

[Liam]

The Beatles
Radiohead
Metallica
Guns n' Roses

4 of my all-time favourites but overrated as hell.

 

[Iafeta]

Some of the bands on this list reek of "I'm disappointed that their songs got on radio and I'm not the only one banging my head to them anymore". Some of the names are laughable:

Beatles - Anyone who discounts what them or Presley did to help propel music to what it is today is kidding themselves
Green Day - I started personally getting annoyed with their last 3-4 years of more or less radio rock, but having seen them last night, they rock out a hell of a concert
Nirvana - It's still relevant. Again, to me their highest rating song, Smells Like Teen Spirit, is definitely by far and away nowhere near the heights of their epic smashes.

Mr Angry, its commercial entertainment. You list your rubbish man as a bloke you have more time for. He's paid because there's a market for it. Millions, upon millions of people pay for music. The top 1% at best are able to turn the """hobby""" into art form and make a commercial success of it.

 

[Cliffhanger]

Nirvana - It's still relevant. Again, to me their highest rating song, Smells Like Teen Spirit, is definitely by far and away nowhere near the heights of their epic smashes.

SLTS is a great song though. But In Utero was a much better album than Nevermind which was fairly overrated.

Nirvana weren't just about the music, in terms of musical talent Soundgarden were way better, but Nirvana popularised grunge music and invented the grunge seen, they changed youth culture. Regardless of what you think of them they have a huge place in the history of music and at least they're notwhere near as bad as the pop music brand band sh*t you get today.

 

[umina panther]

any foofighters after there is nothing left to lose

 

[umina panther]

and strung out rise against for punk fans

 

[Iafeta]

SLTS is a great song though. But In Utero was a much better album than Nevermind which was fairly overrated.

Nirvana weren't just about the music, in terms of musical talent Soundgarden were way better, but Nirvana popularised grunge music and invented the grunge seen, they changed youth culture. Regardless of what you think of them they have a huge place in the history of music and at least they're notwhere near as bad as the pop music brand band sh*t you get today.

Agree with everything. Nevermind was good, but it wasn't their best. The others were more ... natural. Their own non commercialised sound.

 

[HevyDevy]

Some of the bands on this list reek of "I'm disappointed that their songs got on radio and I'm not the only one banging my head to them anymore". Some of the names are laughable:

Beatles - Anyone who discounts what them or Presley did to help propel music to what it is today is kidding themselves

Whatever champ.

There were far better grunge bands around than Nirvana, most of them around before Nirvana 'made it cool'.

Kudos to Nirvana for the important role they played, but give me a list of 10 grunge bands and they'll probably be at the bottom of it.

 

[HevyDevy]

SLTS is a great song though. But In Utero was a much better album than Nevermind which was fairly overrated.

Nirvana weren't just about the music, in terms of musical talent Soundgarden were way better, but Nirvana popularised grunge music and invented the grunge seen, they changed youth culture.

They did popularise grunge music but the scene existed long before Nirvana.

 

[Danger]

Are Linkin Park rated highly enough for me to call them overrated? I just don't see why someone would go and buy one of their albums, they are crap.

 

[Cliffhanger]

They did popularise grunge music but the scene existed long before Nirvana.

I know greenriver and mudhoney were around about a decade before, they were the first to really bring to the surface that seattle sound.

TBH Mudhoney's sound is perhaps the grungiest of all the grunge bands.

 

[Iafeta]

Whatever champ.

There were far better grunge bands around than Nirvana, most of them around before Nirvana 'made it cool'.

Kudos to Nirvana for the important role they played, but give me a list of 10 grunge bands and they'll probably be at the bottom of it.

Likewise, there is the same effect with both the Beatles and Elvis Presley.

Frankly, the 'uncool' songs of Nirvana, which weren't released as singles et al, are better songs, and are how I end up on my judgement on Nirvana.

 

[Iafeta]

Are Linkin Park rated highly enough for me to call them overrated? I just don't see why someone would go and buy one of their albums, they are crap.

I would support that one. Not a fan of Linkin Park, they're like English beer. Weak as ... well.

 

[Non Terminator]

Good call re: Linkin Park.
Great call re: Foo Fighters.

 

[Cliffhanger]

Linkin Park are good live, shame they're playing terrible music though

 

[natheel]

Bad Call Re: Rise Against

 

[natheel]

Green Day
Placebo
Radiohead
Muse
Wolfmother
Parkway Drive

 

[Non Terminator]

Ooh great call on Parkway Drive. Add Red Shore to that. Australian metal is woeful at best.