Most Overrated Bands (1 Viewer)

[geauxboy]

I gotta 2nd that Phish nomination.

 

[AndyG]

The Beatles.

Lennon & McCartney wrote some very good songs, but as a band? No. Sorry. Average, which, by virtue of their general standing, makes them easily the most over-rated band in the history of, well, bands.

 

[RandomSaint]

Tool

lus-un2:

 

[TheMike62987]

The Beatles.

Lennon & McCartney wrote some very good songs, but as a band? No. Sorry. Average, which, by virtue of their general standing, makes them easily the most over-rated band in the history of, well, bands.

lus-un2: I've had the same opinion for a long time now.

 

[Ted]

Pearl Jam

+1 on Greatful Dead

 

[killah]

radiohead, I can't wait to see the suckers that come out for this.

 

[fish321]

311

 

[lrayblu]

I see no one hear has any taste in music

 

[maestreaux]

Even though I do like a few of their songs I have to say 'NIRVANA".

 

[Devildog]

Even though I do like a few of their songs I have to say 'NIRVANA".

I would have to agree. I even own a few Nirvana CD's. I think where they can take credit is the fact that their popularity brought some great bands to the forefront in that era, namely Soundgarden and Alice in Chains.

Also, while I'm no raving lunatic fan, whoever thinks Tool is overrated, needs to listen to more music.(TM)

 

[Saint_on_Helium]

First of all, bands not over-rated:
The Doors. Jim Morrison might be over-rated, but not the Doors. The "musical" section of that band was one of the most talented and jazzy in rock history.
The Beatles. Yeah, and that Jimi guy too.
Radiohead. and neither is Weezer, Killah.
311 & Green Day. Sorry, but high school would've been a lot less interesting without them. Seminal acts, in their own way. Hey, don't blame the fans.

Bands that ARE over-rated:
Cowboy Mouth (All I can say is, their rider asks for "Lite" ranch dressing. How "punkabilly."
Coldplay (Radiohead meets A-Ha.)
Pantera (Yawn.)
Nirvana. Great band, but not the greatest.
the Beach Boys. I don't get the Brian Wilson cult-following. He sounds like an *** and his music is crappy.

Oh yeah, the Mars Volta, too: most over-rated band out there currently.

 

[kewee]

green day

Wow. We must dissagree on just about everything to do with music.

BTW, how is 311 overrrated?

 

[Jonesy77]

ACDC pops into my head. They wrote one freakin song, and just change the lyrics around a bit and rereleased it about 180 times under different names.

I never understood the appeal of George Thorogood. His stuff is like rap for rednecks.

Creed is indeed terrible

 

[Waymer]

BTW, how is 311 overrrated?

I think it's just that most people either love them or hate them, and probably hate the people that are loyal to them.

That said, in order to be overrated, you have to be highly commericalized and highly rated by the media in the first place. Unless this is 1996/97 I don't really think 311 is even rated, one way or another, right now.

So, happy 311 Day.

 

[geauxboy]

Velvet Revolver. With all that experience and they put out that garbage of nothing innovative or remotely new.