| | Overrated Bands.Page 1 of 14 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14) | We've had a good thread on underrated bands. Now lets start the debate on who you think gets way to much hype for the amount of talent they have. But no over bashing other POFer's now...let's be civil.
1. The Tradically Hip - dull, dull, dull and none of the music behind their dull lyrics has any flair.
2. The Rolling Stones - I like The Stones, but for the amount of talent they have a musicians their get too much hype for the actual quality of there songs.
3. AC/DC - Ever since "Back In Black" these guys just keep spitting out albums where each song sounds the same as the last. Nowhere near as good as the albums with Bon Scott. They don't write songs like "A Whole Lot Of Rosey" and "Big Balls" , or "It's A Long Way To The Top" anymore. | |
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Posted: 11/23/2009 9:43:38 AM |
3. AC/DC - Ever since "Back In Black" these guys just keep spitting out albums where each song sounds the same as the last. Nowhere near as good as the albums with Bon Scott. They don't write songs like "A Whole Lot Of Rosey" and "Big Balls" , or "It's A Long Way To The Top" anymore.
A lot of the early songs sounded alike, too. Very chord based rock, as opposed to the riff stuff on Back in Black. I never hear about them anymore, so I don't see how they are overrated. Besides, just because a band doesn't know when to hang it up doesn't mean they are overrated. It just means their fan base won't admit they have fallen from their glory days. I would think you would only want to consider bands who were overrated in their heyday. Otherwise you would have to throw in acts like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Axel's version of G&R, and Bob Dylan who lost his ability to sing 20 years ago. And yes, he could before then.
I'll say
1) Kiss. I mean really - they're a cartoon, not a rock band.
2) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The songs are catchy, but they wear thin very quickly.
3) Green Day. They are kind of the Rocky Marciano of Rock. They are good simply because the competition is so weak. | |
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Posted: 11/23/2009 12:01:49 PM | | oasis............... just a beatles wanna be group, they put out a couple of decent albums but england thinks they were the 2nd coming of the fab 4. liam tries to much to look like and sound like john lennon and noel tries 2 be like good ole paul, i mean they even went out and hired zak starkey (ringo's son) at 1 time. they also tried to hire dhani harrison. there will never be another beatles again so bands need to stop trying to be them, be yourself | |
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Posted: 11/23/2009 2:44:06 PM | Ok, i think i'm going to get a lot of flack for this one but i'll put it out there anyway:
1. Nirvana! - Kurt Cobains death is what made the band so popular.
2. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - under the bridge? More like over the hill, nothing red hot about them in my opinion.
3. Nickelback - most songs sound exactly the same. Different lyrics, same tune. | |
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Posted: 11/23/2009 4:37:12 PM | U2. The most suckiest band that has ever existed.
Coldplay. Coldplay are the sound of a used taxi driver's condom dripping onto a bag of chips left lying in a gutter. Only with less talent.
Every hooting****ole who has ever appeared on x factor/american idol. They should be gassed, each and every one of them. Slowly. Then punched. In the face. | |
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Posted: 11/23/2009 6:22:53 PM | | Tool - a preposterously pretentious band that manages to sell new age mysticism, old comedy routines, and a heavy dose of Brother's Quay animation as their own intellectual transcendence. Then their fans lap up the musical over indulgence and the stretching of riffs 4 or 5 measures to many as hypnotic. | |
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Posted: 11/23/2009 10:06:15 PM | easy answer; Nickelback.
anyone that considers them awesome should be put to sleep. | |
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Posted: 11/23/2009 11:32:20 PM | | this is an impossible thread - every band is over hyped. but this just becomes a topic flooded with ppl whining. to each his own. | |
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Posted: 11/24/2009 12:16:59 AM | | Any band that plays simple music to sell to the masses because it's easy to listen to. Play with passion & be true to yourself. Music should have NEVER turned into a commodity.... | |
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Posted: 11/24/2009 7:27:03 AM | Van Halen with David Lee Roth
Adam Lambert (the only thing I've heard & liked was Whole Lotta Love)
Michael Buble (make it stoppppp!) | |
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Posted: 11/24/2009 9:21:15 AM | ^^^^ Yeah, Michael Booble, talk about a lottery winner ! Anyone under 70 listening to this recycled crap should hang their head in shame !
Yeah, he has a nice sounding voice but that's about it. He doesn't sound any better than most people singing in the shower from what I hear.
Also : Nickelback - ACDC obviously hadn't heard them when they wrote the song
" Rock and roll ain't NOISE POLLUTION " | |
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Posted: 11/25/2009 7:08:01 AM | Def Leppard - again a band that had two real goods album when they started (On Through The Night and High'n'Dry) and then Pyromania was pretty good, and then they left their roots and became a form of bubble gum to sell records and all the songs sound the same. They should of kept writing songs like Rock Brigade, and High'n'Dry.
Nickelback - I'm with you on this one too. But I do like the song about breaking in to his old school. It's "Photograph" right? Funny that's the title of a Def Leppard song. | |
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Posted: 11/25/2009 8:29:41 AM | So many to choose from...lol
1. Coldplay - Totally suck. They are one of those bands that women like so they can say they like "rock". Only reason they get any press is because the vocalist is married to Gwyneth Paltrow.
2. Nirvana - Turns out the most talented guy in that band was drummer Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters fame. Had a couple catchy songs with some pop hooks and a good indy producer in Butch Vig. They came along at the right time. I knew about a dozen garage bands in the Seattle area at that time that were better.
3. Aerosmith - Turned into Top 40 crap. Haven't done anything decent since the late 70's. Another band that women like so they can say they like "rock".
Honorable mention: U2 with the self-important Bono. Bassist and band enforcer Adam Clayton needs to do a better job of keeping him grounded. Def Leppard, peaked with High n' Dry. Turned into Top 40 teen girl pop rock crap after that.
The above is IMHO of course.  | |
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Posted: 11/25/2009 9:40:39 AM | hmm there are so many bands to choose from lol. well lets start out
Nickelback - everyone has the same agreement same chord progression same lyric tempo... same song?
Nirvana - now I love nirvana but they only released two major record label albums, and they where going to break up if cobain did not kill himself anyways (no spam for him getting murdered please.) i mean ya Nirvana was a amazing band, not really the most strong guitar driven but solid for what they had, best of the ninedees not by a long shot.
three days grace - where to begin.... these guys are not really extrordinary musicians lets drop d tune and ride the E while screaming and being bad assss. nuff said | |
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Posted: 11/25/2009 10:43:52 PM | | U2. I'm sorry, but I just don't get the allure. | |
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Posted: 11/25/2009 11:01:13 PM | The Police - Yeah Sting can play bass, but the songs? Don't you want the hype was all about.
Rush - I like Rush but really, other than "2112" and "Moving Pictures" all the rest of their albums had 2 or 3 good songs...Neil Peart is an amazing drummer, and Getty is great on the bass but they can't write songs to save their red and white butts. | |
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Posted: 11/25/2009 11:35:28 PM | Ozzy Osborne - Ok you were great in Black Sabbath, but you have released a decent album since Randy died. Yea there's Ozzfest but everyone comes to see the other bands not you. Give it up "Prince of Darkness" and go back to TV. | |
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Posted: 11/26/2009 12:46:31 AM | Have to agree with U2 and the R.H.C.P's and will have to add Foo Fighters, I don't get why they are so popular.. radio friendly rock, no better than the aforementioned Nickleback, tbh.
Metallica. Just quit it. That band could sell blank CD's and people would still buy it. Oh, and Lars, please get a real drum kit. That toy one just doesn't cut it ,reminds me of the Duracell bunny's drum. | |
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Posted: 11/27/2009 8:20:34 PM | "Ive had a long night, and i hate the......Eagles, man"
The Dude | |
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Posted: 11/29/2009 10:49:01 PM |
Tool - a preposterously pretentious band that manages to sell new age mysticism, old comedy routines, and a heavy dose of Brother's Quay animation as their own intellectual transcendence. Then their fans lap up the musical over indulgence and the stretching of riffs 4 or 5 measures to many as hypnotic
I have never read a better description of Tool in my entire life.
Most excellent. | |
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Posted: 11/30/2009 10:14:17 PM | | lol, Ive been watching muchmusic for the first time in years lately. Check out justin beber lol, people with talent cant get signed yet 10 year old kids striat from moms kitchen are going hollywood. | |
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Posted: 11/30/2009 10:54:59 PM | I totally agree with your top three assesments and I'll throw in REM, Danzig, Kiss and Led Zeppelin.
I'll probably get my head chewed off for that last one lol | |
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| Overrated Bands.
Posted: 11/30/2009 11:06:58 PM | Nirvana-
Metallica
AC/DC-
Bon Jovi
G n R especially Slash
U2
Red Hot Chili Peppers | |
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Posted: 12/1/2009 3:41:05 AM | The most overrated, over hyped, over sold, over romanticised band ever.... the Grateful Dead.
What did anybody ever see in Steely Dan ?
I know, some people love Tower of Power.
I think they are one of the most under performing bands ever. | |
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