25 Most Overrated Bands of All Time
Submitted by bsd987 on Mon, 08/28/2006 - 10:38
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- 25. Black Sabbath – I don’t know, their music just sucks.
- 24. Rolling Stones – Great band, but in no way do they deserve to even be considered the best of all time.
- 23. The Sex Pistols – This is one band I’ve never understood. They’re music sucked, they were only around for two years, and their bassist was known as Sid Vicious. This band has no redeeming qualities! NONE!
- 22. Wilco – Jeff Tweedy is in two great side projects: The Minus 5 and Golden Smog, neither of which he has a major role in. That said, Wilco is not that good. Summerteeth had the advantage of coming out in 1999 when all of music was dead. It wasn’t good.
- 21. The White Stripes - If it weren't for the fact that they're the only band to form in the last 7 years of any major significance that has talent, you wouldn't really know of them. They are pretty good, but the fact that there is nobody to compare them against inflates their value.
- 20. Sonic Youth - Experimentation does not immune a band from this category. They're hit or miss, and they miss about half the time.
- 19. Eagles - No band coming off a 12-14 year "vacation" deserves such hoorahs, especially when they had only released 1 1/2 good records previously.
- 18. Beach Boys - They became unpopular with age. They almost never had the material to back them up.
- 17. Counting Crows - They had a hit. They forgot to fizzle out. Now forget about them.
- 16. Neutral Milk Hotel - Lyrically, Jeff Mangum is a genius. Musically, he's not that good and almost every guitar rift is stolen. And considering Aeroplane is considered the ultimate indie album, they must be punished.
- 15. The Strokes - Living proof that the Brits cannot decipher good music from mediocre music regardless of whether it is an American band or a British band.
- 14. Guns N' Roses - Axl Rose is an anagram for Oral Sex. Guns N' Roses is a synonym for garbage.
- 13. Billy Joel - Piano Man and Scenes From an Italian Restaurant are good songs, but that's about it. Piano rock was never cool in my book.
- 12. Bruce Springsteen - Call me crazy, but why do people like him? What has he ever done? Well, other than writing "Because the Night" which Patti Smith morphed into one of the 20 best songs of the decade.
- 11. Bob Dylan - He's had some good songs, but come on. He's had only 2 good albums in the last 30-someodd years and he's still idolized by god knows how many people.
- 10. Any Britpop Band - Coldplay, Oasis, The Verve, etc.. These bands aren't that good, were never that good, and will never be that good.
- 9. Yo La Tengo - The ultimate critics band my ass. They're good, but in no way do they deserve half the hype they receive. So many indie people call them the best band ever. Yeah right.
- 8. Green Day - They were never good, releasing one album that was alright (Dookie) before reaching the point that they decided "Let's further destroy music and call it American Idiot at the same time!"
- 7. Led Zeppelin - They had some good songs, but Zep II and IV were horrible. "Stairway to Heaven" is mediocre at best.
- 6. Radiohead – The Bends was amazing. Then they tried to not make sense and became another over-sensationalized indie fucktard must-have. Plus, they stole their title from the Talking Heads. You better be good if you do that.
- 5. U2 - Let me first state that Joshua Tree is one of the worst albums of all time. Secondly, Achtung Baby is worse.
- 4. The Beatles - Oh come on, they really weren't that good.
- 3. Pink Floyd - Take away Syd Barrett and the "Wish You Were Here" album and you've got the #1 most overrated band of all time. Add those in and you drop to #3.
- 2. Pearl Jam - Don't make me defend this. I just really find Eddie Vedder annoying.
- 1. Nirvana - Yes, they were good, but Jesus would have forgotten them after In Utero had Cobain not committed suicide. They weren't that good.
wait, if your saying that white stripes are talented, and that one of the only talented bands today, shown by fact that theres no one else to compare them to, then how can they be overrated? i understand what you mean is that there is no one to compare them with, but well, if thats the case, they must be pretty damn good. i can't see how they're overrated. your basically saying they're overrated cus they're better than everyone else lol (which i agree with btw)
anyway, love to hear your views
I'll reword it. They're good, but they're not the greatest thing ever. They're overrated b/c people think they're so good because their judgement is blinded because almost everything else is utter garbage.
ah ok then , no worries, good list.
What exactly do you like?
"The Beatles - Oh come on, they really weren't that good."- I'd like to hear some more explanation on that.
Love love me do, you know I love you.
No more explanation needed.
Say what you really mean, why don't you..!
I will agree with Green Day. However.. Springsteen? Billy Joel? Bob Dylan? U2? Beach Boys? Nooo..
Just want to throw my two pennies in on this:
while a good band with an exceptionally talented guitarist, The White Stripes are hardly original. They're simply a cross between Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. Those bands were around some 30 years ago.
Meh, that's how they started off, but their albums have veered more and more from those influences as time went on. Have you heard Get Behind Me Satan? I haven't heard any Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath songs that sound like The Nurse, Little Ghost, or I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet), just to name a few.
Nope, haven't heard it (didn't like Elephant enough to move on with them), so I'll modify by saying the above only refers to their albums leading up to that one.
Well, you might not like Get Behind Me Satan either, but if you heard it you'd surely think they were a more eclectic duo, whose influences cannot just be summed up by a cross between two classic hard rock bands.
Not that I've heard any Zeppelin or Sabbath songs that sound like It's True That We Love One Another or that echo the sentiments of I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother's Heart, but certainly as a whole, Elephant is closer to the ZepSab cross than Get Behind Me Satan is. And I personally love Elephant and think there's a lot more to it than just ZepSab, but that's a different story altogether.
White Blood Cells is full of Zep and Sabbath. Elephant too. I'm not a big fan but they're a solid, above average, talented band. White is a great guitarist. Meg fills in what she's gotta do. She reminds me of a less talented version of Mo Tucker, even her singing.
I've heard some songs off Get Behind Me Satan and they sounded pretty good.
Oh, I don't deny that many White Stripes songs sound heavily influenced by Zep and Sabbath, especially pre-GBMS. I'm just saying that I don't agree with pigeonholing them as "simply a cross between Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath." I think they have a good deal more to them than that, including plenty of original touches.
Understood, perhaps I need to hear all of Get Behind Me Satan. Outside of that I haven't heard anything legitimately original in their music, though there is clearly talent and touches of genius in what they do.
aye, but thats what i like about them. i think white stripes are original to some extent, but i think its great credit to them that they can be successful with that style in todays market
yeah and listen to get behind me satan, it rules
Perhaps adding a little "age" to your list, I'd have to go with the Grateful Dead as #1 on the "all-time" list. I heartily agree with you on Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, and Wilco, but I'd have to add Queen (if only Brain's guitar could have covered up Freddy's abhorrent vocal style a little more.)
Wha? Just me??
The Dead aren't really overrated except by their own fans, which on the most part is a small cult following. I never see non-diehards mention them among the better/best bands. Queen was an overlook on my part, but I'm still not sure they'd make my top 25. I actually like Queen.
I agree with the Grateful Dead, I cant even identify any songs of theirs, but Queen? No way man, Freddy Mercury is one of the greatest vocalist of all time, his range is nuts, he is so great he makes other great frontmen look not as great.
whoa i just noticed radiohead is in this list..man, is this just for shock value??
Believe it or not, not everyone finds Radiohead as god's gift to music. IMO, Radiohead has been mediocre scud since The Bends.
Man are they the most overrated band of all time, what the hell is that ok computor about????, its certainly not music.
I don't think I've ever heard any of Radiohead's songs. That's weird. I like Muse tho, and people say they're similar.
Check this list out:
www.old-wizard.com/top10overratedbands.htm
agree with you about Nirvana.
I agree with a lot of these,coldplay are utter overrated garbage,along with U2,radiohead and bob dylan, but where are snow patrol,they should be on the list as they churn out boring crap..the beatles dont belong on here,the WHITE ALBUM was awesome! plus the sex pistols were energetic and their music introduced a new era to the industry.we might never have had the stranglers without them..brill
*Put a couple of best bands in top 10, and say how they are actually not that good without giving a good reason, and see how people call you an elitist...* This list is retarded, just had to register to say that, it is one person's taste of music, which is not significant at all, you don't say which band is overrated, and which is not, if you don't know what you're talking about...Led Zeppelin was so goddman famous for a reason, same with Radiohead, but take Jonas Brothers, KISS, or Miley Cyrus, it's just media, strong media, colors, and makeup...lrn2be not stupid...
I mostly only have problems with Bob Dylan and The Beatles. I can see how they could be over-rated because who could ever live up to the legend people and the press have created for them.
But no need to cheap shot them.
The Beatles started out, yes, with 'Love Me Do' and people enjoyed it. They grew to 'Sgt Peppers' and 'Abbey Road' only 5 years after that. Quite an accomplishment for a band.
Dylan has put out plenty of good albums since the 60's. Dylan fans are almost always die-hard. This kind of lifetime devotion doesn't happen because they haven't yet realized his music isn't good. Of course it's good. Thats WHY so many are devoted. The proof is that, in the end, people still come to listen to him play. These people... are not idiots.
For bands like Coldpay, Green Day, U2, Nirvana- you can kind of attach a movement, a 'cool-kid' type thing that accounts for their fans. But The Beatles and Bob transcend this, from grandma's to little kids to writers to musicians.
Whoever made this list is a fucktardo!!! You have no sense of anything dude...and let me guess you're the messiah...