The most overrated, crappy band on the planet?

[Daniel My Brother]

And by the way, the most overrated and crappy band of all time was Loverboy.

[BrianinMD]

From the options voted Kiss....

Think it would help their standings with the "younger" fans if they could somehow gag Gene Simmons.......  

As far as my personal choice of overrated bands, to many to choose from during the 80's hair band era......

[Muddy]

Hard Choice, musically they both leave a lot to be desired. Abba sold more albums in the world at one time, and they rot also. Sales does not equal talent, that shows a good manager who knows what a current auidence wants

 Miles Davis , musically is eons more talanted than Fats Domino ( botrh big favorites of mine) now, Fats sold more singles than the beatles ( The measure of sucess at the time) and Miles was far better than either of them , musically both talent and excecution and composition. So sales and talent are not hand in hand

 Also on this list of " Genius bands, or great bands that suck"

Metallica

Pink Floyd_ once your drugs wear off

The Gratefull Dead

Most 70's English "rock bands"  They never got American Rock and Roll down

Rush

Allman Brothers-- exactly what is the point of all that noodeling anyway?

Pfish: sorry fellas Jerry Garcia is Dead

 I grew up and made a living as a full time drummer, until 17 years ago, another story. I will not compare Jazz to thsi music, as this is the standard I hold all musicans too. That being said I lived and played in NY and New Orelans and have seen and played in some of the finest ROCK AND ROLL BANDS (NOT ROCK) imaginable, While I never was in a very famous band I have had the pleasue of playing with many talented musicans So I am leaving Jazz out of this mix, its apples and oranges.

 However: Blues , Rock and Roll and R&B are the foundation of this music SO:

 When You grow up watching and seeing live; BB KING, MUDDY WATERS< PROFESSOR LONG HIAR< JEERY LEE LEWIS<LITTLE RICHARD<CHUCK BERRY< FATS DOMINO<JIMI HENDRIX<THE METERS>THE NEVILLE BROTHERS>DR>JOHN< THE WHOLE STAX LABEL and ALLAN TOUSIANT, BOOKER T AND THE MG"S<WILSON PICKETT< AL GREENE<JAMES BROWN>TOWER OF POWER and SANTANA

these other bands are more like somekind of radio static.

The Eagles while not loud were really much like country elevator music.

 DO THEY HAVE ELEVATORS OUT IN THE COUNTRY?

[cart7t]

I can not believe you young bucks are dissing 2 of the best and most successful bands in history.

Both of those bands are something special in music history.

Agreed, but consider the source. These guys weren't even born (ok, Matt was in diapers) when Hotel California came out. You can't expect them to have any sort of perspective or appreciation for what that sound meant when it was new.

And I wish somebody would tell my 18 year old that the Eagles are overrated and crappy so she would quit stealing my CDs.

I totally agree.  What's interesting is the kids today are still listening to the stuff that I was listening to when I was their age.  When I ask my 19 year old, he says it's because my music was just that good and that much of the music out today sucks.

[Muddy]

At the same time said bands were out so were

THE BAND

DOUBLE TROUBLE

BB KINGS BAND

THE NEVILLE BROTHERS

DR.JOHN

TOWER OF POWER

SANTANA

among others: all of these bands had charted hits, and Grammys during the duration of these other 2 bands

Kiss and the Eagles don't belong on the same post with these guys , yet alone a statement COMPARED TO WHAT WAS OUT AT THE TIME

GEEZZ!!!!!!!!!

[Top]

they are what they are and if you think they suck then more power to you... I for one grew up a "metal head" so a lot of your sucky bands I like... NOW the music today.. with the yelling and no singing... THAT sucks...  I KILLED MY FATHER BECAUSE HE WOULDN"T RAISE MY ALLOWANCE ARRRRRRRRRRR

LOL but to each his own...

AL

[MALTESE FALCON]

Hey Fourbizz,

Just out of curiosity, if these bands are so bad, who do you listen to?

Falcon

[Avalonjohn44]

Pink Floyd and Rush also come to mind.

[Top]

my guitar playing TRULY sucks

but I have only been doing it two weeks hahahaha

[dave]

Surprised it took Muddy 3 pages before posting.  Good input.

Oh,  The Grateful Dead is on my list.

[J Francho]

I see I'm in the minority, picking the Eagles.  They were good, but they sucked, LOL.  There was so much better out there than either group, at that time.  

[Tin]

Your way off Bizzle, I mean come on. The two worstbands in history are Boston and Van Halen.

[roadwarrior]

How 'bout Snoop Dog doin' country music?

[Siebert Outdoors]

Milli Vinilli

[foul hooked]

Green Day is the worst.

[fishinfiend]

How 'bout Snoop Dog doin' country music?

Snoop only did country because he wanted in on Willy's stash  ;D

[grimlin]

How 'bout Snoop Dog doin' country music?

Snoop only did country because he wanted in on Willy's stash ;D

That actually makes sense...

[fishbear]

I am not sure that you could claim the Eagles are a rock band, however, those harmonies are killer.  

As for bad bands, come on, noone has mentioned Nirvana yet???

Lets sing "Rape Me" over and over and over again, and maybe someone will buy it!!  (Barfing Now)  If he had not eaten a shotgun barrel, they would be a nobody band now.

[AnthonyRSS]

I don't care for Nirvana that much but you have to recognize their place in music history as the fathers of alternative.

However, music is such a highly personal thing I don't think you can call any of them overrated unless you have measurable quantities of such.  Some bands don't have that much talent (relative) but they still make 'good' music.

[farmpond1]

If these are your choices for worst bands (especially the Eagles), I'd hate to see your choice for best bands.

[Crabcakes]

I'll throw my votes in

The aforementioned:

KISS

Eagles

as well as:

Guns and Roses

Journey

Foreigner

Aerosmith

And I don't know if blaming these choices on the age of the posters works in all cases. If you notice the same bands come up pretty often. Look at the bands Muddy mentioned. They're older than the bands most people name and not a single person has posted talking about how overrated Chuck Berry Jimi Hendrix etc etc are. I think that some bands just don't hold up as well.

[Muddy]

Chuck Berry,Jimi Hendrix,Little Richard,Jerry Lee Lewis and Professor Longhiar do more than hold up! They are the ORIGINATORS OF THE ART FORM and there chord strurtures and rytyms are the basis of a lot of the "NEW MUSIC" that still follows in their path. 8-)

[thetr20one]

Mettalica sucks? They have made a few bombs but, NOBODY that heavy has ever reached such a large demographic. Motley Crue SUCKS hardcore, making poser music for over two decades and now releasing more poser crap. KISS laid the groundwork for all bands that suck or have ever sucked. The new music today is what it is all the same. I grew up on Aerosmith, The Eagles, Elvis, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and most of the crap that is being touted as crap. I see how many new bands are coming out with the same type music these days and want to yank out my hair. My ipod has such a diverse library that anyone on this site would problably find music they love and hate. I voted KISS because they are in a suck league of their own.

[CRFisher]

I don't care for Nirvana that much but you have to recognize their place in music history as the fathers of alternative.

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Pixies, Janes Addiction, Chili Pepppers, Smashing Pumpkins, etc. were all around well before Nirvana, before that you also had the Ramones, Stooges, New York Dolls, etc. that were punk and/or"alternative".   You also had softer groups like the Cure, Bauhaus, etc. that were considered "alternative".  Pearl Jam did as much to push the "alternative: Seattle sound as Nirvana and were probably bigger than Nirvana for a good part of the early 90's.

I think Pink Floyd is underrated.  Nobody else like them.

[Hookemdown.]

GNR is good, but gets old after a while.  

Rush is awesome, as Geddy Lee is a music god.

There's a lot of good music here being deemed "crappy".  Different tastes I guess.