Most overrated bands ever?

boo boo · 07-01-2009, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SpaceBetweenTheNotes

Overrated bands,
Motorhead
Anthrax
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Poison
Green Day
Rolling Stones
Matchbox Twenty
The Offspring
The Wallflowers
Silver Chair
Kiss
White Stripes
Glen Miller orchestra
Mahavishnu Orchestra
any questions?

Yeah they sure hype the crap out of those guys nowadays.

Where in the hell do you hang out? A nursing home?

sleepy jack · 07-01-2009, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Do it then

It can be the b-side to his Pink Moon cover album he said he would do because he's a better guitar player than Nick Drake!

captured · 07-01-2009, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by NiceTryKid

Blink 182
Nirvana
Green Day <-- My most hated band ever!
Slipknot
Avenged Sevenfold

sorry but i have to disagree with all five of those...

FaSho · 07-01-2009, 10:33 PM

overrated=/=bad

ElephantSack · 07-01-2009, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by SpaceBetweenTheNotes

Overrated bands,
Motorhead
Anthrax
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Poison
Green Day
Rolling Stones
Matchbox Twenty
The Offspring
The Wallflowers
Silver Chair
Kiss
White Stripes
Glen Miller orchestra
Mahavishnu Orchestra
any questions?

I don't know where you live where these guys could be considered overrated, but I disagree.

Megadead2 · 07-02-2009, 12:03 AM

Mahavishnu are not and have never been a commercial juggernaut, but they are definitely well-known and respected among music geeks like ourselves.

Anyway, I consider the two most overrated bands of all time to be the Sex Pistols and AC/DC. I can, and have ranted on and on about why I don't like the Sex Pistols, but basically I just think they're a slick, commercial, macho, shock-tactics-reliant, elementary rock band that is really no different from KISS, Warrant, or Twisted Sister, but gets more cred because they're seen as political (by the way, did you know there's a song on Never Mind the Bollocks that calls women who have abortions "animals" and "disgraces"?). They aren't even particularly fun--aside from "Anarchy in the UK" the album is actually rather boring and trite hard-rock powerchording + tuneless vocals, not to mention that it's polished and organized in such a way that completely sucks any punk rock chaos or vitality out of it. As an unabashed prog-rock fan I also feel that they had a negative effect on music overall.

As for AC/DC, their music is just incredibly unimaginative, three-chords, regressive blues rock, with no change whatsoever between albums. They don't have any looseness or energy to them either, and they aren't even great songwriters (aside from "You Shook Me..." most of the songs are shockingly tuneless). How they continue to be accepted is beyond me.

**Janszoon** · 07-02-2009, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Megadead2

(by the way, did you know there's a song on Never Mind the Bollocks that calls women who have abortions "animals" and "disgraces"?)

By the way, did you know you are completely misinterpreting the lyrics of that song?

Megadead2 · 07-02-2009, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

By the way, did you know you are completely misinterpreting the lyrics of that song?

The other way to interpret is that the woman thinks her baby is an animal. Either way it is totally an anti-abortion song, and he definitely calls her a disgrace. It's in line with Johnny Rotten/John Lydon's Catholicism, but not with the views of most of the people who worship the Sex Pistols so much.

**Janszoon** · 07-02-2009, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Megadead2

The other way to interpret is that the woman thinks her baby is an animal. Either way it is totally an anti-abortion song, and he definitely calls her a disgrace. It's in line with Johnny Rotten/John Lydon's Catholicism, but not with the views of most of the people who worship the Sex Pistols so much.

Again, you're misinterpreting what the song is about. Read up about it. It's not political, it's basically just telling the story of a specific person that the Sex Pistols knew.

Also, John Lydon may have grown up in a Catholic household but the man himself is not religious.

Megadead2 · 07-02-2009, 12:23 AM

You're obviously more knowledgable about the song's background than I am so I'll accept that you're right, but it's a minor point.

07-02-2009, 12:03 AM	#2516 (permalink)
Megadead2 Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 68	Mahavishnu are not and have never been a commercial juggernaut, but they are definitely well-known and respected among music geeks like ourselves. Anyway, I consider the two most overrated bands of all time to be the Sex Pistols and AC/DC. I can, and have ranted on and on about why I don't like the Sex Pistols, but basically I just think they're a slick, commercial, macho, shock-tactics-reliant, elementary rock band that is really no different from KISS, Warrant, or Twisted Sister, but gets more cred because they're seen as political (by the way, did you know there's a song on Never Mind the Bollocks that calls women who have abortions "animals" and "disgraces"?). They aren't even particularly fun--aside from "Anarchy in the UK" the album is actually rather boring and trite hard-rock powerchording + tuneless vocals, not to mention that it's polished and organized in such a way that completely sucks any punk rock chaos or vitality out of it. As an unabashed prog-rock fan I also feel that they had a negative effect on music overall. As for AC/DC, their music is just incredibly unimaginative, three-chords, regressive blues rock, with no change whatsoever between albums. They don't have any looseness or energy to them either, and they aren't even great songwriters (aside from "You Shook Me..." most of the songs are shockingly tuneless). How they continue to be accepted is beyond me.

07-02-2009, 12:23 AM	#2520 (permalink)
Megadead2 Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 68	You're obviously more knowledgable about the song's background than I am so I'll accept that you're right, but it's a minor point.