Most overrated bands ever?

[Sweet Jane]

Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

The Velvet underground, I've never seen a band that was so well respected that I thought has less talent. Im not into bowie at all and U2 sucking is startin to grow on me.

And im begining to think thrice is on a mission to ruin the stripes.

But back to the VU, the only singer I hate more than Lou Reed is Nico. Holy ****, its equivacatable to bad spoken word. And the music took a nose dive off a talent cliff.

Why do you hate Lou Reed so much as a singer? Is it because of the spoken word style? I really like that, they were one of the original bands to do that, not to mention one of the original rock and roll bands. They had a style no-one had quite done before, and a very strong set of songs that are popular even today.
I'm not really into Nico but I thought that was a great album. I certainly don't think The Velvet Underground are overrated, not just because I like them, I like Franz Ferdinand and I still know they are, but I just can't see where they fall down. They weren't even that commercial a band until Andy Warhol got involved, even then I don't think the music quality became below par.