Overrated bands

[J.T.]

No way can Red Hot Chili Peppers be called overrated. I hate that funk almost died out, and I'm extremely grateful the Chili Peppers brought it back. And Nirvana? Rolling Stones? U2? Are you people ing kidding me? Especially the Stones. I think they're one of the most underrated groups right now; I mean, only old people like tlong even talk about them anymore, even though they practically created rock from blues.

The Stones are the brah. The only bad thing going for them right now is a lot of mix stations overplay the out of like two or three of their songs (usually songs like "Start Me Up", "Gimme Shelter" and "Paint it Black"), and those aren't even their best songs.

Really what's ing killing music and has been for a long ing time was the advent of the "greatest hits" album. It's restricting bands to being known for four or five songs and throwing out everything else they did, except to the people who bought or pirated the full albums.

[mardigan]

Really what's ing killing music and has been for a long ing time was the advent of the "greatest hits" album. It's restricting bands to being known for four or five songs and throwing out everything else they did, except to the people who bought or pirated the full albums.

Yea, but at the same time, it makes music easier to get in to. I got into David Bowie after I got one of his greatest hits albums for a b-day, and immediately went out on got all of his other . It can be kind of overwhelming trying to get into a older group with a huge catalog of music. A greatest hits album sometimes can help point the way towards which albums to start out with. Although I get what your saying.

[Ignignokt]

Chilli Peppers is not any form of punk.

It's more like White guilt angst angry no soul, no wang punk.

[Fpoonsie]

I honestly can't tell the difference between a band that I think is overrated, and one that's incredibly popular that I hate. I was TEMPTED to put both RHCP and Aerosmith down, but I'm just not sure. I DO know I hate them.

[WildcardManu]

I'm 29 and was barely hitting that 11 to 12 yr old stage when Nirvana changed the stale hair metal rock scene that was so played out with everyone doing power ballads to cash in.

Someone 19 is about 10 years too young to have an appreciation at all. Of course you don't appreciate it - you weren't there.

+1000000

I'm 28 and still love a lot of those "overrated" bands being listed. What is overrated to me might be great for someone else. So in the end, it's all just great music to someone else.


Edit: Besides most of these bands sound way better than the garbage being played on the radio.

[RedsLakers24]

The Killers are the best, thats all you need to know

[WildcardManu]

The Killers are the best, thats all you need to know

lol I like the Killers

[dirk4mvp]

The Killers are the best, thats all you need to know

The best what?

[Cry Havoc]

I think it's funny that people think they can voice their opinions in an internet thread about music without being flamed for it.

I listen to Fallout Boy a lot. It's fantastic running music and the lyrics are humorous and very tongue-in-cheek, and the beats are usually high energy.

So I like Fallout Boy. Call me whatever you want. It's my opinion, and it's staying that way, regardless of your SRS INTERNET ARGUMENT BZNESS.

If you try to tell someone they're an idiot for liking a band, well, you need to step down off that pedestal.

Now, if you want to debate WHY a band is good or bad with regard to how you feel about them, different story. But you rarely see posts in a thread like this. Mostly it's just people ing, then telling other people how much of a lesser person they are for liking band "x". Hilarious.

[CuckingFunt]

This thread/argument is amusing to me for a number of reasons.

For one thing, I will forever be fascinated by the practice of arguing personal taste and preference on a message board. It's silly. I'd rather be shot than listen to Fallout Boy, for example, but Cry Havoc apparently likes them -- however, neither of us is "right."

For another thing, more specific to this discussion, what does it matter whether or not a band is overrated? Does it somehow change their talent level? Or whether or not you enjoy listening to them? I'd imagine not.

[J.T.]

I think it's funny that people think they can voice their opinions in an internet thread about music without being flamed for it.

Well, since you pretty much asked for it with a lead-in like that. . .

So I like Fallout Boy. Call me whatever you want.

You can tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to. And Fallout Boy is pretty ing gay. I was never that good at math but even I can add this one up. That post had so many emo undertones even my wrists are bleeding right now. If faced with the choice of listening to a Fallout Boy album or being with that girl in the Miller Lite commercial who keeps asking the dude if he'd save her over his dog or his mom or his beer and then walks away when he hesitates on the beer part, I'd ing marry that girl.

I can do this all day. Bad music is so easy to on. They ruined "Beat It". May they rot in .

Deuces.

[Bukefal]

I agree on Nirvana being a bit overrated. They are more popular because of the death of the guy and the whole image surrounding.

But for rolling stones, no. They are not overrated.

[slayermin]

I'm gonna get killed for this.

Iron Maiden

[mojorizen7]

Nickelback

yes. Nickelback. Big time.

[sonic21]

They are overrated only because of Cobains death, which led to overexposure and fanaticism.

[leemajors]

Radiohead.

Muse

[baseline bum]

Chilli Peppers is not any form of punk.

Funk

[leemajors]

And that's exactly why they are overrated. They certainly didn't contribute the most when it came to music. It had more to do with their impact. Now we have to listen to their music which is very whiny almost 20 years later. Is it bad? No. Is it great? Definitely not.

And Radiohead would be doing what they want to do regardless of Nirvana or not. They probably get as much criticism from all news fronts and other artists for not trying to stick with the norm.


Radiohead is infinitely times better than Nirvana. Maybe not as an influence, but as music goes, they are much better. They re-invented themselves a lot and keep going. They also don't do it for the money.

Why don't you openly contradict yourself some more, brah.

[leemajors]

No way can Red Hot Chili Peppers be called overrated. I hate that funk almost died out, and I'm extremely grateful the Chili Peppers brought it back. And Nirvana? Rolling Stones? U2? Are you people ing kidding me? Especially the Stones. I think they're one of the most underrated groups right now; I mean, only old people like tlong even talk about them anymore, even though they practically created rock from blues.

Ehh imo the Limbomaniacs were much better than the Chili Peppers. They just didn't catch the breaks the Chili Peppers did. There was a whole underground funk scene on the west coast in the late 80s.

[leemajors]

I'm gonna get killed for this.

Iron Maiden

At some point in the 90s I would have agreed, but they are pretty much the shizz.

[Thunder Dan]

Overrated, realy? Hold old are you? Only a few good songs, a lot has to do with someone called Kurt dying you know. They changed music during those of us who were growing up during that time.

no they didn't. The Melvins, Pixies and Mudhoney changed music and Nirvana got on the radio. Before Kurt killed himself in 1994, people preferred Pearl Jam to Nirvana. Pearl Jam had the highest selling record, but then Kurt killed himself and Nirvana became legendary. If Vedder killed himself they would be regarded as better. Nirvana didn't reinvent anything. They were a band that got on the radio. They are very much overrated

my vote goes for the Doors and Bruce Springsteen. Both overrated

[Drachen]

Overrated, realy? Hold old are you? Only a few good songs, a lot has to do with someone called Kurt dying you know. They changed music during those of us who were growing up during that time.

The answer to this question is Nirvana Nirvana Nirvana!!!! They were undeservedly given credit for changing music BECAUSE kurt offed himself. Greatest career move ever. It was the best thing that he ever did for his band. Nirvana is the answer to this question.

[Thunder Dan]

Nirvana is considered great because...

It's not sell-out rock. It's not rock for the all-mighty dollar.

Nirvana is indeed sell out rock. They signed with a major label and made millions. Kurt's inner struggle was how to appeal to what he thought was his core audience when he was a millionaire and no longer had a struggle. Listen to In Utero. The whole album sounds like something where a band tries to make music that pop culture wouldn't like so he could go back to being an outcast. He thrived as an outcast, and couldn't accept the fact that he sold out. This is why there is that famous fight between he and Courtney Love when she came home in a new Lexus. He made her take it back, but it was obvious that he was having inner struggles because here he was, a millionaire, but couldn't be seen in a Lexus because the rock gods he looked up to didn't drive a bankers car. He was a voice of a generation but didn't want to be. He sold out and he knew it.

[Drachen]

Nirvana did not change the hair metal rock scene

tv, a stale hair metal rock scene, and a load of other non-hair metal bands did that

Lets not forget that even in Nirvana's own genre of music a band had already released their album that reached the masses (and outsold nevermind).

[Drachen]

Nirvana was the 1st major Seattle scene band to break through and get major radio play. I think they're the worst of the big ones from that era with AIC being the best followed by Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, but Nirvana broke through first. That effectively ended major radio play for hair metal and stuff like Poison and Faster Pussycat.

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