What do you think are the most overrated bands/artists? I mean from the 60's to the early 90's; not new stuff.

I would have to say my top 5 would be:

Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Beatles.

I dislike all of the above, except for The Beatles, but I certainly don't think they're as great as they're perceived to be.

What are yours?

I agree with RHCP and U2 but not the others, they were highly influential, although they definitely aren't the best musically I think they are still amazing for that reason.

What the hells wrong with RHCP? If your talking about the 90's and earlier and not the new stuff (2000's) They kicked ass! Have you listened to any of the old stuff? Frealy Styley? Blood Sugar Sex Magik? Hell, even Californiacation? They have a fealing to their songs that never gets old.. Whats an awesome and classic band to you then?

Zeppelin and Metallica are overrated as hell.

Yea, but all the songs sound the same...

Definitely The Beatles. Oh, and Journey.

I agree.

And even more on the RHCP subject, you dont see ALL their songs on Rockband, Guitar hero and all that. Just most of their newer stuff. Compared to all the overrated metal and hard rock there is now.

I think that people worship the music more today than back then. I have no idea how this happened, I guess it just sorta latched on to people of today. Anyway, I'm a bit embarrassed to like the more overrated older bands due to the fact that they've been labeled a bit lame. Maybe my age just outgrew it.

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Metallica. I hate them so much...

Street Fighting Man is the only good Rolling Stones song.

What the? How do ANY of the songs sound the same? They ALL sound different.. Unless you can find me two matching songs..

The beatles and zeppelin are overrated, but they earned and deserved that status.

There's no way Journey is overrated.

JOURNEY? ARE YOU INSANE?

NOFX, Big D and the Kids Table, Streetlight Manifesto, Reel Big Fish, Sublime, etc, etc..

Oh you're hilarious.

I almost forgot Less than Jake.

Coldplay and Guns n roses

Yea, I knew this would happen. I just hear all these people who are like "ya duud i ttly liek dat 80s music" and then they just start singing all these whored Journey songs. Drives me crazy.

Van Halen, Aerosmith.

led zeppelin
led zeppelin
led zeppelin
led zeppelin
iron maiden
metallica
pink floyd
the beatles
U2
U2
U2
U2
The Who
did i mention led zep already?


all those only made a a few good things in the beginning and then kept making crap album after crap album and the fanboys still loved it
bah

edit: I FORGOT NIRVANA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
seriously almost as overrated as led zep

Ok I agree with you, a lot of bands have had amazing success in the beginning and then the milk got sour towards the end. Iron Maiden and Pink Floyd made some really good albums, and they both made some really bad albums as well. But should we really hate a band and think them overrated just because their later albums stunk like bad camembert?
I'm sure most Maiden and Pink fans don't love every single album they've done. And that's part of the charm of certain bands, we love certain epochs of their work simply because their other stuff sucked so bad.

I don't love Nirvana's music, but Cobain's taste in music was exquisite to say the least. And Nirvana did bring an end to the 80's, which ain't such a bad thing.

If you referred to The Division Bell take that back or I'll ban you from the internet!1!!1!!1!



I certainly don't like every Pink Floyd album (ew, The Final Cut), but I wouldn't think they're overrated.

I certainly fail to see how Wish You Were Here is inferior to, say, A Saucerful of Secrets.

The end of the '80s brought forward the '90s, and I would have rather kept the '80s.

I liked Cold Play better when they were Travis. Sarcasm intended.

I don't think Led Zeppelin is anywhere near as overrated as Stairway To Heaven makes them appear.

Surprised no ones mentioned Oasis.

Van Halen, Metallica, AC/DC.

Definitely NOT U2 or Nirvana.

The Beatles
Van Halen
Metallica (even though they rock)
Rolling Stones
Led Zepplin

NIRVANA of course. Utter turd uttered by a suicidal maniac. Dave Grohl made the band, yet they still sucked vienerschnitzle. And people who think they were highly infuential are hilarious.

As much as i think they're awesome, Metallica ARE over-rated, and bum raped by fanboys.

Coheed and bloody Cambria. Fanboys are like "Z0MGA DOSE GITARZ R W3LL GUD IN11T?! DEY SOUND SO FUNKEE YUH NO?!"
PATHETIC.

Well, well well, what can i say to this one?
Fall Out (everyone in this band likes a good gay bum) Boy.
Raped worldwide by mainstream twats who wanna see the rest of the music video where that Pete Knobed guy is whippin' his pecker out.
Yes, those people who want to see it are men. Or little scene-kid faggots who think mosh-pits and goths are scary.

I guess that's about it. Other ones who are overrated are so terrible that i feel compelled NOT to let my tongue or fingers be dirtied by their scum... *cough cough nickleback* *cough cough My Gay Romance* *cough cough et cetera*

Radiohead!

They really aren't that great.

They really don't. True, they do often follow a similar formula on each album e.g spoken verses and sung choruses on their older stuff.


Get out. Now.

Metallica, Eminem, Bring Me the Horizon and Fall Out Boy are the main bands/musicians that spring to mind.

Led Zeppelin and Nirvana. But I don't agree with many bands named here like Van Halen, ACDC, Metallica or RHCP.

I'm gonna have to go with Blink.

I have a friend who's obsessed, especially now that they're back. They were cool in 5th grade.

Thank you for your extremely high brow post with the word gay thrown around and many homosexual innuendos EVERYWHERE.
I definitely will take this post seriously and will regard you as a very serious poster in the near future.
BTW I am the furthest thing from serious.
Your utter disrespect for others astounds me.

Hi. You have established yourself as an idiot.

• Cobain was not "suicidal" and whether or not he actually did it is unclear.
• Dave Grohl is a great musician, but that's BS. Compare Foo Fighters to 90% of Nirvana's songs, written by Kurt.
• Without Nirvana, alternative rock would not be popular.

You're being ignorant, buddy. Elvis made rock'n'roll popular, and yeah, most artists aren't influenced by his sound anymore, but he started the rock'n'roll revolution. The same with Nirvana - before Nirvana, alternative rock was fairly underground. It's Nirvana's success that made the genre popular, replacing glam metal. I can see why people may not like Nirvana (personally I'd take Soundgarden or Mudhoney over them anyday), but Kurt Cobain shaped music forever.

No, they were never cool.

NO WAY ARE OASIS OVERRATED.

But the Libertines are.

Led Zeppelin, RHCP, Metallica, ACDC...

That's pretty much it. As you can see, I'm not a really big fan of classic rock.

So do you really think they're overrated, or do you just don't like their music?

Both. Sort of. I can understand how some people enjoy them, but a lot of people act like they're the gods of music.

I've got to +1 that, these were the exact two bands i was thinking of, especially Coldplay. I mean they have ~3~ albums that are exactly the same in every matter, though the latest one (Viva la Vida and its EP) were pretty good an refreshing

Only two of those are labelled as "classic rock", and "classic rock" is one of the worst terms ever. People will hear something stupid like Def Leppard and because it's "classic rock", they'll asume everything that's "classic rock" is that awful. You also mentioned them being praised as gods of music. While Led Zeppelin was pretty damn awesome, RHCP and Metallica are nowhere near god status. AC/DC was pretty sweet in the 70's, but they've never been anything special.

Yeah, those are all overrated, but none of those are bad. The most overrated band in my opinion is the Beatles. I love the Beatles and agree that they were among the best acts ever, but they're not quite what Rolling Stone claims they are. They get praised for EVERYTHING. "Oh my god, did you hear George play that G chord? IT WAS MASTERFUL" and "Wow! 'They're gonna crucify me'! Lennon is SO deep!". Everyone clings on the Beatles because they have no one else to point to when they think of amazing music. The Beatles were surely a work of mastery, but there's so many other bands on-par with them. How often do you hear praise for the genius of Joe Strummer?

Tokio Hotel, Jonas Brothers and all the other bands kids love. I just can't stand them.

If we are going to talk about recent bands/artists that are overrated, my list will never end. Hence why I limited it to the early 90's.

Well, ACDC is right up there. Its not RHCP's songs that sound the same, its ACDC's. And all that singing and dancing 'round the stage can't be good for their health at that age..

Oh my bad, please ignore my first post them.
Well even though I love Led Zeppelin, I have to say they are a bit overrated.
And Whitesnake is underrated.

The Beatles. A lot of their music is good, but it seems like everyone except me has an eargasm every time a Beatles song comes on the radio.

Every single album has a different feel to it.


Hello? RHCP?


RHCP is NOT classic rock.. What made you think ANY of their songs are classic rock?



You know nothing unless youve listened to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNOHAGv5cI4

or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLCFecqmntg

Fleas basslines are absolutely amazing. Along with Johns guitar, Chads drums, and Anthonys voice is beautiful.

The Beatles- I don't see how they could possibly sell over a billion records they're not peticularily good tbh.
Cold Play- I'de never heard about them until i asked who played whatever that terrible song on the radio was (Viva something) they sound like U2 but with a style that accomodates more to 11 year old girls but apparently their hot shizzazzlez.
Neil Young- He's been very influential and I'll give him some points for being a little talented but i don't think he deserves all the attention he gets there were much better musicians in the day and theres much better ones now.

EDIT: I'm not sure is coldplay 90's?

The Beatles- its like they're rock gods or something
Radiohead- never see why people like them
RHCP- because smokey is making suck a big fudgeing deal about them
AC/DC- songs sound too much alike