Most overrated band

Saralee4

Ok so I seen the thread most underrated band and was thinking who is overrated.

I would have to say, I think The Script are overrated. I feel like they are just a boy band singing whiny pop songs claiming to be a rock band. I just don't get what the big deal is with them.

They remind me a bit like Maroon 5 who I also think are an overrated boy band signing awful pop songs.

DazMarz

The Beatles

Led Zeppelin

Metallica

Guns N Roses

I've always much preferred their alternates:

The Kinks

Deep Purple

Megadeth

L.A. Guns

Rothko

Led Zeppelin
Aerosmith
AC/DC

Honey Monster

You take that back, Metallica are fantastic especially the earlier stuff.

I often hear of U2 as "the best band in the world"... They're not even the best Irish band ever.

Saralee4

I would have to agree with 'Guns and Roses' and 'Aerosmith'. They have a kind of 'Bon Jovi' feel about them!

Also 'Journey', they just make me cringe.

Honey Monster

There are better bands out there than some of those mentioned but you probably haven't heard of them.

*sips starbucks*

fermanagh_man

Coldplay

Schwiiing

Saralee4 wrote: »

I would have to agree with 'Guns and Roses' and 'Aerosmith'. They have a kind of 'Bon Jovi' feel about them!

Also 'Journey', they just make me cringe.

Aerosmith came first, thusly Bon Jovi has an Aerosmith feel about them.;)

fran17

Got to be nirvana.Ever actually read there lyrics and what possible reason would you have for jumping into a set of drums???

Saralee4

Honey Monster wrote: »

There are better bands out there than some of those mentioned but you probably haven't heard of them.

*sips starbucks*

You mean 'better overrated bands' as in more overrated than mentioned?

HamsterFace

Definitely The Doors

BRYAN Is Ainm Dom

Oasis!! Maybe a bit controversial choice. I am an Oasis fan but when you consider the amount of albums that they sold without being very originally, I would have to say that they were very over rated.

mark13

Radiohead haven't put out a good album since 2000.

Saralee4

BRYAN Is Ainm Dom wrote: »

Oasis!! Maybe a bit controversial choice. I am an Oasis fan but when you consider the amount of albums that they sold without being very originally, I would have to say that they were very over rated.

I remember there was a whole Oasis vs Blur thing years ago.

I was always on the Oasis side but now when I look back I can see that Blur were far more experimental and diverse.

Karl Stein

fermanagh_man wrote: »

Coldplay

Terrible live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_9x27VRwWM

Molester Stallone II

fermanagh_man wrote: »

Coldplay

Most people think coldplay are crap, definitely not overrated

bodice ripper

guns n ****ing roses
pantera
ac/dc

ger vallely

I don't think Radiohead have ever released an album that should have them repeatedly at the top of the best band ever lists. Never liked them, just my opinion though.

Mantis Toboggan

Surely has to be one direction. Woeful stuff.

Saralee4

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Surely has to be one direction. Woeful stuff.

I only know one song of theirs and its crap. How are they so huge!

Their music is obviously not the appeal.

crockholm

Mozart....omg...like,Harry styles has...like..a million more followers on twitter...and he SOOOO totally ripped of harrys hairstyle

Straylight

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Surely has to be one direction. Woeful stuff.

To be fair, they're a boy band and that's the particular niche they're going for, not critical acclaim. So I think it's a bit wrong to call them overrated in the same way that The Beatles or Radiohead have been mentioned.

Saralee4

Straylight wrote: »

To be fair, they're a boy band and that's the particular niche they're going for, not critical acclaim. So I think it's a bit wrong to call them overrated in the same way that The Beatles or Radiohead have been mentioned.

I don't know they probably see themselves as some kind of modern day Beatles if they believe in their own hype.

I personally don't think The Beatles are overrated.

As for One Direction, I think within their niche as a boy band even then they are overrated.

Riddle101

U2
Bon Jovi
Kings of Leon

bodice ripper

Kings Of Leon are music for people who'd like to think they like music, but don't.

Saralee4

Speaking of The Beatles though, I never did like any of the Paul Mc Cartney stuff with Wings. Not sure how Wings were rated.

groovie

Schwiiing wrote: »

Aerosmith came first, thusly Bon Jovi has an Aerosmith feel about them.;)

I find a marked difference between the Aerosmith of the seventies and some of the more mainstream music that they produced on the late eighties to early nineties. It could be argued they absorbed some of the more contemporary bands like Bon Jovi at this time.

Stroke Politics

Kings of Leon. Like a bad version of Foreigner...

Gbear

bodice ripper wrote: »

Kings Of Leon are music for people who'd like to think they like music, but don't.

They were decent up until their 4th album but then just became absolute trash.

Hidalgo

Saralee4 wrote: »

I remember there was a whole Oasis vs Blur thing years ago.

I was always on the Oasis side but now when I look back I can see that Blur were far more experimental and diverse.

Sure even poor aul Dougal couldn't decide if he preferred Oasis or Blur

stimpson

Gbear wrote: »

They were decent up until their 4th album but then just became absolute trash.

Their first album is the only one worth listening to. Once they cut their hair and started sucking corporate cock they were done.

But, yeah, Coldplay.

frostyjacks

REM and U2. The more famous they got the more pretentious they became.

Karl Stein

Snow Patrol live are even worse than Coldplay live.

Skip to 2.57 to see the awful sense of rhythm Snow Patrol fans have.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6qsbD6H5u4

callaway92

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtaJ9rR56eg

mark13 wrote: »

Radiohead haven't put out a good album since 2000.

Enjoy.

MJ23

Rolling Stones.

Venus In Furs

Over-rated means being bestowed with excessive critical acclaim (in people's opinion) rather than being really popular like One Direction... I think anyway.

In my opinion, over-rated would apply to REM. I don't think they're bad but I don't think they're deserving of the level of admiration they receive. I like a handful of their songs - I love What's The Frequency Kenneth? - but I find so much else of what I've heard by them just really dull.

rebeve

DazMarz wrote: »

The Beatles

Led Zeppelin

Metallica

Guns N Roses

I've always much preferred their alternates:

The Kinks

Deep Purple

Megadeth

L.A. Guns

Maybe a lie down would help .

4zn76tysfajdxp

Saralee4 wrote: »

Speaking of The Beatles though, I never did like any of the Paul Mc Cartney stuff with Wings. Not sure how Wings were rated.

They're the band The Beatles could've been.

e_e

Pink Floyd, they just bore me. I'd take Yes over them any day of the week.

Cheese Wagstaff

Would agree with the Script, wouldn't agree with Coldplay.

The Script have not made any attempt to diversify their sound, and if you watch them live (even on the Late Late there a few weeks ago), Danny O'Donoghue's voice did not hold up well at all, methinks a lot of studio magic is worked to get his voice up to match fitness.

Coldplay's first two albums are excellent, nominated for the Mercury Prize (I think Parachutes won it, could be wrong), and their sound is always evolving. In general, they do sound very good live the vast majority of the time in spite of this. People say they are boring, but their catalogue is much more diverse than people would like to give them credit for.

mojesius

Red hot chilli peppers.

Molester Stallone II

mojesius wrote: »

Red hot chilli peppers.

Pick a window, any window...you're leaving

ElvisChrist6

Karl Stein wrote: »

Snow Patrol live are even worse than Coldplay live.

Skip to 2.57 to see the awful sense of rhythm Snow Patrol fans have.

As far as I can tell, that whole audio overdubbed by the creator of the video. Their later stuff is pretty boring, but their first two albums were great - some grungy pop music and some lovely melodies!

Edit: Their third album (the breakthrough album) was quite good too!

Irish Guitarist

I can't have a single conversation with my hip friends without them banging on about how great Freddie and The Dreamers are. I don't understand the fascination with them. They're alright but they're no Swinging Blue Jeans.

stimpson

Cheese Wagstaff wrote: »

Coldplay's first two albums are excellent, nominated for the Mercury Prize (I think Parachutes won it, could be wrong),

Nominated 3 times but never won. Kinda says it all really.

They're just a middle class clone of U2.

banham

Has to be Paul McGuinness's U2 ...a triumph of marketing over quality

jack presley

Shouldn't this thread just be renamed 'List successful bands you don't like'?

Bridge93

Crystal Swing. While not rated by nearly anyone, the fact they were let out of their family living room at all into public is shameful. I thought they were a pisstake/parody of some kind when I first saw them.

Mister Vain

Radiohead. Their music just seems incredibly boring to me, sort of like the music you hear in those yokes for putting babies to sleep.

lertsnim

Any band I don't like that other people like.

That's usually how these things turn out.

Cheese Wagstaff

banham wrote: »

Has to be Paul McGuinness's U2 ...a triumph of marketing over quality

New Year's Day, Where the Streets Have No Name, Stay, Desire etc.

Well marketed for sure, but there certainly wasn't a dearth of quality either.