No offense to fans of these bands, but I like to know that artist that's popular (whether if their good or bad), but you just can't stand... 

Also added three genres since I'm not fond of them...



10. emo

...liked it better when it was called alternative.

I know it's slightly different, though most of their influences are alternative bands like The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, and Green Day.

also would've added numetal, though thankfully is nolonger popular

9. Whitney Houston

...see Celine Dion, though I only can tolerate "I Want To Dance With Somebody"

8. Barry Manilow

...don't know anybody who listen to him and his music reek sweaty gym socks


7. country music

...enuff said

6. Celine Dion

...way too over the top and find her ballads cloying

5. Michael Jackson... I like a couple of his songs from the '80's & his days from The Jackson 5. This has nothing to do with the surrounding controversy, it's just the fact he's overhyped and haven't done any decent songs since the early 1990's.. Though have to say that he's a sicko... though that's what he's more known for now...  >:( :P

4.  Beach Boys... hear one song and you've already heard them all. Though "Good Viberations" is the only song I can tolerate

3. Britney Spears... why is she still famous since she hasn't had a hit song for a while

2. gangsta rap...though technically any rapper since 1993 (gangsta or not), though NWA made gangsta rap mainstream in 1989. Don't mind some songs from Public Enemy (though more 'political rap')  and "Nothing But A 'G' Thang" from Dr Dre. Most I've heard are about glamorizing violence/"thug" lifestyle and is just noise to my ear.

1. Madonna... I'll admit that I like a couple of her material from the '80's, but she tends to be "controversial" and try to grasp attention from the media she doesn't really need and follow trends rather being a trend setter she was about 25 years ago..

i don't think Britney Spears is "overrated". she's popular, but she's not a critical darling. no one considers her to be a musical genius.

i don't think Britney Spears is "overrated". she's popular, but she's not a critical darling. no one considers her to be a musical genius.
Ditto with Madonna.  No musical genius there, just a highlt entertaining entertainer.

Anyhow, these are my picks for overrated bands of all time:

1. Kiss
2. Cheap Trick
3. The Grateful Dead

This is easy: Jay-Z: I think the guy could be the most overrated artist ever. I just don;t see what so great about him and why the hip-hop magazine's love him so much. I mean he is a very likeable person and he carrys himself very well as a person but I just don;t think he is this great MC that people make him out to be.

The Grateful Dead,
The Grateful Dead,
and
The Grateful Dead

This is easy: Jay-Z: I think the guy could be the most overrated artist ever. I just don;t see what so great about him and why the hip-hop magazine's love him so much. I mean he is a very likeable person and he carrys himself very well as a person but I just don;t think he is this great MC that people make him out to be.
Actually, Puffy or PDiddy or whatever he's calling himself sucks it also.

I usually get ripped for saying these bands are overrated, but to me they are. I have been called all sorts of things
for telling who I think is the most overrated band of all time. Now don't get me wrong, I like a lot of songs this band
put out, I just don't think they deserve the God status that's been bestowed upon them. Who I think is the most
overrated band of all time.....Led Zeppelin.

Led Zeppelin was the epitome of what rock and roll should be, it was different, innovative and grating. They used a lot
of repetition and borrowed riffs to make their "unique" sound. While the rest of the rock world was hailing them as Gods
I was seeing them as they truly are, Exceptional musicians that should be taken in moderation.

Other bands I think are overrated:

Aerosmith: (too commercial, made for radio hair metal)

U2: (Excellent when they first came out, became too political and too into activism.)

Pearl Jam: (Worst band to ever spawn so many sound a like bands.)

John Cougar: (Twangy guitar, raspy voice, juvenile lyrics.)

I usually get ripped for saying these bands are overrated, but to me they are. I have been called all sorts of things
for telling who I think is the most overrated band of all time. Now don't get me wrong, I like a lot of songs this band
put out, I just don't think they deserve the God status that's been bestowed upon them. Who I think is the most
overrated band of all time.....Led Zeppelin.

Led Zeppelin was the epitome of what rock and roll should be, it was different, innovative and grating. They used a lot
of repetition and borrowed riffs to make their "unique" sound. While the rest of the rock world was hailing them as Gods
I was seeing them as they truly are, Exceptional musicians that should be taken in moderation.

Other bands I think are overrated:

Aerosmith: (too commercial, made for radio hair metal)

U2: (Excellent when they first came out, became too political and too into activism.)

Pearl Jam: (Worst band to ever spawn so many sound a like bands.)

John Cougar: (Twangy guitar, raspy voice, juvenile lyrics.)


I agree about Led Zeppelin. While I admire them for being trendsetters and unique, I just never could get into their music. It doesn't have that instant play quality to it, and even among classic rock standards (which gets overplayed anyway) they're WAY overrated.


Aerosmith seem more like a hard rock party band, with some metal influences. Their 1987-1993/'94 period was like a hair metal/classic rock mix, but it was polished enough to where, say a Bon Jovi or Def Leppard fan could've liked them.

Alot of people shun bands when they go pop or make ballads...pretty much anything that commercializes their sound (which happened in the '80s alot). Personally I like this because there's alot of bands I'd have never gotten into or probably even known if it wasn't for their poppier radio songs. In the early '90s MTV and even sometimes VH1 played their Permanent Vacation songs, which is how I became a fan of theirs (although I'm generally not into harder rock, that era appealed to me because of its pop influence).


John Cougar started off as a classic rocker just with a little '80s pop influence. "Hurts So Good" screams early MTV era. I think it's his Farm Aid-era stuff that falls more into the category you're talking about. He does seem to blur the line between country and classic rock now though, so I see what you mean. The last song he did that I liked was the "Wild Night" cover in 1994.

I'll probably get raked over the coals for saying this, but 'The Beatles'

I love the Beatles.  They were great, and they are legendary, but it always seems like everyone just says The Beatles are the greatest band ever without giving other bands a chance.  To me, The Beatles were just a band, no better than any other band.  They were all the same:  great bands with great songs

Forgot Journey

Never saw the appeal of them and Steve Perry sounds like if a donkey ate too much cheese :P

I actually think the Stones are HIGHLY overrated.

Celine and Whitney are certainly NOT overrated, either...........don't know how I missed them before. They're defintely popular, but critics hate their music, especially Celine's!

I think The Ramones are ovverrated. I understand their importance, but all their songs sound the same to me.

- Rush
- KISS
- Boston/Kansas (basically any band with a city/state/country as their name)
- Lynard Skynard (I'm freeee as a biiiird yeah...! oh please, shutup!)
- Meatloaf (with his 30 minute + ballads)
- Post 1980 Aerosmith (pre-1980 Aerosmith was awesome though)
- U2 (even if I do like them a bit)
- Styx (come sail away... come saaiil away! ugh!)


The Grateful Dead,
The Grateful Dead,
and
The Grateful Dead
I've only ever heard Touch of Grey played on radio here
& Casey Jones

And some later bands that are way overrated (I wont state the obvious... like rap, britney etc.)

- Radiohead (boooring)
- Nirvana (best band of the 90s? I don't think so)
- Nickelback (monotonous)
- Coldplay (also boring)
- Modern Metallica (post-1992)
- Oasis

I'll probably get raked over the coals for saying this, but 'The Beatles'

I love the Beatles.  They were great, and they are legendary, but it always seems like everyone just says The Beatles are the greatest band ever without giving other bands a chance.  To me, The Beatles were just a band, no better than any other band.  They were all the same:  great bands with great songs

Overrated?
Please listen again.
The melody and harmony are brilliant!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98BZDVmmTN4

And some later bands that are way overrated (I wont state the obvious... like rap, britney etc.)

- Radiohead (boooring)
- Nirvana (best band of the 90s? I don't think so)
- Nickelback (monotonous)
- Coldplay (also boring)
- Modern Metallica (post-1992)
- Oasis
Lets go over your list for ceratain artists that I can comment in:

Nickeleback-I don;t think anybody thinks their a great band they just fit todays radio format so well.

Nirvana-Uh maybe a little overrated I mean I think out of alll the grunge Soundgarden and Stone Temple Pilots material/songs has aged better than the rest of the other grunge bands material circa late 1991-1996 era.

Radiohead-Their own fans overrate them I think but they do have a few good songs I admit.

Coldplay-I agree their boring.

Oasis-I like them alot(their 1994-1997 songs anyway.)

Actually, Puffy or PDiddy or whatever he's calling himself sucks it also.
I don;t think anybody thinks P. Diddy(than called Puffy) is a great artist you can;t deny his influence(unfortantely in the hip-hop world) I mean he did pave the way for how commercial rap has gotten in the past 10 years when he was huge in 1997-mid 1998. I actually do think Puffy was as popular in 1997-mid 1998 as Britney Spears was 1999-2000.

I don;t think anybody thinks P. Diddy(than called Puffy) is a great artist you can;t deny his influence(unfortantely in the hip-hop world) I mean he did pave the way for how commercial rap has gotten in the past 10 years when he was huge in 1997-mid 1998. I actually do think Puffy was as popular in 1997-mid 1998 as Britney Spears was 1999-2000.
Honestly, I don't know how he paved the way for rap in the mainstream because I'm not really a fan of the genre.  I would think that honor goes to the Beastie Boys much earlier, or even Run DMC, earlier still.  Anyway, people like him enough to develope these deals for a fashion line, cologne and the like, and I CERTAINLY don't think he's worth all that hooha.

Lets go over your list for ceratain artists that I can comment in:

Nickeleback-I don;t think anybody thinks their a great band they just fit todays radio format so well.

Nirvana-Uh maybe a little overrated I mean I think out of alll the grunge Soundgarden and Stone Temple Pilots material/songs has aged better than the rest of the other grunge bands material circa late 1991-1996 era.

Radiohead-Their own fans overrate them I think but they do have a few good songs I admit.

Coldplay-I agree their boring.

Oasis-I like them alot(their 1994-1997 songs anyway.)
Just thought I'd point out that just because I consider a band "overrated" doesn't mean I don't like them. I have 3 Radiohead albums , 3 U2 albums, 3 Nirvana albums and 1 oasis album. So I do like these bands, but I just feel they're not as great as radio/TV/people consider them to be.

Just thought I'd point out that just because I consider a band "overrated" doesn't mean I don't like them. I have 3 Radiohead albums , 3 U2 albums, 3 Nirvana albums and 1 oasis album. So I do like these bands, but I just feel they're not as great as radio/TV/people consider them to be.
Good point.  I had mentioned the Stones earlier and while they have put out some great stuff, when I hear them called the "greatest rock and roll band of all time" it makes me roll my eyes  ::).

OK, since so many of my more preferred bands got raked over the coals, here's:

Hawk's Top 10 Overrated Artists Of All-Time

10. Led Zeppelin (The only thing I can give them is they took stuff that didn't really fit together & made it)
9. Poo Diddy (Need I expound?)
8. Lynyrd Skynyrd (I have 5 letters for these "exalted Southern rockers": ZZ Top)
7. Metallica (I have NEVER liked these yobs)
6. U2 (far too overplayed....just like Skynyrd)
5. Rolling Stones (c'mon, Keith....die, already!!!!)
4. The Doors (Jim Morrison was a tweaked freak, not a brooding genius)
3. Madonna (anything pre-"Blonde Ambition" qualifies as OK)
2. Brittney Spears (I'd smash her in a "Battle Of the Artists", anyday!)
AND! Hawk's Most Overrated Artist Of All-Time:
1. Whitney "Crack Ho" Houston

NB: The reflections of this Top 10 List is solely due to opinions of HTS, and has nothing to do with petty vengeance, in any form. We now return you to your regularly scheduled forum.

Man, there isn't enough space on this board for me to begin make a list....

Garth Brooks - great entertainer, but certainly not country, not by a long shot. He got out not a bit too soon.

The Eagles - maybe its just me, but I cannot relate to ego driven, coked-up, rock stars and their stories of delusion from days past. I don't feel any empathy for these rich egomaniacs, with too much drugs, girls or money. If I hear Hotel California just once more someone is gonna get hurt.

Oasis - VERY overrated. They've had they're moments, but comparing them to second coming of the Beatles (as some have) is asinine. Arrogance does not equal brilliance.

Gwen Stephani - Don't get it, the woman cannot sing and the songs are juvenile throwaway stuff made for Clear Channel programmers. Great for the masses, but no filling or substance, and no taste.

Dave Matthews Band - Something wrong here, theres talent, and good songwriting, but the overall sound, well just makes me want to switch the station when I hear it. I don't really know anyone (guys especially) that are, or is still a real fan, that bothers me, and I can't figure out why. I think they are some kind of semi evolved Hootie and the Blowfish and that frightens me...

Def Leppard
Journey (specifically and especially Steve Perry)
The Grateful Dead
Aerosmith
Barbara Streisand
Celine Dion
(Insert here) boy bands from the late 90's-00's.
Elton John (mid 80's-on)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (mid 90's-on)
The Cure (mid 90's-on)

Thats only a few that I can think of off the top of my head. More later...

Man, there isn't enough space on this board for me to begin make a list....

Garth Brooks - great entertainer, but certainly not country, not by a long shot. He got out not a bit too soon.

Amen to that!

If you want a better reason, I have a true story that involves him.
I saw 1sthand how that egomaniac treats people.

Just thought I'd point out that just because I consider a band "overrated" doesn't mean I don't like them. I have 3 Radiohead albums , 3 U2 albums, 3 Nirvana albums and 1 oasis album. So I do like these bands, but I just feel they're not as great as radio/TV/people consider them to be.


I'm a big Nirvana fan myself, although I don't hold them any higher on my favorites list than I do with other bands that I like(although I do have alot more from them than I do of other bands... That's just because alot of their stuff I like).

Talking Heads is another band I might consider ovverrated. Maybe they really are as good as everyone says they are, but they're really not my cup of tea. They just sound really pretentious and annoying to my ears. I still have 5 of thier albums though.............

The Who.  Blah.

Gee, the Who, Meat Loaf, Kansas.......

If anyone says The Tubes or Peter Gabriel, I may have to say something about that.

The Tubes

Heh, just kidding. I'd say they are vastly underrated. Difficult finding any of their songs/albums anywhere. And Peter Gabriel was the better singer for Genesis. Phil Coillins era is overrated.

^ I like Phil, lol. Then again I'm heavily into mainstreamized '80s pop/rock, so I guess that explains it.

I'll agree with The Who, although "You Better You Bet" is a good song. It was like they were trying to adapt themselves to the early MTV era, although still sounding classic rock. On the other side, "My Generation" was a good British Invasion rocker, but I never got into most of their stuff inbetween.

Agree with Radiohead

Though I like "Karma Police" & "Creep", they're far too artsy for my taste

Radiohead can be good but too much Radiohead will undoubtedly make you bored. When I'm in the mood I don't mind them but there's a lot of times that they're just too boring.

You know, there should be a thread about the "Most Underrated Bands".

There probably is, but I'm not spending the next hour searching.

There probably is, but I'm not spending the next hour searching.


I hear that.

No offense to fans of these bands, but I like to know that artist that's popular (whether if their good or bad), but you just can't stand... 

Also added three genres since I'm not fond of them...



10. emo

...liked it better when it was called alternative.

I know it's slightly different, though most of their influences are alternative bands like The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, and Green Day.

also would've added numetal, though thankfully is nolonger popular

9. Whitney Houston

...see Celine Dion, though I only can tolerate "I Want To Dance With Somebody"

8. Barry Manilow

...don't know anybody who listen to him and his music reek sweaty gym socks


7. country music

...enuff said

6. Celine Dion

...way too over the top and find her ballads cloying

5. Michael Jackson... I like a couple of his songs from the '80's & his days from The Jackson 5. This has nothing to do with the surrounding controversy, it's just the fact he's overhyped and haven't done any decent songs since the early 1990's.. Though have to say that he's a sicko... though that's what he's more known for now...  >:( :P

4.  Beach Boys... hear one song and you've already heard them all. Though "Good Viberations" is the only song I can tolerate

3. Britney Spears... why is she still famous since she hasn't had a hit song for a while

2. gangsta rap...though technically any rapper since 1993 (gangsta or not), though NWA made gangsta rap mainstream in 1989. Don't mind some songs from Public Enemy (though more 'political rap')  and "Nothing But A 'G' Thang" from Dr Dre. Most I've heard are about glamorizing violence/"thug" lifestyle and is just noise to my ear.

1. Madonna... I'll admit that I like a couple of her material from the '80's, but she tends to be "controversial" and try to grasp attention from the media she doesn't really need and follow trends rather being a trend setter she was about 25 years ago..



I agree with Celine Dion, she bores me to tears.

I also agree with the beach boys, though instead of Good Vibrations (which I can also tolerate) I truly do love "God Only Knows" and "Dont worry Baby".


One person I am not a fan of is Michael Bolton James Blunt.
The hype surrounding some bands is phenominal when you hear how bad their records are.

Not fond of Michael Bolton and James Blunt either

Another few bands I forgot to add were Linkin Park,Limp Biskit and Greenday, though I do like a few Greenday tracks generally to me they just keep sounding the same.

Theres an aussie band here called Thirsty Merc who have too much hype around them currently.

Another few bands I forgot to add were Linkin Park,Limp Biskit and Greenday, though I do like a few Greenday tracks generally to me they just keep sounding the same.

Theres an aussie band here called Thirsty Merc who have too much hype around them currently.


Thirsty Merc, lol..part of the reason I scoff at the 'rock' they play on the popular stations.

You could add groups like the Ramones, Pistols - most punk bands to that list. Most are recognised as being so influential more because of the image and attitude they presented rather than the quality of their music. I guess few really praise the Pistols on their music or their playing ability. I think alot of those current Radiohead rip-offs like Snow Patrol are totally overrated - their music is blander than a Mormon Church dance.

The Tubes

Heh, just kidding. I'd say they are vastly underrated. Difficult finding any of their songs/albums anywhere. And Peter Gabriel was the better singer for Genesis. Phil Coillins era is overrated.
The Phil Collins era of Genisis put out alot of 80's songs that are now classics. Phil will always will be hated on because of how mainstream and popular that Genesis got in the 80's.

Talking Heads is another band I might consider ovverrated. Maybe they really are as good as everyone says they are, but they're really not my cup of tea. They just sound really pretentious and annoying to my ears. I still have 5 of thier albums though.............
Yeah I don;t understand what the hoopla is about the Talking Heads I mean they don;t suck or anything but I don;t think they are a great band. I mean how many hit singles did they actually have?

Thirsty Merc, lol..part of the reason I scoff at the 'rock' they play on the popular stations.

You could add groups like the Ramones, Pistols - most punk bands to that list. Most are recognised as being so influential more because of the image and attitude they presented rather than the quality of their music. I guess few really praise the Pistols on their music or their playing ability. I think alot of those current Radiohead rip-offs like Snow Patrol are totally overrated - their music is blander than a Mormon Church dance.
Yeah I didn;t understand why a song like "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol became popular I mean its just boring than again I don;t understand how artists like T-Pain, Akon, or Nelly became popular in this decade but thats for another thread though.

The Phil Collins era of Genisis put out alot of 80's songs that are now classics. Phil will always will be hated on because of how mainstream and popular that Genesis got in the 80's.


I, for one, apreciate all 3 phases of Genesis:

Gabriel started it; Collins contined it; Wilson finished it.

All 3 vocalists have their merits.

Another few bands I forgot to add were Linkin Park,Limp Biskit and Greenday, though I do like a few Greenday tracks generally to me they just keep sounding the same.

Theres an aussie band here called Thirsty Merc who have too much hype around them currently.
I don;t think Green Day is overrated. As for Limp Bizkit who thinks they are a great band I mean they haven;t been popular since 2001 and I haven;t heard much about them in the past 6 years. A band like Limp Bizkit in the 2003+ music scene wouldn;t fit. I think Limp Bizkit was just a party band in the same vein as the hair metal band of the 80's. As far as Linkin Park who goes I don;t anybody thinks they are a great band but I don;t know how they even got popular.

Bands of the last 3 years:
The Killers
Snow Patrol's last effort
Arctic Monkeys (they're ok, but that "dancefloor" song was way overplayed, and not their best)
Franz Ferdinand

And a bunch of "emo" bands like My Chemical Romance, Panic!!!!! at the disco etc.

critics hate limp bizkit  ???. so do many, many, many, many, many non-critics.

who exactly is overrating them?

Yeah I didn;t understand why a song like "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol became popular I mean its just boring than again I don;t understand how artists like T-Pain, Akon, or Nelly became popular in this decade but thats for another thread though.


And the kids of today think Sinatra puts them to sleep!  ::)

Bands of the last 3 years:
The Killers
Snow Patrol's last effort
Arctic Monkeys (they're ok, but that "dancefloor" song was way overplayed, and not their best)
Franz Ferdinand

And a bunch of "emo" bands like My Chemical Romance, Panic!!!!! at the disco etc.
What has happened to Snow Patrol?