10 Most Overated Rock bands / Performers

bigmuzz · February 2007

people who say they only like 'Creep' by Radiohead are as bad as the people who say they only like 'Black' or 'Jeremy' by Pearl Jam....

fucking annoying and ignorant.

i'm not saying radiohead are perfect, (i HATE kid a and amnesiac with a passion!!!), and i do agree that they are pverrated by the critics/press/whatever, but the bends, ok computer and hail to the thief were all great albums, and itd be easy to find at least 1 track on these that you'd like more than creep.

but we're all entitled to our opinions

most of the bands on these lists are my favourites of all time (pink floyd, led zep, beatles, neil young, coldplay, RHCP, radiohead, etc etc etc) but i can see how some peopla may think they are very overrated.

that's not to say that they are BAD, just that they are OVERHYPED

anyway,
/endrant

fuck · February 2007

TOOL, fucking overrated like hell.

Also, I can't believe Rush is on your list too. That's just insane. Every member from Rush is unbelievably talented. terrific band.

Pearl Jam and toast · February 2007

radiohead getting "unquestioned ass kissing" ? You gotta be fucking kidding me. 3/4 people seem to absolutely hate them. at least.

fuck · February 2007

Pearl Jam and toast wrote:

radiohead getting "unquestioned ass kissing" ? You gotta be fucking kidding me. 3/4 people seem to absolutely hate them. at least.

seriously. all I've seen is people talking about them being overrated in this thread, with the exception of a couple that actually say they like them. makes no sense.

ii44 · February 2007

locked wrote:

IMO:
in order of outrageously excessive amount of praise:

06: Bruce Springsteen
(see comments above)

01: Nirvana
(bring it on folks ...but Kurt Cobain is not the voice of a generation... I think the Foo Fighters have produced better music than anything he put together before Courtney had him .. well.. you decide.. )

DIE! DIE! DIE!

parel jam · February 2007

ii44 wrote:

DIE! DIE! DIE!

Hey, act normal...

I forgot 3 Doors Down - really overrated band.

searchlightsoul · February 2007

Honestly haven't listened to much Radiohead so I can't comment but Creep is a really average song. But Soundgarden is one of the most underated post-70's bands, maybe not around here- but Pearl jam was a Seatle Scene band so what do you expect. Musically there is nothing overated about them.
I can agree with U2 who have been releasing the same stuff for a while now and have always had intense radio support.

sasoj · February 2007

killers, kaiser chiefs, my chemichal romance, pavement, jesus and mary chain

sasoj · February 2007

franz ferdinand...

A Surprise Left · February 2007

Every new rock band that comes out of Britian that is hailed as the new saviour of rock, when in effect they are just another average rock band. Speaking of Radiohead they are a are a very, very good band but the critics are up their ass. That point is indisputable.

SweetHarmonics · February 2007

the reason Amnesiac sounds like Kid A pt. 2 is because those songs were all recorded during the same sessions

As far as the albums go, the first three songs on Kid A are golden then it starts getting too experimental for some people's tastes. Also, tracks 1-6 on OK Computer could be considered the best opening half of any album ever produced.

I celebrate their whole catalog.

Pearl Jam and toast · February 2007

SweetHarmonics wrote:

the reason Amnesiac sounds like Kid A pt. 2 is because those songs were all recorded during the same sessions

As far as the albums go, the first three songs on Kid A are golden then it starts getting too experimental for some people's tastes. Also, tracks 1-6 on OK Computer could be considered the best opening half of any album ever produced.

I celebrate their whole catalog.

yesyesyesyesyes

Don't forget about them being one of the best live bands to ever take the stage.

Gossard_Is_God · February 2007

Dercheef wrote:

Sure RHCP are overrated as fuck but Radiohead? Are you fucking kidding me? You can't be serious....

Radiohead suck the big one

nocode23 · February 2007

I think this thread is overated.

concretepillow · February 2007

nocode23 wrote:

I think this thread is overated.

Lol!

1STmammal2wearPants · February 2007

van halen.

i don't agree with radiohead or the beatles however. radiohead is makin good music out there in the days of pop radio, clearchannel garbage.

mattosborne · February 2007

If Led Zeppelin is overated folks, then everybody in music is.

soulsinging · February 2007

Pearl Jam and toast wrote:

radiohead getting "unquestioned ass kissing" ? You gotta be fucking kidding me. 3/4 people seem to absolutely hate them. at least.

read any magazine from the last 10 years. like i said, thom could take a piss on a magazine and radiohead's mindless devotees and the music press would tell us all it's the greatest music ever composed. that's the definitions of over-rated. they're a great band and have done some amazing things, but they are not perfect and have turned out some truly shitty songs and one really crappy album (amnesiac).

soulsinging · February 2007

SweetHarmonics wrote:

the reason Amnesiac sounds like Kid A pt. 2 is because those songs were all recorded during the same sessions

As far as the albums go, the first three songs on Kid A are golden then it starts getting too experimental for some people's tastes. Also, tracks 1-6 on OK Computer could be considered the best opening half of any album ever produced.

I celebrate their whole catalog.

im aware of this, and ive maintained that radiohead could have made one amazing album between those 2, and one very interesting b-sides album (that they could have thrown some great hard to find early tracks on there too, a la lost dogs). but they decided to indulge thom yorke's ego and let him release it as two very uneven albums becos he's bought his own hype.

soulsinging · February 2007

searchlightsoul wrote:

Honestly haven't listened to much Radiohead so I can't comment but Creep is a really average song. But Soundgarden is one of the most underated post-70's bands, maybe not around here- but Pearl jam was a Seatle Scene band so what do you expect. Musically there is nothing overated about them.
I can agree with U2 who have been releasing the same stuff for a while now and have always had intense radio support.

shit, i forgot to add soundgarden to my over-rated list. at least around here.

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