Most overrated rock artists of all time?

overrated band?

  • Pink Floyd

    Votes: 3 5.7%

  • Blink 182

    Votes: 13 24.5%

  • Rolling Stones

    Votes: 1 1.9%

  • Rush

    Votes: 4 7.5%

  • Tool

    Votes: 1 1.9%

  • Led Zeppelin

    Votes: 4 7.5%

  • U2

    Votes: 16 30.2%

  • The Beatles

    Votes: 5 9.4%

  • Oasis

    Votes: 6 11.3%
  • Total voters
    53
Tiny Tim

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:heheh: Hilarious. Every major artist has gotten a mention. Of course as a music aficionado, I actually like it when people hate a band I live. I sort of reinforces the superiority of my tastes.:heybaby:
 
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Tattoo'd Lady said:
i never implied you weren't a zappa fan. im just saying that zappa was already on track doing very innovative things at the time and IMO i believe he would have very soon do the things that the beatles have, the beatles just got to these advancements first, not that they were so groundbreaking that no one else would have ever done it. i believe that detail is very important.

for the record im mainly talking about later day beatles, i generally have no problem with early beatles, and i think their first few albums are pretty good. after that i think they receive far too much praise for the things they when did many artists at the same time were on the same track and the music they made is nowhere near deserving all of the praise and hype they've received over the last 40 years
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There is a great deal to be appreciated within the classics, but like you, there is just some things I cannot tolerate. It's all in articulating why. That's the only fun part of what you don't like.


 
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Tiny Tim said:
:heheh: Hilarious. Every major artist has gotten a mention. Of course as a music aficionado, I actually like it when people hate a band I live. I sort of reinforces the superiority of my tastes.:heybaby:
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Hey here, I hope you live up to the taste in music that your username inspires :):):cheers:
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Led Zeppelin most definitely, AC/DC (who I used to be a massive fan of a few years back but then realised all of their songs are pretty much the same, I don't hate them but don't listen to them anywhere near as much now), Nirvana, U2, The Beatles to an extent although I can see why and I am still a big fan.
 
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Tattoo'd Lady said:
what do you mean by big leagues? successful artists that sell a lot of records? sorry just because you sell thousands of albums doesn't make you great, imo.

she is definitely in the big leagues because of her large fan base and being named as a big influence by many artists. Add that to her great lyrics and her superb music and i don't get how she doesn't qualify for these so called "big leagues"

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Every artist has a fan base, even if they dont make a recording, they have people who like to hear their music.

Big leagues means you sell a lot of your product, you get money, you gain power and influence. That is power in the music industry. Actually that is power in any of the entertainment industries. Joni doesn't possess that power, but I can tell you who does........people like Gene Simmons, Robert Plant, Steven Tyler, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Jeff Beck, Eddie Vedder (this list is huge)......they have made the "big Leagues" :D
 
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The Beatles (don’t be mad at me, I like them, but they are the most overrated band ever, IMO :D)

There are also bands and artists who were very good years ago but who are still making money these days based on their past, and with a huge marketing machinery behind them, although now their musical performance is very low. The so-called living legends:

Rolling Stones
Ac/Dc
U2
Ozzy
Kiss
Metallica
Aerosmith

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate these bands, I am a huge Metallica and Ozzy fan, but I respect them for their past good work and not for the crappy music that they are making and selling us now.

And another kind of overrated bands, the usual super hyped kind like:

Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Radiohead
Coldplay
Muse
Nickelback
Limp Bizkit
 
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