Overrated Bands

[crash0814]

Who do you think is totally overrated? My picks: U2 and R.E.M.

[executioneer]

the Pixies :o

-willie

[crash0814]

Hilarious.

[executioneer]

I'm being serious. Tons of people on this board like them, and I have no idea why

-willie

[Ninjavenom]

SLAYER.

[crash0814]

Because they're innovative and talented. And Slayer is not overrated.

[Protoclown]

Alice in Chains

I have tried and tried to give this band a chance, but every single one of their songs sounds exactly the fucking same to me. And it's a really boring recurring song.

Yet I know so many people who rave about them like they're the greatest thing since sliced bread. I could never understand why.

[crash0814]

Originally Posted by Protoclown

Alice in Chains

I have tried and tried to give this band a chance, but every single one of their songs sounds exactly the fucking same to me. And it's a really boring recurring song.

Yet I know so many people who rave about them like they're the greatest thing since sliced bread. I could never understand why.

I have to say I agree. Rooster was pretty cool though.

[Ninjavenom]

I seriously tried to like Slayer, but it didn't work. They're overproduced, the vocals are far too clean and present, the subject matter is more tame than the fans think it to be, and i've never heard them bust out any sort of impressive solo or blast beat in any song i've listened to, not even the solo in Reign in Blood, or Raining Blood, or whichever it is. They're a thrash band that shouldn't have been nearly as influential or accessible as they were, and they're gonna stay that way in my book until i hear them live up to the legend that others make them out to be. They weren't the only thrash band around in the early eighties, and they certainly weren't the fastest. Why have Slayer when you can have the other three in the pile? Speak English or Die! was released a mere two years after Slayer's first album, and S.O.D. managed to one-up anything i've ever heard Slayer do.

[crash0814]

You can't dislike a band just because they have a slick production.

[Dole]

Man...where to start:
Depeche Mode
OMD
Oasis
Blur
The Music
US
REM
Pearl Jam
Bush
At The Drive-in (I saw this lot live just as they were being really hyped- and they were the most pretentious, condescending crock of shit I have ever seen)
Coldplay
Travis
manic Street Preachers

...these are just off the top of my head. I could spend all day on this.

Ninjavenom:I know its down to personal taste, but I dont know how you can say Reign In Blood doesnt have any decent blast beats (or solos for that matter) on it....the drumming on that album is fucking superb, a real mix of hardcore/metal drumming that is unsurpassed in my opinion. That album still sounds fucking mentalist 17 years after it came out.

[executioneer]

Innovative and talented bands can still be overrated

-willie

[Ninjavenom]

You can't dislike a band just because they have a slick production.


Sure you can. Thrash isn't the same without that crusty edge to it. Polished, shiny thrash metal isn't the same as dirty, grungy, shredding thrash, the way it's supposed to be played.

As for decent blast beating on Reign In Blood, it may have just been the tracks that i heard from the album, but what i did listen to, i didn't care for very much. The way i see it, they just don't have anything to offer me that i can't get from some other thrash bands. All the tracks i heard just bored me, really.

[soundtest]

Pearl Jam
Tool
Korn

[Dole]

Ninjavenom: I am afraid disagreeing with me leaves you no other option than to kill yourself. First hang your head in shame, then just hang your head:

[Mockery]

Originally Posted by Protoclown

Alice in Chains

I'm not saying they're the best band ever, but how anybody can not like that band is beyond me. They were so fucking good...

[crash0814]

You can't not like a band because of a bad production.

[sloth]

Nirvana
Dashboard Confessional
Cannibal Corpse

[distance]

kiss
the rolling stones

[Protoclown]

I just can't get interested in Alice in Chains. I'm not saying they're bad, but I personally find them boring.

[whoreable]

Is it just me or do most of these new bands like creed, godsmack, and all those other gay bands sound exactly like alice in chains ripoffs?

[The One and Only...]

Slipknot, Korn i.e. nu-metal superstars
Nirvana
Metallica
In Flames i.e. various gothenburgers
Sex Pistols
Beastie Boys

[punkgrrrlie10]

U2
Creed

[kellychaos]

Originally Posted by executioneer

Innovative and talented bands can still be overrated

-willie

That's kind of what I'd been thinking the whole thread. In other words, how does one even define the term "overrated" ... the fact that the person giving the overrating doesn't like that style while maybe still conceding that the band is talented?

Case in point: The guy who had both Kiss and the Rolling Stones on his overrated list. How could you even put those two bands on the same list? The Stones have an archive of hits in the dozens, tons of budding musicians who still site them as an influence after 30 plus years in the biz and millions of fans that still continue to listen to their music. They must be doing something right. Kiss is a poser band that have always been about image and album sales as evidenced by their sellout behavior, particularly in the past 10 years or so.

Some bands, like U2 and R.E.M. start out great and seem to "blow their wad" early. I still think that "Fables Of The Reconstruction" is R.E.M.'s best album and that "War" is still U2's best album.

[Rongi]

All Nu-metal
Oasis
Kid Rock ( I hate him so much )
Most rap ( I will agree that there is such thing as "good rap" )
The Sex Pistols
The Who
Nirvana
Metallica ( Well, I will admit that I like some of their stuff, but over all I hate them )
Evanesence ( sp? )
Most pop ( again, there is such thing as "good pop" )
Mr. Bungle
Kiss
Black Sabbath ( well, later sabbath )
Ozzy Osbourne
Dimmu Boiger
Children Of Bodom
Cradle Of Filth
Jag Panzer ( I'm going to get flamed for saying that )
Radiohead ( I hate to admit it, but they are )
Pink Floyd

And probably a lot more.