Most overrated bands/performers

[QYFW]

Not starting this to **** off anyone. Really, I'm not. Anyway, the concert thread got me thinking. I realize we've probably done numerous versions of this thread, but I don't care. I need something other than the Trump thread to click on.

I'll start:
1) KISS -- AC/DC has been playing the same song for decades. But it's a good song. Pretty much every KISS song sounds roughly the same and they all suck.
2) Springsteen -- Not trying to tweak; I just never got it. I listen to his songs and they leave me indifferent. Still waiting for the religious experience.
3) U2 -- Good band. Not a great one. Doesn't live up to the hype, IMO.

 

[Starman]

Not starting this to **** off anyone. Really, I'm not.

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLL

 

[Jake_Taylor]

Not Weezer

 

[Buck]

Despite being a proud son of NJ, I have never been a Springsteen fan.
But I like KISS and U2.

I don't get the appeal of Pearl Jam. I've just never liked them.

All of the nostalgia around pop/hair/glam metal is weird to me.
You were just a kid when it was popular; it is alright, as an adult, to admit that White Snake, Crue, Cinderella, Def Leppard and a million others made bad music.
Really, it's ok. Confession is good for the soul. It does not render your youth or the joy you felt meaningless.

 

[MisterCreosote]

Most Def Leppard stuff is ****ing terrible.

But Cinderella made some damn good music. I've said here before Coming Home is the best song of the entire glam era.

 

[QYFW]

Pearl Jam is similar to U2 for me. I like a handful of their songs, but I won't seek out their music.

 

[QYFW]

Most Def Leppard stuff is ****ing terrible.

But Cinderella made some damn good music. I've said here before Coming Home is the best song of the entire glam era.

Cinderella really was never rated to begin with. But I really like "Night Songs." It helped that the album was popular right as I entered my rebellious teen phase.

 

[cranberry]

Not starting this to **** off anyone. Really, I'm not. Anyway, the concert thread got me thinking. I realize we've probably done numerous versions of this thread, but I don't care. I need something other than the Trump thread to click on.

I'll start:
1) KISS -- AC/DC has been playing the same song for decades. But it's a good song. Pretty much every KISS song sounds roughly the same and they all suck.
2) Springsteen -- Not trying to tweak; I just never got it. I listen to his songs and they leave me indifferent. Still waiting for the religious experience.
3) U2 -- Good band. Not a great one. Doesn't live up to the hype, IMO.

I'm not sure Springsteen and U2 would be Nos. 2-3 on my list but I agree they are overrated. KISS and AC/DC would definitely be at the very top, though.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Despite being a proud son of NJ, I have never been a Springsteen fan.
But I like KISS and U2.

I don't get the appeal of Pearl Jam. I've just never liked them.

All of the nostalgia around pop/hair/glam metal is weird to me.
You were just a kid when it was popular; it is alright, as an adult, to admit that White Snake, Crue, Cinderella, Def Leppard and a million others made bad music.
Really, it's ok. Confession is good for the soul. It does not render your youth or the joy you felt meaningless.

The boy band nostalgia among women is idiotic, too.

(Note: I think Cinderella was a step above the others.)

 

[Dick Whitman]

I'm not sure Springsteen and U2 would be Nos. 2-3 on my list but I agree they are overrated. KISS and AC/DC would definitely be at the very top, though.

AC/DC is underrated, if anything.

 

[QYFW]

AC/DC is underrated, if anything.

I loved AC/DC as a kid. Much more partial to the Bon Scott-era albums, though, when I listen nowadays.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I loved AC/DC as a kid. Much more partial to the Bon Scott-era albums, though, when I listen nowadays.

I was actually coming back to clarify Bon Scott AC/DC.

 

[MisterCreosote]

Bon Scott's AC/DC is underrated.

Brian Williams' AC/DC is way, way overrated.

U2 has been kinda living off The Joshua Tree for a long time. All-time great album followed by a lot of good, not great, stuff.

 

[QYFW]

Bon Scott's AC/DC is underrated.

Brian Williams' AC/DC is way, way overrated.

U2 has been kinda living off The Joshua Tree for a long time. All-time great album followed by a lot of good, not great, stuff.

I don't care what he said, he was never in the band!

 

[Dick Whitman]

Bon Scott's AC/DC is underrated.

Brian Williams' AC/DC is way, way overrated.

U2 has been kinda living off The Joshua Tree for a long time. All-time great album followed by a lot of good, not great, stuff.

Disagree on U2. But that's OK.

 

[Chef2]

Def Leppard pre-1987 and post 1992. Absolutely wore out Hysteria and Adrenalize.
I will agree to a point on Pearl Jam. They have a small handful of songs I'll listen to if they're on (Corduroy, Dissident, Evenflow, Alive)

 

[QYFW]

Def Leppard was unlistenable after Pyromania.

 

[Chef2]

IMHO:
I'll take Sex Pistols (I just don't get it.)
Boston ( A couple of songs off their first album, and that's it.)
Green Day (Billie Jo Armstrong is the biggest tool in a band full of them.)

 

[Chef2]

Def Leppard was unlistenable after Pyromania.

Rubbish.
1 handed Def Leppard >>>>> 2 handed Def Leppard.

 

[cjericho]

I don't care what he said, he was never in the band!

He was. Then he changed his name to Bison Dele.