Most Underrated/Overrated Bands

And whoever said Dark New Day was underrated, if you didn't hear they broke up. (not that that fact excludes them from the list, just saying is all)

 

Speaking of bands that are broken up... Earshot was a pretty good band that deserve a listen.

 

LMAO, Blink-182 was NEVER Emo

 

How so? They sure as hell aren't punk rock anymore...

 

What is your definition of emo?

They aren't anything anymore. They broke up a couple years ago. But they were never emo.

In their prime they were punk/rock/pop, never emo.

 

Maybe he is talking about Boxcar Racer or Angels and Airwaves?

 

Or +44???

None which are emo IMO.

Everyone has there own opinions though.

 

Dang.... Guess you're hanging out with all the wrong people then!

Zeppelin and Alice in Chains are 2 of the most influential bands and some of the greatest musicians of our times! Can't believe anyone would diss either... But you know what they say about opinions.

 

I don't get Zep either, so I am with UT on this one.

Can I inlude Pink Floyd in my over list? Maybe they are right where they should be, I am just not a fan.

 

Underrated: Thin lizzy, michael schenker group, ufo, roy buchanon, paul dianno

overrated: Just about anything on mtv, bruce dickinson

 

where have you been bro?

 

Dickinson overrated.....are you kidding me

 

Who the hell is Dickinson?

 

Underated: The guy that did the Peanuts song
Overrated: Metal/Hardcore/Yelling Music

 

Still cant understand why Nirvana is overrated? If bands that start a new music trend and almost single handedly kill the previous one (Hair Metal) are overrated than so be it.

I hate the Beatles music but I would never consider them overrated...

 

I have seen best of guitarist lists that list cobain in the top 10 and lyricist lists that also list him in the top ten.

I'd say overrated for sure.

 

So... because the dude got recognition his band is overrated? IMO all these alt rock bands today *cough* Shinedown *cough* owe a little to that band.

They're not even my fav band but I still dont think they're overrated.

I always thought TOOL and R.A.T.M (my fav band) were vastly underrated.

 

No because he gets that much recognition. Come on man one of the greatest guitarist or lyricists? Lets get real here. He started a trend, a trend that I think is reasonable to say is not around very much these days. Not even the genre he created is around that much IMO.

 

Listen to "Tea for One" on Presence, and youll get it.

 

Yessssss... another SP fan!

 

Huge Smashing Pumpkins fan here too.

 

Good choices.

 

I love Siamese Dream, Mellon Collie and Adore the most. I could do without Gish and Machina 1 and 2, but they were alright. the weight those three consecutive albums though, to me, should be up there with the greatest albums ever made.

 

You know, I really loved Nirvana but they were over-rated. Grunge in general wasn't that big a change in music as it was style. By todays standards they would all just be hard rock... Which I agree with. So they chose sweaters, baggy shorts and combat boots over leather pants and blonde hair, who cares... If you rock you rock! Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and Nirvana were the biggest influences on todays music from the Seattle grunge scene. Just look at Puddle of Mudd (Nirvana ripoff), Seether (better at emmulating Nirvana rather then trying to copy), AudioSlave (Chris Cornell in general has a HUGE influence today), TOOL (heavily influenced by AIC and VERY over-rated themselves), and the list goes on.

Agreed that Metallica is a HUGE influence but hasn't had anything good since the Black album. Load and Reload were EXACTLY that... I'm also happy that REAL singers and guitar solo's are coming back in.

 

Agreed.

 

Love Rage!

 

We need RATM now more than ever.

 

and public enemy.....

 

and New Kids on the Block.

 

freudian slip ftw....

 

Bro...they all survived. And grunge has died.

Do a google search for Rocklahoma.

 

Not knocking AIC, but TOOL was in no way influenced by them.

 

I guess if you consider being a vegtable on life-support "surviving" than yes, all those bands survived.

 

Define survived? 80's music, and 80's mainstream rock music, especially, was abysmal. The whole "grunge revolution" knocked all those crappy bands off the covers of rock magazines, EmpTV, and mainstream radio once and for all. And they haven't returned, other than in reality tv shows.

You're from NY. Before Nirvana hit, we didn't even have a modern rock station. It was just K-Rock playing classic rock, and Z-100 playing all the hair band crap alongside Paula Abdul and New Kids on The Block.

 

Hmm...let's see, Underrated: I agree w/ the Thin Lizzie, Dream Theater and Faith No More noms, all had excellent musicians/lyricists but never really had any widespread acclaim or following. There are others, but I'm going to stick to artists that haven't been stated yet.

The first I would add (and to broaden this thread from it's rock dirge ) is Bobby McFerrin. Yes, the 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' and Ocean Spray commercial guy. If you don't believe me, but that's all you know him for- congratulations; you just proved my point.

Just a little something of what he's capable of:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=codmxk7uLv8&feature=related

Another underrated guy: Phil Keaggy. One of the greatest guitar players I've ever heard. His band, Glass Harp, was pretty bad back in tha day. Check 'em out.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=oJgdNCYt_tA

And I can't say enough about the Funk Bros. They were the Motown studio musicians, and the rhythm section in particular was vastly underrated. Go listen to 'For Once in My Life' by Stevie Wonder or Marvin Gaye's 'What's Goin' On?' and listen real hard to the drum and bass. You'll find you were missing a lot. Or better yet, go buy (or rent, cuz your cheap ) the Standing in the Shadows of Motown DVD. It'll be worth it. Also, King Crimson, Primus and any other incarnation of Les Claypool's qualify IMO.


As far as overrated goes, well, I'll start off by saying Tool, and that's only b/c soooo many here think they are underrated when they aren't. They get tons of airplay, record sales and have a rather large following. That doesn't qualify as underrated; sorry. Who else can I piss off???

Lets see, Bon Jovi, Metallica, Led Zep (I do feel they are a tad overrated, even though I like them), about 75% of the modern airwave rock, Limp Biz, most of the post 80's punk scene, Black Eyed Peas, Y(o)ung * (fill in the blank), Ja Rule, Jennifer Lopez...I could really go on and on...but I won't. There's just far too many overrated artists (if you could call them that) to name specifically. But this is a good start.

 

Every one of those bands you mentioned right now is touring successfully. Motley Crue's new album hit the US charts at #4. Iron Maiden is on a world tour that is selling out arenas.

Even though I hate it, friends of mine in Cali are telling me that the glam scene is starting up again out there.

Sounds like surviving to me.

Can I ask you a question? What world are you living in? 80's music was abysmal? Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Rush, Megadeth, DIO, Slayer, Metallica, etc. etc. were abysmal???

There was more musical talent in those bands I mentioned than in the entire grunge genre.

As for mainstream rock music, who gives a rat's *** about mainstream rock music? Mainstream music is for the casual listener.

If you think they haven't returned, like I said above. They're all out there successfully touring. Maybe you should stop looking at MTV and listening to mainstream radio.

It's being successful in the underground again, just like it did in '79 before it swelled to where it became too bloated for it's own good.

Where are the grunge bands?

Again...no metal fan gives a rat's *** about radio.

When have you EVER heard Iron Maiden on the radio? They just sold out Madison Square Garden. They don't need radio. Metal never has needed radio.

True rock doesn't need radio. It gains it's popularity from word of mouth.

 

I wholeheartedly agree.

 

AMEN brotha!

 

And no metal fan gives a rat's *** about Motley Crue, Warrant, Cinderella, Winger, Poison, and all those other crappy 80's mainstream craptastic hair bands. Don't bring me Iron Maiden and Dio when I wasn't talking about them. Grunge didn't knock them off the map, I never suggested they did.

Hair Metal was not Metal.

80's music, by and large was terrible. You brought up all my favorite exceptions to that rule.

"Grunge" bands.
Nirvana- Cobain's dead. Foo Fighters are more successful right now than all those hair bands put together.

Pearl Jam - Just sold out back to back nights at MSG.

Soundgarden - Broke upl. Chris Cornell with Audioslave was more popular and successful than any of those hair bands still touring.

AIC - Layne Staley is dead.

And I'd also give credit to bands like STP, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, TOOL, for breaking into mainstream radio on the backs of "grunge." And helping to put the nail in hair metal's pink coffin. Those four are either still together, or just reunited.

 

Just took some time off before the season starts again. There are only so many posts about Jason Taylor I could read