I dunno if I can honestly say any band is overrated, because what I like and dislike is just a matter of opinion. Obviously, if the band is well-known and well-liked, they must have done something right to appeal to so many people. :shrug:

Let me guess, you're butthurt because I think your favorite band svcks donkey balls?

My dad doesn't listen to them. Never played much music. I found some of their CDs in the attic one day, no clue who they were was just looking for new music, and thought it was baaaaaad.

Oh, I see the problem here, you're probably twelve years old.

No, actually my favorite band (or musician) would be Jimi Hendrix. I don't listen to pink floyd much, but I can at least appreciate what they do and listen to Gilmore's incredible playing. I suppose if you have a 30 second attention span and ears made of tin, they may not appeal to you.

I don't really undertsand this thinking. Most of the people out there who don't like Metallica have an issue with how heavy they are, and you're suggesting people would change their minds if they heard their thrashier stuff?

Anyway for the record I think the only thing more overrated than post-Cliff Metallica is Metallica with Cliff Burton. He wasn't a very good bassist and they weren't a very good band. They've written a couple of good tracks over the years (although Lars' drumming and James' voice ruined them - I've heard much better covers) but all their albums are flawed, even Ride the Lightning, which is the only one I'd actually want to listen to.

Roxette, Tina Turner, George Michael, Oasis, Pet Shop Boys, Bon Jovi, Tiesto, Aerosmith, Shakira, Keane, Demis Roussos, INXS, Enrique Iglesias, Backstreet Boys, Judas Priest, Christina Aguilera, Take That, Shakin Stevens, Madonna, Leonard Cohen, Tokio Hotel, Scooter, Ricky Martin, The Cheeky Girls, Ozzy Osbourne, Florence and the Machine, TLC, Switchfoot, Elton John, Scorpions, Katy Perry, Seal, Gwyneth Paltrow, Weezer, Brandon Flowers, Queen, Milli Vanilli, OutKast, Enya, ATB, Die Toten Hosen and a few others.

Metallica.
Eminem.
Guns N' Roses.
Nirvana.
U2.

I would include Bieber in this, but I think it's obvious that his fan-base is 99% made up of girls under 14, who aren't yet mature enough to appreciate music. Boyish good looks don't make a good artist.

Most bands who people view as overrated, are probably overrated. If we got a band who could play their instruments a little better, had a better rhythm, vocals etc then they would also be overrated after they became popular.

So it stands that any popular music (more than XX million people listen to them) is probably overrated because they are undermining a band that could be or was better (at which point if everyone started listening to "that band" they'd also become overrated, so it's essentially impossible to not be overrated unless you are not popular at all).

Take Metallica for instance, make Megadeth (popular as well obviously but not as mainstream) as popular/mainstream as Metallica and Megadeth become overrated. I think Slayer is overrated, but put Death in their place and Death becomes overrated as well. The same goes for songs from these bands. Put it on the radio, it becomes overrated (obviously) but don't put it on the radio and you'll probably like it a lot more than the song you heard on the radio (not always true of course, if you detest the band). Take a band you like that's popular (played on the radio) now choose your favorite song by them, it's probably not played on the radio at all or often.

Anyways to come to a conclusion from reading this thread..if a band is popular and isn't as good as another band who's in the same genre but isn't as popular, the former band is overrated.

LMAO :rofl:

Elvis
The Grateful Dead
Michael Jackson
Oasis
Lady GaGa

One of each decade.

I have to admit that The Grateful Dead's enduring popularity has been a real head-scratcher for me. Unlike some of those mentioned earlier, I can appreciate that their music is probably good, but their following seems to be beyond anything I can comprehend. Though maybe the latter point is the relevant one!

Oasis Quo are the other band I was trying to think of when I mentioned REM, U2 and Radiohead as Q's inevitable front cover material whether or not they'd actually done anything noteworthy. They're a very average rock band of the sort that were ten a penny in the 1970s so all this "best band in the world" nonsense is, well, nonsense.

I dunno, must be some stoner culture thing, I can't speak for all school, but the one I went to a few years back, most of the pot heads I met were obsessed with them. I didnt find much interest in their music/sound tbh :shrug:

Yes? It's the only way they're going to learn. Not all music has to sound great the first time you hear it. A lot of genres you have to learn to like over time.

None of the 'big four' of thrash metal are heavy at all. People who think they are just aren't that familiar enough with metal.

And who cares if albums like Ride the Lightning are flawed? It's still a great album. There are very few bands that make flawless albums to be honest.

I love Metallica. I would say they're highly underrated because everyone I have ever met (exception of g-ranger, thank God) has put me through the pretentious BS of letting me know they're a Metallica fan while adjusting their Peter Pan beanie, taking a sip of Pabst, and saying that "only Ride the Lightning was good". I'm all for musical opinion and whatnot, but if everyone I have ever met thinks this way, I would wager that they are underrated.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go listen to "Purify" and enjoy the crap out of it and plan a listen to my favorite Metallica album: Load.

Why does everyone have to like metal? Can you seriously not appreciate why a lot of people don't? I don't think it's just closed-mindedness, it's just that it's a genre that isn't for everyone...

I am familiar with metal, and I think Slayer are pretty [censored] heavy/brutal/whatever you want to call it. Especially on their more recent albums. And actually, I think Metallica were fairly heavy back in the day.

I'm not just saying that Ride the Lightning is flawed, I'm saying it's the best Metallica album and even then I still don't think it's very good.

EDIT: @IHaveAFatDog: Anecdotal evidence aside, Metallica are without doubt the biggest hard rock band (or metal band, depending on your view) in the world. Although I have to agree that I'm annoyed with all the people who talk about pre- and post-Metallica. I have an equal amount of disrespect for their entire career

Same with Green Day. I'm tired of people bringing up Nimrod when I say that Green Day svck. "Oh yeah, they svck now, but they were great back in the nineties". No. No they weren't.

Foals. I admit I've only heard one of their songs but it was just...dull. I like quite a lot of indie music but most recent indie stuff doesn't appeal to me at all. Also surprised at the amount of Lady Gaga hate in this thread, I'm sure she was quite popular in that thread about her a while back.

I listen to his music, but I dont label myself, hell I distance myself about listening to him, purely because people think the dude is a freak and anyone who listen to him is a goth. I get called goth for liking metal... Idiots.

Metal, yeah I dont think its overrated, I like it, but the whole violence crap pisses me off, most sing about fighting and [censored] and they probablly never won (or had) a fight in their life. Lots of things about metal annoy me, I cant watch music videos when looking for new bands, someimes I see [censored] like glowing red eyes or some [censored] and just facepalm and find a different band.

Anyway I like NIN but NIN are overrated.


Also beatles.

its funny because anytime anyone makes a thread about over rated bands, the beatles are referenced as being over-rated over any other bands.

think about it.
Everyone saying they're over rated in fact means that they arent rated that highly at all, now doesnt it.?

PS< not getting a genre or band because you were born in a differnt time or culture- or simply not liking a genre or band doesnt equate over-rated.

U2. About three good songs in 30+ years hardly merits their messianic treatment by Q, NME, Rolling Stone et al. It's not that they're even a bad band, just so... moribund.

I didn't say everyone had to like metal. I just said that the ones who already listen to songs like 'Enter Sandman' but not much else should explore not just Metallica's early work, but metal in general more. Even if they find a lot of it "too heavy" or unappealling at first.

You don't think Ride the Lightning is very good - that's your opinion. In my opinion, Slayer svck, and as far as bands intentionally going for that 'heavy/brutal' sound go, they're incredibly tame compared to a lot of Black metal and Death metal.

I'm not really a fan, but I have to admire their energy. A bunch of us went to a concert of theirs years ago: we turned up late so they were already playing. Some hours later we were wilting somewhat so we decided to go; they were still playing, and still going as strong as when we arrived. That's some feat of endurance.

I don't recall the exact length of the performance but it was by far the longest I've seen any band play.

These forums != everyone.

To be honest I think a lot of black metal sounds tame compared to Slayer, even now. In any case, you have to look in context. In their time, Slayer were one of the heaviest and fastest bands in the world.

But none of this has anything to do with the point I was originally making, which is that "Oh but try their early albums" is a crappy defence of Metallica.

applying your logic hare, so bear with me
These forums = the only place anyone has ever made a thread about the most over-rated band

Nonsense. Slayer sound like pop-rock after listening to a lot of black metal. And meh... even in their time there were plenty of metal bands, particularly from the mid 80s onwards, who were heavier / faster / more agressive and extreme than Slayer.

I would say Slayer were just the heaviest and fastest bands in the world (at that time) to reach mainstream popularity.

I've been foiled!