Most Over-rated Rock Band? [View All]

[CanuckAmok]

This has nothing to do with quality; this is about the dreaded praise:worthiness ratio.

Led Zeppelin. One of the best debut albums ever, but rock stardom and obsession with adolescent occultism made them LAME by album #4.

The Velvet Underground. Proof positive that being a junkie and/or a homosexual does not necessarily make you an artist. Surviving members should be hunted-down before they are allowed to record again. Possibly the first "boy band"?

The Rolling Stones. Pasty white British art-college boys "reinterpreting" black American blues. And not always well. Anyone who's heard any live performance before they became a Vagas-esque spectacle can attest to the fact that they're really just not very good.

REM. Don't get me started...

U2. How one sustained, overprocessed note can be defined as a whole new, groundbreaking guitar style is beyond me. And Bono Vox actually believes the Messianic hype around his persona. Admittedly, they take tough stands on controvertial topics like "war" and "hunger". Imagine how divisive our society would be without four mediocre Irishmen to show us the way to groupie-laden enlightenment!

Oasis. In case you forgot who they are, they're the best group since the Beatles. Maybe ever. I know, I know... I'd forgotten about them, too.

The Tragically Hip. Assuming you don't live in Canada, I'll explain the cultural phenomenon of the Tragically Hip. They're a third-rate bar-band, fronted by a self-proclaimed poet. They managed to "rock hard" at the exact time the CanCon laws created an absence of officially "Canadian" bands who "rock hard". The Hip exist because Canadian rock starions can't play Foghat and Molly Hatchet more than twice per hour. They're the musical equivalent of when the Zamboni comes out and cleans the ice.

The Doors. Do I need to explain this? No. No I do not.

Pearl Jam. See "The Tragically Hip" except with no legislated reasoning. Probably having someone in the band wear a fucking stupid knitted hat in their first video didn't hurt. It sure worked for the Spin Doctors. What, exactly, is a "recess lady", anyway? Is it a teacher? If so, why not just say "teacher"? Hacks. Kneeling and introspectively squinting while guttarally mumbling into a microphone does not make one a prophet. Even if one is banging Shannon Doherty.