Yuck, I hate Eric Clapton's music too!
Re: Beach Boys... Brian Wilson, Pet Sounds...brilliant album.

This is a tough topic beacause your typical person will mistake this topic for bands he/she doesn't like. Bands that after one listening don't sound good, so throw in the towel. In other words, if it isn't in his/her record collection, the band is overrated.

I look at this topic from a more openminded view. The way I see it, even if I dislike the band or artist, if they made a significant impact on music, then they are not overrated.

I see that the Grateful Dead was listed by a couple of you. And as always, the same cliche drug references popped up. Sure the Dead did use drugs and hippies followed them blah blah blah. But what they did for music and the music community was something like no other. They created a sound, style, and a following that is truly theirs. This was all done with no help from MTV and little radio play. The countless jamband acts of today are only here b/c of the Dead. The millions of people that would follow them across the US for 30+ years proves to me that they were only overrated in the eyes of mainstream America- an audience the Dead didn't focus on.

Nirvana is another one. I've heard all the anti Nirvana arguments. "They only play 3 chords, Kurt can't sing, Kurt can't solo, Pearl Jam is more talented, blah blah blah". The point of the matter is that no other band of the 1990's shaped music as Nirvana PERIOD. Like them or hate them, they conquered music with a force that blew every band around away. Simplistic as they were, the lyrics and melodies will influnence listeners for a long time. To this day, Nirvana is STILL the most popular band from the Pacific Northwest in the last 25 years.

And I have no idea why Zeppelin was listed...now that is just stupid!!

Ok here are mine...

1.)KISS...more of a spectacle then a band. They left an impact on stage shows and stage presence, but not on music. Try to name 5 songs (does not apply to KISS Army members).

2.)Pearl Jam...oooohh I bet this strikes a nerve with you. Look, I like these guys, but besides for the first 2 possibly 3 albums, they have done nothing for music. They are a good band, but will always be in the shadow of Nirvana in terms of the early 1990's. Serioulsy, what have they done to leave an imapact on shaping the sound of music in the last 10 years?

3.) U2...ok another one that many of you will contest. War and Joshua Tree are classics, but what else is? These guys have to have the best marketing scheme ever, b/c something is up on why people feel these guys are legendary. Every 2 or 3 years these guys come up with some catchy jingle that 30 year old women fall in love with and $100 seats get eaten up like chicken at a whitetrash buffet. If they would have hung it up 10-15 years ago, then they would be a legendary band.

4.) Yardbirds...yes I know all of the guitar talent that came through this band. But can your typical person name 3 songs by them or the name of an album. This band lives off of the fame of who was in it rather than what was accomplished. If Clapton, Page ,or Beck would have never ammounted to anything, this band would never have been heard of.

5.) LL Cool J...this guy amazes me. People act like he is this almighty poet on the mic, but what impact has he left to rap? Back in the day, he has an album named Radio, which was solid. Since it's release in 1985, he has only made sell out songs for people who know nothing about music. His popularity comes from his body, lips, and MTVfriendly melodies.


Should I go on....lol

for fucks sake someone listed the beatles...are you a moron...sorry they make the contribution of say a joy division or some other asshole music nazi shit i see on here posted by pure pretention, but the fucking beatles

yeah the Beatles, Zep, and Nirvana are anything but overrated.

Like I said, to determine if a band is overrated, you have to see what they did to impact music. And I am pretty damn sure all 3 of these acts made SERIOUS impacts on music.

Thanks for bumping this one back up, Glenn.

1. U2

2. Pixies

3. Robert Johnson

4. Nirvana

5. Beatles