Overrated Bands (Opininonated!)

Matthew T wrote:  The next person who says the Beatles I'm gonna tell Liam and Noel Gallagher and they will come round, and punch ya up

Nirvana is easily the most overrated band ever.

Henry Plainview wrote: [/QUOTE]

I don't think 1997 is all that avant-garde except for the intro, something like Donkey Headed Adversary is more so, I think. [/QUOTE]

I linked the video specifically for the intro, actually. They have much more avant-garde songs, I agree

Visitor13 wrote: ghost_of_morphy wrote: Logan wrote: ghost_of_morphy wrote: ... Special honorary mention to Magma, as our Magmites tend to go way over the top. Wurdah Phillip. Magmites are de hundin! But seriously, I liked your review of MDK.  http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=155993   Why thank you so much,  It's not that Magma is bad.   To the opposite, they are quite good.  It's just that we have more than a few fans who think that they can do no wrong here, which sadly is not quite the case.  That's why they only get an honorary mention.  They are great, but we have more than a few fans who think they are far greater than they are. Yup. Doubtlessly a good band, quite creative, but I'm yet to understand their alleged 'genius'. I suppose a lot of their popularity comes from their 'aliens' schtick. Just a few words on Gentle Giant - their awesome moments come nowhere near often enough, and when they do, they end much too soon. Listening to them is like almost having the ride of your lifetime. Plus I can't shake the feeling they could have pushed the envelope even further, but deliberately chose not to - probably to avoid alienating their fans.

Regarding Magma, yup,  I'm a fan (my most listened to group over the last few years for sure), but agree that there are those who think the band is considerably greater than they are in various ways (I tend to think that most every band/ artist is overrated by some and underrated by others in various ways).  Sincere comments such as "Magma pwns all, n00b", "Vander is tha mostest innovative guy, evah", and "Magma iss de hundin, wurdah every other band coz they suck in comparison" betray that fact. Okay, maybe you don't find a huge many actual comments of the type, and if they were made they'd likely be in jest, but you know some people think similar things.  I love Magma, it's amongst the best for me and find the band terrific, but some go too far with their praise when it comes to attributing levels of greatness that can be objectively considered (for instance, musicianship, compositional skill/ complexity, and innovation).  Side-note: I do think that much of that over-the-topness of some fans is in keeping with the spirit of the music, and is often tongue in cheek.

Regarding GG: I'm sure that they could have pushed the envelope farther, and wish they had.  And, incidentally, by their last albums they weren't trying to appease their long-term fans nearly so much as make musical concessions to have far wider commercial appeal, I believe.

crimson87 wrote: micky wrote: lazland wrote: All a matter of personal opinion, in other words what we don't like that much as opposed to overrated in the true sense of the word, but my vote goes to ELP. I never did get the point of it all, far too overblown and, in truth, not that good, especially live, although I still rate Palmer highly as a drummer and love Lake's voice, especially with KC. I stand prepared for a shedful of abuse! hahaha... take a number... plenty of you types around here     I guess you 're right but if ELP is overrated in this site then I am the Queen of England.                                                                                                                                           In bondage

Hey - you should come over to the dear old UK - still the only country where any free man can grow up and become Queen of England

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Metallica
The Who
Radiohead
ELP
Nirvana
AC/DC
Anything 80s and remotely hair metal (GnR, Whitesnake, Motley Crue, Van Halen...etc)
Oasis
Slayer

I find it very difficult to put prog bands in an overrated category because prog is such a maligned genre not enough people like any of it for a band to be overrated (ELP are the exception which proves the rule).

One more for Pink Floyd. The closer any band gets to being seen as perfection, the more likely it is overrated. They had one excellent release (Animals) but plenty of mediocre stuff. 

a figure of speech....  don't take offense to anything I say hahah.

sure they were not best... didn't start it... but what they were was the face of it...  we can argue the why's and whether they should have all day long.. but that does not change the fact that they were and heralded a changing of the guard in rock music.. popular music.   Whether one likes it or not is not the point.. the fact that they were is indisputable... thus calling them overrated is silly.

Gues im one of few, that usualy find something to like in most bands, i dont get let down very often by new bands i try maybe its caus i know what i like, but i got a very broad tast and got albums and artists i like from pretty much every prog sub gener, gues some people are les picky then others...

TheCaptain wrote: One more for Pink Floyd. The closer any band gets to being seen as perfection, the more likely it is overrated. They had one excellent release (Animals) but plenty of mediocre stuff.