theyre good, but nothing special.  maybe my views skewed cos i didnt have to live through the years of 80s mess, but they always seemed like a good band that was seen as great.  just taste i guess.  i like soundgarden better

I agree that because you didn't live through that horrible decade of crap music, you don't fully appreciate Nirvana's impact on the music scene. I don't mean that as an insult or anything, but I think it does have something to do with why my generation may put them on a pedistal. They've been copied so much, that they don't sound so original anymore, but man when they hit the scene! Unbelievable. I like what Ozzy says: It's like heavy metal meets the Beatles. Very perceptive of him.

pink floyd.

The poser (oh, how I hate that term) kids, that whole thing... pisses me off; I'm in that "age bracket" for it, but I REALLY love the stuff I claim to. x______X; Not awesome.

. . . Green Day is becoming rather overrated. Contemporary, current band, I know -- but American Idiot isn't the most amazing thing to hit rock music, man. Practically every song off that album's been a hit single -- I don't mind the songs too much, I guess, but... frick, they're overplayed. Not THAT great.

This isn't the first album to "tell a story", per se, these flockingsheepteenagerfans make it out like there never WAS a Tommy or Quadrophenia. I dunno, just grates on me because I love both those Who albums. Billie Joe Armstrong is getting hailed as a "punk rock god" (not much of a punk sound anymore. Apparently they've moved onto 'arena rock') and brilliant, hot shite... for that CD. They had OTHER albums; why didn't the mags praise the hell out of them back then? I guess I don't get it. But whatever.

Quoted from Wayne_L.

The Beatles & the Stones are equally great legendary rock bands while Lennon/McCartney & Jagger/Richards are equally great songwriters with few equals in rock & roll [...]

Don't get me wrong, I like the Stones, Jagger and Richards wrote some fantastic songs, -- but equal to The Beatles? What? No way.

I respect them for still being able to rock out -- Mick can still shake a** and belt it, Keith is still one of the best, if not the best, rhythm player in rock (indestructable liver included...) but... nuh uh. Close to The Beatles, but the Stones did as the Stones could do. The Beatles were more experimental and broke new ground: "Anything the Beatles did, the Stones did right after." They even HELPED the Stones out, "I Wanna Be Your Man"!

I still stand by U2 being overrated. And Springsteen. Probably just because I'm sick of Springsteen and that's a biased view, but all his songs are the same to me.

Basically this is a forum arguing musical tastes. In my opinion- everyone has a right to their own.

The 'Most Overrated Band' is the guys, tho we don't like to admit it, but if we think about it's the kind of thing associated to them and we should be proud of it.
They were (and will be) the best band ever but even being the best they were not gods, tho usually they seem to be gods by the way and the things that are said.
Everything about them has been exaggerated so much that they are overrated, and at such a level that no other band could ever be (or ever imagine).
I do think we must open our eyes and minds a little more and don't be fundamentalists like some religious are.

P.S. I think I'm not suspect. They asked me 'Love Me Do' and I do.

That's all brothers and sisters, ...  peace and humility.

U2 is a overrated to some degree, not as bad as the stones or any of the crap bands like Green Day and...every emo band. but still, the fact that they lasted for 20+ years and still appeal to a great many people is good. they have a way of appealing to a different part of the world each decade:
80's they took Ireland, Britain and America by storm, then got influenced by the blues and R&B of America (Joshua Tree)
90's was the dreaded EuroPop scene. that sadly, appealed mostly to continental Europe.
00's starting to go back to their roots and get rid of that craptastic EuroPop

you also have to give props to The Edge, the fact that he is the only one doing all that guitar, its fucking impressive. and then bono helps out all those unfortunate people, which doesnt mean anything to them being overrated or anything

sorry for the history lesson. guess you have to be a fan to understand them

oh how ive just pissed off/lost all respect to all those out on the boards. sarcasim is a wonderful tool

Here is my t0p 10 list:

1.Pink Floyd
2.Styx
3.The Who
4.The Doors
5.Led Zeppelin
6.Cream
7.The Yardbirds
8.The Rolling Stones
9.The Beatles
10.The Hendrix Expierience

None of them. Maybe Zeppelin, but only slightly.

Quoted from Zep_Fan

R u 12 yrs old lol?

no, i am quite a bit older than that

I can't believe those bands above are in a poll about overrated bands....they all accomplished great stuff, they are greats in rock & roll history...they rock big time

if i'd have to choose a band and say they are overrated, it would probably be nirvana i guess...

There are a whole lot of very popular bands that I don't like (or even hate), but if they're selling millions of records, they must be doing something right... Millions of people have tried to become famous as a musician and just a few hundred really succeeded, so like it or not, those few hundred people must have something really special. Even though it sometimes may be very hard to tell what it is...

Hear hear. We should ban the use of under/overated. This thread should have been called "Famous bands I don't like".

Yeah! I could name of few dozens of those...

Quoted from lennon-legend

I can't believe those bands above are in a poll about overrated bands....they all accomplished great stuff, they are greats in rock & roll history...they rock big time

if i'd have to choose a band and say they are overrated, it would probably be nirvana i guess...

Exactly the same for me.