Top 5 Most Overrated Bands of All Time? Post by: Mix Music 12 February, 2009 - 10:08 AM

Some artists match the hype that comes with making great music.

Then there are bands that do a couple of good albums and from then on dish up bowls of cold soup to 5-star reviews. The sheer mention of these overrated bands are enough to drive you stark barking mad.

Well, here's our official list of the Top 5 Most Overrated Bands of All Time.

Don't agree? Then gives us your list and don't forget to tell us why.

Top 5 Most Overrated Artists Ever

1. U2 - Can it get anymore pretentious than Bono & co.?

2. Coldplay - They sell-out concerts because all their songs sound the same. Still doesn't make it right.

3. Guns N Roses - If we hear one more time about how good Appetite For Destruction is... people, Appetite was done in 1987!

4. Red Hot Chili Peppers - What is it about the Red Hot Chili Peppers that makes them so highly rated? No, we actually wanna know. And don't mention the word 'funk' otherwise we'll be reaching for the nearest bucket.

5. Nirvana - Don't agree? Check out what Dave Grohl has done since.

Leave your comment

• jesse says

  Could not agree more. Your top five is spot on the money.

  LOL!! Guns N roses, Nirvana Overated!???!! Worst thing I have ever read in my life.

  Why don't we look at how many albums these bands have sold compared to anything now! and yeah dave grohl hasn't made foo fighters even close to nirvana. ridiculous article.

  Guns N roses were a very talented unique hard rock band and I dont even have to begin how much Kurt Cobain has influenced peoples lives.

  Posted Thursday 12 February, 2009 10:43 AM
• Michael says

  Agree with the first three but would replace RHCP and Nirvana with Oasis and AC/DC.

  Posted Thursday 12 February, 2009 10:44 AM
• Scotty says

  Yeah, not a bad list. Some of U2's gear is OK, but when you see them in concert and Bono starts banging on about Africa, I just kind of lose interest.

  I'd also have to add that the Veronica's are easily the crappest band ever invented, and should be at the top of the list. I know the lyrics "I go oh oh, you go ah ah, lalalala" are up there with the best, but it's just my opinion.

  P.S. to Jesse - did you know that every time you type "LOL", somewhere in the world a baby gets kicked in the head???

  Posted Thursday 12 February, 2009 10:45 AM
• Andrew says

  Where do you get your stats from? Coldplay and Gunners are the only ones that should be there.

  The other bands have defined music of the decades. They led the way in the music industry. AC/DC maybe would be there.

  Posted Thursday 12 February, 2009 10:45 AM
• mya says

  Over rated - I think NOT!!

  Everyone is entitled to an opinion and I am not bothered that people think U2 are over-rated - that is their view and I respect that - my view is: U2 are not over-rated!

  Posted Thursday 12 February, 2009 10:46 AM
• Natalie says

  Oh my goodness Scotty, im too scared to ask what you would listen to and enjoy, the sound or your own voice is most likely what you would enjoy. Ha! Bono is making his mark on the world in both a musical way and humane; are you?

  Posted Tuesday 24 February, 2009 3:01 PM
• Jill says

  I'm with mya - so NOT over-rated, U2 are one of the few bands that having been on the go for 30years, dont re-hash the same old stuff. They have consistently pushed the boundaries - love them or hate them you have to respect that!

  Posted Wednesday 25 February, 2009 1:52 PM
• Berfie says

  Well, I'm on it that the bands on the list are subjective. There are definitely others which are over-rated, it's just these few are more well-known or currently popular. Then we can have Aqua, PCD, Blue, EMF for example.
  

  How about groups like Depeche Mode, Aerosmith the likes?

  At the end, you like them, you like them. If you don't, you just don't.

  Posted Sunday 1 March, 2009 1:02 PM
• Claire says

  It always amazes me that people hate it when others are successful and so feel the need to put them down or criticize them!
  

  It's quite simple, if you don't like their music don't listen to it.

  There's room for more than a couple of bands in the world and wouldn't it be a boring place if we all liked the same things!
  

  I'm sure they don't expect everyone to like their music, so get over it!

  Posted Tuesday 3 March, 2009 2:08 PM
• Rosebud says

  I love this popular argument that seems to imply that the level of influence an artist has on a genre of music, or an aspect of the music industry, is somehow directly linked to the musical quality of said artist's work.

  Just imagine if we applied this stunted logic to politics: Josef Stalin would be a f**king saint!

  Posted Sunday 26 April, 2009 11:04 AM