Analyzing the worst bands ever

[Gyojirokun]

So we all have our "Most hated bands", be they Rap, Country, or Rock... However, I would like to see if we, as mature individuals (*cough*yeahright*cough*) could find something worthwhile in music we hate...

I'll start us off...

You must find at least one good quality about the following band:

"Insane Clown Posse"

(I can't find any, myself, so good luck :V)

[fourdegrees]

The entire indie scene. Especially The tough alliance. They all think they're cool just because they wear ugly clothes and play ****ty music. Pisses me off.

Dragonforce, I mean just because they can play fast doesn't make them heavy.

Kanye West, oh my god I hate that ***** so much. He sounds like **** and he ****ing stole Daft Punks song without giving any credit.

All rap/hiphop/rnb/dancehall or whatever more there is. They only listenable rap artist is Immortal Technique. Everybody else should just quit.

[spacemonkey420]

I haven't listed to enough Dragonforce to have an opinion on them, so I'll take aim at your blanket remarks toward hip-hop. I think that there are several good artists currently making quality rap music, such as The Coup and Asheru.

On the other hand, modern country music is in a dismal state and I think no band exemplifies that more than.....Rascal Flats (worst band EVER!)

[Gyojirokun]

I think Dragonforce is talented, but they aren't flexible... They are a one trick pony...

They have the ability, just not the creativity... that's my say on them.

[osirisbunnyfoofoo]

I have one for DragonForce! Their solos are melodic. Not that that makes them good, but other bands (good example: Slayer-Raining Blood) don't stay in key or anything with their solos. I simply can't think of anything for Insane Clown Posse. Can anyone think of something good about Trivium? I always labeled them as the worst of the worst in my book.

[TheCrimsonSaint]

I'd like it if someone could tell me what the big deal about Metallica and the Rolling Stones is. Both are just not good bands. Metallica is terrible from a musical standpoint (muttled power chords that buzz and repeat. And repeat and repeat again). The Rolling Stones have some talent on the instrumental end, but Mick Jagger has a terrible voice that is almost always flat. What up with the popularity?

[osirisbunnyfoofoo]

I'd like it if someone could tell me what the big deal about Metallica and the Rolling Stones is. Both are just not good bands. Metallica is terrible from a musical standpoint (muttled power chords that buzz and repeat. And repeat and repeat again). The Rolling Stones have some talent on the instrumental end, but Mick Jagger has a terrible voice that is almost always flat. What up with the popularity?

Great. I FINALLY find another man on these boards who thinks that Metallica is just plain terrible, and he hates the Rolling Stones. I just can't win.
Mick Jagger is pretty much a love/hate thing, but pretty much everyone likes him. There's only a few that don't. I, personally, think that of those great 'classic' rock bands, the Rolling Stones are second only to The Who. Maybe listening to Hot Rocks will change your mind. Finding it on a cd can be pricey (I got mine for forty freakin' dollars) but it's one of the greatest compilations ever with songs like Wild Horses, Paint It Black, Ruby Tuesday, Satisfaction, Get Off Of My Cloud, and, of course, Gimme Shelter. Wild Horses is one of my favorite songs ever. It's a slow acoustic number, but give at least that one song a download.

[Runesmith]

Hmm. Insane Clown Posse is intentionally bad, though. I'd hardly qualify them as one of the worst bands ever for this very reason, and several of there songs are quite funny, especially if you have a campy sense of humor. The dubious "Worst Band Ever" title should be reserved for that special crappy group that actually thinks they are a serious band. Like Nickelback. :)

Also, I totally agree about the current indie scene. A bunch of pretentious bull****, if you ask me, and most of the bands sound like a complete rip-off of either the Smiths, Joy Division, or the Who. Indie died in the early 1990s.

[kzerok]

I extremely dislike Nickelback. Everything they do sounds the same, yet so many people love them.

And I don't understand why people always criticize the indie scene. It's just independent music, artists that aren't signed. So does that mean that there are bands that played music only when they got signed, which would make it so they were never independent, and would also make it so they never had to show their ability to get signed? My personal thoughts are that each artists is an independent artist and they progress allowing to get signed and eventually be mainstream and represented by a record label.

[polishdog90]

But my sister loves Nickleback! :p

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

Every indie and power pop band. I hate them more than any human being can hate something else. They exploit kids by making songs that "relate" to them. They make it seem like they care but really they're just leeching off of kids. And their fashion sense/music is horrible.

[Gyojirokun]

Great. I FINALLY find another man on these boards who thinks that Metallica is just plain terrible, and he hates the Rolling Stones. I just can't win.
Mick Jagger is pretty much a love/hate thing, but pretty much everyone likes him. There's only a few that don't. I, personally, think that of those great 'classic' rock bands, the Rolling Stones are second only to The Who. Maybe listening to Hot Rocks will change your mind. Finding it on a cd can be pricey (I got mine for forty freakin' dollars) but it's one of the greatest compilations ever with songs like Wild Horses, Paint It Black, Ruby Tuesday, Satisfaction, Get Off Of My Cloud, and, of course, Gimme Shelter. Wild Horses is one of my favorite songs ever. It's a slow acoustic number, but give at least that one song a download.


I don't care for metallica or trivium...
Rolling Stones is GREAT from a musical standpoint, but... eh, they aren't my style.

[Gyojirokun]

But my sister loves Nickleback! :p



Nickleback, in my book, has been replaced by "Hell Yeah"...

"Alchohol and Ass" is a great song.

[TheCrimsonSaint]

Great. I FINALLY find another man on these boards who thinks that Metallica is just plain terrible, and he hates the Rolling Stones. I just can't win.
Mick Jagger is pretty much a love/hate thing, but pretty much everyone likes him. There's only a few that don't. I, personally, think that of those great 'classic' rock bands, the Rolling Stones are second only to The Who. Maybe listening to Hot Rocks will change your mind. Finding it on a cd can be pricey (I got mine for forty freakin' dollars) but it's one of the greatest compilations ever with songs like Wild Horses, Paint It Black, Ruby Tuesday, Satisfaction, Get Off Of My Cloud, and, of course, Gimme Shelter. Wild Horses is one of my favorite songs ever. It's a slow acoustic number, but give at least that one song a download.

I'll give it a listen, but only if I can find it for less than $40. I'm not laying down that much money for something that I don't think I'll like. But if I find it for cheap, I'll get it. I try to keep an open mind. As for The Who being the greatest "Classic" rock band, it's tough to argue, but I will anyways. I've got The Who at #3, with Led Zeppelin (aggh! Conformity!) at #2 and Aerosmith at #1. That's just me though.

[Hastyl3]

Fall Out Boy. The biggest piece of **** to hit the earth since Hanson. Playing the same chord over and over again and spinning around and headbanging to a song about being dumped when it's soft as **** with your hair on fire and not putting it out and living in denial and singing like you're a horse who's being ****ed by Fall Out Boy at once and turning on 11 year olds and making them cut themselves do not make you a good band.

[Monstro]

I'm going to have to go with Creed or Linkin Park on this one.

[FLYmeatwad]

I may take some falck for my forth coming statements, but here it goes. Metallica, I don't think they are that great and I don't quite understand where the popularity comes from. Nirvana, just never got in to them. I know a ton of people think Kurt Cobain was the greatest musician in history, but I just don't like them. Rolling Stones, they are pretty good, but not as great as other bands, give me The Who over the Stones any day. Still I do kind of like some of the Stones stuff. But for me, the worst band of all time has to be Kiss. Not only did they make Rock and Roll All Night which is probably the worst song ever recorded, but it seems like every song I hear by them repeats the same line at least 50 times. I listen to Kiss and the first thing that comes to mind is that damn 'Milkshake' R&B song, that Soulja Boy Song, and all of these modern radio raps that repeat the same thing the whole song with the occasional break for a different line or two. Kiss straight up sucks.

[DesiredFX]

I think you have to have experienced what KISS was in the 70s to really understand their popularity.

Their music is probably the poppiest stuff you can find that still qualifies as rock. They're a pop band that plays in rock mode.

But what KISS did was elevate the art of the stage show by making characters of the band members (who were all butt-ugly but somehow came off cool once they put the costume and makeup on) and using those characters to build a touring show that featured just about anything you can imagine on stage: heavy use of hydraulics and flash pots, smoke and lights, and a little bit of fire and blood to top it all off.

None of their songs are great, but many of them are classic...in a pop sort of way. Think of them along with bands like Cheap Trick or Loverboy...cheesy, but undeniably rock-oriented. They've earned their place in rock in spite of their music, and there are a whole lot of show bands that owe their stage approach to what KISS achieved.

[JamesJessen]

Linkin Park---- They've changed their overall sound a couple of times. They mix a lot of different genres to give a unique sound.
Insane Clown Posse---hate um, but they can be slightly humorous if you're into that sort of humor....my friend thought that some of the lyrics were funny...i didn't see much humor in them but oh well.
Metallica-- They are put up on a pedestal but to be honest they probably are the best metal band ever... The Black Album is amazing.
Nickelback--I really like Nickelback. All of their songs do sound the same which is irritating, but the lead singer has a great voice IMO and many of their songs are catchy. They are overplayed and annoying at times, I understand.
The Rolling Stones- One of the greatest ever....not my favorite band, but please don't tell me that they aren't talented.
Fall Out Boy- They're catchy. Dance, dance is fun to listen to, I like and I don't really care what you think about the song or the band. They are extremely overrated though, I'll agree. Just because teens back a band too much doesn't mean that they don't have good material.

I hate it when people hate certain music because it is considered mainstream. It's bull**** and it's what most of the posts on this message board are consisting of.

Oh and my choice:

Honest Bob and the Factory Workers or whatever the hell they're called. "I Get By" has to be one of the worst songs ever written. It's vocal garbage.

Whoever raps the song Eh Bay Bay is horrible. This is honestly one of the worst songs i've ever heard. It has a baseline and the guy just says one phrase over and over again and somehow it makes millions.

Death Metal in general is just horrible IMO. Their are a few goods songs every once in awhile but it's mostly just playing really fast lead guitar or power chords and and screaming. Why? Someone point me to a good death metal song/band. Please.

[cuBERT]

Anyone else here have no love for MCR?

[TheCrimsonSaint]

Back to bashing Metallica...
There is no way that Metallica should be considered even close to "The Best Metal Band Evar". That automatically goes to Iron Maiden. Metallica is way down the list at about (insert largest number you can think of here) and the pedestal they have been placed on is ridiculous. Allow me to reiterate Metallica's formula: Power chord (repeat), buzz chord (repeat), add three note riff (repeat sparingly), buzz more, and repeat the process liberally (except for the riffs. Can't have too many of those). In short, Metallica is a lot of buzzy, repeating noise. Whoever their lead guitarist is obviously has talent (see the solo from "One"), but it is sadly wasted with an untalented drummer, an ordinary bassist, and a singer with the personality of an undercooked squid. 1 out of 4, the greatest metal band does not make. However, since I just grilled your appreciation of Metallica, I'll agree with you on the BS known as "mainstream music". A band can't help when it gets popular. Music should be known as music. Just because a certain style of music appeals to a larger audience doesn't make it automatically bad. I'll use Finger Eleven as an example. Most of their original fans have now shown F11 the bird, all because F11 went "mainstream". But that shouldn't be what it's about. It shouldn't be all about style, but rather the music itself. And speaking for myself, F11 is still making some great music.

[cmg4894]

First, I listen to almost everything. I can also say that I don't like something but know what the point of it is. Just because I personally don't like doesn't make it bad.
So here it goes.

I like JamesJessen format so I'm stealing it:
Linkin Park---- One of the new bands that I like. They have changed their sound with every CD which is great.
Insane Clown Posse---I hate them. Don't see the point of making a fool out of yourself and trying to 'look cool' doing it.
Metallica-- The Black Album is great and that is the problem. That is the only good thing they have done. It puts them into that class of no matter what they do, it has to be great.
Nickelback--It's not that bad. Not great but for Top 40 rock there is a lot worse.
The Rolling Stones- Were great in the 60's and 70's. Their last good song was Start Me Up. The thing is with every year that goes by they tarnish their image because now they are just a joke and too old to be playing.
Fall Out Boy- For Emo they aren't bad. They have the single problem. They have 3 or 4 songs on a CD that become singles and are great. The rest of it is filler.


Honest Bob and the Factory To Dealer Incentives--- For a part time band they are great. More time and they could be better.

Now for ME:
I don't really like MCR. The reason is the age of the band. The lead singer is 30 and acts like he is 20. Time to grow up. The music itself isn't bad but the whole image of the band is what I have an issue with.

Also, the whole Dark Metal area is strange. I don't understand "I'm a vampire and I can play really fast guitar solos". I can tolerate a few HIM songs but the really dark stuff I just think if funny. If I was a vampire I wouldn't have wasted all the time I have lived learning how to play really fast. There has to be better things to do.

[svartikins]

I'm going to have to go with Creed or Linkin Park on this one.

Creed spawned Alter Bridge, so no. I can't agree with that.

I'm going to have to say 30 Seconds to Mars, possibly tied with Limp Bizkit.

Metallica may be overrated, but that does not make them the word band ever.

Most bands have a song I can stand listening to. 30 Seconds to Mars is the only band that I can not stand listening to.

[army_of_me]

Kanye West, oh my god I hate that ***** so much. He sounds like **** and he ****ing stole Daft Punks song without giving any credit.

Man, they were in his video. I can't argue that he's not a *****, though.

[polishdog90]

For those who are bashing Metallica have you ever even listened to any of their albums before their self-titled album (Black Album). If you don't like those you probably don't like thrash metal. Their new stuff is garbage, but they have released enough great music to be considered a good/great band and definately not one of the worst.

Kirk Hammett is a great guitarist that can play fast solos just as well as slow solos.

James Hetfield is a great song writer and lyrcist.

Lars Ulrich is great drummer because of his unique writing. He might not be the most technical, but he makes great beats.

If you say that Metallica had an ordinary bassist than you must not have ever heard Cliff Burton's bass before. He was an amazing bassist, and I think that after he died Metallica's good music died with him.

All of this goes down the drain after the black album, because that is when they just started writing ****ty songs.

[Mayhem]

Death Metal in general is just horrible IMO. Their are a few goods songs every once in awhile but it's mostly just playing really fast lead guitar or power chords and and screaming. Why? Someone point me to a good death metal song/band. Please.



Well, you simply haven't stated what you've heard. Anyone can listen to Dying Fetus and hate them, but if you like the more heavy/aggresive music, sometimes a band like Necrophagist helps out(Diminished to Be is a pretty good example). But if you're talking about just raw plain death metal, don't go out and hate the whole genre based on American bands I'm sure you've heard. Go listen to the Swedish death metal scene, they are insane at what they do.

Death metal is more or less like an aqquired taste. You can't simply listen to it once and start loving it--that seems silly to me. After I started listening to thrash metal, I progressively got into the black/death scene, and loved it since.



Back on topic however, I'll give this award to a band that desired it. Anal ****. They set out to be the worst band ever--and their original lineup had Seth's "bass players are for pussies" attitude.

[Temeriti]

Nickelback- I liked their first album...or was it their second? Maybe it was their third...I couldn't tell you because IT ALL SOUNDS THE SAME. *pulls out hair*

Creed- They may have eventually spawned Alter Bridge, but they also unleashed the ego and self-righteousness of Scott Stapp on the world, and that cannot be forgiven.

The Rolling Stones- Give me strep throat and get me hammered, hand me a microphone and I bet you I'd -still- be a better singer than Mick Jagger. Though the dude will always have the blowfish look on me. I mean, come -on- guys...it's REALLY sad when a Britney Spears cover has more melody to it than the original.

No Doubt- Tragic Kingdom was good...but after that, the suckitude that is Gwen Stefani took over and made their music intolerable.

[TheCrimsonSaint]

For those who are bashing Metallica have you ever even listened to any of their albums before their self-titled album (Black Album). If you don't like those you probably don't like thrash metal. Their new stuff is garbage, but they have released enough great music to be considered a good/great band and definately not one of the worst.

Kirk Hammett is a great guitarist that can play fast solos just as well as slow solos.

James Hetfield is a great song writer and lyrcist.

Lars Ulrich is great drummer because of his unique writing. He might not be the most technical, but he makes great beats.

If you say that Metallica had an ordinary bassist than you must not have ever heard Cliff Burton's bass before. He was an amazing bassist, and I think that after he died Metallica's good music died with him.

All of this goes down the drain after the black album, because that is when they just started writing ****ty songs.

I agree with you on Kirk Hammet.

James Hetfield is a great songwriter. You got that right. But he was a terrible lyricist. He didn't really sing, he more spoke, no, growled his words into a pile of musical garbage. And when he did try to sing, Lord Almighty was he bad.

Lars Ulrich couldn't hold the beats that he wrote, which is why he was a bad drummer and which is why he is a bad musician. His formula basically was: double bass, tom-tom, hi-hat, double bass, repeat. And if all else failed just go double-bass the entire song. How is an unending string of 32nd-notes creative?

Cliff Burton was ordinary. He double-strummed. That's the most basic skill a bassist has. He double-strummed well, mind you, but he never strayed far from the same 6 notes on any given song. That makes him ordinary. I can play most his music with ease.

I have listened to "real" Metallica. I was fooled by a friend into buying "Master of Puppets" (garbage), "Ride the Lightning" (noise), and "Black Album" (music? nah). I wasted $45.

[iDrum]

MCR- I love MCR as you can tell by my profile, so need need for additional comments :)
Fall Out Boy- A couple good/catchy songs, but mostly crap. (The drums on their song in RB is friken hard :()
No Doubt- No. Just no.
Death Metal- I'm only into melodic death metal i.e. Bodom, In Flames

My pick?
As I Lay Dying- there is a such thing as too much double bass.

[caribou42]

MCR: a fantastically mediocre band, but they're wonderful at what they do. Firstly they're marketing geniuses, managing to be radio- and mainstream-friendly while retaining an enormous cult following. The songs, attitude, and lyrics all tap into the cult following, mostly of teenagers, so you can't really argue. The music isn't that difficult, but each member (except Mikey Way) has, at one time or another, displayed some prowess on his instrument.

Fall Out Boy: incredibly catchy through and through. Patrick Stump has a good set of pipes, Pete Wentz, though contributing nothing musically, has a flair for lyrics meant to emblazon teenagers' jeans in Sharpie and giving the band tabloid fame. Andrew Hurley is a respectable drummer and Joe Trohman does what he needs to on guitar.

Death Metal: is a legitimate genre full of very talented musicians, but most of the time it's not my thing. HOWEVER, simply because I don't enjoy listening to Death Metal doesn't mean the musicians/bands that play it are less talented than any other genre. In fact, I think death metal has the highest number of virutosos per capita than any other genre of music today. Can anyone dispute that?

No Doubt: Adrian Young was, is, and will continue to be a great drummer. Had Gwen Stefani not become who she is today, No Doubt would be a decent band.

My pick? Hinder. Revolting vocals and a Nickelback/Daughtry style musical core.

[ElSnapitan]

I think Dragonforce is talented, but they aren't flexible... They are a one trick pony...

They have the ability, just not the creativity... that's my say on them.

Would Yngwe Malmstein (SP?) be in that category as well? I think so...

Snappy

[toad3000]

I'm going to have to go with Creed or Linkin Park on this one.
Hell yeah. Add Nickelback to that (I know it's already been said, but can't be said enough). Oh, and Creed's unholy offspring Alter Bridge.

[nokon]

Dx Mcr <3

Well, they are trying to hard to be emo though. But for some reason I love their songs.

I cannot stand linkin park. They are feeding on the common problems that kids have. "oh - no my parents don't listen to me" and anger about them selves and blah blah blah.

But nothing i hate more is when people start hating bands because they are main stream.
For instance, before MCR became so popular my group of friends all loved them, and now all hate them since "the preppy girls listen to them", I ask , how does that change their music or their s

I think they sould be congradulated for making the dream of all aspiring bands.

[SlitN33_B33rZ]

I believe every band has one good song in them.

Nickelback and Creed haven't released theirs yet. At least Creed broke up and saved us the torture of waiting for their one song.

Meh, at least they aren't rappers. Thugs that can't play an instrument. They have to rip off their loops from real musicians and talk about how hard they have it in the 'hood. Yeah, Snoop Dogg is living in Compton...Riiiiight! I never thought rap would've lasted as long on such little talent. The recording industry wonders why they they're not making money? That's EASY! Give us some rocking bands and don't play them every 20 minutes on every station and people will buy their stuff. Until then it's the wiggers buying the rap. Good luck!

[jawn361]

Metallica-- The Black Album is great and that is the problem. That is the only good thing they have done. It puts them into that class of no matter what they do, it has to be great.


The Black Album was pretty much the last good Metallica album, but I think the biggest problem with it is how over produced it is. I think Justice and Puppets are much, much better than it. I am interested at how the new album will be with Rick Rubin producing it, as he has a knack for playing to a musician's strengths and downplaying their weaknesses no matter what the genre is.

[jawn361]

Meh, at least they aren't rappers. Thugs that can't play an instrument. They have to rip off their loops from real musicians and talk about how hard they have it in the 'hood. Yeah, Snoop Dogg is living in Compton...Riiiiight! I never thought rap would've lasted as long on such little talent. The recording industry wonders why they they're not making money? That's EASY! Give us some rocking bands and don't play them every 20 minutes on every station and people will buy their stuff. Until then it's the wiggers buying the rap. Good luck!

Wow, not even dealing with the obvious racism in this post, there are a lot of rappers that have talent. Are you saying Public Enemy, Slick Rick, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest et. al. are not musically talented? Just because it doesn't sound like the formula you are stuck on does not negate their talent. Also, just because rap is a traditionally black genre (though not completely) does not negate their talent either.

Also, I'm pretty sure Snoop Dogg is from Long Beach.

[JIrish780]

Okay, saying some nice things...

The Rolling Stones - Great, solid rock guitars. Keith Richards helped expand on the basic guitar solo vocabulary that Chuck Berry and the various Blues greats built. Still, I will agree Mick Jagger isn't the world's greatest singer. And I do think some of their work ("Under My Thumb" for instance) really hasn't aged well at all.

Metallica - While I'm hardly a fan, I will say they, as a group, have come up with some wonderful ideas and songs.

That's all I got. Most of the other groups on the list I either don't know enough to say anything good or bad, or they're ICP.

But here's the group I want to add. Gary Pucket & the Union Gap. These guys aren't even rock, sure, they're MOR pop. They're also really old, so most here might not know them. But whenever anything comes along I dislike, I hold it to the standard of "Is this really worse than that 'Young Girl' crud??'"

[hainesdogg]

I'm going to have to go with Creed or Linkin Park on this one.


Gotta agree with this one. I've personally never found either of these two groups useful.

As far as the indie scene, I have a love/hate relationship with the whole certain groups.

Interpol
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The Shins
New Pornographers
Super Furry Animals
and other groups I really enjoy, but groups like

Fall Out Boy
All American Rejects
Panic at the Disco
My Chemical Romance

I just can't get into.

[Parodygm]

Can't say I really know much My Chemical Romance. What I have seen and heard looked highly derivative. I think the writers at All Music Guide got it bang on. It's as if someone mixed the texture of Queen, "The Wall"-era Pink Floyd and "Melancholy"-era Smashing Pumpkins together but left out most of the substance.

[zephead13]

Gosh I hate Nickelback. It's that same country rock sound on every song and they suck. And for some reason they're really popular. Maybe some of us should start a crappy band and we can become famous.

[llRAMRODll]

Avenged Sevenfold
i cannot stand them; gates has to be one of the most over-rated guitarists of all time. after all the hype from the guitar mags, i decided to youtube a solo. lets just say it was horrid.

[TrunkMonkey]

I dont know if you can call them BANDS.........but the worst most talentless group of musicians ever has to be RAP artists .......COMPLETE GARBAGE

[R33DH4M]

The worst bands are

Good Charlotte
Blink 182
Fallout boy
Hawthorne heights
Dragonforce
Drangonland (and any other band to do with this fairytale style of rock like band mentioned above, all the songs sound the ****ing same)
Nickelback
Linkin park
All these girl bands like Flyleaf and all that other bull-****.Staind
Limp Bizkit
Underoath
All American ******s
Panic at the Disco!
Velvet Revolver
As I Lay Dying
Darkest Hour
Everclear
Atreyu
Creed
My Chemical Romance
P.O.D.
Lenny Kravitz
U2
Nickel creek
Regina Spektor
Jeff Buckley

Most of all Rap sucks (Soulja Boy etc.)except for the classics like Wu-Tang and Snoop Dogg.

Edit: I would also like to add Yellow Card as being one of the worst.

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

The worst bands are

Good Charlotte
Blink 182
Fallout ****
Hawthorne ****
Dragonforce
Drangonland (and any other band to do with this fairytale style of rock like band mentioned above, all the songs sound the ****ing same)
Nickelback
Linkin ****
All these girl bands like Flyleaf and all that other bull-****.
Staind
Limp Bizkit
Underoath
All American ******s
Panic at the Disco!
Velvet Revolver
As I Lay Dying
Darkest Hour
Everclear
Atreyu
Creed
My Chemical Romance
P.O.D.
Lenny Kravitz
U2
Nickel creek
Regina Spektor
Jeff Buckley

Most of all Rap sucks (Soulja Boy etc.)except for the classics like Wu-Tang and Snoop Dogg.

Agreed. Except for Lenny Kravitz, he's teh pimpzorz! And U2. How can you hate U2?

[R33DH4M]

I hate new U2. The Sunday Bloody Sunday era i guess was alright. Lenny Kravitz is just a pure Jimi Hendrix wannabe. I think his very 1st song that made it to the top was the only song that captured my interest but very minimally.

[Miao Ying]

As much as I haven't been a big follower of Kravitz, I'd certainly wanna have a go at playing "Are You Gonna Go My Way" as a possible DLC.

[MitchMan]

That bonus song "Yes We Can" On Guitar Hero 2

Appranlantly, No, They Can't

That song is just high guitars (which are total sh--)

But that's my opinion.

[goldsoundz]

Animal Collective

[BIGZFOOT]

Fall Out Boy. The biggest piece of **** to hit the earth since Hanson. Playing the same chord over and over again and spinning around and headbanging to a song about being dumped when it's soft as **** with your hair on fire and not putting it out and living in denial and singing like you're a horse who's being ****ed by Fall Out Boy at once and turning on 11 year olds and making them cut themselves do not make you a good band.


Indeed, Fall Out Boy sucks arse! Their music sucks

[BIGZFOOT]

I hate new U2. The Sunday Bloody Sunday era i guess was alright. Lenny Kravitz is just a pure Jimi Hendrix wannabe. I think his very 1st song that made it to the top was the only song that captured my interest but very minimally.

Uno, dos, tres, quatorse! hello, hello! hola! yeah yeah yeah yeeeeeaaaahh!!

[Magnumxl711]

ok, i was seriously shocked reading through this thread, some of these bands are bad because of their music but the main reason that most of you people are hating these bands is because of their style of music, so instead of listing like 30-40 bands in one post just say a genre of music so i wont have to waste my time reading more annoying lists,
and to continue on with lists i was FREAKIN' SHOCKED that NO ONE mentioned system of a down as one of the worst bands of all time.... they suck.... so does most Metallica and Rolling Stones

[FrshChees91]

The dubious "Worst Band Ever" title should be reserved for that special crappy group that actually thinks they are a serious band. Like Nickelback. :)

YES! Thats what I was gonna say!



METALLICA DOES NOT SUCK! They are great musicians. James is a ****ing riff machine. And Kirk's solos are very musical and go with the songs.

[R33DH4M]

Dashboard Confessional
Minus the Bear
O.A.R.

[Mediocre_to_Moderate]

Dashboard Confessional
Minus the Bear
O.A.R.

I don't really think you can put O.A.R on the list. They aren't anything revolutionary, but they don't try to be. Their music is just upbeat and fun to listen to when your drunk.

I agree with th person(s) who mentioned the "Yes We Can" song. WTF

[Elegy]

I don't think Linkin Park is bad. I mean, one can argue about their lyrics, BUT a lot of it is pretty personal for them. They're not really commercialized to the extent that FOB and P!ATD are, and I like that.

It's funny though that adults sometimes bash LP and my same peers that are in love with Patrick Stump bash them.

You also have to take into account Minutes to Midnight. IMO it's a pretty mature album.

I guess they're pretty much an acquired taste.

As for bad bands; Nickelback, def.

[R33DH4M]

Their music is just upbeat and fun to listen to when your drunk.


Any band can sound good when you're drunk, it still dosn't mean O.A.R. is good at all.

[Dr.stupid]

The worst bands are

Good Charlotte
Blink 182
Fallout ****
Hawthorne ****
Dragonforce
Drangonland (and any other band to do with this fairytale style of rock like band mentioned above, all the songs sound the ****ing same)
Nickelback
Linkin ****
All these girl bands like Flyleaf and all that other bull-****.Staind
Limp Bizkit
Underoath
All American ******s
Panic at the Disco!
Velvet Revolver
As I Lay Dying
Darkest Hour
Everclear
Atreyu
Creed
My Chemical Romance
P.O.D.
Lenny Kravitz
U2
Nickel creek
Regina Spektor
Jeff Buckley

Most of all Rap sucks (Soulja Boy etc.)except for the classics like Wu-Tang and Snoop Dogg.

Edit: I would also like to add Yellow Card as being one of the worst.

I love Regina Spektor!

What's your beef with her?

[TheFatBloke]

The Feeling are probably the worst band around, the softest of all soft rock and they are just unbelievably bad (People not in the UK may not of heard of them).
Someone please think of anything good about them.

As for me all the bands I hate like The Fratellis, Wombats etc. are all mainly part of the UK pop indie scene yet I can find redeeming features in basically every song I have ever listened to so I cannot say them.

As for people saying the Rolling Stones have no good qualities.. no, just no.

[m00p]

1. Linkin Park is the most popular modern day band

2. Hawthorne "****" lost their guitarist to drug overdose n he died 2 months ago so show ur respect

3. Most of the rest were correct but its about opinion.

The only reason ppl say the Rolling Stones suck is cus HMX messes up almost every stone song they put in their games.

[raine697]

U2. I find them very bland. I try to like them, but I just can't. I am also pretty anti A7X. I like 2 songs by Avenged Sevenfold: Bat Country and Won't See You Tonight. I bought "City of Evil" and was extremely disappointed. I hate "Beast and the Harlot."

[Rockbandfan23467]

Amen to Made in Mexico! Their "music" make puppies commit suicide.

MCR-Manage to be popular without being Nickelback or Emo. (They are Fashioncore)

I liked Fall Out Boy's RB song, and a few songs off it's album.

I agree Mick Jagger is a bad singer, but I can stand his voice on a few songs (Can't Ya Hear Me Knocking).

Linkin Park are probably the greatest band of the decade.

Nickelback is like President George W. Bush, in order to be rebellious, you have to actually like them.

[Elegy]

Amen to Made in Mexico! Their "music" make puppies commit suicide.

MCR-Manage to be popular without being Nickelback or Emo. (They are Fashioncore)

I liked Fall Out Boy's RB song, and a few songs off it's album.

I agree Mick Jagger is a bad singer, but I can stand his voice on a few songs (Can't Ya Hear Me Knocking).

Linkin Park are probably the greatest band of the decade.

Nickelback is like President George W. Bush, in order to be rebellious, you have to actually like them.

fashioncore? love that. I might use it to describe them from now on.

I don't really agree with LP being the greatest. They're easily one of the most successful, but their might be a couple higher then them.

And prepare to be bashed

[R33DH4M]

Caf&#233; Tacuba
Coldplay
Ill Ni&#241;o
Lifehouse
Saliva
SR-71
Stabbing Westward
New Found Glory
Taking Back Sunday
Machine Head
American Head Charge
Head Automatica
AFI
Phish
The Black Keys
Wolfmother
Coco Rosie
The White Stripes
Lily Allen
Fiona Apple
The Flaming Lips
The Decemberists
RX Bandits
John Butler Trio
Soul Coughing
Sum 41
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Andrew WK
Mushroomhead
Kittie
Otep
Hatebreed
Cursive
Drowning Pool
The Used
Glassjaw
Converge

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

Coldplay is ok.

[Rockbandfan23467]

How? For liking FOB?

[TheCrimsonSaint]

Caf&#233; Tacuba
Coldplay
Ill Ni&#241;o
Lifehouse
Saliva
SR-71
Stabbing Westward
New Found Glory
Taking Back Sunday
Machine Head
American Head Charge
Head Automatica
AFI
Phish
The Black Keys
Wolfmother
Coco Rosie
The White Stripes
Lily Allen
Fiona Apple
The Flaming Lips
The Decemberists
RX Bandits
John Butler Trio
Soul Coughing
Sum 41
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Andrew WK
Mushroomhead
Kittie
Otep
Hatebreed
Cursive
Drowning Pool
The Used
Glassjaw
Converge

After brief yet serious deliberation, I have come to the conclusion that R33DHAM has very little musical taste. Oh yeah, Metallica and the Stones still suck. Read my earlier posts for a brutally honest breakdown of Metallica. Please post any requests for an explanation on the Rolling Stones.

[R33DH4M]

Crazytown
Taproot

Edit: Last but not least.... Bloc Party.

K I think thats all of the them.

[polishdog90]

Crazytown
Taproot

Edit: Last but not least.... Bloc Party.

K I think thats all of the them.


Wow I agree with all your bands but 1. I think Wolfmother is pretty good. The only thing I don't like about Wolfmother is that their guitarist never plays any solos. Also the song Woman just pisses me off now. I like every other song on their album better, but Woman is always the one being played whenever Wolfmother is mentioned.

[R33DH4M]

I hate them because they try to sound like a classic rock band or to be more specific, Led Zeppelin, but fail horribly.

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

They sound nothing like Zeppelin. They don't sound bluesy at all like their early stuff, groovy like their later stuff, or epic like their later stuff. It doesn't even sound like they're trying to recreate Zeppelin's sound (well except for the singer).

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

How? For liking FOB?

No, because Coldplay has nice ballads.

[osirisbunnyfoofoo]

Caf&#233; Tacuba
Coldplay
Ill Ni&#241;o
Lifehouse
Saliva
SR-71
Stabbing Westward
New Found Glory
Taking Back Sunday
Machine Head
American Head Charge
Head Automatica
AFI
Phish
The Black Keys
Wolfmother
Coco Rosie
The White Stripes
Lily Allen
Fiona Apple
The Flaming Lips
The Decemberists
RX Bandits
John Butler Trio
Soul Coughing
Sum 41
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Andrew WK
Mushroomhead
Kittie
Otep
Hatebreed
Cursive
Drowning Pool
The Used
Glassjaw
Converge

No no no. The Decemberists aren't rock, but they are one of my favorite bands. The Crane Wife is an amazing folk album. Don't you dare rip on them. Most of the bands you mentioned do suck, but the White Stripes are one of the few purely rock bands that we have left to cling to currently in the midst of the Souljaboys and the Avril Lavignes(I probably misspelled that.) Wolfmother I don't particularly like but they certainly don't suck. And the Flaming Lips are some of the greatest musical minds alive currently. How can you not love "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song"? (I'm sure you will probably tell me.) Seriously, I own At War With The Mystics and Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, and they are both great albums. Sure, it gets kind of spacy and repetitive after getting a few songs into AWWTM, but then there's "Mr. Ambulance Driver" and "It Overtakes me" to really change up the mood. It may be a bit of an acquired taste for the slow synth songs that last around five minutes, but it's good stuff and a great album overall.

[Rockbandfan23467]

No, because Coldplay has nice ballads.Sorry I meant this to be for the guy who told me "prepare to get bashed"

[R33DH4M]

Goo Goo Dolls

[Charron]

Well, this is a lot more of a hate-in than I had hoped. :/

Anyway, I know it's late, but I'm going to defend Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives since I'm a fan. They're a geek pop band. You might be thinking Weezer when you hear geek rock, but HB is more like They Might Be Giants. Now, if your issue with them is their musical style, then I'd need to know what you like. Maybe they're too light and pop for you, which is fine, that's a matter of taste. The key point is their lyrics- they're not meant to be taken seriously. They write songs for geeks (hence the label), and you would too if you were a bunch of MIT grads. (Their old bassist is even a professor there.) So of course they'll write songs about Star Wars (http://www.honestbob.net/lyrics.php?name=tatooine), Robert Pollard (http://www.honestbob.net/lyrics.php?name=pollard), the ability to speak (http://www.honestbob.net/lyrics.php?name=benefits), and of course a geek's eternal unrequited love (http://www.honestbob.net/lyrics.php?name=igetby). Hell, they did a cover of a Nine Inch Nails song and broke down into a doo-wop section. Not because they thought it made the song better, but because it's funny.

I guess, in the end, if you're not their target audience you're just not going to get it. But at least they have some interesting instrument work in my opinion (I Get By has a pretty good riff), which sadly can't be said about They Might Be Giants as much anymore.


Lastly. I'm somewhat curious why people who find indie bands pretentious feel that way. I'll agree on indie music critics, as Pitchfork is about as pretentious as you can get, but in terms of musicians I've always felt hair metal bands were far worse, creating a self-centered scene everywhere they go. Indie bands I've seen perform are much more modest in not only their dress, but their mannerisms and stage show. So I'm just curious where the whole meme comes from.

For the record, I'm asking this about legitimately "indie" bands. Not popular bands called indie because indie is the new alternative rock. Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, and Modest Mouse aren't indie. (Modest Mouse used to be... they cleaned up nice but lost some of their character....)

[HayabusaZeroZ]

My Chemical Romance. They have plenty of potential, as can be seen in "Famous Last Words", but they waste it by using a style tons of other bands have done these days. Also, the new marching band outfits make them look like lame Vampire cosplayers. And "Helena" is one of the worst songs I have ever had the misfortune of hearing. Ever.

Fall-Out Boy. I know everybody who was raised in the 70's & 80's has an odd genetic defect that causes them to hate mainstream music without second-thought or rationallity [sarcasm/], but these guys actually are pretty good. "Dance, Dance" is catchy, and "This Ain't A Scene" had a pretty cool sound with a mix of hip-hop like rythm and punk. However, their style is drenched in teenage "Fashioncore" as Rockbandfan23467 said. A genius move in terms of marketing, but hardly original now.

And jeez, R33H4M, what modern music do you like...if any?

[Rockbandfan23467]

My Chemical Romance. They have plenty of potential, as can be seen in "Famous Last Words", but they waste it by using a style tons of other bands have done these days. Also, the new marching band outfits make them look like lame Vampire cosplayers. And "Helena" is one of the worst songs I have ever had the misfortune of hearing. Ever.

Fall-Out Boy. I know everybody who was raised in the 70's & 80's has an odd genetic defect that causes them to hate mainstream music without second-thought or rationallity [sarcasm/], but these guys actually are pretty good. "Dance, Dance" is catchy, and "This Ain't A Scene" had a pretty cool sound with a mix of hip-hop like rythm and punk. However, their style is drenched in teenage "Fashioncore" as Rockbandfan23467 said. A genius move in terms of marketing, but hardly original now.

And jeez, R33H4M, what modern music do you like...if any?

I said MCR was Fashioncore. FOB aren't. Most of what is called Emo is either:
1. Pop-Punk (FOB,TAI,Paramore,AAR,American Idiot-Era Green Day,etc.)
2. Fashioncore(MCR,Aiden,Ateryu,A7X{Arguablly},etc.)

Note that this is for mainstreem acts. Suny Day, Fugazi, Rites Of Spring, Weezer, Death Cab, that's real Emo.

[Consolcwby1]

I've got to admit, I'm kind of surprised by all the hate in this thread... Other than that comment, I'll have to say that to me, Cinderella was one of the worst bands I ever saw, heard, or come into contact with. For me, they were a completely derivitive, corporate sponsored, prefabbed 80's band. The fact is I couldn't stand them back then, and I can stand them even less now. I would honestly listen to ANYTHING than listen to them (that includes modern country, emo, Britney, Britney's sister, mother, grandmother, etc.) I like to see some originality in music, and for me, in my humble opinion, Cinderella is complete crap - one of the reasons why I got into the industrial and hardcore scenes back then.

It's only an opinion, and for those who like them (or even love them), then more power to ya.

[Rockbandfan23467]

Bumpapalooza.

[Johnbeargrease]

yeah im embarassed nickleback are from canada. they suck!! All those punk/pop bands with singers that sound like thy're 12 suck even worse. IMO the most overrated crap of all time is the Beatles. I'd rather listen to nickleback!

[OSUjen]

Café Tacuba
Coldplay
Ill Niño
Lifehouse
Saliva
SR-71
Stabbing Westward
New Found Glory
Taking Back Sunday
Machine Head
American Head Charge
Head Automatica
AFI
Phish
The Black Keys
Wolfmother
Coco Rosie
The White Stripes
Lily Allen
Fiona Apple
The Flaming Lips
The Decemberists
RX Bandits
John Butler Trio
Soul Coughing
Sum 41
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Andrew WK
Mushroomhead
Kittie
Otep
Hatebreed
Cursive
Drowning Pool
The Used
Glassjaw
Converge
Dear Lord, who DO you like? You've mentioned about 100 bands you don't like so far

[orange_black]

wow this thread was funny to read.

the following is my opinion:

1. I read a few mention how great an album Metallica's black album was. NO it wasnt.... its the main reason so many metalheads stopped listening to their stuff and so many female teenyboppers started buying their stuff.

2. Whoever said Cinderella was the worst band of all time.... i agree whole heartidly.

3. And whoever the dude is that thinks Iron Maiden is the greatest band ever and Metallica/Slayer suck... its obvious my friend you're just not a fan of Thrash... and thats fine.... to each his own.... I like Iron Maidens BIG hits (# of the beast, run to the hills)... but personally they were never anywhere NEAR hard enough for my ears to enjoy

:)

[Rockbandfan23467]

I don't think Reeh4m is here anymore.

[Shredder87]

wow this thread was funny to read.

the following is my opinion:

1. I read a few mention how great an album Metallica's black album was. NO it wasnt.... its the main reason so many metalheads stopped listening to their stuff and so many female teenyboppers started buying their stuff.

2. Whoever said Cinderella was the worst band of all time.... i agree whole heartidly.

3. And whoever the dude is that thinks Iron Maiden is the greatest band ever and Metallica/Slayer suck... its obvious my friend you're just not a fan of Thrash... and thats fine.... to each his own.... I like Iron Maidens BIG hits (# of the beast, run to the hills)... but personally they were never anywhere NEAR hard enough for my ears to enjoy

:)
Yeah that CrimsonSaint fellow makes Iron Maiden sound like the greatest thing since sliced bread. As if Iron Maiden don't follow the same routine as Metallica. Nothing but chugged riffs my good chum. Like OrangeBlack said, they're ok, but they're just not defining. Nothing get's my adrenaline going like Run To The Hills, but then Number Of The Beast comes up(I hate that song with a passion) and kills my mood.

[clostor]

The entire indie scene. Especially The tough alliance. They all think they're cool just because they wear ugly clothes and play ****ty music. Pisses me off.

Dragonforce, I mean just because they can play fast doesn't make them heavy.

Kanye West, oh my god I hate that ***** so much. He sounds like **** and he ****ing stole Daft Punks song without giving any credit.

All rap/hiphop/rnb/dancehall or whatever more there is. They only listenable rap artist is Immortal Technique. Everybody else should just quit.

not to defend kanye west or anything but i'm pretty sure he gave daft punk credit for their song when he put them in his ****ing video

[Wolvklawz]

Metallica has fallen into the older generation it seems. Being 30 years old, when I started listening to music, actually listening to it, Metallica the Black album is what started my course into liking rock/metal. I could relate to their songs, the music itself was something original that I still haven't heard touched again. I know I have had the debate many times over the Black album vs their other albums, to me that sound was truly something unique not just speed metal. Anything past that is ok but nothing I give listen too on a regular basis. Metallica just seems to be the icon in which metal really took hold. They are the band that made it popular, that showed the industry that it could and would sell. Love it or hate it but if you put on Metallica almost everyone knows it's Metallica, throw on Trivium and maybe a few will name the band but not many. Metallica achieved alot for metal, and that is respect they deserve.

Remember that music is defined by your age and what you just started to enjoy and listen too. When you are young you seem to be pretty close minded about it, but as you get older your mind opens up and you start to really dig into the past and enjoy the new stuff. Not everything, but it does happen. At some point you just actually sit down and listen to the whole album of Master of Puppets for example, you find that it truly was a great album. As to why it's popular, it probably took living at that time and truly knowing what the scene was like.

[TheCrimsonSaint]

Yeah that CrimsonSaint fellow makes Iron Maiden sound like the greatest thing since sliced bread. As if Iron Maiden don't follow the same routine as Metallica. Nothing but chugged riffs my good chum. Like OrangeBlack said, they're ok, but they're just not defining. Nothing get's my adrenaline going like Run To The Hills, but then Number Of The Beast comes up(I hate that song with a passion) and kills my mood.

...I don't even know if it's possible to argue against that. Iron Maiden has no chugged riffs. And they don't buzz. And Bruce can actually sing and he's not a delusioned *****. As for them not being "defining", you must just not listen to much metal. Iron Maiden was the entire force behind British metal. THE ENTIRE FORCE. And last but not least, no, they don't follow the same routine as Metallica. Metallica is thrash, Iron Maiden is Prog/NWOBHM. Which, are of course, two completely different genres. And OrangeBlack was right, I do despise thrash metal. But I don't have a problem with Megadeth. Wonder how that worked out...

[Shredder87]

...I don't even know if it's possible to argue against that. Iron Maiden has no chugged riffs. And they don't buzz. And Bruce can actually sing and he's not a delusioned *****. As for them not being "defining", you must just not listen to much metal. Iron Maiden was the entire force behind British metal. THE ENTIRE FORCE. And last but not least, no, they don't follow the same routine as Metallica. Metallica is thrash, Iron Maiden is Prog/NWOBHM. Which, are of course, two completely different genres. And OrangeBlack was right, I do despise thrash metal. But I don't have a problem with Megadeth. Wonder how that worked out...
I do believe Judas Priest and Sabbath holds that honor of being that force you speak of not Maiden. Get your facts straight. Who do you think popularized the chug? Iron Maiden. Bruce being a good singer? He's the reason why I'm not a bigger Maiden fan. Paul DiAnno was a better fit. I've read some of your other posts, and I've been holding back on answering to your posts. I've also noticed that you run your mouth, yet you know nothing about bands you rag on, as is the case with Metallica. I do believe somebody showed you Cliff Burton, and you realized Metallica didn't have that "lame" bassist you babbled about. I will ask you this. Have you listened to more thrash, or just keep your judgement to what you've heard with Metallica? Also I listen to all sorts of metal, from classic metal to black metal.(not bands that followed Vargs path, they suck.)

[orange_black]

And OrangeBlack was right, I do despise thrash metal. But I don't have a problem with Megadeth. Wonder how that worked out...

The fact that you dont like thrash does not equate to "-Metallica is terrible."

as for Megadeth... poor man's Metallica. I never liked them much... too.... how should i say......... they werent heavy enough for me.

:)

[Jixzer]

The worst bands are
All these girl bands like Flyleaf and all that other bull-****..

A lot of people on this thread have tossed the word "sucks" around pretty liberally without much merit, but I can understand it. You like what you like or dislike what you dislike for whatever reason, regardless of how trivial it may be, and I'm ok with it. What I'm not ok with is ignorant, chauvinistic, arrogant, biggots. So, just because a band is female, it sucks? There are a lot of stupid people on these boards, but you sir, take the cake. Since you have such disdain for the female gender, is it safe to assume that you like guys more? I mean, thats ok I guess. The g@y community needs a$$holes too.

[VTECsam]

Bands I can tip my hat to for accomplishment but I could never enjoy:
The Ramones
The Beatles

Bands I would rather loose a finger over giving them $1:
Saliva
Crazytown
Hanna Montana
Hawethorn Hights
Anyone playing country music under the age of 45
All commercial Rap (Soulja Boy etc...)

[Hadokenchild]

In defence of Metallica (as a former uber fan), their downfall was the product of Bob Rock.
A lot of people praise the Black Album, which is fine, but that album signified the end of Metallica's heavy metal days and the dawn of pop metal. Before the Black Album's release, Metallica was avoided like the plague by mainstream radio. Even their most popular song "One" was played by late night metal shows on college radio stations. Metallica were selling out arenas WITHOUT any radio play and by people copying tapes and giving them to freinds (makes that Napster issue look a bit hippocritical eh?). Their popularity was due to not only playing fast and heavy, but also their mainstream obscurity. New metal bands now will attribute their influence greatly toward Metallica. After Bob Rock got involved, and to some degree became a "member" of the band, their sound became very commercial. Cutting down song lengths to under 4 minutes and making it radio freindly boosted their sales drasticly. Now you had jocks and preppies listening to Metallica only cus they were on the radio. Rumor has it that they have parted ways with Bob so maybe we'll see a return to form.

[JustAndrew420]

Well, that's start off with mostly any rap. I'm pretty biased when it comes to rap, and I prefer to not have anyone bash me for hating it in general because I'm fully aware that there is some meaningful and actually entertaining rap out there. But for the most part, it's all the same stuff, meaningless, repetitive, uninspired garbage.

I also have a thing against Dragonforce, my take is that they are extremely talented, but it's such a shame that they can't write songs for their life. The couple of songs that I've heard all sound the same. Sound the same in the sense that the highlight of their songs are guitar solos that last way past their welcome.

Bands That I Dislike But Remain Talented:
-Metallica: All of their songs sound similar if you ask me...
-Hmm...can't think of any others...

[Hadokenchild]

Bands I can't stand-

Hell Yeah - Seriously, this is the best name they could come up with? I guess that speaks volumes of their creativity. Do I need to even mention "Alcohol and Ass"? The song sounds like a bunch of 13 year olds wrote it, lyricaly speaking.

Hinder - They sound almost manufactured, like a boy band. Very basic, bland and poppy. Not to mention "Get Stoned" and "Lips of an Angel" are two of the worst written songs ever put to music.

Rage Against The Machine - I know, I know, the hate will flow for this. But I can't tollerate the squeaky, nasally, sqwauking of their lead vocalist. Notice I din't say singer for reasons obvious. He sounds like a characterization of a black guy imitating a white guy rapping. And the guitar player is annoying simply because he doesnt play any traditional solos. Now I've probably heard 5-7 songs of theirs but I can't recall ever hearing anything resembling notes played for his solos. And they allways have to be so damn political all the time. It's allmost as bad as Christian rock or black metal. Change the subject for once.

Papa Roach - How old are these guys their early 30's? The only reason they should complain about their broken homes and drunk, abusive fathers is if they still lived there right now. If I had kids that complained this much I'd start a drinking problem too. Then they talk endlessly about how much life sucks and how they want to end it. I can't take them seriously since they've shown a total lack of commitment to actualy doing it.

[thefrizzlefry]

Black Out Band.
If you don't know them, google them.

[Jixzer]

Bands I can tip my hat to for accomplishment but I could never enjoy:
The Ramones
The Beatles

Bands I would rather loose a finger over giving them $1:
Saliva
Crazytown
Hanna Montana
Hawethorn Hights
Anyone playing country music under the age of 45
All commercial Rap (Soulja Boy etc...)

What the hell does that mean? So, people who grew up on country music and love it have to wait till they are 45 before they can record it? Sorry, but country music is not exclusive to the "older" crowd. There are fans from all generation listening, enjoying and recording country music. Your closed mindedness and ignorance is shining through.

[AxlVanHagar]

In defence of Metallica (as a former uber fan), their downfall was the product of Bob Rock.
A lot of people praise the Black Album, which is fine, but that album signified the end of Metallica's heavy metal days and the dawn of pop metal. Before the Black Album's release, Metallica was avoided like the plague by mainstream radio. Even their most popular song "One" was played by late night metal shows on college radio stations. Metallica were selling out arenas WITHOUT any radio play and by people copying tapes and giving them to freinds (makes that Napster issue look a bit hippocritical eh?). Their popularity was due to not only playing fast and heavy, but also their mainstream obscurity. New metal bands now will attribute their influence greatly toward Metallica. After Bob Rock got involved, and to some degree became a "member" of the band, their sound became very commercial. Cutting down song lengths to under 4 minutes and making it radio freindly boosted their sales drasticly. Now you had jocks and preppies listening to Metallica only cus they were on the radio. Rumor has it that they have parted ways with Bob so maybe we'll see a return to form.

I've never bought the "Bob Rock" argument for Metallica's downfall. Bob didn't write the songs for The Black Album, Metallica did. I've always felt and still do that "One" was the beginning of the end. That song got some crossover and mainstream success. They did a video for it, which they swore they would never do. They got a small taste of the mainstream success and wanted more simple as that. Bob was just part of the natural progression for the band at that point. I mean c'mon, Lars got the idea for getting Bob after listening to Dr. Feelgood. They went looking for a simpler more accessible sound. Same thing happend to KISS with I Was Made For Loving You. Suddnely they were trying to write hits after the small taste of mega success.

[c0nd0rd4myt]

personally, I find it humerous when people talk a persons technical skills in their given instrument, to demonstrate how good or "bad" they are. Personally, i'm a big fan of the blues, and allthough Slash has more technical know-how, speed, rythm, whatever, than say BBKing or Eric Clapton, that does not mean, by any stretch, that Guns'n'Roses is a "better" band than the Yardbirds.

My vote would go to Lamb of God, largely becase when I listen them i have a hard time understanding, processing, and seperating what i'm hearing. not to sound like i'm 65, but they just sound like NOISE to me. However, i can see how that kind of music can be appealing to some.

[Hadokenchild]

I've never bought the "Bob Rock" argument for Metallica's downfall. Bob didn't write the songs for The Black Album, Metallica did. I've always felt and still do that "One" was the beginning of the end. That song got some crossover and mainstream success. They did a video for it, which they swore they would never do. They got a small taste of the mainstream success and wanted more simple as that. Bob was just part of the natural progression for the band at that point. I mean c'mon, Lars got the idea for getting Bob after listening to Dr. Feelgood. They went looking for a simpler more accessible sound. Same thing happend to KISS with I Was Made For Loving You. Suddnely they were trying to write hits after the small taste of mega success.

Bob Rock is very very controlling. Bob would go into the studio and lay down guitar and bass tracks of himself when they weren't around. He would scream at them for challenging his ideas and tell them to leave if they didn't like it. The evidence is is the music after the Justice album. Everything was slowed down and simpler. If you watch the "Year And A Half In The Life Of" documentary it is very clear that they are taking orders from Bob. It only became more freakishly clear while watching the "Some Kind Of Monster" movie. And as for the "One" point. They were allready a massive success playing to sold out crowds before that video aired. And they were hesitant about even doing it. They didn't go "mainstream" till The Black Album was out. Remember, the only way to see "One" was on Headbangers Ball, after that they had videos playing all day long because the songs appealed to the mainstream audience and were marketed as such. There's a eason why you hear songs off of The Black Album and their newer ones on classic rock stations yet still no earlier Metallica. It's pop metal, a product of Bob Rock.

[Shredder87]

Bob Rock is very very controlling. Bob would go into the studio and lay down guitar and bass tracks of himself when they weren't around. He would scream at them for challenging his ideas and tell them to leave if they didn't like it. The evidence is is the music after the Justice album. Everything was slowed down and simpler. If you watch the "Year And A Half In The Life Of" documentary it is very clear that they are taking orders from Bob. It only became more freakishly clear while watching the "Some Kind Of Monster" movie. And as for the "One" point. They were allready a massive success playing to sold out crowds before that video aired. And they were hesitant about even doing it. They didn't go "mainstream" till The Black Album was out. Remember, the only way to see "One" was on Headbangers Ball, after that they had videos playing all day long because the songs appealed to the mainstream audience and were marketed as such. There's a eason why you hear songs off of The Black Album and their newer ones on classic rock stations yet still no earlier Metallica. It's pop metal, a product of Bob Rock.
Agreed. Hopefully Rick Rubin can put a fire under their asses and make a great album, not this crap that Bob produced. I can't believe I wasted money on St. Anger.

[fighting69th]

KOTTONMOUTH KINGS are easily the worst thing I have seen live.

Honorable Mentions for worst bands:

Nirvana, Green Day, Throw Rag, Metallica after And Just For All, Radiohead(one hit wonder)

[AxlVanHagar]

It's pop metal, a product of Bob Rock.


Yep, because that's the sound they were looking for. Lars was listening to bands like Motley at the time, he wanted that sound. Sure Bob got pissy with them when his idea's were challenged. They came to him wanting his sound and style as they had no idea how to do it. Lars and the boys wanted some big time mainstream success and they got it.

As for One only being on Headbangers Ball I can't speak to, I didn't get MTV up here in The Great White North at that time. I can however say that One was seen on MuchMusic in regular rotation outside of The Power Hour they're equivalent of Headbangers.


I don't think even Rick Rubin can save them at this point. I think they have jumped the proverbial shark. Between St. Anger and the film Some Kind of Monster I just can't handle the pretentiousness of them anymore. Time will tell I suppose, however I just don't see anything good coming from them.

[orange_black]

I'll throw in my 2 cents on the Metallica issue:

I totally agree that Metallica lost it on the black album. they've never been the same since.

funny story... i havent listened to ANY of Metallica's stuff past Justice For All.. the other day i was driving home... i had HardAttak on Siruis radio going.. they played a song that i heard and the first thing i said to myself was.... WOW this is terrible... these guys suck who is this? I check the info button and it was Metallica singing a song called "So What". WOW how far have they fallen.

HOWEVER i will say that my buddy (who DOES like the newer metallica stuff) informed me that supposedly Metallica is "going back to oldschool" with their new album. Im kinda of excited to see if this is true. I think theres alot of older metallica fans holding out and waiting for the true Metallica to come back. If this new album does indeed hold true to Metallica's original roots, i believe there will be an onslaught of original Metallicaheads coming out of the woodwork.

:)

[Hadokenchild]

Same thing happend to KISS with I Was Made For Loving You. Suddnely they were trying to write hits after the small taste of mega success.

Don't forget Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" was a disco hit as well. The difference bwtween them and Metallica is it was one song that was like that on their respective records while the rest of their songs were no different than what they were already doing. Metallica has done album after album of mainstream music.
Aside from that, Bob seems to make it sound like he sought them out because of the "potential" they had for mainstream success. I want to say it was in the "Some Kind Of Monster" film where he talks about that. The only thing I can see is that they were looking for a new sound, not necessarily a new style. Bob made them change from a heavy metal band to a mainstream pop rock band and made them do things they didnt really want to do (hence the constant bikkering). Also in and interview with Ricky Rachtman (host of Headbangers Ball) during their first tour after the release of The Black Album, James is asked "What song are you sick of playing?". He replies "The entering of the sandman." So he's already tired of a song he just wrote yet would still prefer to play the old stuff. I will agree that their pretentiousness is aggravating to say the least and my gut wants to say you're right about them being beyond help, but I'm not sure it's too impossible.

[willay]

Café Tacuba
Coldplay
Ill Niño
Lifehouse
Saliva
SR-71
Stabbing Westward
New Found Glory
Taking Back Sunday
Machine Head
American Head Charge
Head Automatica
AFI
Phish
The Black Keys
Wolfmother
Coco Rosie
The White Stripes
Lily Allen
Fiona Apple
The Flaming Lips
The Decemberists
RX Bandits
John Butler Trio
Soul Coughing
Sum 41
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Andrew WK
Mushroomhead
Kittie
Otep
Hatebreed
Cursive
Drowning Pool
The Used
Glassjaw
Converge

agreed on all accounts

[mchne]

Lars Ulrich is great drummer because of his unique writing. He might not be the most technical, but he makes great beats.



I was with everything you said until this. No. NO. No, no, no, no, no. If my name was Beavis or Butthead, my response would be, "Metallica rules, Lars SUCKS."

Lars is horrible technically. He does NOT make "great beats". He makes repetitive and beginner level garbage. Infact, I don't know much about metallica's history, but I wouldn't be surprised if hammett or hetfield started the band by writing simple drum parts that they thought lars could handle with some practice.

On top of this, he's a DOUCHEBAG. It's largely his fault that I have to get threatening e-mails from record companies if I share music. GOD FORBID! I bet our DLC would be cheaper if not free if he hadn't been the media spearhead for the anti-napster/filesharing movement that started in the late 90's. What a *****. Every time I see his face I hang my head and wonder why he's famous.

(ok so the free DLC thing was a stretch but you get my point)

[fighting69th]

I was with everything you said until this. No. NO. No, no, no, no, no. If my name was Beavis or Butthead, my response would be, "Metallica rules, Lars SUCKS."

Lars is horrible technically. He does NOT make "great beats". He makes repetitive and beginner level garbage. Infact, I don't know much about metallica's history, but I wouldn't be surprised if hammett or hetfield started the band by writing simple drum parts that they thought lars could handle with some practice.

On top of this, he's a DOUCHEBAG. It's largely his fault that I have to get threatening e-mails from record companies if I share music. GOD FORBID! I bet our DLC would be cheaper if not free if he hadn't been the media spearhead for the anti-napster/filesharing movement that started in the late 90's. What a *****. Every time I see his face I hang my head and wonder why he's famous.

(ok so the free DLC thing was a stretch but you get my point)


Abso-freakin-lutely!!!! Check For Whom the Bell Tolls and how sloppy this is

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[mchne]

I got through two minutes of that video, enjoying it, but the drums are just plain bland. It's simple the whole way through and I was coming up with better fills than that when I was 16. It covers metallica's style though. They were always very raw sounding. Whatever works, I guess.

Seeing as though that's a recording of a live show, I would expect more than that from a professional drummer. Playing live is when he is supposed to be using creativity and improvisational skills that he should have learned after YEARS of being a professional drummer... work the crowd.. jesus christ...

[Gianthogweed]

Metallica is definitely overrated, but they aren't in "the worst band" category. Their first few albums were very good for what they were. They were one-trick ponies, yes, but they did it very well, and it probably would have been considered a betrayal to the Gods of Metal if they tried to be more diverse. That said, they pretty much lost it after The Black Album, their most commercial album, but still very good. Maybe they tried to branch out and failed, or maybe the fans simply wouldn't allow them to stray far enough away and as result the music just sounded like a watered down version of metal. Either way, their later stuff just sucks and I'm surprised they're still as popular as they are.

Then you have bands like Nickelback, Hoobastank, Falloutboy and a slew of other emo-pop bands that just suck, have always suck, and probably always will suck simply because the music itself is whiny, boring, and completely unoriginal. I notice that some of these bands have descent instrumental talent, but the vocal style is the same horrible whiny Green Day wannabe style that just grates on me after awhile. Green Day is also pretty horrible, and they pretty much always were even in the early days.

[Vedderman]

Great job guys with the lists...most are spot on for me.

I agree wholeheartedly that a lot of the music we hear today, whether rap, rock, country or whatever is bland and really generic. Very rarely does a band come along that makes you stand back and go..."THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!".

We're all waiting for that band or person to come along and kick us in the ass and make us remember that music is such an amazing experience.

People mention that rap sucks and for the most part, yep. Most of the music now is about selling an image, not music. As previous people mentioned, pioneers like Public Enemy, De La Soul and Tribe Called Quest made good music....today record labels can't afford to take chances and put out something fresh and unique. It's a shame really. Too much money involved and not enough people buying records.

Same with rock. Back in the day you had bands that turned the world upside down...Beatles in the 60's....Zepplin in the 70's....Van Halen in the 80's.....GNR in the 90's and then Nirvana. You might not like them all but they all had a significant impact on music...they changed the entire direction of where things were going.

Who does that now? Fall Out Boys? Nope. Not happening. Today, if a label sees that something is popular they push it out in droves in hopes that we'll snatch it up....consumerism at it's best.

Oh...and Metallica really have an inflated ego of themselves. :)

[Ramathorn]

And Bruce can actually sing and he's not a delusioned *****.

I don't think there's ever been a statement that I've disagreed with more. At least the second part of it. Bruce Dickinson thinks that he's a god. And he's not. I don't get how you can say that he's not a delusioned ***** after he gets invited to Ozzfest, then ends up taking cheap shots at Ozzy, who Dickinson basically owes everything to. Iron Maiden would not be around if it wasn't for Sabbath.

[abacab]

I've always wondered what the appeal for KISS was. Musically they're nothing special. Guitar is pretty repetitive and boring. Drumming is ok but nothing that really stands out. Gene Simmons can't sing for crap and lyrically they have some of the most inane lyrics I've ever heard. I won't even touch on Gene's personality. So why do they have such a huge following? The only reason i can find is beacuse of their appearance/stage presence. Anyone actually know why they're so popular?

[xfactorstl]

I can't really say who the worst band of all time is. But i can say the most over-rated bands in my mind would have to be!!

Metallica
Bon-jovi
Kiss

[xfactorstl]

Kiss is only Popular because of the merchandising teqniques. They are monster entreupenueres. They had everything from lunch boxes to sex toys.

[Shredder87]

Let's not forget coffins. Dimebag was buried in one.

[TheCrimsonSaint]

I don't think there's ever been a statement that I've disagreed with more. At least the second part of it. Bruce Dickinson thinks that he's a god. And he's not. I don't get how you can say that he's not a delusioned ***** after he gets invited to Ozzfest, then ends up taking cheap shots at Ozzy, who Dickinson basically owes everything to. Iron Maiden would not be around if it wasn't for Sabbath.

Check your history. Bruce started taking shots at Ozzy after Sharon tried to kick them off-stage and Ozzy did nothing about it. I don't know about you, but when I'm invited somewhere and someone else wants me gone, I expect the host who invited me to back me up. Bruce expected that of Ozzy, and when Ozzy told Sharon that she was right and that Maiden had to get off the stage, it pissed Bruce off, and rightfully so. You'd have been pissed too.

[Shredder87]

Check your history. Bruce started taking shots at Ozzy after Sharon tried to kick them off-stage and Ozzy did nothing about it. I don't know about you, but when I'm invited somewhere and someone else wants me gone, I expect the host who invited me to back me up. Bruce expected that of Ozzy, and when Ozzy told Sharon that she was right and that Maiden had to get off the stage, it pissed Bruce off, and rightfully so. You'd have been pissed too.
Did you ever think who started the fight? Bruce started taking cheap shots at Ozzy first, running his mouth on The Osbournes, then suggesting that Ozzy uses visual cues to sing his songs. Maybe you should read up on your band before you defend them.

[LetsRock]

...I don't even know if it's possible to argue against that. Iron Maiden has no chugged riffs. And they don't buzz. And Bruce can actually sing and he's not a delusioned *****. As for them not being "defining", you must just not listen to much metal. Iron Maiden was the entire force behind British metal. THE ENTIRE FORCE. And last but not least, no, they don't follow the same routine as Metallica. Metallica is thrash, Iron Maiden is Prog/NWOBHM. Which, are of course, two completely different genres. And OrangeBlack was right, I do despise thrash metal. But I don't have a problem with Megadeth. Wonder how that worked out...

So go listen to Kill 'Em All if you like Megadeth, Mustane was playing for them...

Besides you make no sense. You bash Metallica because of their repetitive riffing, and "Buzzing" riffs, whatever the **** that means (do The Haunted's first album buzz? that kind of riff?), yet hey look who's down there in the sig Bruce Dickinson and his huh.....power chord chugging band called Iron Maiden. Then you say you despise trash metal. Nice "facts", that's not exactly what I call an "honest breakdown" either.

RTTH is a boring song to play on guitar (out of rock band)because it IS mostly, open power chords during the chorus and chugging power chords during the verses. Same for Number of the beast. I mean metal back then did have a formula and it happens that both bands had a very similar formula. How you can praise Iron Maiden and bash Metallica like that is beyond me.

Now Iron Maiden was THE ONLY FORCE in british metal? How about Black Sabbath? JUDAS PRIEST? MOTORHEAD? Do you know what the **** you're talking about?

I love both Metallica and Iron Maiden, but dude, just stop, your bull**** makes no sense http://www.rockband.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif


EDIT : I didn't really want to answer your posts at first but that was just too much. Shut your ****box and start listening.

[Shredder87]

Yeah. I, much like yourself, held back at his posts. You should've seen his "Music 101" before he replaced it with Bruce.

[AxlVanHagar]

Yea Dickinson is a dick. No question. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Maiden and I consider them to be the best Metal band bar none. Bruce is a phenomanal singer/front man but he is self righteous wind bag. Couple of real good buddies of mine are also die hard Maiden fans and if one of us misses a show right after asking "How awesome was it?" we will ask "Any good rants from Bruce?" Don't be a nutswinger, he's great, just ask him he'll tell ya himself.;)

[OldFogey]

Yea Dickinson is a dick. No question. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Maiden and I consider them to be the best Metal band bar none. Bruce is a phenomanal singer/front man but he is self righteous wind bag. Couple of real good buddies of mine are also die hard Maiden fans and if one of us misses a show right after asking "How awesome was it?" we will ask "Any good rants from Bruce?" Don't be a nutswinger, he's great, just ask him he'll tell ya himself.;)

It's sad, isn't it how so many rock musicians, probably more vocalists than any other kind, wind up being such pompous jerks that it's hard to separate that from how good the music is sometimes. I'm thinking about all the rants against Bono on other threads. And Sting is another good example. What a twit. But he sure writes a hell of pop/rock tune.

Thank Mother Nature for Frank! I love that one interview where he keeps saying over and over again "It's just words." Sometimes you'd think these di**h**d politicians think they're Harry Potter and someone just has to say the magic word and the apocalypse will come.

[akwok]

The worst bands are

Good Charlotte
Blink 182
Fallout boy
Hawthorne heights
Dragonforce
Drangonland (and any other band to do with this fairytale style of rock like band mentioned above, all the songs sound the ****ing same)
Nickelback
Linkin park
All these girl bands like Flyleaf and all that other bull-****.Staind
Limp Bizkit
Underoath
All American ******s
Panic at the Disco!
Velvet Revolver
As I Lay Dying
Darkest Hour
Everclear
Atreyu
Creed
My Chemical Romance
P.O.D.
Lenny Kravitz
U2
Nickel creek
Regina Spektor
Jeff Buckley

Most of all Rap sucks (Soulja Boy etc.)except for the classics like Wu-Tang and Snoop Dogg.

Edit: I would also like to add Yellow Card as being one of the worst.

Jeff Buckley? Are you serious? The man is a true musician!

[OSUjen]

Jeff Buckley? Are you serious? The man is a true musician!

It was established long ago that this guy likes no band in existence. :p

[AxlVanHagar]

Thank Mother Nature for Frank! I love that one interview where he keeps saying over and over again "It's just words." Sometimes you'd think these di**h**d politicians think they're Harry Potter and someone just has to say the magic word and the apocalypse will come.


This one? Personally my favorite line in this is "Let's froth!"
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Franks interviews were often better than his music and that's saying something.

Here's one on you may not have seen Fogey, from The Cutting Edge, I love his thoughts on the music industry.
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Sorry for the threadjack gang!:o

[OldFogey]

This one? Personally my favorite line in this is "Let's froth!"

Franks interviews were often better than his music and that's saying something.

Here's one on you may not have seen Fogey, from The Cutting Edge, I love his thoughts on the music industry.

Sorry for the threadjack gang!:o

That's the one. I'd also seen the other one -- really insightful. ANd the threadjack continues.... My apologies as well.:o

[Rockbandfan23467]

Remeber the rules:

Defend a band that another poster hates!

Example:

Poster 1: The Who sucks!
Poster 2: Well, they were a big influenc3e on punk and have one of the most talented lineups ever except for mabye Led Zeppelin or Rush.

[irtiqaevox]

I may take some falck for my forth coming statements, but here it goes. Metallica, I don't think they are that great and I don't quite understand where the popularity comes from. Nirvana, just never got in to them. I know a ton of people think Kurt Cobain was the greatest musician in history, but I just don't like them. Rolling Stones, they are pretty good, but not as great as other bands, give me The Who over the Stones any day. Still I do kind of like some of the Stones stuff. But for me, the worst band of all time has to be Kiss. Not only did they make Rock and Roll All Night which is probably the worst song ever recorded, but it seems like every song I hear by them repeats the same line at least 50 times. I listen to Kiss and the first thing that comes to mind is that damn 'Milkshake' R&B song, that Soulja Boy Song, and all of these modern radio raps that repeat the same thing the whole song with the occasional break for a different line or two. Kiss straight up sucks.
dude u spoke my mind.