Most Underated and Overated Bands In the Past 10 Years

[kenndogg]

overated: nirvana, korn, limp bizkit, creed

underated: otep, nonpoint, stone sour

[breg]

Overrated: Whiny ***ed bands like Staind, Likin Park

Underrated: At the Drive In, Sparta, The Mars Volta, The Unseen.

[Thordic]

Underated - INXS. These guys, if still together today, would have been BIGGER than U2. They had better songs, Michael was a better singer than Bono IMO, and the band was more talented. Their music is so similar you can easily compare the two bands. If they hadn't broken up, and Michael hadn't "accidentally" killed himself shortly after, this band would have been immense, I'm convinced. Today, everyone is just like "INXS? Aren't they one of those forgotten 80's bands?"

Overrated - The Rolling Stones or Linkin Park. The Rolling Stones are hailed as the greatest rock band ever blah blah and all this crap, personally I think tons of bands from their era are better. The Stones are talented, but not as much as some other bands. They deserve to be famous, but nowhere near at the level they have become. Linkin Park is just totally overrated, they aren't very talented and their songs are "ok" at best, yet they are treated like the new gods of music.

Oh, and as for those who are calling bands such as the White Stripes and the Strokes overrated, get back to your roots. These bands are a throwback to blues-based rock and roll, and I think its great that its making a comeback. For a while it looked like Nu-metal and its clones were killing the rock scene, and now old-school rock and roll is getting to shine again, I love it.

[DJBacon06]

underated-Dream Theater

[fcpchop]

Re: Most Underated and Overated Bands In the Past 10 Years

Originally posted by MaChu
Kinda self explainitory.

Underated-Marvelous 3 or At The Drive In

Overated-Nirvana or Linkin Park


If you want to add some reasons go right ahead.

u say nirvana is overrated but have u listen to them, i mean like really listen to them. they have alot of good songs,

but i think all pop bands r basicly over rated

[trevorjk]

Originally posted by SSMercury
Around here "Live", because at least one song or another of theirs gets played on practically any 90's radio station I've heard of in Texas, but no one knows that I've ever spoken to.

dude secret samahdi has to be one of the better rock albums in the 90's even the follow up with dolphins cry wasnt that bad


but overrated - good charlotte
underrated - simon says

[spazzed]

OMFG Overrated: Good Charlotte. I mean WTF? How the hell did these tools get their own damned show on MTV? They look like transvestites on Halloween (not dogging the look, just *their* look) and their songs sound like a 12 year old girl wrote them. Pathetic.

Next, the Stones. Like Thordic said, they are one of the classics, but sweet jeebus, have you actually seen them in the last 15 years? Back then, rock on. Now, run & Hide.

Underrated: Again, White Stripes. All in the roots baby.

[Muzikman]

First off, nirvana is not overrated. They changed the style and sound of music in the early 90's. Think about what was popular in 1990 (Poision, Montley Crew, Great White). Then comes a long a band that was so different it took the music industry by supprise. This is not overrated, this is revolutionary. Before Nirvana, the last band to have as much influance on music was the Beatles.

Overrated: Rage Against the Machine
Underrated: They Might be Giants

[MaChu]

Yes, I have listened to Nirvana, yes I think they are good, but they are getting more credit than they deserve. Like I said before, grunge was in the Seattle area before them and MTV and all these groups make it sound like they started it. Yes the record company had alot to do with Nirvana getting popular because they are the ones who put them on MTV. People were bored with all the crazy hair and nut cracking voices being played over and over for the past decade, so of course they would embrace a new sound. My opinion.(Again)

[Kai]

Originally posted by Muzikman
First off, nirvana is not overrated. They changed the style and sound of music in the early 90's. Think about what was popular in 1990 (Poision, Montley Crew, Great White). Then comes a long a band that was so different it took the music industry by supprise. This is not overrated, this is revolutionary. Before Nirvana, the last band to have as much influance on music was the Beatles.

Overrated: Rage Against the Machine
Underrated: They Might be Giants

How can you not like Rage Against The Machine?

[mcveighr]

I thought everybody liked Rage, they were like the best band of the 90's.

Thats like saying Zepplin was overrated.

[f3rr3+]

under-rated: Ben Folds Five/ Ben Folds, Coldplay, Moby, NOFX, Me First and the Gimme Gimme's

over-rated: Almost every top 20's band of the last however long mtvs been on the air


(ben folds five and coldplay and nofx are pretty popular but i dont think anyone realizes how talented they are)


EDIT:

Underrated Cont'd

Floggin' Molly
Descendents
Pinhead Gunpowder
Dillenger Four

[than205]

Overated: metal-lica

Underated: the clash

[f3rr3+]

Oh and heres my rant about Nirvana...

they didnt do anything radical!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they were just the first band to get on mtv with that underground genre sound!!! just like greenday!!!!!!!

[chizle97]

over-rated: Good charolette,likin park, creed, any other carppy a$$ MTV fake punk band.
under rated: Beck(Flaming Lips) Spoon, crystal method, foo fighters, smashing pumpkins, voo doo glow skulls. OSKER