Most Underated and Overated Bands In the Past 10 Years

[SpongeBobSquarePants]

Overrated-Every bit of punk rock. It has to be the worst kind of music ever invented other then country.

Underrated-Mudvayne, American Head Charge, Kotton Mouth Kings, Ill Nino.

[Ov3rmind]

Originally posted by SpongeBobSquarePants
Overrated-Every bit of punk rock. It has to be the worst kind of music ever invented other then country.

Underrated-Mudvayne, American Head Charge, Kotton Mouth Kings, Ill Nino.

That post made me want to kill puppies. Punk helped introduce a new level of innovation to music in the 70s. How you can compare any numetal band to The Clash or The Ramones scares me.

[SpongeBobSquarePants]

Originally posted by Ov3rmind

That post made me want to kill puppies. Punk helped introduce a new level of innovation to music in the 70s. How you can compare any numetal band to The Clash or The Ramones scares me.

Simple. The bands I listed were all underrated. I bet you have only listend to maybe one, two at the most of them. You think they are stupied because they yell? Well if you know anything about any of those bands* and have ever heard there lyrics (yes they are there and can pick them out) its alot better form of music then punk could ever be. Sorry thats just the way I feel.

*Those bands do not include Kotton Mouth Kings, there just a bunch of white guys who talk about pot. Either way its hilarious.

[Ov3rmind]

Originally posted by SpongeBobSquarePants
Simple. The bands I listed were all overrated. I bet you have only listend to maybe one, two at the most of them. You think they are stupied because they yell? Well if you know anything about any of those bands* and have ever heard there lyrics (yes they are there and can pick them out) its alot better form of music then punk could ever be. Sorry thats just the way I feel.

Bands that are all over MTV and the radio are in no way underrated, seeing as how they are getting tons of attention. I've heard all of them except for American Head Charge. Yelling has nothing to do with it, I listen to bands with plenty of yelling/screaming (listen to Converge for an example). The lyrics are actually what bother me. They are all overly generic, and many make an attempt to sympathize with goths or teenagers in general (=$$$). If you want an example of good lyrics, read up on Cursive, The Blood Brothers, Tool, or AFI's more recent stuff.

[mcveighr]

Rage Against the Machine did the smartest thing that they could have possibly done (don't know the story, maybe this isn't how it went down, but..), they got rid of de la Rocha and got somebody who could actually sing. Zach sounded like a pissed-off-pinko version of Mike-D. Which is to say, he had a terrible, grating voice, but didn't have the humor thing going for him like the Beastie Boys at least tried to have. The musicians in the band, on the other hand, were VERY good, and deserved a better singer. Although I'm not sure it's worth the loss of Soundgarden.

Zach left the band, they didnt boot him out, and did you happen to notice that since he left the lyrics blow?

Audioslave sucks, I think that they have an incredible band, such as Morrello who is one of the best guitar players in the world, but they cant produce anything.

[p8ntball1016]

Originally posted by SpongeBobSquarePants
Overrated-Every bit of punk rock. It has to be the worst kind of music ever invented other then country.

Underrated-Mudvayne, American Head Charge, Kotton Mouth Kings, Ill Nino.

God help you.

[EsPo]

Originally posted by BobTheCow63
Underrated: Flogging Molly.
Seriously... I freaking love their sound, yet nobody has heard of them...

Your not hanging out with the right people

Overrated- Nirvana/new AFI
Underrated- Radiohead


As aforementioned, noone really has the right to judge music.

[sps16]

Originally posted by p8ntball1016
underrated- old afi

overrated- new afi

[MaChu]

Jesus did you just say nobody has heard of Flogging Molly?! HAHAHAHA! TONS of people listen to Flogging Molly. Heck they even got stuff in Hot Topic(the store I hate, but sometimes I pop in to laugh at the people and prices) has merchandise.

Who ever said punk was horrible needs to be slapped. If it wasn't for punk we could still be in Saturday Night Fever every day of the week. Punk had political messages which were dying out near the end of the late 70s, trying to restablish that rebeliousness WITH a cause in the late 60s. But I have to agree punk did have its drawbacks...it spawned New Wave, the 80's music everyone hated. Those were indeed dark times

Overated-All American Rejects, Weezer
Underated-American HiFi, Cake

[Zygote]

underrated-
the Clash - got almost no recognition until recently when Joe Strummer died
Flogging Molly - they're like the second coming of the Pogues (another underrated band)only better, if that's possible
the Pixies - Kurt Cobain himself has said Nirvana was just a Pixies cover band, although he was obviously selling himself short
Steve Earle - may save the world one day

overrated-
Radiohead
Sonic Youth
most of what's on the radio


EDIT: I saw Tom Morello recently at Berklee on the Tell Us the Truth tour, which also included Billy Bragg, Steve Earle, Boots Riley from the Coup, Lester Chambers, and Jill Sobule. Morello played solo acoustically and sounded like an even more pissed off Leonard Cohen. It was pretty awesome. Zack was far from the only "pinko" member of Rage.

[BobTheCow]

Wow, there have been like 5 people on AO now talking about the greatness of Flogging Molly... Espo you're right, I DO hang out with the wrong people!!

[-Carnifex-]

Originally posted by Kai


How can you not like Rage Against The Machine?

[MaChu]

Omg, The Pogues are old skool Flogging Molly, they were around the late 80s early 90s right? I think I saw them on SNL once and I was just in awe of the distinct Irish folk with a modern sound. Wow this thread has gotten really big. Go me :o

[Zygote]

Yeah, the Pogues sort of grew out of the British punk scene in the late 70s/early 80s. I believe when Shane McGowan left, Joe Strummer was their vocalist for a while.

[skife]

underrated- clutch, flogging molly, dropkick murphys

overrated- lots of poppy punk bands, nirvana was extremely overrated,