Quick Question...

[Tomm NCCC]

Who are the worlds most Over-rated, and Under-rated Bands?

 

[Matteh]

That's not a quick question and you know it.

 

[Turbinator]

Haha, he obviously added that ("Quick Question") to prevent another one of his threads from getting bashed .

 

[Langeveldt]

haha, going to go out on a limb here

Over rated - Oasis
Under Rated - Springbok Nude Girls (Hell if they were English they'd be > Oasis)

 

[Turbinator]

Over Rated Brands - Nike, Tommy, Enyce, Sean John

Under Rated Brands - Puma, Adidas

 

[BoyBrumby]

It's probably tougher to say who's overrated than who's underrated. There are literally dozens of great bands who don't get the props they should; some because they've never quite cracked the mainstream & some posterity has forgotten.Bands I would personally recommend include American Music Club, Buffalo Tom, Thin White Rope, The Triffids, The Replacements, The Afghan Whigs, The Wonder Stuff, Shed Seven, The Bluetones, The Boo Radleys & Gene. I could go on...

Overrated is harder, because for everyone who rates a band there's usually someone who hates them. I think probably the most overrated band ever tho are The Beastie Boys, who seem to be inexplicably lauded by people who should know better.

 

[16 tins of Spam]

Over rated - Oasis

Hardly. No-one's rated them since a week after Be Here Now came out.

The Doors are the most overrated band ever, IMO.

Underrated: any band that is innovative and talented but isn't fortunate enough to be British or American. I'm thinking of The Phoenix Foundation in particular. If they came from either of those countries the NME and Q would be talking them up as being on a par with Radiohead and Wilco.

 

[Tomm NCCC]

Haha, he obviously added that ("Quick Question") to prevent another one of his threads from getting bashed .

Finally, someone i can relate to.

No, this wasnt an excuse to say that The Rifles are dead under-rated.

 

[Simon]

Over Rated - Silverchair (By too many Australians)
Under Rated - Third Eye Blind (That'll change this year when their fourth album comes out though)

 

[Turbinator]

Finally, someone i can relate to.

No, this wasnt an excuse to say that The Rifles are dead under-rated.

Haha, yeah Canadians have to stick together .

Woops, misread the initial post, thought it said bRands not bands .

 

[_Ed_]

My opinion, forcing myself to restrict it to two of each:

Overrated: U2, Green Day
Underrated: Gramsci, The Veils

 

[16 tins of Spam]

Overrated: U2, Green Day

Agreed.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Muse are well overrated.

 

[Matteh]

True that.

 

[Simon]

Muse are well overrated.

outside of this forum ive barely heard em mentioned anyway, and id prefer for it to stay that way...

 

[NZTailender]

You Am I.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Oasis are surely the most overrated. The number of people that like the content-free drivel they churn out year after year is simply astonishing.

Green Day at least had some appeal to people who were too young to have experienced punk rock when they were new on the scene. U2 had a few decent tunes in the 80s. The Beastie Boys are really a pretty diverse and interesting band with a couple of really good records. Oasis have nothing.

 

[Dasa]

I think probably the most overrated band ever tho are The Beastie Boys, who seem to be inexplicably lauded by people who should know better.

 

[16 tins of Spam]

Green Day at least had some appeal to people who were too young to have experienced punk rock when they were new on the scene... ...Oasis have nothing.

I can respect that you don't like Oasis, but if you're going to allow Green Day that concession, what about the kids who'd had nothing but manically depressed and angry Americans to listen to? Oasis were one of the key - if not the preeminent - bands that brought about a resurgence in music that was unashamedly British, and gave kids something positive to focus on after years of being shat on by the Tories.

You can argue all you like about the quality of their music, but you cannot deny them their role in the movement that also brought Suede, Pulp, Blur, Elastica, and so on to prominence, as well as inspiring a general renaissance in British culture, and arguably ushering in a new government as well.

 

[Matteh]

Greenday did used to be half decent in all fairness.