Most Overrated Band/Musician

[GMDino]

(02-07-2016, 05:26 PM)Devils Advocate Wrote: Are you guys rating these acts based on musicianship and talent or, what these acts meant at their peak or what?

Because bands like Boston made it pretty big in an era when it was relatively speaking very difficult to land a record deal where there's a thousand acts just like them dreaming of the same thing. So something rates bands like this higher, if it's not their talent. Same thing for Nirvana. I don't particularly care for their music nowadays but man were they a nice relief from the crap we were fed over the air prior to their explosion, which introduced us to bands like Pearl Jam, who in no way possible can be considered over rated by any metric. Aside from PJ, who are very talented, these other acts had something often imitated and rarely duplicated, just ask Gene Simmons.

As far as over rating the Stones and/or The Beatles, PUULEEEEEEEAAASSE
You may not like either of these bands but these two are head and shoulders above any other band ever recorded which may or may include Led Zeppelin, the band I offer as the most over rated. This coming from a die hard fan in my late teens/20's. But, these guys plagiarized many songs including Stairway.











Because of their arrogance regarding the issue of plagiarism, it's difficult to respect them even though they recorded many of their own great songs. It's sorta heartbreaking. 

I read the entire thread waiting for someone to mention Zeppelin.

Stolen riffs (if not entire songs), made up lyrics meant to sound "deep". Screaming instead of singing.

Paige can play great guitar.  Bonham was a crazy man on the skins.

But the group is elevated to such high standing it makes me want to throw up.

I like some of the music...but they would never be in a top ten for me.