Worst Band Ever?

[Marty666]

neil peart has all the talent of a casio drum machine. he might be a technically great musician, but he is souless. having a drum part that is difficult and complicated to play, does in no way make it sound good or make it an indespensible part of a song. lyrically, rush is like a 10th grade english class for retards that has internet access. they simply pander with cliches, tribble and whatever they think 13 year old boys will like.
 
 any music "expert" who thinks led zepplin is great (or even good) has no understanding of the american blues music that zepplin ripped off.
  zepplin is just playing other peoples music and watering it down for mass consumption. and they even stole whole songs outright. the popularity of led zepplin is equal to the general populations ignorance of american black blues music.
 What Led Zepplin did would be like me going to china and playing nirvana songs on a banjo and becoming a famous music star there. One day, the chinese would hear a real nirvana song, and my career is over. good thing for led zepplin, muddy waters is dead.
 
 
 

Originally posted by TheDirector217:
   

Originally posted by Marty666:
  id say the top five worst bands of all time are;  led zepplin, rush, linkin park, creed and bon jovi.
 
 they are all a triumph of mediocrity and proof the masses will accept the most bland mass produced tripe as long as its popular. of course rush "trys" to be different, but its calculated and panders to wannabee musicians who are impressed by simple things like off beat rythyms and the number of notes played in a minute. its musical masterbation.

The fact that you even put Rush or Zeppelin in your top 5 worst bands of all-time makes me SERIOUSLY question your knowledge of music and your overall grip on reality/sanity level.  I'm not even a fan of Rush honestly, but Neil Peart is one of the greatest drummers ever.  As far as Zeppelin, it's one thing to say you don't like them/not your cup of tea.  Fine.  But for you to dismiss their catalog like that . . . .     :eek:    
 
 If you said that in a room full of serious music fans/experts, they'd laugh you the fuck outta the room.
 
 
 With that being said, Creed is MOST DEF a/the front-runner.  Fall Out Boy gets honorable mention as well. I'll run with Bizou311's vote & double up on Simple Plan.  They unequivocally suck goat ass.  
 
 P.S. There's WAAAAY worse bands than Bon Jovi out there. [/b]

[chancegardener]

Matchbox 20
 Asia
 Bush
 Sugar Ray
 Hootie and the Blowfish
 Toad the Wet Sprocket

[imaginarycolors]

I'm kind of bothered that Led Zeppelin is being mentioned in this string but I understand everyone has their different tastes and likings. I'm just thinking though that all these bands that became great like The Beatles and Led Zeppelin, they all took elements from other types of music to make them the band they are. I might be able to better understand why certain people don't like Zeppelin if I actually learned guitar and understood what it is. But Zeppelin laid the groundwork for all future rock bands to come, that's why I'll never be able to say Zeppelin is a crappy band. Heck every band that's created takes an influence from some other music style. It's what popular music is, something for everyone.
 
 So while I'm at it, here's a few to add that shouldn't have existed in the first place:
 Hinder
 Chevelle
 Any hair metal band
 Puddle of Mudd
 
 By the way, this new Smashing Pumpkins album is just not doing it for me

[imaginarycolors]

Originally posted by IMAmoose24:
  The Doors, Led, and Rush should never have been mentioned in this list. (Especially Led and Rush).
 
 I love Snow Patrol and Bright Eyes, but there is way more of a possibility that they would show up on my worst of list before Led or Rush.

I'll actually add a vote for Bright Eyes, makes great lyrics but could do something about the music

[Brian_Wallace]

The Beatles
 The Who
 Led Zeppelin
 The Grateful Dead
 
 and just to prove I don't only loathe nostalgic, over-rated, baby-boomer classic rock I can come up with some modern bands:
 
 Live
 The Smashing Pumpkins
 Red Hot Chili Peppers (that point made about China/Nirvana/Led Zeppelin can also be applied to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.  Just substitute George Clinton/P-funk for Muddy Waters.)
 
 oh, and Rush.  I don't even think what they produce is music.  It's so awful on so many levels.  Just three good musicians (I guess?) who have no concept of originality or feeling.  Whenever I hear Rush I think about all those monkeys typing Shakespeare.  If you put a thousand monkeys in a room with a guitar, bass and drums in about fifteen minutes they would come up with "Power Windows."
 
 Brian
 
 P.S.  And I'm not trying to be controversial or "punk" by saying The Beatles are one of the worst bands ever.  I really believe that.  I have definite opinions about why they are so awful.

[bkrome]

nickleback and creed
 
 no competition

[kosmo vinyl]

GTR

[miss pretentious]

i'm going to just go through bands during my time on earth (less than 25 years. *ahem*). so the firsties that come to mind would include:
 
 saliva.
 crazytown.
 creed.
 linkin park.

[Mobius]

worst thread ever?

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by Mobius:
  worst thread ever?

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[HoyaSaxa03]

by the way, a google image search for "worst post ever" turns this up:
 
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 just sayin ......

[kosmo vinyl]

post of the month

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

there is a difference between "worst band ever" and "band I hate most ever."   The former implies a certain amount of objectivity, whereas the latter is entirely subjective.

[kosmo vinyl]

Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
  there is a difference between "worst band ever" and "band I hate most ever."   The former implies a certain amount of objectivity, whereas the latter is entirely subjective.

which is why i YAWN ever time these threads get started...
 
 Howver, I do believe that the Good Dr. A. Phibes wins this round.  The proof is in the bands website URL "rockmerollmejackylmeoff"
 
  But it's also proven fact that GTR=SHT, "Cotten-Eyed Joe" is about as low as one can go one hit wonder wise and Blues Hammer is representative of some really crap suburban blues bands out there.
 
 p.s. the only reason i know the Jackyl website is that I had hoped they would have been missing from that receeding hairline metal fest in ROCKLAHOMA as a way to proven that even crap 80s bands whose gimmick was a chainsaw are occasionally forgotten.  Sadly it wasn't the case cause there they were...

[Sir HC]

Dispatch.
 
 Hands down.
 
 I saw them live once, a 3 piece jam band that was relatively big (are they still big) because of myspace and giving away their music.  You can not have a 3 piece jam band when no one can hold their own on the instruments, flubbed notes, poor singing/harmonizing/just dying songs had many who were not there for the show openly claiming "worst ever".
 
 Who, who is putting down Led Zepplin, the Dead, or Rush or the others actually saw them live in their heyday?  Some bands I do not like any of their studio work (or very little), but live they can really put it on, entertain a crowd, and hook even the casual listener in.  I was talking to a friend who was into the first punk explosion in the UK (saw the Sex Pistols first time round).  Hated Led Zep but a friend begged him to go to the show.  In the end he was won over, not a fan but respected them and said it was a great show.  
 
 So again, dispatch followed closely by Evanescence and Book of Love.  This is based on touring bands headlining gigs.