Most Overrated Rock Bands

Nirvana has their place. They were by no means bad. Kurt had a talent for writing lyrics and a voice that inspired a generation. But the fact remains: they were not even the best in their genre. I wouldn't even put them in my top 3. Soundgarden is VASTLY superior in every single category outside of popularity. Chris Cornell compared to Kurt Cobain is like a 5 carat diamond compared to white dog. Much of the same can be said for Pearl Jam... and Alice in Chains. I would even say Stone Temple Pilots is a tier or 2 above Nirvana. I respect them and their body of work, but when every other well known grunge band has better singing, songwriting, musicianship, lyricism, longevity... Overrated.

I'm not a believer that all famous musicians have to be technically proficient, but these guys have been cutting corners for a while now, and don't seem to have improved that much. It still seems like the Edge uses his vast array of effects pedals to compensate for his lack of guitar skill. Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton always use the same, monotone rhythms to back every single song (does Clayton even use more than one strong on any song? ). As for Bono, he's not nearly as great as his devotees make him out to be. Has no-one noticed how clumsy and off-key he is on 'With Or Without You"? Perfect example of a substandard singer overreaching his grasp.

Don't get me wrong, I do like Linkin Park. They're definitely in my top fifteen favorite rock bands. HOWEVER, they are not #1. People keep placing them above the Beatles, Queen, and other bands that honestly deserve a top spot. I wouldn't mind seeing them or their songs in a top ten, or an occasional top 5. But they are currently the #1 rock band on "best rock bands" list, which really isn't true. Not trying to offend any fans, just saying that they are kinda overrated.

Generic, awful, idiotic and whiny band. I have no idea what makes them incredibly popular, but my guess is probably because of the insane amount of emos and weeaboos on this planet. Those kinds of people just love eating this kind of music up, along with their pop punk and metalcore obsession as well. Linkin Park mean absolutely nothing to the music industry whatsoever.

I think that what makes their songs so supposedly "stupid" is some of the best stuff about them. They don't put on any airs about sadness or romance. They just write awesome power anthems. May I add that they managed to rise from the ashes after their awesome lead singer, Bon Scott, sadly passed away. Not many bands could do that. Besides, Angus Young is an incredibly skilled guitar player, and his solos make up for the repetitive lyrics.

These guys are extremely overrated. So many middle aged men hail these people as one of the best of the best in rock, and why is that? They really bring nothing new to the table, their lyrics don't explore anything, they don't try to experiment, and they sound like a standard hard rock band. Maybe I'm missing the entire point of ACDC, but I don't see them fitting my music tastes.

Coldplay were great to start with and deserved the accolades they got. Then they just produced nothing but filler but were still praised by critics. Hence why they are overrated. It's all sounded the same, very dull for years. The raw emotion has now gone and there songs now sound like there written by someone who's trying to hard. And failing

Listen to the piano rift from clocks... Listen to the piano rift from clocks... Listen to the piano rift from... Aww hell, I could've done this as a seventh grader... But then I didn't... Dang you Chris Martin!

They've had some of the most innovative punk songs ever. They've always had the spirit of pop but the intensity of punk. Definitely not overrated, especially when you consider each and every song from one of their albums is different in their own sense, ESPECIALLY Dookie, Nimrod, Insomniac, and 21st Century Breakdown.

I like Green Day. They're one of my favorite rock bands. But Green Day is overrated. Some people get into rock by them. but as you listen more rock songs, you'll understood why Green Day is overrated. I never wanted to admin that Green Day was overrated when I first started to listen them and rock songs.

Their music is prosaic at best because they devoted all their creativity to their look and/or stage show. even their fanbase associates them most immediately with the makeup and the pyrotechnics. long as they had those bases covered, they could just play the Alphabet song for two hours straight and they'd get away with it.
What's more they'll actually take that as a compliment. (seriously, Gene Simmons would masturbate on stage if he thought he could get an audience for it. )

One of the biggest clowns in music industry. Their music sucks. Their songs are bland, cheesy, boring and awful. Most of their songs are bland and generic. Second, Gene Simmons is a big douchebag. They focus on the looks than music. People hate pop and rap music because it's all about sex but these guys do the same thing.

Kiss is rocks mumble rap. Each song at best sounds like that high school band you said was okay when you were a freshman. Just another band at the right place at the right time, slapped on a bunch of makeup and cheesy promos.

This is the most overrated band in the history of rock music. How are they not in the top ten? At least Green Day and Avenged Sevenfold have a good amount of decent songs. LZ's music makes me want to kill somebody. Plant sounds like a toddler, their lyrics are pure idiocy, and Jimmy Page is a crappy guitarist who plagiarizes because he has no creativity.

This is one of the most overrated bands. 1st place of the best rock bands list. Oh mean. I never find anything good about this band. Their music sounds cheesy, bland and boring. The vocals sounds annoying and can be use as a siren for the ambulance or police cars. I never find anything special besides they plagiarize about 20 songs. They are the most controversial bands when it comes to copyright. I can name 100 bands better than them.

Nothing sadder, musically speaking, than reading the comments of those of you who think that the Beatles were/are overrated, and who seem to honestly believe that this musical myopia signifies that you are somehow more perceptive than the overwhelming consensual majority, whereas all it means is that you are inadequate. They are by no means my favourite band, yet anyone with half a brain and a complete set of chromosomes should give them credit for having been the fountainhead and inspiration for much of what came afterwards. There can scarcely be an artist or band (yes, including Queen), who has not been influenced, even indirectly or unconsciously, by their work. What they and George Martin achieved, with the technology at their disposal in the 60s, was nothing short of brilliant - reaching a peak with Abbey Road.

In the real world, I think they are slightly overrated. On these lists, it's not even close. When I see Richie Sambora in the top ten songwriters and top 50 singers of all time, the answer to the most overrated band is clearly Bon Jovi. Living On a Prayer is a great song, as is Wanted, Dead or Alive. A lot of bands have made two great songs. The rest of their music is either pedestrian or downright bad (Have a Nice Day, It's My Life). It seems a lot of people on these sites are head over heels for Bon Jovi. They're okay, but mainly I just don't feel it, sorry.

I laugh when people say Guns N' Roses are one of the greatest hard rock bands ever. They're just another bang average 80s hair band. Bands like these killed the entire genre of rock (until Nirvana revived it a couple of years later). I especially believe this band would be absolutely nothing without Slash. He's downright one of the greatest guitarists of all time, and he carried Guns N' Roses to fame. Meanwhile, Axl Rose is the most overrated singer of all time. Yes, he has an incredible vocal range, but the actual sound of his voice is so obnoxious. I also can't handle the band's lyrics. People call their debut album one of the greatest albums ever, and yet it's full of misogyny.

This band has potential, I have heard many of their songs and can't seem to figure out what's not right. The vocals are good, the drums and guitar are even better; Avenged Sevenfold are very talented however it's the choice of songs which are very poor. If someone could actually write songs with proper lyrics and rhythm for a7x then they could possibly one of the best metal bands around. A song style similar to Disturbed or even Bullet For My Valentine could really do them good. For these reasons I think Avenged Sevenfold are good and outstandingly talented although their songs are specifically overrated.

They were a solid rock band but baby-boomers believe them to be almost as groundbreaking and historically important as Elvis. I'm actually a fan of a few of their songs but they made some stinkers too. The fact there is a successful magazine called "The Rolling Stones" is enough proof that this band is way overrated and not only that but able to use their magazine to release top 100 songs of all time that list their own songs way too favorably near the top every time.

The most overrated band ever. There are no questions. Seriously Mick Jagger is a great performer don't get me wrong, but that is the only reason that these guys are considered influential. His voice is nothing special, Keith Richards is a so-so guitarist and Brian Jones there only stand out musician was rejected and killed himself.

Paul Rodgers singing Jimi Hendrix songs sounds like a great idea being that Paul is a great bluesy style singer but there is just something about Jimi like Mick that brings out the best in their songs and that would be character in the voice. Some songs need that lesser than greatness to make it a great song and Mick pulls it off. Keith may just be an average guitar player but he is known as the Grand Riffmaster for a reason and everybody knows that Ron Wood is the better player. When a band has been around for 55 years releasing album after album somewhere down the line they are gonna stop creating masterpieces and have less than stellar songs but they have earned their praise and the right to be on top of the mountain with other greats of the rock era. Really the only albums or songs that appear near to the tops of lists are albums from their classic golden years and a good many of those albums have the cream of the rolling stones crop. It isn't like Dirty Work or Voodoo Lounge are ...more

Good writers & good in the studio - seen 'em live and they're brutal - glorified garage band. They're like Dylan - also a great writer - should have had someone else record his tunes. But of course, all music is subjective - one man's garbage is another man's gold.

I do like Queen, but they sure as hell are overrated imo. Freddie will forever be an icon and their live shows looked amazing but their music is overplayed and I kinda get bored when listening to them for a while. The thing that annoys me is that because of their status that the individual members are considered to be some of the greatest of all time. Not that any of them are bad at what they each do but songwriting and instrumental ability are two completely different things

None of them were exceptional at playing INSTRUMENTS?!

Now I'll agree, Bohemian Rhapsody and Another One Bites the Dust are songs loved by people who want to seem "aesthetically different", so they are overrated JUST A BIT.

BUT, let me tell you that Brian May is one of the GREATEST guitarists who ever lived! Listen to the complex guitar harmonies off of Queen II and Jazz! Especially listen to the flamenco bit in Innuendo. And John Deacon and Roger Taylor were gifted musicians as well.

I do like some of their stuff but they sure as hell are extremely overrated imo. Their music is just too chaotic for me to enjoy. I'm massively into metal and hard rock, but SOAD really doesn't do it for me and I'm not too sure how they became so popular but one thing I can't deny is that they're certainly unique

They were good at first, but after listening to more of their songs, I started to get irritated at the constant and repetitive shouting, the obnoxious instrumentals, and strange lyrics. Maybe I'm too simple minded to understand their music, I don't know, but for now I'm not a fan of this band.

Maroon 5 was good until they sold out. Now their songs are all about Adam Levine swearing and being a jerk.

If anything, Maroon 5 is underrated. They deserve their popularity because they're talented.

They used to be good but they got worser. They are the biggest sellouts in music industry.

Metallica is in no way a "bad" band. But overrated? HELL YES. Maybe one of the most overrated bands in the world. I loved Metallica until I was about 12 years old and started finding better music. I mean jesus christ, their drummer can barely hold the tempo... They are not very good live either. I mean sure, they have some good songs but it gets pretty bland, boring and repetitive quickly. I know they have a lot of diehard fans but I sincerely believe that they deserve to be on this list... and higher up.

It pains me to choose Metallica here, but they certainly deserve it. They deceived their loyal followers by releasing one long bowel movement of awful albums and then tried to blame it on their fans. "Our fans wanted something new! " – No Lars, we wanted Metallica. Their last two albums are hailed as the return of the messiahs, but they are both just average hard rock releases with a stigma of being something really special. Linkin Park, U2 and Coldplay can all go lube each other's sphincters for all I care, but Metallica needs to be way up on this list.

The guitarist is unskilled (actually all the "musicians" are), their discography have songs that are indistinguishable from one another, their lead singer sounds constipated when singing, they are a derivative of Creed which in turn are a derivative of Pearl Jam whilst at the same time sounding like bro-country (shudders), the lead singer looks like a paedophile, they performed so terribly at a concert that people throw rocks at them, people actually petition for them to NOT perform, their songs lack class (e.G. Figured You Out, Something In Your Mouth), they only care about money when it comes to making music (I mean, as the almighty end all of all things), diversifying in music means bringing Flo Rida to guest in one of your songs, the lead singer is a douchebag as a person.
I just can't think of anything of merit about this band. If one is forced to listen to their music on the radio while at work, what will you expect to be the reaction?

No, this band absolutely does not belong on this list. And it's not because they're good, they're complete crap, and that's why they shouldn't be on here. This list is of overrated bands, not bad ones, people really need to learn to distinguish between bad and overrated, because they have nothing to do with each other. The Jonas Brothers aren't overrated because nobody likes the Jonas Brothers, they have ten times as many haters as they do fans, almost to the point where it would be more reasonable to argue that they're underrated rather than overrated.
So no, the Jonas Brothers are garbage, but they're in no way overrated.

This band shouldn't be on this list. They deserve to be in the top ten best rock bands ever and they've earned it. The fact that Anthony and Flea are still touring in 2019 is amazing. Flea arguably the greatest bassist of all time in any genre, John Frusciante arguably the greatest since Hendrix, Chad Smith being able to keep up with a duo like flea and frusciante since 1988 is incredible. And their Slane Castle 2003 performance was other worldly. You guys on here who are saying this band is overrated, you don't know how wrong you are. They have so many underrated songs (some to me are better than their popular ones) that you guys don't even know. Wet Sand, She Looks To Me, Desecration Smile, Venice Queen, etc. Just listen to some of their live concerts from 2006 and their Slane Castle performance and you will see why this band kicks ass.

Was forced to see them at last Love Ride their best songs were covers from real bands who wrote good music. Dave Grohl sitting on his throne/motorcycle lamenting about not being able to get out in the wind and ride how pathetic? The insufferable douche bag cusses so much because he can't come up with anything interesting to say so he curses and his moronic fans scream in delight because they heard the "F" word. This just reinforces his need to be a jack ass on stage. I have seen Robert Plant and Pink Floyd so many times and never have they needed to dropping "f" bombs to get their fans into the show

Seriously? I think they are very underrated. The way that they are able to change to another completely different genre and master it is really indicative of the genius of Thom Yorke. Take for example, The Bends and Kid A. If you took someone who didn't know who Radiohead was, they would be shocked to know that those albums were done by the same band.

I don't understand why people love this band. This music brings only sorrow and desolation. Furthermore, it's not so good in lyrics and instruments.

They're not perfect obviously, but they're easily one of the best bands of all time. Radiohead is UNDERRATED.

Whoever thinks they're overrated either hasn't heard them (about 20%), has only heard Creep (about 70%), or has heard at LEAST OK Computer and was too immature to understand what makes them so great.

They're very good but I have to admit johnny rotten and Sid vicious are overrated. Steve jones and Paul cook don't get much respect. Neither did the original bassist glen mattock.

Didn't the Sex Pistols only release one album? For some reason Nevermind seems like a punk album and getting all the creidt when the sex pistols did the same damn thing first.

Sid is overrated. Anarchy in the UK is still awesome, though.

Really I need to comment on this band, listen to their music... Enough said

This is not a rock band but they are overrated though and they suck