Top 10 Most Overhated Bands

The Top Ten
1 Nickelback Nickelback is a Canadian post-grunge band formed in 1995 in Hanna, Alberta, Canada. The band is composed of guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist, keyboardist and backing vocalist Ryan Peake, bassist Mike Kroeger, and drummer Daniel Adair.

I don't know much about this band nor do I care to look into them considering all the crap they get. Only song I know from them is Savin Me, and I like that song, I'll admit. Don't shoot me.

Why do people hate these guys again? I mean, they're not god's gift to rock, but they're certainly not the musical antichrist people think they are.

I certainly don't like them but they are not the worst rock band ever Creed, Hinder, Limp Bizkit and probably others are worse.

2 Creed Creed is an American post-grunge band, formed in 1993 in Tallahassee, Florida. The band's best-known line-up consisted of lead vocalist Scott Stapp, guitarist and vocalist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall, and drummer Scott Phillips.

Creed may not be the greatest band to have ever existed but the musicans are talented why? Because the members went on to form Alter Bridge a band which was much more musically advanced and better than Creed however Creed isn't bad, The musicans are also good people especially Scott Stapp who is very nice to his fans and he started a foundation that raised millions of dollars to help children and familes in need so say that Creed is terrible band all you want but the musicans are good people.

I'll admit that they aren't the greatest band on the planet but they have plenty of good songs. I think they're underrated.

I've heard worse.

3 Limp Bizkit Limp Bizkit is an American nu-metal/rap metal/rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 1994. Their lineup consists of Fred Durst, Sam Rivers, John Otto, and Wes Borland. They're mostly known for their singles like Break Stuff, My Way, My Generation, Nookie, Eat You Alive, Rollin', and Take a Look Around... read more

Their hate is much deserved.

4 Linkin Park Linkin Park is an American alternative rock band formed in Agoura Hills, California, in 1996. The current members include Mike Shinoda (vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar), Brad Delson (guitar), Dave "Phoenix" Farrell (bass), Joe Hahn (DJ), and Rob Bourdon (drums). Linkin Park is associated with a mixture of alternative rock, hip hop, and techno. Some of their influences include Nine Inch Nails, Deftones,... read more

Linkin Park are honestly both overrated and overhated. Many take their love for LP WAAY too far saying they're the best band in the entire world, but haters take their hate too far by saying they're the worst band and they're talentless and put them #1 on the worst music artists remix and CHester on the worst singers of all time remix even though they're are worse artists out there. Now this doesn't apply to every lover and hater, but those who take LP too far. - TheDarkOne_221b

No, they are not overhated in any way. Every emo and weeaboo on the planet worships this band as the second coming of Jesus Christ. Want proof? Look at all the AMV's that feature Linkin Park's music in them. There is even a meme surrounding it all called "Linkin Ball Z". Both this band and its fans are incredibly cringe-worthy. I wish for anyone that likes this band to stop listening to them and grow up.

They're overrated but they don't deserve the hate.

5 Bullet for my Valentine Bullet for My Valentine are a Welsh metalcore band from Bridgend, formed in 1998. The band is composed of Matthew Tuck (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Michael Paget (lead guitar, backing vocals), Michael Thomas (drums) and Jamie Mathias (bass guitar). Former members include Nick Crandle and Jason James; both were on bass. They were formed under the name Jeff Killed John and started their music career... read more
6 Saliva Saliva is an American hard rock band that was formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1996. Saliva released their self-titled debut album on August 26, 1997, through Rockingchair Records. This record label is owned and operated by Mark Yoshida, who recorded and produced the release at his studio, Rockingchair Studios.

To be honest their not the best metal band I've listened to but their far from the worst metal band I've listened to.

I like Some Songs From This Band (Click Click Boom Doperide Your Disease And Always

Yeah don't deserve the hate. They aren't the worst out there.

7 One Direction One Direction (commonly abbreviated as 1D) were a British-Irish pop boy band based in London, composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and previously, Zayn Malik until his departure from the band on 25 March 2015. The group signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records after forming and finishing third in the seventh series of the British televised singing competition... read more

Worst band of all time? I can tell you 4 worse bands quickly. "ok what are they? " is what you're gonna ask.
Well in that case:
Blood on the Dance Floor
LMFAO
Anal C***
The Chainsmokers
are worse than this band.
At least One Direction does not use profanity or hurtful lyrics. And their songs are not the same line/word over and over and over.

Even though it is justified to hate them, they are irrelevant for a few years and some people still like to create various hate jokes about them. They are often called the worst band ever, which is an exaggeration.

No I think they get just the right amount of hate

8 Puddle of Mudd Puddle of Mudd is an American post-grunge band formed in 1991. To date, the band has sold over seven million albums and has had a string of No. 1 hits, with their most famous hit being "Blurry". They have gone on to release six studio albums. Their music has been heavily compared to Nirvana due to Wes Scantlin's similar-sounding singing voice.

I've seen several online pictures of being comparing this band to Staind for which one's more worse. Honestly their not the best post-grunge band out there but they aren't as bad as people make them out to be.

By the way, TOD's image and this band's image is same?

9 My Chemical Romance My Chemical Romance is an American rock band from Jersey City, New Jersey, active from 2001 to 2013, and again from 2019 to present day. For much of their career, the band consisted of lead vocalist Gerard Way, guitarists Ray Toro and Frank Iero, bassist Mikey Way, and drummer Bob Bryar.

I understand that band isn't getting back together anytime soon (Sorry for rubbing salt in the wound). The only reason why I can think of is why their hated is because this band is considered emo. Still though their a decent band Black Veil Brides being worse though.

People freak out when I say I like My Chemical Romance because apparently they are emo.

"ooh its emo you're emo"-literally everyone

10 Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold is an American heavy metal band, that was formed 1999 in California. Their longest lineup of members was M. Shadows (Vocals), Synyster Gates (Lead Guitar), Zacky Vengeance (Rhythm Guitar), Johnny Christ (Bass Guitar), and The Rev (Drums).

Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan (Drums), their most notable drummer, passed away in 2009, being temporarily replaced by Mike Portnoy, who was replaced... read more

They deserve their hate their logo is a ripoff of Overkill's logo and further more "The Hail to the King" album is a rip off of the "Black" album by Metallica.

There is no proof that A7X ripped of Overkill's logo. If two pictures would be same, then I'd say Overkill ripped off old pirates logos.

These comments prove the point. Avenged Sevenfold is overhated.

The Contenders
11 Coldplay Coldplay are a British pop rock band formed in 1996. The band consists of Chris Martin (lead vocalist and pianist), Jonny Buckland (lead guitarist), Guy Berryman (bassist) and Will Champion (drummer and backing vocalist). Manager Phil Harvey is often considered an unofficial fifth member. The band renamed themselves "Coldplay" in 1998. Before making their debut album, they recorded and released three... read more

Their first 4 albums are absolute masterpieces. I'm not a huge fan of their current music, but come on. It takes a hell of a lot of talent in order to keep scoring hits in the past almost 20 years.

Come on they're the best band ever they shouldn't even need to be on this list let alone being this low

I will admit for about the last 10 years they have not been at their best but parachutes is one of my favorite albums of all time, and arobtth is pretty great too. Their next two albums are pretty good too..
I don't get all the hate.

12 AC/DC AC/DC are a Australian hard rock band, formed in November 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young, who continued as members until Malcolm's illness and departure in 2014 . They were fronted by Bon Scott until his untimely death due to alcohol poisoning in 1979, after which they hired Brian Johnson to front the band. Commonly referred to as a hard rock or blues rock band.

Yeah, yeah! You all hate AC/DC for sounding the same! That doesn't matter, the thing that matters is if the song has good quality, good lyrics and good vocals! NO-ONE UNDERSTANDS!

They are the most Overhated music artist in existence they make awesome music yet it seems they always get hate even though they did nothing to deserve it

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13 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin was an English hard rock band formed in London in 1968 as the New Yardbirds. The group consisted of Robert Plant (Vocal), Jimmy Page (Guitar), John Paul Jones (Bass, Keyboard) and John Bonham (Drums) and was very much the child of Jimmy Page who even financed their first tour. He had tasted some previous success with The [original] Yardbirds and was friendly with some big names in rock... read more

Eh kind of but there hate is deserved they do RIP OFF and PLAGARIZE songs. Don't believe me? Then go to Metal Treasure's "Songs Led Zeppelin ripped off" list.

LZ is one of the most overrated bands of all time however I only put them on here because ignorant people think they plagerized every song they made

But almost everyone likes Led Zeppelin...

14 Three Days Grace Three Days Grace is a Canadian post-grunge/alternative rock band formed in Norwood, Ontario in 1992 with a line-up consisting of guitarist and lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer and backing vocalist Neil Sanderson, and bassist Brad Walst. Their original name was Groundswell until they changed it to their current name in 1997. In 2003, the band's current guitarist Barry Stock was recruited to the... read more
15 Imagine Dragons Imagine Dragons is an American pop rock band from Provo, Utah, and are now based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. Imagine Dragons' lineup consists of lead vocalist Dan Reynolds, guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee, and drummer Daniel Platzman. The band first gained exposure with the release of their single "It's Time", followed by their award-winning debut studio album Night Visions (2012), which resulted... read more

Nah, they are UNDER-hated if anything.

16 Red Hot Chili Peppers The Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American funk-rock and alternative rock band, that was founded in 1983. The band's members are Anthony Kiedis (Vocals), Michael "Flea" Balzary (Bass), Chad Smith (Drums) and numerous guitarists, most well-known being John Frusciante. The band is among the most well-known funk bands in music history with albums like "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" and "Californification" being some of their best known works. Throughout their career, the band has won numerous different awards and established an immense fanbase.

Every time somebody mentions RHCP in the Internet he will get replies like:

"Red Hot Chili Peppers can go to hell if you ask me"
"Imagine Red Hot Chili Peppers songs wouldn't have any music at all! It would be heaven! "

17 Slipknot Slipknot is an American metal band formed in Des Moines, Iowa in 1996. The band is best known as one of the pioneers of the New Wave of American Alternative Metal during the late 1990s - 2000s and are distinguishable by the band's clothing choices, consisting of black/red jumpsuits and horror inspired masks... read more

Not a fan of them either but some metal etlists overhated on them due them supposedly not being "Real metal". There is no real or fake metal, metal's just metal.

Psychosocial is a metal song, the riff and solo are 'classically based'

They are just as over hated as any nu metal band.

18 Metallica Metallica is an American Heavy/Thrash Metal band formed in 1981. The original lineup was James Hetfield (Vocalist and Rhythm guitarist), Dave Mustaine (Lead Guitar), Lars Ulrich (Drums), Ron McGovney (Bassist). The group came into mainstream from their Self-Titled album and the hit single "Enter Sandman"... read more

Metallica is actually very overhated mainly because of two kinds of people:
1. Biased metal haters who hate on this band just because they are the most popular one
2. Ignorant Megadeth fans who think Dave Mustaine wrote all of Metallica's "best" songs and say that Metallica has been crap ever since the Black Album and that they sold out and Megadeth never got bad even though Its arguable that Risk and Super Collider were very bad.

They're hated for a lot of reasons.
1. St. Anger
2. Dave Mustaine left Metallica.
3. Metallica fans thinks that everything after MOP is bad
4. There are a lot of metal haters
5. Metallica are overrated
6. They sold out
7. Lars Ulrich
8. Megadeth fans who think Metallica sucks
And more...

Metallica's not overhated. Even Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett don't get the hate for being overrated.

19 Oasis Oasis were an English britpop band formed in Manchester in 1991. Developed from an earlier group, the Rain, the band originally consisted of Liam Gallagher (vocals and tambourine), Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan, and Tony McCarroll. Noel Gallagher (Liam's Brother) served as the primary ...read more.
20 All Time Low All Time Low is an American pop punk band from Towson, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore, formed in 2003. The band currently consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Alex Gaskarth, lead guitarist and backing vocalist Jack Barakat, bassist and backing vocalist Zack Merrick and drummer Rian Dawson.

While not as good as The All American Rejects their still better than garbage called Mayday Parade!

21 Hoobastank Hoobastank is an American rock band, formed in 1994 in Agoura Hills, California with lead singer Doug Robb, guitarist Dan Estrin, drummer Chris Hesse, and original bassist Markku Lappalainen.

While most of their songs were hit and miss they were still tolerable.

22 Hole Hole was an American alternative rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1989 by singer and guitarist Courtney Love and lead guitarist Eric Erlandson.
23 Kiss Kiss, often styled as KISS, was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973. The original members were Paul Stanley (vocals, rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (vocals, bass guitar), Ace Frehley (lead guitar, vocals), and Peter Criss (drums, vocals).

Known for their face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid-1970s. Their shock rock-style live performances featured... read more

Yes, but tney didn't influence The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple or Pink Floyd?

They are overhated. They have influenced every band there is and they're better than AC/DC and Guns'N'Roses combined.

24 Queen Queen are an English rock band formed in London in 1970. The original lineup was Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), and John Deacon (bass guitar, vocals). Before forming into Queen, Brian May and Roger Taylor had played together in a band named Smile. Freddie Mercury was a fan of Smile and encouraged them to experiment with more elaborate... read more

They're not overhated. Absolutely speaking, they're fairly rated and in relative numbers, they're overrated.
I do think they made good music, no question, but for some reason they seem to be the only 70s band still popular today, while bands like Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd, who were also very popular as well as extremely innovative at the time, seem to get no love. It seems to me like 13 year olds who think they figured out music like to claim they were like the most innovative band of all time because it's the only 20th century band they know, ignoring groups like The Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, etc. A lot of them actually try to justify themselves by saying they also like The Beatles, which I think is really weird 'cause if it were true they should realize there are much greater bands out there. Also, liking The Beatles doesn't make Queen any better. Again, they did make decent music, and maybe there is some amazing stuff hiding on the lesser known albums and b-sides I don't know, but I also don't think a lot of them really looked into that all that deeply. There's nothing wrong with you listening to them, I got friends who dig Queen as well, but not every single one of you has to comment on every single site ever that they're the most innovative band ever, so next time before you want to do so, take 4 minutes to just shut up, sit down and listen to The Beach Boys' Good Vibrations without distraction and think about it again.

25 Simple Plan Simple Plan is a French-Canadian pop rock/pop-punk band from Montreal, Quebec. The band has released six albums.

Their honestly not the worst pop-punk band out there.

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