Top 10 Reasons Why AC/DC Sucks

Of course this is #1, this is the only thing reason I hear when people criticize AC/DC, but it's not entirely true, all started to sound the same, but with Bon Scott was alive, AC/DC's songs sounded different from each other

I agree if we're talking about Brian Johnson era AC/DC. It's what killed them in my eyes. The vocals all sounded the same; same energy, same tone, same volume. But during the 70s (Bon Scott era), AC/DC had such diverse music for only being in one genre. The only Bon Scott songs that sound the same to me are "T.N.T." and "Dirty Deeds". And that's because they are exactly the same song aside from the lyrics. But you take any other selection of Bon Scott songs and no two sound the same. Take "The Jack", "Whole Lotta Rosie", "Sin City", and "Shot Down in Flames". "The Jack" is bluesy and deliberate. "Whole Lotta Rosie" is energetic, powerful, and fun. "Sin City" is deliberate at points, but then explosive at the flick of a switch. And "Shot Down in Flames" is as energetic as "Whole Lotta Rosie" while still sounding different due to the instruments. But for this, I definitely criticize Brian Johnson era AC/DC rather than the 70s material.

Especially after Bon Scott. Even with Bon Scott a lot of their songs still sounded the same. All of their songs have a similar feel, even their slower songs, and have very similar sounding chord progressions.

Literally the same thing on repeat. Their entire discography is one long enormous song.

Kinda related to reason #1. They never want to even step any feet out of just being a generic hard rock band. Because the idea is incredibly repetitive, so they have to stray away from the idea sometimes just to not be extremely repetitive.

They have ZERO talent. Angus Young is one of the worst guitarists ever. Brian Johnson is one of the worst vocalists ever. The rest of the band also have zero talent. Their "music" sounds like something you'd expect from a bunch of kids trying to be "br00tal" when they just end up sounding worse than nails on a chalkboard. Their music is over-simplistic and generic. I am honestly ashamed I used to like them. Like, I was THAT idiotic to like this worthless pathetic excuse for music. Luckily I got myself together and started listening to stuff like Metallica and Megadeth. AC/DC are completely talentless.

I'm not saying that they have no talent, however, I am saying that the band is not very talented by any means.

With Brian Johnson, they are so boring and overrated. Back In Black was only good because the band allegedly used Bon Scott’s ideas with giving him credit. Every subsequent album with Brian Johnson is the same boring album. Bon Scott was a great frontman and a far better songwriter than Malcolm or Angus put together and when he died and the Youngs ran out of material from Bon to use, they went stale. They are also so boring live.

They can be incredibly boring, and generic sounding, and never stray away from the same repetitive formula.

That's a sign a bad band for me, is if they only sing about those subjects. This reason also just adds to the repetitive nature of this band.

They are far from creative when it comes to their music, with their generic instrumentation, and generic lyrics.

This just adds to the generic nature of the band. Their instrumentation sounds incredibly generic and shallow sounding, and you can tell that they are just trying way too hard sometimes in their music.

Even Bon Scott was a very mediocre singer in my opinion. All of the singing in their music sounds really generic and is the same sounding bluesy, rock n roll type of voice, which lacks any sort of depth.

Not mediocre, their singing is UNBEARABLE! They have one of the worst vocalists ever, Brian Johnson. He just screams as loud as he can.

I honestly feel they are the best for big get to gathers, with the music just playing in the background. That way you really can't care that much about the music's quality. Their music is also very simple, and samey, so it's perfect for parties.