Artists that were overrated

Im sorry if youre a die-hard fan of any of these bands Im about to bash, so forgive me now, I have listened to it all, my mother has 8,000 albums and I know what Im talking about. First off, AC-DC, yes, Hells Bells, Back in Black, and High Way to Hell are very good songs. Just not all of there stuff is to be a hardcore fan over. Big Balls is funny but beyond that it is really pointless. There filler songs on there albums isnt wroth all the hype. Guns and Roses, this one gets on my nerves. I swear to god if I hear another lame ass reference to this awful garbage Im going to grip on to a rose bush while I have someone shoot me in the head. Most hair bands are just the hair, heads full of air, and need to be ignored. Metallica is like the hardcore version of the Eagles, so what this means is that they rip off the style of whatever is hot around the time they put out there album. Two hardcore Metallica fans showed me footage of a live show where they played a song from an album theyre working on, and it isnt thrash metal, its punk. Its 80s old school punk. Teens believe that these bands are cool because their best friends dad used to listen to it, and hes cool.

Another thing that gets to me is people at my high school who were the retro style shirts of bands that they never listen to. I love Black Sabbath, and I was talking to a girl, who was wearing one of their shirts, and I asked her what was her favorite song by them, I got the reply of, Who? Didnt people buy shirts to support an artist and to make a fashion statement? I know I wouldnt go out and buy a Metallica shirt just to look like all my friends who listen to crappy music. If I was to go out and buy a band tee, it would be from a newer band that I was listening to and is still together, and hasnt broke up because the lead singer wanted to make more money to fuel their drug addition.

Now I have a question for you. What happened to cool Satan based metal band. Wheres all of the cool backwards messages that are about Satan and smoking pot? I enjoy that. Rock used to be about sex, drugs, and the music, not making it to MTV, or telling kids a good message. Rock music is about destroying things and not conforming. Now it seems that nonconforming is to conform to a group of nonconformists. You know what I havent seen in years, someone lighting a guitar on fire or playing it with there teeth. Yeah, fun guitar smashing is getting old, Aaron Carter is even doing it. You can thank Mindless Self Indulgence for that one.

In closing, I feel my ranting is going to get me hurt by a Guns and Roses fan, thank god the new ones are small. If anyone of you know about a new metal band that is still about Satan, sex, drugs, and rock, please, I am begging of you please, let me know.

Keep your ears clean.
Canaan Krazy Smith.

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nuckinfuts68Posted: 12/31/2007

ok, how can anybody born in 91 bash any of these bands is beyond me. now, i personally don't like guns and roses or metalica all that much. they each had a few good songs but overall ho-hum. but, to say AC/DC was an overrated band is sheer stupidity. now, i will agree their music went down hill after the " For those about to rock " album except for a few songs, but overarted??...overrated to me are artists like brittany spears, elton john and others who can sing but have no talent to write lyrics or music. overrated is the backstreet boys makin this idiotic reunion album and tour... basically they are all broke and need the money. overrated is madonna, who quotes " re-invents herself " with every new album.....ya right. the music sucks and all she does is puts on some skimpy outfit and sells sex. next thing you'll say is bands like aerosmith or kiss are overrated.

cowandchickenPosted: 01/01/2008

I like most of those bands. Especially Metallica and AC/DC!

SilverSpeedyPosted: 01/03/2008

Yes, I think it's incredibly stupid for someone to wear a band's T-shirt and not even know who they are. I know a girl who has a Lynard Skynard t shirt and doesn't even know who they are (She only bought it 'cause it had a skull picture on it >_>)

kylewhitePosted: 01/03/2008

All of your articles suck. Next time you make one, make sure it doesnt. Although I agree with u on some parts.

ProphetSwordPosted: 01/04/2008

So, you posted this article to gripe? And you expected that to be well received?

You're complaining about "hair metal," and two of the bands you name (Metallica and Guns 'n Roses) helped kill hair metal, but you lump them in there as though they were part of that movement.

Metallica was innovative as hell in their early years. Have you even bothered to listen to classic albums like Master of Puppets or Ride the Lightning? These guys were at the top of their game, and they helped bring Thrash Metal to the forefront in an age where most people turned their nose up at it. Yes, they suck now, but they didn't start out sucking.

Guns 'n Roses were a breath of fresh air at a time when groups like Poison and Bon Jovi were ruling MTV. These weren't guys in make-up and spandex, these were hard-rocking guys with bad attitudes who cared more about rocking hard than being pretty.

If you were born in 1991, you have absolutely *no* concept of why these bands were important in their era. You missed the point completely and really have no basis to judge them.

To put it in perspective: I hate Bob Dylan with a passion. But, I would never bash him...because even though he isn't my cup of tea, I still *respect* his role in music history.

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