IMHO by Tad Jonger

Ten Overrated Rock Bands/Musicians

1.    U2 – yes they are a good band, but a GREAT band? I think not. I still haven’t found what you are looking for U2 fans!

2.    Elvis Presley – I know that he was “The King”, but the king of what, mediocre  music? I was never able to get into his sound old or new. Perhaps the most overrated artist ever?

3.    Bruce Springsteen – known as “The Boss”, but more like an assistant manager. I like his early stuff with the E Street Band but after that, boring! Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan have already done it much earlier and better!

4.    The Doors – America’s greatest rock and roll band? Nope. I like them, but I don’t love them!  How many songs can you write about the road, trying to bed some chick or killing your whole family?

5.    Coldplay – we all liked “Clocks”, but only for about three weeks!

6.    The Grateful Dead – yes they are really good when you are listening to them while drunk, high or tripping but when you are sober, NOT! I feel the same thing about the band Phish and Blues Traveler.

7.    The Beach Boys – yes surfing is one of the coolest sports on the planet, but basing your entire music career around it? They may have been recording technique pioneers, but endless summer? How about endless monotony?

8.    Green Day – yes they were THE ground breaking power pop band that pretended to be punk but you will never be as good as the real thing: The Sex Pistols or The Clash.

9.    The Smashing Pumpkins – a band that has based their career on whining about how life supposedly sucks! I don’t get the appeal of depressing music like this. Life is too short for this pap.

10. REM – yes they had a few catchy tunes like “Orange Crush” and “The End of the World as We Know It” but I cannot understand the devoted fandom for this band much less having to sit through a concert of theirs. Yes, I know they broke up!