Most Overrated AND Underrated At The Same Time? (rock, genre)

Merkaba · 01-10-2007, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

They picked the poppiest songs for the radio. Which makes perfect sense.

I considered the whole lot fairly poppy and radio savvy. She's Only 18 was probably one of my favourite tracks on there and I wouldn't have been suprised to see that as a single, or at least a better pick than Tell Me Baby or that Hey Oh song, along with several other tracks.

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To some extent though what I had in mind in particular for this thread was those bands with whom this is done to a FAR greater extent than other bands. Bands such as Tool, and others that people have brought up since the thread opener.

Again, my view is that the main reason for the extreme underrating aspect is precisely the same as the reason for the extreme overrating - the fanatical fanbases. People hate to hear about how some band they don't and never really have listened to is "way better than all other bands in the world", blahdey blah blah. So they end up automatically trying to find reasons to hate that band, and jump on a bandwaggon.

Tool is the best example in my opinion too.

Pantera. SOAD.

I'm not gonna lie, I don't give SOAD much credit because of the hardcore fans. The more they hype them up the cheesier I think SOAD are.

funkanator · 01-06-2008, 03:32 PM

stairway to heaven!!!

I hate it BTW but some worship it!!

Rainard Jalen · 01-06-2008, 05:03 PM

It wouldn't surprise me if after playing the same thing every single day for 7 months, even the bands don't feel their own music.

Seltzer · 01-06-2008, 09:51 PM

I think Opeth fits into this category. They have a huge fanbase, but that leads them to have plenty of detractors. Why?

1.) Many metal fans hate any new metal band which is very popular.
2.) They simply do not understand Opeth. As elitist/snobbish as that may sound, it's true. If you have a band that fuses prog rock, psychedelia and death metal, you're going to come out with an unusual sound. The average death metal fan will think it's strange because he isn't accustomed to prog/psychedelia - he's judging a band which is a fusion of a few genres by the standards of one genre (dm). So, he's not going to understand what all the fuss is about and will probably react negatively.

That's my understanding of it anyway.

lucylamppost · 01-06-2008, 10:13 PM

radiohead...

Skid Mark · 01-06-2008, 10:19 PM

My Chemical Romance. Huuuge fanbase, mostly little girls who overrate them to extremes... then there's the many many haters.

Rainard Jalen · 01-07-2008, 02:50 AM

Nickelback fit here. All dedicated music fans think they're the worst most insipid act in all recording history, while the general population almost can't live without them.

EDIT: But hang on, I don't think I'm getting the original point. This is meant to be about who is most overrated and underrated by real full-time music fans, isn't it. So maybe Nickelback and My Chemical Romance etc. don't count. Yeah, I reckon they don't.

Pumpkinhead3 · 01-09-2008, 08:21 PM

easily, its MCR. i was so sick of hearing about them that i started to hate them. now that i have actually heard there music, i have decided that they are an OK or decent band

Sin Rin · 01-11-2008, 08:06 AM

I actually exclude that Nirvana,or any other bands with the same style.

That's genre problem,I just dont like it

funkanator · 01-12-2008, 08:27 PM

nirvana has something these other bands dont though..

they were good

01-06-2008, 09:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
Seltzer Fish in the percolator! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hobbit Land NZ Posts: 2,914	I think Opeth fits into this category. They have a huge fanbase, but that leads them to have plenty of detractors. Why? 1.) Many metal fans hate any new metal band which is very popular. 2.) They simply do not understand Opeth. As elitist/snobbish as that may sound, it's true. If you have a band that fuses prog rock, psychedelia and death metal, you're going to come out with an unusual sound. The average death metal fan will think it's strange because he isn't accustomed to prog/psychedelia - he's judging a band which is a fusion of a few genres by the standards of one genre (dm). So, he's not going to understand what all the fuss is about and will probably react negatively. That's my understanding of it anyway. __________________ In the Court of King Crimson \| Last.fm \| RYM

01-06-2008, 10:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
lucylamppost I'm a figure of forgotten Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: canada Posts: 349	radiohead... __________________

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01-06-2008, 03:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
funkanator Groupie Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Anywhere where metal is Posts: 35	stairway to heaven!!! I hate it BTW but some worship it!!

01-06-2008, 05:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,219	It wouldn't surprise me if after playing the same thing every single day for 7 months, even the bands don't feel their own music.

01-06-2008, 10:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
Skid Mark Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 210	My Chemical Romance. Huuuge fanbase, mostly little girls who overrate them to extremes... then there's the many many haters.

01-07-2008, 02:50 AM	#7 (permalink)
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,219	Nickelback fit here. All dedicated music fans think they're the worst most insipid act in all recording history, while the general population almost can't live without them. EDIT: But hang on, I don't think I'm getting the original point. This is meant to be about who is most overrated and underrated by real full-time music fans, isn't it. So maybe Nickelback and My Chemical Romance etc. don't count. Yeah, I reckon they don't.

01-09-2008, 08:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
Pumpkinhead3 Groupie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 8	easily, its MCR. i was so sick of hearing about them that i started to hate them. now that i have actually heard there music, i have decided that they are an OK or decent band

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Sin Rin Groupie Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 11	I actually exclude that Nirvana,or any other bands with the same style. That's genre problem,I just dont like it

01-12-2008, 08:27 PM	#10 (permalink)
funkanator Groupie Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Anywhere where metal is Posts: 35	nirvana has something these other bands dont though.. they were good