The Four Most Overrated Musical Acts Of All Time
In the age of modern music, it’s pretty tough to claim that any artist is truly “overrated.” After all, one of the biggest genres today involves nothing more than a keyboard, mouse, and a grimy baseline that sounds like a receipt printer getting violated by the liquid metal guy in Terminator 2.
While few can deny that music today has degraded into a bastardized digital clusterfuck of its former self, there are a few acts out there with diehard fanbases that they simply don’t deserve. Their shows sell out week after week, and the fans don’t even realize that they’re paying over $100 just for the chance to get their eardrums punctured by the throbbing cocks of the label executives.
If you like one of these four bands, I’m not saying that you’re a terrible person. I’m just saying that you probably have terrible taste in music.
Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews is the patron saint of shitty bands that get more attention than they deserve. I can personally guarantee that half of the responses to this column will involve some kind of “Nah man, you’ve got to see him live to understand” statement. Newsflash, DMB faithful: the dude sounds like a walrus with downs syndrome on every single song. The only reason you like his music is because learning “Crash Into Me” on guitar inevitably led to your first hand job.
Skrillex
You guys might already know my stance on the whole EDM phenomenon, but I can still respect a few artists who actually dedicate time and effort to their craft. Skrillex is not one of those people. While other EDM acts use real musical principles in their work to some extent, it seems like Skrillex is on a one-man mission to ravage every shitty car stereo in the country. There is no amount of MDMA in the world that could make a Skrillex song NOT sound like the soundtrack of a cyborg themed porno.
Drake
Started on a Canadian soap opera, now we here? Good old Aubrey Graham, better known by his stage name, Drake, is probably the most overrated rapper to ever lay his tuneless seed upon your radio dial. It all started with the vaginally inclined “Best I Ever Had,” and since then it seems like every suburban white kid in the country is touting Drake as the second coming of Yeezus Christ. You might be Lil’ Wayne’s BFF, Aubrey, but you’re not fooling me.
Jimmy Buffett
Hold your horses, guys. Before you rush to the comments sections and your Twitter accounts to berate me, hear me out. I love me some Buffett, and there’s truly no one like him, but is his music really that great? Unless you’re waist deep in water with a cold beer in your hand, Jimmy’s music is actually pretty boring and uninspired. Buffett built an entire empire out of being lazy and drunk all the time, and he undoubtedly deserves our respect for what he’s accomplished. I’m just saying that it might be time to let the Parrothead craze die along with the 70-year-olds who still follow him on tour.
Its like you beg for people to hate you.
11 years ago at 4:35 pmIt’s the only way people will know he exists.
11 years ago at 8:12 pmThis may be controversial but in my opinion Nirvana is the most overrated rock band of all time. They made half of a good album (the first 6 songs from Nevermind) and two shit albums (Bleach, In Utero). Then Cobain blows his own head off and suddenly the music press declares them the best band since The Beatles. Even 25 years later critics are always considering them the defining band of that era. Go back and listen to their catalog with an objective ear and you will realize it kinda sucks.
11 years ago at 4:36 pmFalse.
11 years ago at 5:13 pmyou should be ashamed. They brought innovation to music and started the 90s rock movement. Let’s also point out that you weren’t even old enough to see them as a musical act which is what this article is about. Lace em up
11 years ago at 5:16 pmIn Utero is much, much better than Nevermind.
11 years ago at 5:26 pm2 things: mdma makes every type of music great, and blacking out at a jimmy buffett concert is critically underrated. other than that, i agree
11 years ago at 4:37 pmGood thing your opinion doesn’t matter. Nice list, tool.
11 years ago at 4:47 pmSFPL is a Phi Tau. Therefore you’re talking shit to one of your own brothers.
11 years ago at 5:12 pmi always talk shit to my own brothers, go fuck yourself
11 years ago at 7:10 pmIf you can’t talk shit to your own brothers, than who can you talk shit to? And where’s it confirmed he’s a phi tau?
11 years ago at 7:53 pmI hope Dave Matthews sees this, takes a shit on your face, and uses that mop on your head to wipe.
11 years ago at 4:47 pmGod Dave Matthews is awful
11 years ago at 4:49 pmDave Matthews is probably one of the most successful musicians of all time. He pulls millions from his tours and has sold out plenty of big venues. He also has some of the best musicians playing with him (Carter Beauford, Tim Reynolds, Jeff Coffin, ect…). So how’s that for an argument defending probably one of the wealthiest musical acts of the past decade?
11 years ago at 4:50 pmYeah that’s not the point. Lots of money does not mean you’re good act. DMB is god-awful. His concerts are fun but his music is fucking awful.
11 years ago at 5:30 pmSounding a little daft here. Guys been selling out shows forever… massive venues like KYSig said. People obviously think he has a good act. The massive amounts of money he has IS from his massive fan base that enjoy his tunes. No one pays to go to his shows year after year bc the music is “fucking awful”.. Your belief is that of the minority. Get out more.
11 years ago at 6:07 pmCouldn’t agree more, Dave Matthews Band is one of my all time favorite musicians because he creates pure talented music. You ever see him live in concert and improv a song / tweak it in middle of the song to give it a unique sound. Fucking genius.
11 years ago at 8:11 pmBoyd fucking Tinsley. Seriously him and Carter are a major part of the band that only true fans respect.
11 years ago at 9:55 pmPeople get super wasted at Dave and Buffet so that’s way more fratty than this dunk ass list
11 years ago at 4:54 pm*dumb…laps taken
11 years ago at 4:56 pmI scrolled to the bottom to see who wrote it. I don’t even have to read the article to know how fucking terrible it is.
11 years ago at 4:55 pmI bet no one at Grandex even sits with you at lunch because you spew out dumb shit like this.
11 years ago at 4:56 pm