Rock Bands That Everyone Likes But You Don't Like

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

The Beatles
The Who
Led Zeppelin

I never liked The Beatles and The Who but I tried and I still try to like Led Zeppelin but it just ain't workin'. I think the problem for me is Robert Plant. When I was in High School I would get into brawls because I said Black Sabbath was way better than Led Zeppelin. That shit was worth fighting over back then. Black Sabbath was, is, and will always be my favorite band. The first Black Sabbath album is my all-time favorite.

I'm really not that crazy about Jimi Hendrix either. I'd rather listen to Stevie Ray Vaughan.

 

[FreeOnes_Adam]

This would be easier if I listed the bands that I do like.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

This would be easier if I listed the bands that I do like.

Adam, what Rock or Metal Bands do you like through the 60s, 70s, and 80s?

 

[Supafly]

First band that comes to mind:

Metallica - They do have up to a handful of songs I find okay, but I don't like their performance of those songs. "The Unforgiven", "Enter Sandman", two good compositions, but the mediocre vocals of Hetfield, and the wanker-solos of the songs ruin them.

KISS - Where do I start? The stupid face paintings, the ridiculous clothes, the childish lyrics, there is almost nothing I find worth listening to. Their success is still a marvel, to me

I think I can come up with some more.

 

[Pornfan99]

U2, DMB, The Who, most rappers - off the top of my head.

 

[assari]

Bon Jovi

(Jon Bon Jovi)

 

[D-rock]

I'd like to second Led Zeppelin. It doesn't help that Stairway to Heaven might be the absolute most overrated song of all time. It irks me that it it's constantly listed if not the greatest song of all time, often at least the greatest rock song of all time on many best of list. It's not even really that good of a song in general. I just don't see it. It's merely okay, but I doubt I would list it as one of my 500 most liked rock songs, and I tend to be a rock fan. That's their best song....so yeah.

Bob Dylan. I feel he gets propped up by his place in time in music history and the people he inspired more than the actual quality of his music, which other than a couple good songs just isn't that great in my opinion.

Nirvana. There are sort of like Led Zeppelin in that they are maybe the second most overrated band ever with the second most overrated song ever, and only escape from the fate of being the worst in each category because of Zeppelin. I must of been the only person my age growing up that didn't like Smells Like Teen Spirit. The opening riff was really good, and that was about it. The thing is Nirvana actually has some legitimately good songs, and for some reason one of their most dumb ass ones becomes their signature song. While not necessarily terrible as a band, they don't really rate that highly with me like like where most people would place them. I would contend that not only are they not one of the best bands ever, they aren't even the first or even the second best grunge band...from Seattle...from the 90s.

Beatles, a good band with a multitude of good songs, but way overrated by a hype train that didn't then and still doesn't make sense when looked on logically.

Elvis Presley. Technically a single person and not a band, but my opinion on him is similar to the Beatles. A actual pretty good singer that sang many good songs, but way overrated.

Looking at the list I noticed that all except for Nirvana are from the early days of rock. I wonder if a lot of their appeal came from the fact there just wasn't much to base them against at the time and they had no real competition. They were the new fresh things at the time, and that's what made them popular and imitated later on. Add to that they get looked through nostalgia goggles by many people that that's why they are where they are. Still even that can't really explain Led Zeppelin for me. They just weren't that good.

 

[Pornfan99]

Yeesh, D-Rock.. What bands DO you like?!

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

KISS - Where do I start? The stupid face paintings, the ridiculous clothes, the childish lyrics, there is almost nothing I find worth listening to. Their success is still a marvel, to me

I think I can come up with some more.

U2, DMB, The Who, most rappers - off the top of my head.

Bon Jovi

(Jon Bon Jovi)

I'd like to second Led Zeppelin. It doesn't help that Stairway to Heaven might be the absolute most overrated song of all time. It irks me that it it's constantly listed if not the greatest song of all time, often at least the greatest rock song of all time on many best of list. It's not even really that good of a song in general. I just don't see it. It's merely okay, but I doubt I would list it as one of my 500 most liked rock songs, and I tend to be a rock fan. That's their best song....so yeah.

Bob Dylan. I feel he gets propped up by his place in time in music history and the people he inspired more than the actual quality of his music, which other than a couple good songs just isn't that great in my opinion.

Nirvana. There are sort of like Led Zeppelin in that they are maybe the second most overrated band ever with the second most overrated song ever, and only escape from the fate of being the worst in each category because of Zeppelin. I must of been the only person my age growing up that didn't like Smells Like Teen Spirit. The opening riff was really good, and that was about it. The thing is Nirvana actually has some legitimately good songs, and for some reason one of their most dumb ass ones becomes their signature song. While not necessarily terrible as a band, they don't really rate that highly with me like like where most people would place them. I would contend that not only are they not one of the best bands ever, they aren't even the first or even the second best grunge band...from Seattle...from the 90s.

Beatles, a good band with a multitude of good songs, but way overrated by a hype train that didn't then and still doesn't make sense when looked on logically.

Elvis Presley. Technically a single person and not a band, but my opinion on him is similar to the Beatles. A actual pretty good singer that sang many good songs, but way overrated.

Looking at the list I noticed that all except for Nirvana are from the early days of rock. I wonder if a lot of their appeal came from the fact there just wasn't much to base them against at the time and they had no real competition. They were the new fresh things at the time, and that's what made them popular and imitated later on. Add to that they get looked through nostalgia goggles by many people that that's why they are where they are. Still even that can't really explain Led Zeppelin for me. They just weren't that good.

Agree with you fellas on all those.

KISS is more of a money-making merchandising marketing machine than a true rock band to me. Their music never did anything for me either.

I have a cousin who is a phony South Bay white preppy corporate executive type. He says his favorite band is Nirvana even to this day. I scratch my head at the thought of him trying to relate to Kurt Cobain's wacky antics. As far as Grunge goes I like Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, and Stone Temple Pilots 1990s era stuff. I can't stand Pearl Jam and find Eddie Vedder annoying as all heck.

I also never got into Elvis or the Bob Dylan.

Also...

 

[Prod3]

Im not keen on Punk Rock, Screamo, Garage Rock and some Alternative Rock myself...bands like the following:

Sex Pistols

Clash

Ramones

Bad Religion

Sick Of It All

Minor Threat

Black Flag

Dead Kennedys

Misfits

NOFX

Quicksand

Refused

Fugazi

Thursday

Sunny Day Real Estate

Poison The Well

Boysetsfire

Rites Of Spring

Radiohead

Sonic Youth

The Pixies

The Cure

The Velvet Underground

The Sonics

The White Stripes

The Hives

The Music Machine

Lyres

The Fuzztones



I much prefer Virtuosos, Blues, Jam, Classic Rock, Classic Metal and Modern Metal that doesnt contain screaming, grunting and noise!

 

[FreeOnes_Adam]

Rush. I thought the singer was a girl almost all my life. Stop hurting my ears. Maybe you had to have been there. Everyone seems talented enough, but I just don't get it.

KISS. Kiss this. I do like the Family Guy episode though. Other than that, eh.

Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne. Don't look at me like that. I don't get it. Again, It was before my time so, maybe it was a thing back then and thats fine.



And now the real shit begins.. the 90's!


Pearl Jam. No.

Foo Fighters. I get it, you were part of Nirvana. Coat tails do not a band make.

Weezer. Too happy and goofy.

Radiohead. I admit the first few times I heard "creep," I thought it was a good song. I go and listen to their albums and I have no idea why I don't like anything else. Gods gift to music? Methinks not.

Incubus. Incu my balls.

Nickelback. Someone like this band. They are still around. WHY THOUGH?!

Sublime. Stop glaring.

Matchbox Twenty. You suck. Get off the stage.

Smash Mouth. Makes me want to die. It's kid music. Like 8 year old boy music. It's not cute.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Rush. I thought the singer was a girl almost all my life. Stop hurting my ears. Maybe you had to have been there. Everyone seems talented enough, but I just don't get it.

I like Rush. I had my wife in the car and wanted to have her hear the whole 2112 song so she would be impressed with my musical taste. She also though Geddy Lee was a broad when she heard him sing.

Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne. Don't look at me like that. I don't get it. Again, It was before my time so, maybe it was a thing back then and thats fine.

How dare you!!!

I am a bigger fan of Ronnie James Dio as a singer and a professional though. Ozzy did make 7 great Sabbath albums including the most recent one, 13, but I only like Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman from his solo career.

 

[John_8581]

Most bands I can deal with.

The one I can't stomach is Mötley Crüe - Especially Vince Neil -

Why I don't like him/them?

Nicholas Dingley aka Razzle



Rest In Peace :angels:

 

[FreeOnes_Adam]

I like Rush. I had my wife in the car and wanted to have her hear the whole 2112 song so she would be impressed with my musical taste. She also though Geddy Lee was a broad when she heard him sing.

How dare you!!!

I am a bigger fan of Ronnie James Dio as a singer and a professional though. Ozzy did make 7 great Sabbath albums including the most recent one, 13, but I only like Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman from his solo career.

Haha yeah. This is how this whole thread is going to go. Like I said, I'm sure it was a thing, just before my time so I never could really relate. Everyone had musical ability, no denying that, just not my cuppa. It's probably like younglings and Nirvana now. Some people will have no idea what a thing that was, once upon a time.

 

[~~whimsy~~]

I agree with The Who and Beatles.

Aerosmith. I like some songs but all in all don't like them.

Nirvana. So he killed himself. Doesn't mean they were good. Just short lived.

 

[Bluejaye]

Not a fan of the Beetles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, for those considered classics. They've all got OK songs, but for me, that's as far as it goes.
I just couldn't and still don't get why everyone goes nuts about Nirvana. If he hadn't killed himself when he did, Kurt Cobain would have self destructed and fucked up the band and alienated all of their fans (too deep for this thread?).

U2, way before that prat Bono started telling everyone to give all their money to charity, while not doing so himself.

Some KISS hate here, but I do quite like them, not what you'd call a deep band, but fun to turn up the volume and listen too.

Like everyone else, there's an extensive list, and mine isn't limited to Rock:
The Ramones
Sex Pistols
Clash
INXS
Rap, no, no and no, don't even call it music

 

[Supafly]

Just listened to a stretch of that RUSH - 2112 song. Now I understrand, why I never listen to them.

I will compare them to Led Zeppelin, with their orcxhestral masterpiece "Stairway to Heaven"

First and foremost, Rush is tapping into some compketely different background, there is a LOT of subtleness, and dynamic range missing. Rush starts out like Michael Bolton starts out doing ballads, pompous, full of themselves, and more like fanfares and marching band tune then an actual ballad. Plus, if you already start out at drama 75%, you have not much headroom to build tension/release much higher. And that singer is annoying as hell. Copycat of the classic hardrock singers, just more screechy.

Led Zeppelin, each of those four was a master musician, and they were able to create songs that were so much more storytelling, and especially "Stairway", to this day, is seldom matched regarding the building the song from quiet start to a symphonic finale.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Just listened to a stretch of that RUSH - 2112 song. Now I understrand, why I never listen to them.

I will compare them to Led Zeppelin, with their orcxhestral masterpiece "Stairway to Heaven"

First and foremost, Rush is tapping into some compketely different background, there is a LOT of subtleness, and dynamic range missing. Rush starts out like Michael Bolton starts out doing ballads, pompous, full of themselves, and more like fanfares and marching band tune then an actual ballad. Plus, if you already start out at drama 75%, you have not much headroom to build tension/release much higher. And that singer is annoying as hell. Copycat of the classic hardrock singers, just more screechy.

Led Zeppelin, each of those four was a master musician, and they were able to create songs that were so much more storytelling, and especially "Stairway", to this day, is seldom matched regarding the building the song from quiet start to a symphonic finale.

I know you play music seriously and I thought you would like that one. That's cool. I respect your opinion. Gene Simmons actually called Rush "The Canadian Led Zeppelin".

I worked security at a place and we had a Rush cover band play once. They played pretty good and sounded like Rush but those guys were total nerds.

 

[Pornfan99]

"U2, way before that prat Bono started telling everyone to give all their money to Charity, while not doing so himself."

TOTALLY agree, Bluejaye!!

 

[DrakeM]

I can tolerate most music, my personal mp3 catalog contains stuff from the 40s all the way up to now and even some classical but the band the makes me cringe is Led Zep. Maybe they were groundbreaking or whatever in their day but it just doesn't hold up now. The Doors are a close second in that category. Rap isn't rock music so no reason to discuss it here. Really hard-pounding metal is usually enough to make me reach for the radio dial and I'll throw in Marilyn Manson as an afterthought which I hope he will soon become as well.