Top 10 Most Overrated Bands

[Krookie]

Not all white retards. Just the ones from the southern part of the US.

[Blarghagh]

you really think "Seek and Destroy" is better than "Enter Sandman" or "Master of Puppets" or "One"? 

 

I don't think so.

 

Metallica rules.  Others imitate.

 

Master of Puppets and One are before The Black Album, jackass. And yes, all of those are better than Enter Sandman, Unforgiven, Nothing Else Matters, etc.

 

Metallica are sellouts. They are in the number one position concerning overrated bands.

 

will someone please explain to me how a band that hardly ever gets any air time is a sellout?

 

they sell albums but get next to no air time. why? quality.

 

they are a touring band that sell records based on word of mouth.

 

it is easy to overrate excellence. and if Metallica is overrated, so be it.

 

No air time. Right, because I don't have the videos for Enter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters and even the recent Frantic memorized.

 

You have absolutely no idea about Metallica. They 'sold out' (god, I hate that term, but it is absolute applicable here) not because they got more air time, but because every album they made after ...And Justice For All is more bad grunge ripoff than well-written trash metal epics. Save St. Anger, which is n

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[Plano Skywalker]

Master of Puppets and One are before The Black Album, jackass. And yes, all of those are better than Enter Sandman, Unforgiven, Nothing Else Matters, etc.

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you are right, I was wrong on the chronology. sorry about that.

 

 

 

You have absolutely no idea about Metallica. They 'sold out' (god, I hate that term, but it is absolute applicable here) not because they got more air time, but because every album they made after ...And Justice For All is more bad grunge ripoff than well-written trash metal epics. Save St. Anger, which is n

[Plano Skywalker]

Not all white retards. Just the ones from the southern part of the US.

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is that where their fan base is? I thought people in the South listen to Alan Jackson, George Straight, Garth Brooks and so on.

 

or is that just a lame attempt at an ad hom attack?

[Musopticon?]

Thrash metal :D

[Surreptishus]

They do seem to be in something of an identity crisis at the moment and I hope that they find their center of gravity again.

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I hope that isn't becasue James Hetfield is sober

[astr0creep]

They do seem to be in something of an identity crisis at the moment and I hope that they find their center of gravity again.

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I hope that isn't becasue James Hetfield is sober

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No. It's because they are all sober. When musicians stop drinking(etc) they start "working".

 

[Darth Drabek]

Speaking of the South....

 

The Number 1 Most Overrated Band of All Time is:

 

Lynyrd Skynyrd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

God, I hate Lynyrd Skynyrd.

[astr0creep]

Speaking of the South....

 

The Number 1 Most Overrated Band of All Time is:

 

Lynyrd Skynyrd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

God, I hate Lynyrd Skynyrd.

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Oh come on! Free Bird Live is awesome!

 

FREEEEEEEEEE BUUUUUUUUUUUURD YEEEAAH!

[Plano Skywalker]

Lynyrd Skynyrd managed to produce a few good hits but, underneath it all, (and going back to their roots), it was basically just druggie music.

[Lyric Suite]

All popular music is over-rated, who cares if some bands are ****tier then others?

[Blarghagh]

ok, I like the "trash metal" of their earlier days.  I also like it when they grew up.

that's all I'm saying.  The Black Album is one of their best offerings.  I also like Load and Garage Inc.

 

I disagree. I think songs like One, Fade To Black, Eye Of The Beholder, Disposable Heroes(personally, my favourite Metallica song) and For Whom The Bell Tolls display a lot more maturity than songs like Fuel, Better Than You, Ain't My Bitch and The Struggle Within (which I have dubbed 'It Cuts Itself').

 

During their trash metal period, with the exception of Kill 'Em All which was mostly about... well, killing 'em all, they wrote some of the deepest, most personal songs. From the Black Album and forward, a lot of them became incredibly trivial. Songs like The Unforgiven II that have no value are way too common now, Sad But True and Slither (which might as well be called Enter Sandman Too) make it seem like they can't think of new things to write songs about.

 

That doesn't mean to most Metallica isn't still better than what other bands have to offer, but compared to their earlier work? There's just no contest.

 

Also, Cliff, goddammit. Cliff brought so much special stuff to early Metallica while Newsted is just another bassist. Newsted wasn't terrible like some would have you believe, he was a good bassist, but Cliff was exceptionally great.

 

Besides that, the guitar in post Black Album is too much rhythm. Kirk is horribly underused. Especially on St. Anger, where there are no solos whatsoever.

 

It's too bad that Cliff had to die and they never worked up the guts to tell Ulrich that HE.CAN'T.DRUM. Otherwise, they'd probably be just as epic as they used to be.

 

Off the Metallica subject - If I hear some **** scream Freebird at another show, I'm going to throw a hissy fit and then shoot people at my school and blame this message board. The media will eat it up.

[taks]

you realize newsted is gone now, right?

 

taks

[Dark_Raven]

All of this talk about Metsellica makes my head hurt.

 

What other bands out there are "Overrated"?

[Surreptishus]

In the context of their sound at its peak and their legacy and what they brought to the genre, Metallica are not overrated.

[Laozi]

WTF? Of Wolf and Man, I mean come on a song about being the wolfman? Its not even a joke, he seriously wrote a song about being a werewolf.

[Surreptishus]

....phantasmagorical lyrics aside

[Laozi]

trite nonsensical lyrics > werewolf lyrics

 

 

Ofcourse thats after these guys got together and decided to name their metal band Metallica, clever.

Edited April 12, 2006 by Laozi

[Plano Skywalker]

Metallica wasn't the first band to tie it all together.

 

There was Black Sabbath/Ozzie (a bit too dingy, but still very good stuff).

 

There was Blue Oyster Cult (admittedly, a lighter sound).

 

There was Led Zeppelin (lighter? yes, but way out there for its time).

 

But Metallica just did it a little better than their predecessors, IMO.

[astr0creep]

Iron Maiden is underrated.

 

And just for kicks :

 

 

 

 

FREEEEEEEEEEEEE BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRD!

[Plano Skywalker]

>>>I disagree. I think songs like One, Fade To Black, Eye Of The Beholder, Disposable Heroes(personally, my favourite Metallica song) and For Whom The Bell Tolls display a lot more maturity than songs like Fuel, Better Than You, Ain't My Bitch and The Struggle Within (which I have dubbed 'It Cuts Itself').<<<

 

I think Fade To Black is one of the best songs ever captured on plastic...PERIOD. The others you mentioned are also very good.

I like the false ending in Master of Puppets....good stuff.

 

I like Bleeding Me and Until It Sleeps (from Load).

I like Metallica's cover of Turn the Page and Whiskey in the Jar.

 

 

>>>Besides that, the guitar in post Black Album is too much rhythm. Kirk is horribly underused. Especially on St. Anger, where there are no solos whatsoever.<<<

 

I read that the Slayeresque rythym guitar in St Anger was something of a return to their roots. Problem is, their roots also included solo lead guitar than can rival anything Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, or any of the rest of them are doing. How or why they ever decided to do that is beyond me. Hopefully, they will get it next time.

Edited April 12, 2006 by Plano Skywalker

[Krookie]

My favorite band is Brand New

[Dark_Raven]

I think Fade To Black is one of the best songs ever captured on plastic...PERIOD.  The others you mentioned are also very good.

I like the false ending in Master of Puppets....good stuff.

 

 

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Fade to Black is the best song they created. Ride the Lightning was their best album with Master of Puppets close to it.

[Blarghagh]

Fade To Black is exceptional but I think Disposable Heroes is their best song.

 

you realize newsted is gone now, right?

 

taks

 

Also, Cliff, goddammit. Cliff brought so much special stuff to early Metallica while Newsted is just another bassist. Newsted wasn't terrible like some would have you believe, he was a good bassist, but Cliff was exceptionally great.

 

I point you towards the past tense in my sentences, 'wasn't' and 'was'. It is irrelevant to bring Rob into this because he hasn't done anything yet, the producer played bass on St. Anger.

[astr0creep]

Fade To Black is exceptional but I think Disposable Heroes is their best song.

 

you realize newsted is gone now, right?

 

taks

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Also, Cliff, goddammit. Cliff brought so much special stuff to early Metallica while Newsted is just another bassist. Newsted wasn't terrible like some would have you believe, he was a good bassist, but Cliff was exceptionally great.

 

I point you towards the past tense in my sentences, 'wasn't' and 'was'. It is irrelevant to bring Rob into this because he hasn't done anything yet, the producer played bass on St. Anger.

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Bob Rock played bass on St-Anger?