Worst Rock Bands of all time (modern poll) meh,.................
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I love hard rock music, but there is no doubt in my mind that KISS-music simply blows*... and only gets worse when they perform it... bad songs, shit lyrics, embarrassingly bad vocals (i refuse to use the words vocalist and Paul Stanley in the same sentence) ... i am told that Ace Frehley is considered by some an influential guitarist - but most of his chops and licks, to me, sound like someone in a junior high rock band. They've always sounded like a wedding band trying to play rock...
*must confess i do like The Replacements cover of Black Diamond.... was taken aback when i learned it was a Kiss cover
Dishonorable mention: Poison, White Lion, Bread
*must confess i do like The Replacements cover of Black Diamond.... was taken aback when i learned it was a Kiss cover
Dishonorable mention: Poison, White Lion, Bread
I just never "got" hair bands.....never did and never will (not even Whitesnake). I mean, they're like the boys bands of Rock and Roll! Never cared for any of them including, but not limited to, Motley Crue, Poison, Winger, Firehouse, Slaughter, Tesla and Dokken, oh my god, don't even get me started on Dokken.
Don't own a single record.....only exception is Bon Jovi and they were at the very end of a sad era in music history.
Long hair can be cool on a dude, but big mall-style long hair?? Who ever came up with that idea should have been summarily executed.
Don't own a single record.....only exception is Bon Jovi and they were at the very end of a sad era in music history.
Long hair can be cool on a dude, but big mall-style long hair?? Who ever came up with that idea should have been summarily executed.
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Without looking at the list...
Nickelback
Creed
Good Charlotte
Matchbox 20
Maroon 5
Nickelback
Creed
Good Charlotte
Matchbox 20
Maroon 5
I am not sure that Bread would be considered a rock band. Just goes to show how much you must disliked them by just throwing them in the list.
Many of the "big hair" bands in the 80's were more about presentation than substance. Pick one and blame MTV. Also, the Christian rock bands that popped up during the big hair craze were not very good.
Its an interesting debate, but I think 80's big hair helped pave the way for hip-hop success - it showed that you don't need to be talented at writing, making music or even singing to be successful, just have a video presentaion that kids idolize (cars, money, jewelry, clothes, babes, etc.)
Its an interesting debate, but I think 80's big hair helped pave the way for hip-hop success - it showed that you don't need to be talented at writing, making music or even singing to be successful, just have a video presentaion that kids idolize (cars, money, jewelry, clothes, babes, etc.)
You wanted the best, you got the best, the hottest band in the world......KIIISSSSSSSS!!
Kid in my grade who lived up the street from me and took the same school bus was the lead guitarist in Slaughter. Never heard of the band or knew he was in it until many years later. Watched some videos on youtube after finding out and realized you rarely saw his face as he was not very attractive at all and the rest were "pretty boys". Unfortunately he died in the late 90s when he was struck by a drunk driver. Not how your typical rock star goes out.
Don Dokken's lyrics are so bad they are laughable... but George Lynch is a demon on guitar (I put him in the same van with EVH/Satriani)... and Jeff Pilson is a formidable bassist... good Dokken is candy... bad Dokken (and there is a lot of it) is a turd sandwich fo'sho
One of the main problems with hair bands. They had bits and pieces of competency but none of them were great "bands". Definitely style over substance and that never leads anywhere.
Ha! I actually remember laughing out loud in the record store when I saw a Mentors album... I believe one of their bigger hits was "Eyeball in a Quart Jar of Snot"
Mothers Of Invention
Electric Flag
Paul Butterfield
Canned Heat
The sixties were loaded with bubblegum, bad psych rock, and cross over groups, a lot worse than 80's and 90's music.
Electric Flag
Paul Butterfield
Canned Heat
The sixties were loaded with bubblegum, bad psych rock, and cross over groups, a lot worse than 80's and 90's music.
Please. Paul Stanley had one of the most bullet proof voices of anyone up until 2003. Stanley took the lead role in the The Phantom of the Opera for what would up being two extended engagements at Toronto’s Pantages Theatre, beginning on May 25, 1999, and ending, on Halloween of that same year.
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Almost every genre has it's good and bad (mostly bad for hip hop) groups. I actually like Winger and Motley Crue from the hair bands, Run DMC from rap, Eminem from hip hop, Bee Gees from disco, but my favorite genre (by far) is classic rock. Give me Van Halen, Stones, Who, AC/DC, Sef Leppard any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
