Worst Band Ever?

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
let's not forget Tonic.

Thanks a lot. While you're singing Live all day, I'll be humming this ditty:

If you could only see the way she loves me
Then maybe you would understand
Why I feel this way about or love
And what I must do
If you could only see how blue her eyes can be when she says
When she says she loves me

Anyone read the stephen king story about an old man who can't accept growing old so brings back to life the dead mummified corpses of a british sixties rock band to sing along with to their songs that are all now beer commercials?
oh wait, its not a short story, its the rolling stones 2007 european tour.

Maybe it would be easier for everyone if you compiled us a list of bands we're allowed to choose from when naming our own personal choice for worst band ever.

Originally posted by vansmack:

Originally posted by miss p…dirty pirate hooker:
i don't understand why people are dumbfounded by personal opinions.

Maybe it's the definition you're struggling with:

WORST:

The farthest from the best. The most horrible. The pits. To have nothing good.

BAND:

A group of people who come together to play music.

EVER:

At all times; all the time and on every occasion.


Now, be honest with yourself and tell me that the majority of the bands listed fit that description. This is not a thread about the band least deserving of it's accolades, this thread is about the WORST BAND EVER. Hence, the dumbfoundedness. Personal opinions are one thing, but this is done primarily for shock value. You yourself said that you hate U2 but under no circumstances could they be the worst band ever. The Dead, the Doors, Zep, etc are in the same boat - you may not like them, but they can't be anywhere near the worst band ever.

I'm with BookerT, if for nothing else than the lyric "Her placenta falls to the floor."

Originally posted by BookerT:
i think brian walalace (if that IS your real name) was actually right in between the times he was wrong. he mentioned live.

live is the worst band of all time.

i am confident in this.

Originally posted by kosmo:
For instance KISS IMHO could be ranked among the worst.

Oh, HELL no! There is nothing wrong with a little good-time party rock every now and then and KISS brought that in spades. Their live show was an amazing spectacle that most folks here would probably never lower themselves to experience. In their prime, they did it bigger and better than anyone.

KISS fucking rules.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Maybe it would be easier for everyone if you compiled us a list of bands we're allowed to choose from when naming our own personal choice for worst band ever.

Everbody knows it starts and ends with these guys:

<img src="http://www.mtv.com/bands/c/cartel/flipbook_08_06/images/01_h.jpg" alt=" - " />

Originally posted by vansmack:

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Maybe it would be easier for everyone if you compiled us a list of bands we're allowed to choose from when naming our own personal choice for worst band ever.

Everbody knows it starts and ends with these guys:

&lt;img src="http://www.mtv.com/bands/c/cartel/flipbook_08_06/images/01_h.jpg" alt=" - " /&gt;

Yeah. They meet every pre-requisite listed. I dare someone to debate this one . . . .

The "Monsters of Rock - Platinum Edition" commercial I just saw reminded me of a whole swath of bands that clearly need to be put out there. I submit Warrant, Trixter, and Winger.

Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:

Originally posted by kosmo:
For instance KISS IMHO could be ranked among the worst.

Oh, HELL no! There is nothing wrong with a little good-time party rock every now and then and KISS brought that in spades. Their live show was an amazing spectacle that most folks here would probably never lower themselves to experience. In their prime, they did it bigger and better than anyone.

KISS fucking rules.

ok so this an example of me posting while grumpy…

i say that KISS can be comfortably placed at either extreme… they embody, at the same, the best and the worse of rock'n'roll. by that virtue alone they aren't the worse band ever, since they have redeeming qualities.

criteria r' us

Any band with multiple farewell tours (The KISS clause)

It takes exponentially more "bad" later in the career to overcome the early career highs. (Kiss clause 2).

bands with multiple comeback tours
bands that spawn less then spectacular side or solo projects
bands that change non essential personal on a regular basis

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
Oh, I totally forgot Pink Floyd. They are so easy to forget. They are worse than Led Zeppelin and the Beatles COMBINED.

Brian

P.S. Another criteria?: Being pwned by Stephen Malkmus in a Pavement song (Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots.)

That's an interesting way to put it. Along those same lines I'll say that Pink Floyd's Meddle - and now that you mention it, Crooked Rain Crooked Rain - are EACH worse than sex and skiing COMBINED. Of course, they're still some of the better things ever.

Its interesting that Pavement destroyed the Smashing Pumpkins, but they kind of let STP off easy. I mean, there's nothing really bad about being a foxy elegant bachelor in the grand scheme.

Originally posted by kosmo:
Any band with multiple farewell tours (The KISS clause)

also known as the "Ozzy Ammendment"

Originally posted by vansmack:

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
The Beatles
The Who
Led Zeppelin
The Grateful Dead
….
Live
The Smashing Pumpkins
Red Hot Chili Peppers (that point made about China/Nirvana/Led Zeppelin can also be applied to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Just substitute George Clinton/P-funk for Muddy Waters.)

oh, and Rush. I don't even think what they produce is music. It's so awful on so many levels.

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
However, I'll defend Limp Bizkit.

Now it's official. You really are just trying to be controversial. Pathetic.

Just a small addition to the epistle…

I genuinely hate the Beatles, et al. I have NO idea what they are talking about. It's all simplistic, naive, emotions-with-Crayons. Please people, cut the BS. You aren't your parents. There is no Harold Bloom-approved rock' n' roll canon. It is acceptible to hate the Beatles. I just fear if Hilary Clinton gets elected there will be some legislation passed the requires every American to pledge allegiance to 60's baby-boomer nostaliga.

Just be honest. Listen to songs like Death Cab for Cutie's "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" or Modest Mouse's "Ocean Breathes Salty" or Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees" or Jason Mraz's "You and I Both" or even Smashing Pumpkin's "33." All incredible songs that make me glad to be alive when they were released. Would you rate anything the Beatles or Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd ever recorded over those five songs? Really? Ok, then I withdraw my statement. I'm not trying to change people's minds.

I strongly prefer music that was made while I was alive that connects with me. Call me crazy.

Brian

This just keeps getting better and better.

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:

Originally posted by vansmack:

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
The Beatles
The Who
Led Zeppelin
The Grateful Dead
….
Live
The Smashing Pumpkins
Red Hot Chili Peppers (that point made about China/Nirvana/Led Zeppelin can also be applied to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Just substitute George Clinton/P-funk for Muddy Waters.)

oh, and Rush. I don't even think what they produce is music. It's so awful on so many levels.

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
However, I'll defend Limp Bizkit.

Now it's official. You really are just trying to be controversial. Pathetic.

Just a small addition to the epistle…

I genuinely hate the Beatles, et al. I have NO idea what they are talking about. It's all simplistic, naive, emotions-with-Crayons. Please people, cut the BS. You aren't your parents. There is no Harold Bloom-approved rock' n' roll canon. It is acceptible to hate the Beatles. I just fear if Hilary Clinton gets elected there will be some legislation passed the requires every American to pledge allegiance to 60's baby-boomer nostaliga.

Just be honest. Listen to songs like Death Cab for Cutie's "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" or Modest Mouse's "Ocean Breathes Salty" or Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees" or Jason Mraz's "You and I Both" or even Smashing Pumpkin's "33." All incredible songs that make me glad to be alive when they were released. Would you rate anything the Beatles or Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd ever recorded over those five songs? Really? Ok, then I withdraw my statement. I'm not trying to change people's minds.

I strongly prefer music that was made while I was alive that connects with me. Call me crazy.

Brian

All those you mention would not exist if it were not for the prior bands. They are standing on the shoulders of giants. Because something does not connect with you does not make it the worst. You have to give them credit (or at least those bands you mention give them credit) for the trails they blazed.

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
I strongly prefer music that was made while I was alive that connects with me. Call me crazy. [emphasis added]

Thankfully, I was born in '63.

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
I strongly prefer music that was made while I was alive that connects with me. Call me crazy.

nah, that would be an insult to the insane. i'll just call you narrow-minded. you automatically can't relate to music that was written before you were born? no questions asked, simply because of date? i take it all classical music is out - a shame. personally, i try to let the music stand on its own merits, regardless of when it was written/performed. maybe i'm crazy.