Your five most hated classic rock acts

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
i went into DC9 after the death cab show and walked into a full-on butt rock set from the jukebox … heard some styx, AC/DC … i put a few random songs like "brimful of asha" on, then it went right back to the butt rock … never heard that at DC9 …

you've obviously never been there when i've taken over the juke box. a little "carry on my wayward son," followed by "more than feeling," then for the indie kids, "mr. blue sky," then i bring the set to a close with "wheel in the sky." all the while chugging the schlitz and rawking out.

Santana
Yes
Jethro Tull
The Eagles
The Grateful Dead

Crap…I just remembered 2 more I hate more than anything…ELO and Supertramp.

Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:
For the record, the original Dawn of the Dead has aged very badly. Is it more funny or scary now? Tough call…

Well what did you expect, it IS a black comedy.
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Originally posted by Ellis D. Fleischbach:

Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:
For the record, the original Dawn of the Dead has aged very badly. Is it more funny or scary now? Tough call…

Well what did you expect, it IS a black comedy.

It is a black comedy NOW. It wasn't intended to be. At the time - it was a straight up fright fest - with a little social commentary thrown in to illustrate Romero's genius.
The best moments of the entire series are the first 15 minutes of the Dawn re-make. I think it's brilliant. Too bad the remainder of the movie tends to devolve into an MTV-like video.

What have you been smoking? It always was a black comedy. Romero said so back in '79.

Originally posted by beedubyah:
1. Aerosmith - by far
2. Kiss

i don't know about the rest of my top 5. it'd be hard to narrow down three others, but i know that those are DEFINITELY my #1 and #2.

aerosmith is more because a) they're really bad and b) what they've done recently compared to what they did back in the 70s, but this isn't strictly limited to what they did during a certain time frame, is it?

Originally posted by Ellis D. Fleischbach:
Black Sabbath

I forgot about them. They rank right up there with Led Zeppelin in the catagory Bands I have been Forced to Listen to Repeatedly.

boy, elvis d meatbach, forced?? mustve been your parents i presume. wow they mustve been total potheads to say the least, ay? no offense but black sabbath and lil rugrats running around…come on :cool:

i can c it all now lil elvis in kindergarten singin [in high lil voice] while playing with tiddly-winks "yeah fairies wear boots and ya gotta believe 'may'"

Originally posted by muschi:
boy, elvis d meatbach, forced?? mustve been your parents i presume. wow they mustve been total potheads to say the least, ay? no offense but black sabbath and lil rugrats running around…come on :cool:

i can c it all now lil elvis in kindergarten singin [in high lil voice] while playing with tiddly-winks "yeah fairies wear boots and ya gotta believe 'may'"

I was forced to listen by the fact that I was living in a small town. Most everyone else loved those acts, so if I was at a party I had to endure others' crappy music.

1. Eagles
2. Skynyrd
3. Steve Miller
4. Bob Seger
5. Rod Stewart

1. Rush
2. Boston
3. Fleetwood Mac
4. Eric Clapton and all his associations
5. Reo Speedwagon

Aerosmith
U2
Greatful Dead
Eagles
Def Leppard

oh yeah and i know its not 'classic rock' but i HATE Linkin Park too. with a passion. of a 1000 suns.

jethro tull
styx
electric light orchestra
journey
van halen (post david lee roth, man)

Boston
Journey
Rush
Metallica
Boston

1. Journey
1. Asia
1. Foreigner
1. Styx
1. REO Speedwagon
1. Kansas

Because I defy you to tell them apart. I mean, how is it possible to be this overwrought and bombastic, and still have no distinguishing characteristics?

100% of the other candidates suggested are not even in the same league of horribleness as these arena rock drones. In fact, virtually all of them have at least a few songs that qualify as guilty pleasures, if not true classics. And a few of those nominations, well, the pathetic attempt at trendiness by those dissing them to show how hip they are (we'll protect the names of the guilty) is more reprehensible than the worst excesses of the sellouts I listed above.

Originally posted by Liberte:
1. REO Speedwagon

how is it possible to be this overwrought and bombastic, and still have no distinguishing characteristics?

virtually all of them have at least a few songs that qualify as guilty pleasures, if not true classics.

What about Riding the Storm Out? And their name is certainly catchy. below is a pic of THE REAL REO Speedwagon:
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hey just a second now! i have to stand up and say hey! :p

having been a musician, drummer, however mediocre, i have to point out and stand up for RUSH. i think if you hate them you may not just not be getting it with them. playing an instrument makes all the difference in recognizing what's worthy about them.

yeah some of their stuff is a bit um over the top in a way but lemme tell ya if u play an instrument u listen and go "damn, thats some good shit!" im especially speaking of geddy lee's bass playing and especially neil pert's drumming. not to mention some decent songwriting. yeah they had a an ethereal genre. but get beyond it and thats good shit they're playing on their instruments.

methinks i should demonstrate with some of the lesser known goodies they spit out.
Rush-La_Villa_Strangiato
and hey at least its not effing Kiss' lousy crap my 5 yo old nephew could play better on his sesame street guitar.

even this prick would agree
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^ (reeeeeeal high on percocets)

I've been playing bass and guitar for a long tim. The longer I play the deeper my hatred for Rush grows.

Knock Knock?
Who's there?
Neil Peart
Neil Peart who?
Neil Pearty much a statement of fact, my band sucks shit.

you play bass. so you think geddy lee's bass sucks? that's some pretty nifty shit he plays, no?

afterthought, at least they dont have basslines like boston's "long-time" that's about as complicated as an oom-pah band banging on the fattest bass string for the whole song. didnt the bassist die, of boredom?!

confession, i like polka. Jimmy Sturr, baby!! yeahhh!

I think he's technically a good bass player that overplays in a band that overplays everything.
His tone is atrocious, his voice is spawned from the pits of hell and I'm pretty sure his yelps of rock excitement (ala in New World Man) are the rallying sound for insurgent thugs and killers across Iraq.

Other than that I have no real opinion.