Lamest Rock bands of all time!!!

[The Sushi Bandit]

I hope this list offends someone!!

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

1. Duran Duran might not be described by many as a " rock " band ...

but I would go far into calling them " lame " .

Of course I am biased and all considering I am a Duranie ;) :P

[LostinVA]

20. They aren't my cup of tea, but they are great 80's pop.

[Zodiak]

162. Agreed.

A new wave band with a very good set of musicians. I will not pick on Duran Duran any more. I was brutal to them in the 80's (because I was an Iron Maiden fan, and picking on pop music is what metalheads do).

[Chicago Democrat]

190. Duran Duran was/is great...

Doken sucks and Mettalica sucks

[jayctravis]

204. Make sure you check out these

Honest Album Covers

There's also a feature there that documents the worst demo tracks ever recorded...good for a larf.

[The Sushi Bandit]

208. Great link... Thanks!

[Deep13]

35. delete- wrong place

[Omphaloskepsis]

2. Quiet Riot

My friend took me to see them on my 26th birthday.. Perhaps the worst show ever.


--edit-- fixed spelling..

[AntiCoup2K4]

80. The only thing ever worthwhile about Quiet Riot was.......

.....their original guitarist.

[Deep13]

85. nice camel toe

x(

[Zodiak]

163. Carlos Cavazo

He was a pretty good guitarist. The one good thing about Quiet Riot is the fact that they broke all the other metal bands out in the 80's. Their persistence led to the LA Heavy Metal movement which was still underground at the time.

[Oeditpus Rex]

206. Two Quiet Riot hits weren't even theirs

"Cum On Feel the Noize" and "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" were originally done by Slade, who were huge in Europe but never hit it in the U.S.

[slybacon9]

3. Jewish Bruce Cover Band? Oi...

[pinniped]

4. Foghat.

Funny you mentioned Dokken, I haven't seen that name in over 20 years and I probably would've lived the rest of my life without seeing it again had it not been for this thread.

I voted the rock band other but I also wish to vote for ELO.

[chaska]

71. That hurts. Foghat was one of my high school favorites...

My first band did a bunch of Foghat.

[pinniped]

138. Sorry, I was just seeing if I could offend someone.

Foghat's tune was good enough for Jim Carrey's entrance song on the MTV Music Awards a few years ago.

Foghat even got a line in the movie Kingpin- "Your act is about as fresh as a Foghat concert."

Now, what about Blue Oyster Cult?

[chknltl]

5. The Spice Girls

ELP is on that list, so I make the case that T.S.P. should be there too! (T.S.P. is pop-rock, ELP, (I happen to like them) is prog-rock). Then there was "Culture Club"... Yes we did really want to hurt him!!!

[chaska]

73. I love ELP AND the Spice Girls. ...So sue me.

:)

[Demonaut]

130. Metallica sucks,

that's all!

[Zodiak]

164. Agreed.

Without Cliff Burton, Metallica is a corporate shadow of what it once was. Their music will never grace my ears again (for lots of reasons other than above).

[LostInAnomie]

6. Iron Butterfly

I mean really, they only had one riff and it was enough to make them famous.

[fudge stripe cookays]

87. Yes, and when...

my old college roommate bought her bass, I got to hear it....OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER!!!!!!

:crazy::silly::freak:

[last_texas_dem]

90. I think they did some good stuff besides "In-a-Gadda-da-Vida"

Even though I'm pretty sure that's all they will ever be known for... They released some decent stuff in the late-sixties/early-seventies. It's dated (but most stuff from that period is) but catchy "heavy" acid rock, and they released several other singles that should've been hits but weren't.

[Zodiak]

165. Yeah....Iron Butterfly put out a lot more than that one song

And a lot of the music was pretty fair. They were very flowers and rainbows, though, and a sure let-down for people looking for more Inagaddadavidas.

[AllegroRondo]

7. Stryper

Christian heavy metal - they just didnt get it.

[The Sushi Bandit]

149. Oh shit i forgot them!!!

[Zodiak]

166. An excellent choice

During the height of their stardom, Tim Gaines was busted for cocaine, I think. It let the fans of that band know that Jesus was only a pretense to carve their own niche for lackluster music.

Actually, I think the same thing about most Christian music....uninspired drivel.

Now Gospel...THAT has soul.

[Oeditpus Rex]

207. Stryper once booked a show in my hometown

They cancelled because two days before the show date, advance sales were only in the 70s.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

8. Nelson

[LincolnMcGrath]

12. 2nd that

[Deep13]

34. Nelson was the greatest naval officer ever.

Oh, the band? Yeah, they suck dog ass through a straw.

[philosophie_en_rose]

122. Sucky band. Pretty, pretty, shiny hair.

:) I use to envy their straight, shiny hair as a child.

I wonder what kind of products they use. :)

[regularguy]

143. Those chicks are hot!

sorry....

[JimmyJazz]

9. Klaatu.

Did I win? :shrug:

[Magrittes Pipe]

41. Calling occupants of interplanetary, most extraordinary craft.

Klaatu RULES!!1

[JimmyJazz]

43. Are you SERIES???!!!!11!!!

[slay]

42. Verata.. um.. Necktie.. no.. Nickel..

Ut oh.. I've done it now.. :evilgrin:

[Deep13]

56. He basically said them.

:evilgrin:

[slay]

89. It's an "N" word, it's definitely an "N" word!

WISEMAN JOHN
Did you speak the exact words?!

ASH
Well, maybe not every single
syllable, no. But basically I
said them. Yes.

WISEMAN JOHN
Dung eating fool! Thou hast doomed
us.

[jpgray]

124. If you can get no joy out of Tokeymore Field

You are a bitter, scheming, secretive individual with manifold emotional problems.

Also you have to skip as you listen to it.

[In_The_Wind]

10. Divinyls

[Deep13]

13. oh, come on now.

I like that record. Saw them perform at an amusement park in the 1990.

[In_The_Wind]

22. precisely my point

I was driving a school bus full of teens when that song was popular!They really didn't need any help getting their raging hormones raging!
Or were you being polite with your spelling "oh, come on now."

[Deep13]

26. you lost me

what's precisely your point? Yes teenagers have hormones, but that has nothing to do with music bands.

[In_The_Wind]

29. It has to do with the entire intent of the song!

I'm not a prude but I found that song objectionable.

[Deep13]

30. aha

Well, everyone has his or her own tastes, but I was talking about the whole album, to say nothing of the records they made previously in Australia. A lot of that album is suggestive, but that doesn't bother me. What was kind of funny is at the concert I saw, Christina Amphlette had put on some weight, but was still stuffed into this reinforced, slinky costume. It was pretty apparent.

[2bfree]

213. I love that song!

We play it on our float in parades!

[fudge stripe cookays]

88. They did have a career before

"I Touch Myself"

"Boys in Town" is a great song. Your basic 80s Australian new wave.

fsc

[Sabriel]

11. Loverboy

Come on, how many times can anyone listen to "Working for the Weekend"?

[Zodiak]

167. They were pretty standard pop-rock

I won't take anything away from them. There were far dippier bands that were sympatric with them. Take for example: Wang Chung.

[underpants]

14. The Archies

:bounce:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

46. Yeah but they knew how to play their instruments really well .......

:rofl:

[Wapsie B]

15. Air Supply

:puke:

[LeftyMom]

19. Air Supply is proof there is no god.

They made me glad I have a hearing problem. :puke:

[Wapsie B]

25. I just got sick hearing that syrupy, sappy schtick of theirs.

Problem was stations would play that crap over and over and over. :eyes:
Stuff like that turned me off on music radio big time..

[Deep13]

31. Obviously, you're all out of love!

:rofl:

[Wapsie B]

39. yeah don't remind me.

:)

[Zodiak]

168. LOL....that is a good choice

I hated that band and everything they put out. They are only slightly improved by the Honeydrippers.

[StopTheMorans]

16. U2, if you can call the homogenous shit that they turn out "rock"

[Chan790]

184. OMG

I saw Ben Stiller doing a Bono impersonation on a rerun of The Ben Stiller Show and almost choked on my tongue I was laughing so hard. I guess Bono always has been a pretentious assbag.

[Deep13]

17. anything 1982-1988

I was in high school most of that time. It was a time I like to call the Who years.

[flvegan]

18. The 3rd coming of Van Halen

With Dave, pretty cool. Big noise pioneers.

With Sammy, pretty cool. Catchy, still put on a good show. Eddie is still a god.

With Gary Cherone...wtf. They redefined lame. The music. The very IDEA of that mockery of rock just makes me wonder. Shoulda changed their name to Van Whogivesashit at that point.

[Deep13]

33. Was never a Van Headache fan, but it did go downhill with time. nm

[Tallison]

200. Diver Down was their best, IMHO

Come to think of it, I need to get that on CD. It's probably been 10 years since I last listened to it on tape.

[BigMcLargehuge]

21. You spelled Monkeys wrong

it's Monkees.

And their music holds up better than all the other offerings in your poll.

[Kelli372]

38. Agreed! The Monkees are timeless!

[mac56]

49. He or she shouldn't dis the Monkees

Especially if not going to bother to spell their name right.

Springsteen too.

Styx is the lamest band of all time.

[DanCa]

50. The Monkee's are not your steppin' stone (nt)

[last_texas_dem]

133. I like the Monkees a lot

I can't think of another "prefab" act that made consistently good albums like they did.

[auburngrad82]

23. You forgot Europe nt

[Deep13]

27. I had. Thanks for reminding me!

x(

[Strawman]

24. In true hair metal fashion, Dokken replaces the letter c with letter k

It's spelled Dokken

Like Nikki Sixx
And Rikki Rockett

[eyepaddle]

64. Wasn't that the singer's last name?

Don Dokken? (I may be wrong, but I think it's Dutch)

[hfojvt]

120. It was the singer's last name

http://www.dokken.net/index2.html

:headbang:

[Zodiak]

169. thank you

I know Dokken wasn't such a good band, but they should be spelled right.

I still think George Lynch was a decent guitarist, though.

[kwassa]

28. The Beatles

nothing but tuneful melodies, innovative ideas, and solid songwriting.

How lame is that?

[Zodiak]

170. and perhaps one of the most influential rock bass players

nobody gives Paul McCartney the credit he deserves for that. The Beatles are wonderful!

[Wickerman]

32. Where is Journey?

:shrug:

[unpossibles]

40. I agree! Journey sucks big time

as does Billy Squire ("Lonely is the night, when you find yourself alone" - duh).

Close call though - some of the new bands suck more, like Creed, Puddle of Mudd, and Nickelback

[greblc]

101. "Stroke me...."

[LostinVA]

142. BLASPHEMY!

Not to me! I graduated HS in 1982. Good memories about Jourbey...

[B3Nut]

145. Journey's first eponymous album ROCKS

it went downhill after Steve Perry, though. Turned from Santana-esque jamming into radio pop. That first album is killer though, Neal Schon was showing his heavy Santana influence and Gregg Rolie made the Hammond roar. There are some great instrumental moments on that record...

Todd in Beerbratistan

[ghostsofgiants]

186. My roommate was singing Journey as loud as he could a few days ago

For that reason alone, your anti-Journeyness has my support.

[Deep13]

36. two words: Mr. Roboto

tragic waste of recording vinyl and proof that the '80s was washed-up as far as music talent was concerned, at least until speed metal came around.

[mac56]

51. Absolutely. Styx sux.

nm

[Arugula Latte]

66. Styx does suck donkey weiner.

So does Journey.

[rabbit2484]

114. Styx, Journey, Foreigner, Kansas, REO, etc.

All Suck!!!

[ThatsMyBarack]

37. 5th Dimension

Except for "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"--I am an Aquarius! :hippie:

[-..__...]

44. Talking Heads

Saw them live in their early club days, and yeah... they sucked.
Watched their concert movie at the theater and it was one of the
rare times I left a movie after the 1st 10-15 minutes.

Runner up... Culture Club (although I hesitate to put them in a rock category).

[Arugula Latte]

68. Hoo boy. Don't let my husband hear ya.

He's a huge Heads/David Byrne fan.

I like them for the most part and thought they were innovative.

[greblc]

103. They're "Alternative Rock"...

David Byrne is a flamming liberal and a genius. The Talking Heads are to artsie to be Rock. Listen to the words, a whole lot of social commentary.

About as close to protest songs as you'll find from any 80's Band

[-..__...]

112. "Alternative Rock"?... That's splitting hairs.

I don't care about what their politics are, they still suck(ed).

[Zodiak]

171. I am not into their music

BUT....I cannot deny that the Talking Heads were influential and worthy of not being included in this thread.

[Zensea]

196. Bootsy and Bernie wouldn't agree

Bernie Worell was in the touring version of the Talking Heads at one point & Bootsy did stuff with Jerry Harrison -- a great cut up of Reagan's "We Begin Bombing in Five Minutes."

[RandomKoolzip]

45. Radiohead.

P.U.!!!

[Lethe]

148. you sir, should be slapped by a fairly large trout

:evilgrin:

[JohnnyCougar]

210. NO WAY!!!

[HughBeaumont]

47. Here's some -

Limp Bizkit
Creed
Violent Femmes - YEAH, I SAID IT!
93% of REM's output
Vandenburg
Night Ranger
Dokken
Britny Fox
Cinderella

[jonnyblitz]

61. ha..i can't stand violent femmes either.. i guess it's not cool

to NOT like them. :shrug:

[HughBeaumont]

62. Lots of groups are "music fan requirements", as if

"you absolutely know nothing about music if you don't like them. These are MUST LIKES!!!"

Gives me an idea for a new thread . . .

[Initech]

48. Other: Limp Bizkit

Fred Durst not only gave birth to the shitty "nu-metal" genre (which in turn gave birth to such hellspawn as Linkin Park, Nickelback and Staind), but he single-handedly redefined what a corporate tool is.

[Zodiak]

172. yup

Post-grunge and nu-metal were the reasons that this long-time metal musician got out of music altogether. I'm getting back in, now because of some of the good metal coming from Scandanavia.

Fred Durst pisses me off, and I am ashamed of Primus for giving him a spot on their Anti-pop album.

[DanCa]

52. Does the Patridge Family Count ? :)

[Crazy Guggenheim]

53. I'm not offended, but when you put in .....

Springsteen, ELO, Chicago and Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Though I like Springsteen, his music isn't always my cup of tea. But I don't think he's lame! ELO and Chicago may not be one's style of music but I think they are pretty good. As far as Emerson Lake and Palmer, why would you consider them lame??

The Monkeys
Duran Duran

The Monkees were made for T.V. and were not really a band. But let's face it, it's teeny-bopper music. Oh, Duran Duran is a "fun band". But the musicians they have in there are very good! Especially Andy Taylor.

[Deep13]

55. yes, not lame, just not my kind of bands. nt

[Zodiak]

173. I think John Taylor is an excellent musician, too

I am doing penance for picking on him in the 80's.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

183. Wasn't he the drummer?

[Zodiak]

191. no, he was the bass player n/t

[Crazy Guggenheim]

193. Thank you.

[DanCa]

54. Just a question lol- how does the East Street Band make this list?

[Jed Dilligan]

57. Grim Reaper, Krokus, April Wine

Whitesnake, Foreigner, J. Geils Band

[Zodiak]

174. Krokus!!!!!

oh God...that cover of "School's out" was perhaps the most gratuitous piece of pandering I have ever seen in a metal band not telented enough to write their OWN rock anthem.

[Loonman]

58. Guided By Voices

Pure, unadulterated pap. EMO schlock.

[RandomKoolzip]

69. "EMO?!"

GbV is "EMO?!" That's a new one!

[Magrittes Pipe]

74. I think he got them confused with Robert Smith's saturnine caterwauling.

[RandomKoolzip]

77. "C'mon, everybody! We're TAKING BACK SUNDAY!"

[Beware the Beast Man]

82. I'd rather be catheterized by a hot fireplace poker.

At least then I'd be able to sing like him.

[dolo amber]

72. "Emo"...

:rofl:

[Beware the Beast Man]

78. What the hell Guided By Voices are you listening to?

Emo?? :wtf:

[RandomKoolzip]

81. They're emo in the same way that Irene Cara was death metal.

[asthmaticeog]

79. Emo?

I'm not so big on GbV, nor do I much care for emo. But they're not the same thing. Not even in the same ballpark.

[Loonman]

84. I might have meant "crap" when I said EMO

The two are interchangeable.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

59. You, or anyone else, better not mention my favorites!

[DanCa]

60. Paul Reviere and the Raiders ruled

Kicks, Cherokee Nation, Arizona did I miss anymore

[Crazy Guggenheim]

63. I got this from their website.

Like Long Hair
Great Airplane Strike
Good Thing
Steppin' Out
Ups and Downs
Just Like Me
Him or Me
Kicks
Indian Reservation
Hungry
Birds of a Feather

[DanCa]

67. Kids today don't know good. (jK)

Canned Heat, Animals, Clapton, need I go on :D

[Crazy Guggenheim]

70. It's so funny because that music still holds up even today.

[DanCa]

76. Well you know -sshhhh

That's because our guys played actual musical instruments and not just electronically gurgled ying yang. There are exceptions of course but in our day it was the standard. JK

[Deja Q]

"Monkeys" or "Monkees"... for once spelling is a good thing.

:7

[Taverner]

65. WHERE'S CREED??? WHERE'S NICKLEBACK????

[Zodiak]

175. post-grunge shouldn't be considered "rock"

n/t

[ghostsofgiants]

187. Shouldn't even be considered music

[Zodiak]

192. perhaps we shuld classify it with muzak? n/t

[ghostsofgiants]

194. Haha, works of me

[Spider Jerusalem]

75. The Grateful Dead.

The fact that a large part of their reputation is based on self-indulgent musical wanking (those godawful "jam sessions") that's unlistenable without the aid of psychotropics makes them an easy choice. They also win lameness points for helping keep the hippie/faux-Sixties subculture alive long after it should've been buried.

[RandomKoolzip]

83. I'm a Deadhead, and I agree with you.

I happen to like their "jams" and their songwriting, but it's totally a matter of taste.

What *I* hate about them is this: none of them could fucking sing. And they tried playing blues (worse than most high school bands do), R&B, Chuck Berry, etc, without possessing a smidgen of the raunch or soul necessary to pull that off. Plus, with two drummers, their rythyms were leaden and, timbrally, uncomfortable to listen to. (With just Kreutzmann banging the skins, they were quite agile, however)

If they had stuck with the psychedelic/prog/free jazz side of their character, they'd be a lot more respected by many music fans, I'd wager.

[Bridget Burke]

94. I kinda liked American Beauty & Workingman's Dead

Even crummy singers can produce fine sounds if they learn to sing harmony. And their first LP was jolly in an old-tyme jug-band folk-rock sort of way.

I saw them play the Catacombs in the early days--back when Owsley Stanley (or was it Stanley Owsley) was traveling with them. A friend had met Pigpen at the Free Clinic in SF the previous year, so we dropped by the motel for a visit beforehand. Young & innocent as we were, we didn't take advantage--& nobody took advantage of us. Hey, we got to see the show free! Here's another Catacombs show I saw. Glad somebody was keeping track:


Later on, I "experienced" at least one Dead show in the proper way. I didn't become a Deadhead but can see the attraction--beyond mere music.

[DelawareValleyDem]

86. Poison

even by poser band standards, they suck.

[Merrick]

91. Bon Jovi. "Slippery When Wet" made me suicidal as a youngster

literally. no kidding. I was clinically depressed when I was 10-11 and I trace it all back to my sister bringing that damned album into our house.

[last_texas_dem]

92. I voted for Winger

I like most of the other bands (of course, I never claimed I didn't have "lame" music taste). But really, most of these are just the usual suspects that everyone dumps on. I know they're not "cool" to like, but most put out their share of decent material. Consider the Monkees; for a "prefab" band they still put out some good sixties-pop music, especially once they established creative control with their third album. And Bruce Springsteen; I'm no fanatic or even a major fan but it's really hard to consider him as one of the all-time lamest performers.

[realisticphish]

93. you put

SPRINGSTEEN on as a lame band? Ah well, to each his own

[antigone382]

95. Motley Crue.

Explanation: ugh. That's all I have to say.

[Dukkha]

96. Hootie and the Blowfish

The patron saints of meritocracy boy scout rock
They are the sound of Beige
If they were any safer they'd be crossing guards

[Hand]

97. Three Dog Night

Man, they SUCKED!

Anyone disagree? Put 'em up! C'mon!

[last_texas_dem]

134. I do

I think they're a great pop-rock band, and I own and operate a copy of their two-CD Anthology.

[fluffyslayer]

98. Rush...

Geddy Lee's voice is nails on a chalkboard.

[Zodiak]

176. and his bass playing would rip the pants off of

just about any other bass player in the genre.

I cannot agree with this. Every musician I know becomes influenced by Rush aat some point in time. The vocals are not for this time, but back in the 70's and 80's, Rush single-handedly made more good rock musicians in the garages of America than all of the hair metal bands combined.

[Maestro]

178. Wrong answer

You might not like the voice but the musicianship is beyond reproach. ;)

[Zodiak]

179. high fives Maestro

We must defend Rush to the death.

[Maestro]

181. Amen!

Geddy Lee has always been one of my idols for bass players. He's incredible! I put him up there with Jaco Pastorius and Les Claypool.

[JohnnyCougar]

211. NO WAY!!!

Rush is one of the best!!

[greblc]

99. Grammy Awards Song of the Year 1984

"Eye of the Tiger " by Survivor the lamest band of all time.

This is the song to comb your Mullet to.

Air Supply is 2nd only because they never won song of the year.

[AntiCoup2K4]

104. The dilemma of whether Air Supply or Survivor sucked worse....

No denying that both bands are horrible, but in the end I guess I have to applaud Air Supply for the integrity of at least admitting that they were a lame assed easy listening ballad band, and not trying to fake it with "rock" songs like Survivor did. "The Search Is Over" was 10 times sappier than any Air Supply record.

[CanuckAmok]

125. Survivor were bolstered by their association with Frank Stallone

Back when Sylvester Stallone still had credibility and power.

I blame the Mafia.

[MrSlayer]

100. Between Bon Jovi and Winger it's hard to pick.

Because they both suck so much.


Dokken is spelled Dokken by the way and while they also suck they suck less then the other two.

Just about everyone on this list sucks.

[AztecGringo]

102. 1980 -- My Retarded college roommates

I frequently suffered through their constant playing of KANSAS and REO SPEEDWAGON...they were also gung-ho Republicans orgasmic over the election of Reagan and left their fucking bottles of spit (they chewed tobacco) all over the apartment. And this was in Los Angeles.....

[Graf Orlok]

105. Rolling Stones.

Those guys need to know when to give it up.

[AntiCoup2K4]

137. Have you heard their new album?

If not, it might change your mind.

[The Sushi Bandit]

106. Bon Shithead (jovi)

and springstein anre interchangeable

[bleedingheart]

108. I have to agree with you...

I have always said that those famous photos of Bruce belting out his lines make him look like he is constipated and his music reflects that...

[Gatchaman]

107. What about the Knack?

The Bay City Rollers?

[DBoon]

151. Knuke the Knack!

nt

[Scoots]

109. Starland Vocal Band

[WCGreen]

110. REO Speedwagon or Chicago......

Both started with promise and ended up being girlie boy bands...

[gollygee]

115. I hate REO Speedwagon

I don't mind early Chicago but yeah . . .

[WCGreen]

147. I saw them back in 1973, with the Beach Men...

They were great and then......

[Cats Against Frist]

154. I have an unhealthy, and uncanny love for REO

I just about got orgasmic, when I got to see REO, Journey and Styx jam on "Roll the Changes," on VH-1 Classic. I cannot explain it. Otherwise I like Zappa, Stravinsky, postmodern and post-avant art, experimental cinema -- but, somehow, the REO thing works for me.

:shrug:

[NewJeffCT]

111. Sammy Hagar

Just never liked him & he paled in comparison to David Lee Roth later on...

[Kire]

113. I guessed Winger before I opened the thread.

:yourock:

[tigersumtin]

116. Back in 79

a warm up band for REO Speedwagon, if my memory is not clear correct me, ANGEL. what a lame ass band. They looked like little dolls and sounded like shit. But then again it could have been something I ate,,,,drank,,,,,smoked.....who knows :smoke:

[-..__...]

118. The Angels "Winter Song".

That's going back. They were a hair band way before the term was coined.

[tigersumtin]

119. Thats them

the concert stands out in my memory, cause my lighter blew up during the encore for REO. It was cool, and I was wasted.

[fricasseed_gourmet_rat]

117. Limp Bizkit

Papa Roach is a close second.

[Lubernaut]

121. Your favorite band.

Sorry, but they suck.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

135. if you haven't checked out the

"Your Band Sucks" column at somethingawful.com you ought to, the writer is brilliant.

[ikojo]

123. I know there are so many from which to choose

and a limited number of polling positions...so here are some you may want to consider next time...

Journey
Styx
REO Speedwagon

Corporate rock at its best!

The MONKEES are not lame. Thank you very much!

[Lilith Velkor]

126. Whitesnake

:puke:

[minkyboodle]

127. wtf

how the hell is winger not winning... I mean... ITS WINGER!!!

[Demonaut]

128. METALLICA SUCKS!

just saying

[Canuckistanian]

129. Angel

Starring Punky Meadows

[Broken_Hero]

131. I picked "other"

There are a lot of bands out there, that totally suck, are totally overrated crap, but to me, after heavy thinking....the winner is...........Poison. God, take this Poison from me? please...i hate every rose has its thorn too, god every time i hear this band, or see it on the greatest rock star shows on tv, i'm like, wtf? did someone drink their "koolaid" today to vote for these yahoo's?

[AntiCoup2K4]

209. Well.... Poison DID play the part of rock stars very well.....

They just didn't play MUSIC very well!

But as far as ridiculous hair, makeup, and over the top glossy videos go, The Bay City Rollers would have killed for that promotion.

[DanCa]

132. The Bangels (nt)

[LTR]

136. Springsteen??? F--- YOU!!!

Springsteen's a genius.

Should have slotted in either Creed or Nickleback.

[newyawker99]

139. KISS

:puke:

[Robeson]

140. Bay City Rollers. No contest.

[maveric]

203. I'm surprised it took 140 posts to reveal the WORST EVER!

No contest, is correct!

[Spirochete]

141. Toto

Honorable mention: Kansas

[Nostradammit]

159. You have Wizard of Oz issues

As far as sucky bands go, The Shaggs are so mind-bendingly sucky that they come around the other side into brilliance.

The Wiggins sisters. Unbelievable.

[Crankie Avalon]

144. Huey Lewis and the News...

...my freshman year roommate in college was a guy who loved that band. They were his favorite. Anytime they came on he'd bellow "HUUUUEYYYYYYYYYYYYY" in celebration. Incidentally, this guy used to wear skinny ties with piano keys stenciled on them and think it was the ultimate in "cool."

He also liked some of the other bands already mentioned here, like REO Speedwagon and Styx. He also liked a band called Quarterflash and was really into Brian Adams, too.

What a roommate!

[dr.zoidberg]

146. How can you not have an all of the above?

Because obviously we know that all of these bands fucking suck.}( There I said it, someone had too.

[NNadir]

150. Grand Funk Railroad.

[argyl]

160. That's a winner. After over thirty years I still thought of them first.

[The Sushi Bandit]

152. Anyone remember Black Oak Arkansas??

[Cats Against Frist]

153. Blink 182 -- and the entire punk & faux punk catalogs, really

Except for a Swedish band called "Refused," who, in two albums, rendered the rest of the punk catolog meaningless, even though, to me, they don't really sound that punk-ish.

Anyway, I REALLY hate Blink 182. When I hear their music, I want to vomit, and when I see their faces, I want to punch them.

[Jamastiene]

155. Can't say I agree with the part about punk, but the faux punk

definitely needs to go. I particularly hated the Offspring (rich boy rock, definitely not punk) We agree on that much. Old punk was the good stuff anyhow.

[liberalconscious]

156. Don't be too harsh guys.

Without these bands there would be no karoake

[ghostsofgiants]

188. Refused kick so much ass

One of the greatest hardcore bands ever.

[The Sushi Bandit]

157. My best Lounge Poll of all time!!

[Tallison]

199. Congrats!

It's a strong one, allright.

:toast:

[Peter Frank]

158. Zager and Evans...

...Hear the even cheesier midi -- http://frodisman.com/2525.html

[Zodiak]

161. lol

I really, really think that the list of bad rock bands cannot be done on DU since the "hair metal" craze that soaked up the heavy metal movement of the 1980's.

Winger is only one example (strangely enough, most of the musicians of Winger were very good, but the music was formulaic and vacuous).

But the dippiest rock band that I have seen RECENTLY is The Darkness.

[costas254]

177. Coldplay

Though it's a loose interpretation of "rock".

[Tallison]

180. Ahem, did someone forget Stryper? n/t

[LuCifer]

182. Krokus

Them, or Accept. I'm torn! Oh damn, make it a 3 way tie, cuz I forgot Grim Reaper! "SEEEEEE YOU IN HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELL!"
SHUT UP! SHUT UP! IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT WHICH DOES NOT SUCK, SHUT UP!

Lu

[ghostsofgiants]

185. Good Charlotte

By far.

[Chicago Democrat]

189. ding!

i agree, not even real. fake and bad...

[Zensea]

195. Asia

definite case of the sum of the parts being much less than the individuals in the band.

[Up2Late]

197. RAT or Motley Crue ??? Both Suck equally me thinks.

Really should have a lamest 1980's rock band poll.

[Zensea]

198. Starship also comes to mind

the first Jefferson Starship Album "Dragon Fly" was decent but from there on it was all downhill and once they dropped the Jefferson from the name .......

[RetroLounge]

201. Creed

and their ilk.

RL

[giant_robot]

202. Wow. So many sucky bands in one place.

I'm afraid that your thread is approaching a critical mass of suckiness that will suck all the joy from my soul, much like the dementors from the Harry Potter books. In fact, it is creating a vortex of suckiness that is making all adjacent threads suck. I...I...must...reach...mouse...button..... :)

[The Sushi Bandit]

205. LOL!!!!! I havecreated a Black Hole!!

[rbnyc]

212. Journey, Foreigner, and I'm sorry...

...Rush!