To qualify IMO the band has to have some mainstream success. The Steve Miller Band.has very little to offerđ
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Music categories and labels are somewhat subjective. I consider ABBA to have been not a Rock Band---the OPâs category, but a Pop Group, and a great one. Benny & Bjorn wrote GREAT Pop songs (chord sequences, melodies, harmonies, arrangements, etc.), and the members had good voices, Frida Lyngstad in particular. She has made great music since leaving ABBA as well; watch her You Tube video of the great Jackie DeShannon song "When You Walk In The Room". Glorious! ABBA songs have been celebrated in Broadway shows for a good reason---they're real good ones! |
American Idiot (the album) actually has a lot of great hooks and rocks. It is very compressed sounding as I recall, havenât listened to it in years. Iâve heard legendary bands/performers who were terrible in live shows, and others who were completely off my radar (and disregarded b/c I didnât think much of them) who were surprisingly good live. If you are confining this to recorded performances only, it probably doesnât reflect what the particular band/artist could do on a good night. Part of this is subjective too, isnât it? If you donât like punk or heavy metal, etc. you arenât going to think much of someone playing in that genre. Use Bad Brains as an example- these guy were accomplished fusion/jazz players- could turn on a dime. They decided to do a sort of punk/rasta thing which isnât to everyoneâs taste (I dug them), but you can hear how skilled they are as instrumentalists. I can go from sappy radio pablum from the late â60s or early â70s to very heavy rock and enjoy it. Are there bands I donât listen to? Many. But, probably more out of ignorance or a belief that they arenât my cuppa than any judgment of musical quality. If you really want to take issue with musical capability, look at the long list of âbandsâ who relied on the Wrecking Crew to record their albums. A bunch of super-talented session people were really the force behind a huge number of hits from a lot of different bands back in the day. |
I would have to say that the worst rock band ever was probably the one hit non-wonder that recorded what IMO is the worst rock recording I have ever heard. Namely Vito & The Salutations, and their 1963 recording which utterly destroyed the beautiful song "Unchained Melody." And I say that as one who actually enjoys more than a few so-called "doo wop" recordings. For those having strong stomachs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHwDeGDkEFk Regards, -- Al |
The worst concert I've ever attended, the 1969 Rolling Stones concert in Baltimore, MD. They came out on the stage at 10:25pm, took their time tuning up their instruments, seemed to be so drunk and/or stoned that they were out of tune, and the concert ended at 11:00pm. Fortunately, B.B. King was the warm up act and he was awesome! |
I would not have thought about Grand Funk Railroad or Blue Cheer as not being a good group, or even bad. But now that you mention it way back then I would buy an album for a particular song, listen to the whole album once, and just play that one song repeatedly. Just like mentioned above, Summertime Blues, or also Some Kind of Wonderful. There were of course exceptions where the whole album was great, notably the Beatles, some Stones, on and on. |
This one has potential but still a bit wet behind the ears. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MVogUqWScYc This one is much better! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SPxgW0lSjA |
i also don't get the praise for foo fighters, whose music has devolved to generic, soulless arena rock. i gotta say, however, that the eponymous first album, which grohl played by himself, is a tight, ragged little masterpiece--he had a bunch of good tunes stockpiled before his muse fled. i've always like "learn to fly" too. |
That indeed is a LONG LIST. For me, its almost entirely about how good the vocals are LIVE. The right gear and effects musically are not that difficult to make a good guitar/keyboard/bass player sound exceptional. Where you separate the good from great are the vocals. Ive seen TONS of live performances over the last 35+ years. So many of them were so-so to aweful when it comes to the vocals. In fact its EASIER to point out which band were incredible live becasue the vocals were spot on. |
I really do not understand why the Foo Fighters are so popular. The lead singer looks the part, but when they start their music, its just dire crap...? Their music really gives Rock a bad name and a poor reputation, there is no artistic inspiration in their music. I don't see aspiring Rock guitarists wanting to play their music, there is no catchy riff or even melody in their music, just sensless noise. |
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STYX first albums with the lead guitarist John Curulewski are interesting because they approach to rock music is kinda progressive which is my fav (pop) music genre. However the "Man of Miracles" album saw them begun to turn into "mainstream", and I lost interest. Nevertheless, their leader Dennis DeYoung is kinda intellectual as he summarizes entertaining business on the "Return to Paradise" DVD, 1996 as "it´s somebody else´s fantasy, it´s all BS". Funny guy, isn´t he :) |
REO SPEEDWAGON....Thank god I dont have to listen to this @#$% anymore......I hated how some radio stations back in the 80's would play it non stop! Also, why are you all hating on STYX?? this band started young in High School and Had a Big 1st hit with "Lady" and then went on to make many records, the best of them was "The Grand Illusion", If you havent listened to it you should give it a spin. Maybe you'll change your mind. |
Darn, I almost forgot THE worst ones. Well, you see.... Back in 1975 in a record store I was looking at Kiss´ 1st album cover and I thought that is really bad. Not surprisingly, they were :) Years later when I saw those stupid poser faces of Guns´n´Roses dudes I realized I have been wrong all the way. They sucked even harder. Here they instantly were start calling as Gunnarit, funny nick name isn´t it :) And in the 70´s we had Gary Glitter, aka Kari Kiilto So my vote goes for Gunnarit and Kari Kiilto :) |
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