Posted on 02/18/2021 5:37:28 AM PST by mylife
Music—specifically popular rock music—can have a polarizing effect on listeners. One fan's favorite band is the one another person detests most. As head-scratching as it may be, there are even people who hate the Beatles. That's because art is subjective by nature, so it's difficult to assess with an analytical or mathematical approach. But that didn't stop us from trying to do just that. At Best Life, we set out to use data to determine the most hated rock band of all time.
Once we had our list, we looked at five key metrics, from expert opinions to fan surveys. To start, we looked at LA Weekly's list of the top 20 worst bands of all time. Then we turned our attention to Vice's list of the 123 worst musicians of all time. Since the list was not ranked, if a band was on the list, it got points added to its score; if it wasn't, no points were added. Then we looked at the top 21 most overly hated bands according to Ultimate Guitar, a popular music and guitar instruction website. Finally, we used two polls from Ranker, the 102 most overrated bands and the 421 worst rock bands of all time.
We then assigned each metric a weighted value* before running them through our exclusive algorithm to see how each artist scored on our 100-point scale Hated Band Index. Read on to discover which group was deemed the most hated rock band of all time, based on the numbers.
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LOL. You said what I think but am afraid to say.
Then I saw them during the Joshua Tree/Rattle & Hum phase. Nosebleed seats in a football stadium. Bono already doing his "preaching" thing about apartheid and whatnot. None of us knew what the hell he was spouting off about. That was not as inspiring a show.
During the Achtung Baby tour, somebody must have slapped Bono upside the head because they were back in good form - at least in the concert I went to at Boston Garden.
I remember once when some nitwit critic called Neal Peart the Billy Cobham of rock. I was following the jazz fusion scene quite closely at the time and not once did I ever hear of Billy Cobham being referred to as the Neal Peart of jazz.
I made it 45 seconds. They are devoid of any musical talent.
You win, they are far, far worse.
RIP J. Geils and Leslie West, 2 guitar legends.
Rush definitely deserves a higher “hated” rating...
Unlistenable.
Styx should have made the list after their first two albums. Once “domo arigato, Mr. Roboto” showed up, they were done...
Leslie West? OMG that would have been awesome!!
Geils was wonderful live.
Hard to believe that Rush is on the list. I think they’re great! And so do millions of other people.
Once, at my daughter’s music school recital, a 15 year old boy played the drum solo from Tom Sawyer.
He was so good I approached him afterwards and told him that he was awesome. :)
Do the ‘Dixie Chicks’ qualify?
I still don’t know what Rush did.
They’re one of these acts everyone even pre-internet made a big deal about but nothing was a real hit.
I call them fringe fanatics. They are very vocal so you’d think the act has as many hits as the Beatles, but as a normal regular person I can’t name a thing. Like the ethereal Ramones or Smiths.
How can a band (The Doors) that recorded probably at least one of the greatest rock songs ever be a “worst band”?
I hadn’t listened to Light My Fire in quite a while until the other day and it blew me away. A masterpiece.
I wish I had kept my ticket stubs, what a journey, I saw so many bands when tickets where under $5 for 3 bands
A lot of shows where free
Dude is seriously full of himself, 100 Irish rockers were better than him
Some of us who went to high school and college in the 80s like the metal that was popular then. There were a LOT of crappy made up posers, and a few really good musicians that would rival any one you like. I might think your favorite music “sucks”, but different strokes. Not all hair bands “sucked”. I can appreciate the musicianship in some bands to do not happen to play a style of music I like.
Nazareth/Blackfoot $6; Grand Funk/Wet Willie $5; Deep Purple/Bad Company (post Paul Rodgers) $7, Dio/who cares $8; Rainbow/Gamma (Ronnie Montrose), small theater $8; Robin Trower, small theater $8...good times. Damn good times.
“I still don’t know what Rush did.”
Geddy Lee said he is surprised when he looks out among the crowd if more than 2 females show up for their concerts.
I don’t get the hate for Nickelback. Sure they are pop/rock but they got a lot further than I ever did and some of their songs are quite good. U2 disgust me but not because of their music but rather the holier than thou attitude of Bono. Rush are masterful but after a couple of songs my head hurts trying to figure out what Peart was doing :)
Guns-N-Roses should be on the list, any band led by that greasy little pompous Axel should be #1
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