Most over rated rockers...ever...

[Freakshow]

I would have to say Jimi Hendrix.

Sure, he was different. But that's it. Songs were bad, singing was worse. Give me Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmy Page, or even Tony Iommi over Hendrix.

 

[LarryD]

U2.

 

[gutter]

YOU'RE BOTH CRAZY.

FOR ME, LED ZEP.

 

[BearBryant]

80's big hair bands. all of them

 

[Piper]

Slayer.

Just kidding.

The Stones. I like some of their songs, and what they did for some old bluesman, but they lived off their rep without putting out anything decent for far too long.

 

[Piper]

Originally posted by BearBryant
80's big hair bands. all of them

To be overrated, someone has to rate them highly.

Have to give those bands credit. Without them, I might not have sought relief and found worthwhile music elsewhere.

Add GnR to the list, though.

 

[SandMan]

U2 never overated... whaz up wit dat Larry D?

I would say, without a doubt... David Lee Roth O V E R A T E D...

 

[lex]

led zep overated? i beg to differ. led zep is a legend! oh, we are going by personal opinions, ok. my bad!

green day.

 

[The Brain]

Winger

 

[magnus]

U2 is mostly hype nowadays, yes, but they did put out solid material for ten + years.

Hendrix overrated? He only got on the scene for four years before he died. People are going to make him into a legend but I feel that's no more over-hyped than Jim Morrison or Kurt Cobain, and in the end the body of work Hendrix did as a guitarist alone far exceeds either Morrison or Cobain as a singer.