Bands which made it, but shouldn't have

ToneControl

Rolling stones - weak playing and very few half-decent songs, what happened to the Yardbirds?

The white stripes are like Dom Joly formed a band, but hasn't got to the reveal yet

Kiss - bunch of jokers

Velvet underground - any musicians involved?

Deep purple - so repetitive and samey

Kaiser Chiefs = just dull and nothing new, at least Kasabian was lively and nothing new

Twisted sister - do they count as a band?

DeeTee

Good Charlotte. I hate this band more than you can possibly imagine. "Girls don't like boys, girls like cars and money." Whiny little bastards.

breakstuff

Stereophonics.

Sad thing is they started off ok before sacking Stuart Cable,discovering hair products and pretty clothes and going all image conscious and then planting themselves firmly in the middle of the road.

Col_Decker

PolarityMan said:

most bands with "The" as the first word of their name.

The Beatles

The Rolling Stones

The Smiths

etc etc

Nurse he's out of his bed again!!!

Deadman

Kelly Jones' brother used to work with me. I got stuff from Kelly (demo tapes etc) before they made it big. He sounded far less 'engineered' back then.

mike_l

DeeTee said:

Good Charlotte. I hate this band more than you can possibly imagine. "Girls don't like boys, girls like cars and money." Whiny little bastards.

Very good call.

I'll add any other Emo bands, and any one off X-factor

Lixarto

There's a whole swathe of macho bullshit grunt & groan metal nonsense, of course.

bobblehat

2 Door Cinema Club

The Macabees

Foals

fretfinder

Marillion

Bon Jovi

Foreigner

Europe

PolarityMan

Lixarto said:

There's a whole swathe of macho bullshit grunt & groan metal nonsense, of course.

While I appreciate this is a great opportunity to have a pop at a genre you dislike (despite having clearly not listened to any) I wouldn't say there's that much of the extreme end of metal that classes as having "made it".

Lixarto

Oh, hit a nerve have I? O ho.

How do you know what I've listened to?

DeeTee

Gents, this is the friendly bit of the guitar based internet! Play nice.

Deadman

DeeTee said:

Gents, this is the friendly bit of the guitar based internet! Play nice.

You're right. Ha'way lads, you're out of order.

If someone else slags The Smiths off I'll smash my monitor too.

Lixarto

For the record, not all metal is shite. Motörhead are fab

PolarityMan

Lixarto said:

For the record, not all metal is shite. Motörhead are fab

Well that's better then.

further

Queen,first time I saw them on TOGWT ,I thought Prog for people who don't like prog

Rocker

Don't get me started....

Garth Brooks

ELO

Mike Oldfield

Bob Dylan

Did I mention Garth Brooks?

Boston

Whitesnake

Aerosmith

Westlife

Boyzone

Garth Brooks

And Garth Brooks.

axisus

Lots of wrong on this thread. Lots of wrong.

thumpingrug

I'm considering a minor flounce.  Someone mentioned my favourite band.

Bucket

Fucking Nickelfuckingback. Fuck 'em.

Not much of a fan, I don't know if you can tell. Boring, crass bullshit and the singer's voice gets right on my tits.

And Bon fucking Jovi, for much the same reasons.