My favorite bands are Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, and Terrible Generic Band #24

Hey, have you checked out the new U2 album?? Geez, it really is a stroke of genius! Bono is so dreamy and the Edge really gets me pumped! I know it gets a lot of hype, but this time it's for real!! I mean you have heard that song "Vertigo" from the ipod commercial right? Well just imagine the rest of the album. Manufactured, ready-to-eat music taste is so delicious!!

The above person has lost all sense of taste in music and, therefore, all sense period. Notice the abuse of exclamation marks. As well as the hurried feel in which they talk. This is a classic case of not needing to watch anymore TV or listen to anymore radio. That said, let's take a look at some the most overrated bands of all time. The following are just a bunch of bands that belong in this group in no particular order except for the last two. They deserve a place at the top. Oh and by the way, I know I am a music snob. I am reminded all the time. Drink it down.

Green Day
I'll admit when I was a kid I fell victim to an album called "Dookie." When you are a kid, that kind of foul-mouthedness is hard to pass up. But let's get real, a little research says they have released about 5 or 6 albums since then. None of them have had tricky names to dupe the youngins, so what the hell is going on here. They are everywhere now. Please help thwart this uprising of terrible music. "Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road..." Shit! Where did that come from? "...An American idiot..." Oh dear, sweet God. Make this stop!

U2
This was obviously going to make the list. "With or Without You" - yes. "Sunday Bloody Sunday" - yes. Everything else - No. Stop spending $100 for general admission tickets, people. Instead, go get some bad American beer, some firecrackers, and a large trash can. Climb inside and light the fuse. When you emerge you will be a lot better off than the guy who just sat through a 2 hour beating at the high-priced concert. Also, 'f' that stupid ipod idea.

Aerosmith
Ok. Here again. Their old stuff is good: from when they started, all the way through Pump. After that it gets pretty dismal pretty quick. They apparently spent the next year deriving a formula for their sound, and boy did it ever work. What a shame.

The Beatles
Yeah, yeah, I know you are only reading this now after posting a nasty, hasty comment, my little sheep, but the truth is... I don't get it. I can remember when that Anthology album came out, and I was forced to sit through such beatings in almost every car where I wasn't in control of the stereo. The worst part is that most people only wanted to listen to their little early poppy tunes. Oh Walrus and McCartney, why didn't you get into drugs sooner. See the thing with the Beatles is that they got better with time, unlike most bands. Then you have Lennon's solo stuff which is really good. The reason they make this list is because of the songs that people celebrate most. They are the reason their fame is so out of control and all this adds up to O-VER-RA-TED (clap, clap, clap, clap, clap... think college football here).

Def Leppard
For about a quarter of a century now, these douche rockets have been touring. The question I pose is "Why?" Yeah, yeah, I get that they have that one-armed drummer. That is neat... for all of 13 seconds, but I get easily distracted when my ears are bleeding. Sorry. It never fails; if you are in a bar full of frat-tastic fuck heads, you will hear that "Pour Some Sugar on Me" song. Take a look at their album called Rock of Ages, which outlines thier hits presumably, and you will realize that these assholes are still touring off that song!!

AND now for the two most overrated, abrasive, caustic, unhealthy, pop-whorish, makes-me-contemplate-suicide-ish bands on the face of the Earth...

Van Halen
I am not talking about a feud between those fans who prefer David Lee Roth over Sammy "Cabo Wabo" Hagar here. In fact, I don't see that the topic provides the necessary equipment for a feud. Take a look at the definition and you will see what I am talking about. This band sucks. Plain and simple. If you disagree you are just an 80's teen still stuck in that overwhelming media frenzy that started after a "guy could play guitar real good." This band shares the top spot because they have no redeeming qualities, but people will literally fight you if you "talk shit about Halen, Buddy." I don't even want to go on vacation in Cabo for fear of seeing Samuel down there.

Bon Jovi
I almost put this one at the top by itself, but Van Halen fans suck too bad. Bon Jovi is the longest-running pop campaign I have ever seen. Shit, they've outlasted Madonna. They get will not be outdone at the frat-tastic bars either. They lie in wait until after the one Def Leppard song is played and immediately blast "Livin' on a Prayer" and "Shot Through the Heart" in an easy-to-disguise seamless fashion back to back. Anybody that puts out a song with the title having an apostrophe where a letter should be should not have an album or be famous. They should in fact be forced to go to a school of good taste. I write music and I would never, EVER, do anything like that. You are supposed to be your toughest critic and that shit just doesn't fly. Fuck Bon Jovi and fuck endin' words with apostrophes (unless you are showing an ownership to many). It just looks ignorant.