The Worst Band EVER

bshorey said:
Many years ago I was in a fondue restaurant in Switzerland, and the band was a bunch of Philipinos singing and 'playing' old Eagles songs. Their entire instrument ensemble was kazoos.

You haven't lived until you've heard Hotel California in this environment..

And yes, these guys were taking themselves very seriously. I think they might give your guys a run for the money, they could probably headline for them!

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For some reason, I'm thinkin' of Mojo Nixon right now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sblazox6Kc4
 
dodog said:
Yes, I am entitled to my own opinion, but that doesn't mean :screwy: I see Rush and Led Zeppelin listed as the "worst" band here. By your criteria, , they don't belong here.

I see Boston listed here as well. I'm not a big fan, per se, but if you look at sales/charts (from Wikipedia). Clearly no one likes them. :headscrat

The problem with "worst" bands is the things that fans really love about any group are the same things that others really dislike about those groups. To each their own, I guess.
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The problem with listing sales figures to justify a band being "good" is that it's an ad populum fallacy. That's like saying because, when it was manufactured, the Ford Pinto outsold the Posche 911 (if it was even made then), the Pinto was a better car. Or because McDonalds has sold umpteen gazillion hamburgers, that their burgers are the best in the world.

Popularity <> Quality.
 
Any of you ever see "The Plasmatics"? They only knew 3 chords and other than trying to see what "Wendy O" wasn't covering with her non-wardrobe they were painful to even be near.
 
George Baker Selection, Andrea True Connection, Starland Vocal Band, Poppy Family, DJ Otzi, Terry Jacks...the list goes on 'n' on...
 
cwall99 said:
The problem with listing sales figures to justify a band being "good" is that it's an ad populum fallacy. That's like saying because, when it was manufactured, the Ford Pinto outsold the Posche 911 (if it was even made then), the Pinto was a better car. Or because McDonalds has sold umpteen gazillion hamburgers, that their burgers are the best in the world.

Popularity <> Quality.
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No, listing sales figures is not saying that it's the "best" or that it's better than another. Nowhere in my post did I allude to either of these absurd scenarios. What sales figures do say, however, is that millions of people thought that the album/songs were, at the very least, OK. I highly doubt that the original band, in the OP's post sold more than 10 copies.
 
Worst band or least liked, there is a difference. How about the disappointing GTR? I love one of the reviews, short and to the point: GTR SHT.
 
This band here may qualify. As far as I know they have only 3 songs. It'll take 5 minutes to play all 3. It's funny as hell and may make you laugh, but it's generous to call these guys a "band". They have a song making fun of a band that made this list... Led Zeppelin.

Here's the link:
http://www.myspace.com/theawsomemfers
 
Sandy G said:
Yeah, somebody oughta put that poor woman in "4 Non-Blondes" outta her misery...And ours !
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I remember watching them do a live performance on MTV (it was on the beach) in the early 90s, and her voice was AWFUL!!! She couldn't even hit a lot of the notes in that stupid "What's Goin' On?" song.
 
He's not a band per se, but I have to throw in Johnnie Bowtie Barstow and his wonderful "Bowtie Christmas" album. There's nothing quite like it in my experience. He was discovered by Larry Goldings, the jazz pianist who has worked with James Taylor, John Pizzarelli, etc., and Goldings somehow got somebody to agree to make and release a CD. The liner notes give a sense of what lurks inside:

"Bending pitch and time in ways rarely heard on record, Bowtie challenges Goldings - a consummate accompanist clearly in awe of his art - to keep up. Unshackled by musical convention, Bowtie brings a truly emancipated harmonic approach to the hymnal "O Come All Ye Faithful" and a surprisingly untethered sense of swing to "Winter Wonderland."

He seems remarkably unaware of how awful is he is. Here's his MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/johnnybowtiebarstow. Its worth a listen.
 
Minishark said:
I've always operated under the assumption that GG Allin is the worst recording artist of all time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gg_allin
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Yep, in my late teens, early 20's a lot of my mates really started getting into GG. Never understood it myself, and my usual response was "If I came over to your house, recited some bad poetry, shat on the floor, then threw it at you, it wouldn't be funny or clever, so why is it when GG does?"
 
Does anyone remember "TSOL", True Sound Of Liberty.

Lots of hair and leather, one listen was too much.
 
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