You can always count on Blender for some weekend fun! This time, we’ve got a blast from the past Shit List: the Sept. 2003 issue’s countdown of the shittiest artists in history. We’ve got a few issues with it (Japan? Blind Melon? THE DOORS?), but things gel around the Top 4 or so. Head there for the justifications, read on for the list. Any acts who’ve emerged in the last three years (*cough* K-Fed) you would add? Maybe at #38?
50. Iron Butterfly
49. Toad The Wet Sprocket
48. Master P
47. Goo Goo Dolls
46. The Spin Doctors
45. Gipsy Kings
44. Manowar
43. Mike & The Mechanics
42. Rick Wakeman
41. Whitesnake
40. Blind Melon
39. Bob Geldof
38. [No #38 Listed!]
37. The Doors
36. 98 Degrees
35. Paul Oakenfold
34. Live
33. Japan
32. The Hooters
31. Arrested Development
30. Richard Marx
29. Skinny Puppy
28. Crash Test Dummies
27. Color Me Badd
26. Céline Dion
25. Jamiroquai
24. Bad English
23. Creed
22. Primus
21. The Alan Parsons Project
20. Howard Jones
19. Dan Fogelberg
18. Pat Boone
17. Benzino
16. Oingo Boingo
15. Yanni
14. Yngwie Malmsteen
13. Mick Jagger
12. Tin Machine
11. Latyoa Jackson
10. Air Supply
09. Lee Greenwood
08. Vanilla Ice
07. Asia
06. Kansas
05. Starship
04. Kenny G
03. Michael Bolton
02. Emerson, Lake & Palmer
01. Insane Clown Posse
Air Supply may be a tough pill, but that’s what makes Hair Supply all the more awesome. Also, someone should probably explain that whole “Primus sucks!” thing to them.
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gipsy kings? Have they never seen big lebowski? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txifB6IPhtU
I would argue that the eagles are a worse band. Also, I nominate Hilary duff, if only for her changing the lyric in my generation to hope I don’t die before I get old,which completely changes the meaning of the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fch9dzTyWaY
It’s all about personal preference guys
In my opinion, Milli Vanilli would be on that list if I’d made it myself.
Even the songs done by the guys we didn’t see made really shitty songs.
It’s all about personal preference guys
In my opinion, Milli Vanilli would be on that list if I’d made it myself.
Even the songs done by the guys we didn’t see were really shitty.
sorry it froze midway through me noticing my sentance structure mistake.
good charlotte, taking back sunday, fall out boy and every single one of their carbon copies…
I’m pretty sure they didn’t include half the bands that deserve to be on there because those same bands are the ones that regularly grace the cover of Blender.
Japan?????????? are you mad??? come on, give a listen to this song called Ghost and then, well, go and cry (because of your dumbassness!). This song is the weirdest song ever written, and one of the most beautiful aswell.
THE DOORS?….JAMIROQUAI?….WHAT PLANET ARE YOU FROM?…THESE TWO GOLDPLATED ACTS ARE INCLUDED,BUT NO (SPEW) BRITTNEY SPEARS OR BON JOVI,GUNS N ROSES AND ALL THE OTHER BIG HAIR MOCK ROCK BANDS OF THE 80′S,OR ALL THE ENGLISHPUNK COPYING GRUNGE ARTISTS OF THE 9O’S,OR ALL THE WHINEY ASS WIGGLING GIRLIE ACTS OF NOW,OR ALL THE TUFF- IN YER FACE-ONE TON OF ATTITUDE- ONE OUNCE OF TALENT-PLASTIC SUPERMARKET MTV HIPHOP BRAINDEAD DRIVEL WE’RE FORCED TO LISTEN TO…BUT MICK JAGGER WAS A GOOD CALL!!??
HEY,THE DOORS WERE AN OVERRATED AND BLOATED ACT AT WORST,AT BEST THEY DESERVEDLY EARNED A PLACE IN MUSIC HISTORY LINEAGE-ORIGINAL.
JAMIROQUAI IS A GREAT PISSTAKING FUNKSTER,A CLASS PARTY ACT,AT WORST A LOT OF HIS WORK SOUNDS THE SAME,AT BEST- “LITTLE L”,HE’S UNIQUE..I RATE HIM ALONGSIDE BLACKEYED PEAS(WHO ARE WHAT?-INTELLIGENT HIPHOP FUSION?)
Jack 7
Jamiroquai is not a him, it’s a band or at least it once was. I know it isn’t indie or hipster approved but traveling without moving is an amazing album. And the two that preceded it are also ace. Including Jamiroquai and the doors just shows how retarded this list is.
I agree on the whole boyband thing, if you include one of them they should all be on the list. And not including matchbox 20, john mellencamp, ja rule, good charlotte, simple plan, panic at the disco etc is just wrong.
Japan were actually one of the best and most innovative bands of any decade. The fact that the reviewer singles out “Voices Raised in Welcome…” only shows that they know nothing about the group and probably just glanced at the back of Oil of Canvas to write their “review”.
I definitely think that Taking Back Sunday shouldn’t be allowed to be associated with the word music. Also, Toby Keith needs to be near the top of the list, that courtesy of the red white and blue song is a monument to jingoistic bullshit.
This list tops the list of all Sh!t lists – Jamiroquai blows away the majority of those no talent bands….what a joke – the stones belong on it – they sux!
Where is Shakira? Ricky Martin? Twisted Sister? Justin Timberlake? ALL the mexican singers and bands??
someone broke their caps lock key.
I love it how people get so uptight about lists. I have not read one list where I have agreed 100%. Everyone has different tastes, but we all love lists just so we can go “WHAT?! (insert band you love/hate/indifferent except for that one album) is (included/not included/ not included enough). EVERYONE IS A (homo/idiot/hipster/doesn’t know music). GAWD!”
blender sux
I always get such a thril at seeing Insane Clown Posse get shit on. F-ing jugalos, WORST FAN BASE EVER !
fuck u dude! ICP would wipe the floor with all your stuck up indie bullshit! gimme some twiztid & icp and i’ll fucking eat some poon dickface!
so, why the fuck is limp bizkit not #1?
and, uh, ahem…..remember stryper?
#2
I know that selling records is a prerequisite to being on the list, but, as a booking agent/sound guy for a small venue, I can clearly see that they excluded many of the “rock/indie/punk/whatever” acts that are on tour. There are so many bands on the road that can barely make it through a 20-minute set… arg. It pains me just thinking about the crap that I have subjected myself to.
I’m with everyone who voted for Limp Bizkit!
Any chance you could link to my new music site? I’m linked to yours.
Kip!
whoever said pixies suck needs to be kicked in the head…..
where on the list is new kids on the block?
and forget hilary duff, what about haylie duff? absof***inlutely HORRIBLE. Menudo!!!!!!!! Gerardo??????? Crash Test Dummies!!!!!!!! The band that sings the friends song are single handedly responsible for the genre of horrible music. 4 Non Blondes??????? What’s going on was the lamest song ever. Billy Ray Cyrus did traumatize country music for a while….all the wimpy, whiny acts are definitely missing (jewel, savage garden). what about winger or europe??????? lou bega made my ears bleed…..the band bros????? i could go on….i’m so upset by this list i had to drink myself into a wee stupor just to comment. Tag Team???????Big Mountain – he has no right to love any baby’s way.
and god, i forgot god’s gift to depressed and horny middle aged women, JOHN FREAKIN TESH!!!!!!!!
Where is EVANESENCE? Where is DAVE MATTHEWS?
Where is SUM 41?
Where is THE KILLERS?
if everyone’s got such a problem with someones personal music preference… you should all make your own lists
I agree with most of these bands, but the Doors? WTF?
They’re one of the greatest bands of all time, whether you like them or not
Blender is the lamest publication ever known to man.
Mick Jagger is brilliant.
Guys, you can’t really get all that upset about this. That’s what Blender does…they create useless lists of things to make everyone angry so they’ll write a letter to the editor so the magazine can in turn mock those who write them. LETS END THE CYCLE.
Blender is a PG-13 Playboy made by men who are the mental equivalent of 13 year-old boys who need a PG-13 Playboy. It’s like the Victoria Secret Catalogue suddenly including music reviews.
Thats really dead on…
your good.
If i’m not mistaken, scientists have done extensive research and studies and have concluded that Primus are emprically, objectively, and scientifically awesome. There is simply no argument against it. The band transcends all ‘art is subjective’ theories.
the dude who said the pixies suck is spot on!
what is that crap? it’s like all the arty rock people had a meeting to agree that THIS band is amazing! Bah, i cry!
miserable music for miserable people.
yea yea, your parents divorce was hell but let that crap go.
better music has been made by many people.
tag team anyone?
so when i go to hell, i will have two albums.
one is a ICP album, the other is a pixies album.
fuck…..
Nickelback ftw
How could Styx not make the list? I have problems making a top ten favorite songs list, but I can easily w/out pause say that “Babe” is my least favorite song of all time. All of the Hootie songs on the radio would right up there as well as all late 80′s and 90′s Bette Midler (Beaches soundtrack, especially). There’s been a shit-ton of comments and so no one probably will read this, but for the record I have soft spot in my heart for Alan Parsons Project’s “eye in the sky” and “time”–the rest of APP’s catalog is worthless shit, but given that Itunes makes getting rid of bad songs so easily, it doesn’t seem fair to put any band on the list that has at least one good song. And where’s Eagle Eye Cherry–I bought that album and returned it w/in the day I bought it. I would agree Dave Matthews Band fans were some of the most annoying and the latter albums extremely mediocre but I would listen to “Under the table and dreaming” anyday over a lot of so-called best albums of all time. I love Can and Pere Ubu albums, but those albums weird out most people (my friends and wife included)…so I’m not throwing out my Toad the Wet Sprocket or white stripes albums just yet.
I’m sorry, but oingo boingo is awesome
Mariah Carey.
so many missed opportunities…
where the fark is billy ray cyrus?? milli vanilli?? bros??? wham!!!! they’re puke-tastic!
limp biskit are top ten material, easy. and korn and linkin park should be there… how did ‘nu-metal’ get off so lightly???
black eyed peas are top twenty on the strength of “my humps” alone (official worst song in the history of all music).
Blind Melon is incredibly underrated and should be nowhere near this list. Creed should be tied with ICP, but the top ten is solid.
Band that does not belong on the list:
TIN MACHINE
And for them to bag on Oy Vey Baby, grrr..
Frankly, I’m shocked to see that anyone remembers the good ‘ol Tin Machiners. And if you’ve exhausted your study of Bowie in recent years, have a listen…they were well ahead of their time.
What the hell? Someone actually suggested that THE PIXIES should be on a worst band ever list? What the fuck is wrong with you? My god.
Jeez…… there’s enough fodder for a thesis-length post from just about everyone, but what’s the point?
“Bob Seger gets my number one….that old time rock n roll song is the worst piece of shit i’ve ever heard.”
Bob Seger fucking owns you. Old Time Rock and Roll is an awesome song.
And having ELP and The Doors on that list is a sin.
Dude, this list is so obviously biased its ridiculus.
I’m personally not a fan of Insane Clown Posse, but I can’t deny that they understand how to make a song.
The fact that the doors is on there just shows that Blender is trying to make some kind of statement, and I reject it completley. They can take their in crowd and f*ck off.
How about my vote for #1, The Offspring!
And maybe some honorable mention for Concrete Blonde and Everclear?
The late 90s were f’ing BRUTAL!
yeah, the doors suck, but not as bad as toad. fifty would have been a better position.
c’mon, flaming on corporate rock, pop-pablum and shitty rap is easy.
bash the “oh so important” indies.
like U.S. Maple. “Deconstructionist rock?” Fuckers got booed at a Pavement show…in N.Y. Not some podunk shitkicker town…N.Y.C.
I would rather hear the death rattle of my only child…
these are definitely missing…..
death cab for cutie
motley crue
mettalica
doobie brothers
kiss
How can you possibly make a list like this without including Journey? I can’t think of any rationale as to why Steve Perry and crew escaped the humiliation of being mentioned.
Matisyahu.
“somdone should explain the whole ‘Primus sucks’ things to them,” God, you’re a homo. Stereogum really is the Zach Braff of blogs.
I’m very glad to see both The Doors and Oingo Boingo up there, they definitely deserve a spot on the list. I agree that Dave Matthews Band should be in there somewhere. Also, Sublime.
Nu-uh! I think THIS band should be on that list instead of THAT band! Goddamit, lists other people compile never perfectly match my preference!!!! AHHHHH!!! ANGER!
oingo boingo….. please… i find this offending. The doors are supposed to be more artistic than musical, and youre not supposed to listen to them unless youre on drugs really.
Hold on… “rygun”‘s list should replace stereogum’s he’s on the right track
My Suggestions:
TESLA
Matchbox 20
Peter Cetera
Andrew WK
Everclear
Hehe… 30 Seconds to Mars
We are missing a great deal of 80′s bands, people!
I have a soft spot for the Crash Test Dummies so I am unable to judge their crappiness or whether they deserve to be on this list or not!
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jamiroquai rules, wtf is up with this list.
what did dan fogelberg ever do to anyone!?
jesus jones
emf
gnr
Jamiroquai fucking rules.
What, no love for Paris Hilton’s solo album? I’d rate that even lower than K-Fed.
Cobra Starship
James Blunt
Brand New
CRAZY FROG
where’s gwar?
the doors so do not belong… and mick jagger shittier than creed? not possible. creed should be much higher up.
Ummmm….this list is from 2003. So why post about all these newer artists and their new songs? We get your point. “This band sucks but this one doesn’t.” Blah, blah, blah. Shut the hell up. I’m even more sick of all the pretentious assholes who think that if they brag about their profound knowledge of some obscure, shitty indie artists (and almost all of them are shitty), that somehow, some way, we will believe that you are a god of musical insight. You’re not. You just like shitty music. Period. I now have to ban myself from ever posting on this site again. Thanks for ruining it completely.
umm, hello, Wilson Phillips?!
I cannot believe I live in a world where people are defending the likes of Live. C’mon, fucking LIVE. That guy practically has “toonce” tatooed on his forehead.
Seriously. Someone thinks the Doors suck but LIVE is acceptable?
The Doors shouldn’t be on that list. True, the Doors are uncool. No one wins any indie cred or flexes any socioeconomic class perogatives by listening to or talking about listening to The Doors. But being uncool does not put you in the category of people like Creed. At the very least, everyone seems to agree on Creed. However, it fucking terrifies me how few people are willing to come around to the fact that 90s rock such as Live and Blind Melon was AWFUL. FUCKING AWFUL. I’m sad to have lived through that decade. Definitely the worst for pop music ever.
i hate this list! it’s so wrong… i mean Arrested Development is such a great band…
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Tin Machine? That’s just lazy. Everyone was just so used to disliking Bowie’s musical output in the 80s that they weren’t ready for this. Putting that band together was a great move for Bowie. And Japan? Hearing ‘Visions of China’ was a defining moment in my musical evolution.
God’s favorite, Amy Grant
no love for oingo boingo i guess! they’re a fun band to listen to!!!
Ummm – Barbara Streisand, anyone?
How the fuck can you put THE DOORS on the worst list?! The Doors are one of the best mother fucking bands EVER and Jim Morrison is the best mother fucker ever!
The Doors? Oh my gawd. The Doors do not deserve to be on this list. They’re a great band. If you don’t like Jim Morrison b/c he was a ego-centric, then that’s your problem, but their music was and still is great.
I am so freaking happy the doors made that list! Jim Morrison as “The American Poet” – give me a fucking break, a stoned ex-jock from SoCal singing about the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard. And Ray Manzerick! Master of the psychadelic church organ solo. Wonderful.
How about Jefferson Airplane, the Disco Bisquits, Moe, and Europe for nominations?
And whoever said The Pixies suck without a doubt knows nothing about music.
Cheers to the Puddle of Mudd/Limp Bizkit nominations
I can’t believe those people actually attached their names to that article. What a terrible, terrible list. It should be called the list of “Bands to Say You Hate to Sound Cool.”
I wouldn’t put too much stock into that list. Looks like Blender’s got a short-term memory. Three years later, they gave The Doors’ 40th anniversary box set five stars and highlighted “The Soft Parade,” which was on their worst album, according to the list.
http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4323
Emerson, Lake and Palmer sucked, but Emerson, Lake and Powell was fucking AWESOME!
That list sucked!
I agree with the limp bizkit comments, some of the worst shit in the world was produced by that band.
However, I’m really fucking tired of reading comments asking why the Killers aren’t on the list ? Are you fucking kidding me? There are far worse bands and indie cred doesn’t make them good (clap your hands say WAH or tapes n’ tapes) also, that douchebag who was married to britney spears should be on the list, top 10 easy.
This list sucks.
Emerson Lake and Palmer rule
So do Wakeman and Jagger
You’re a little shit.
Why isn’t Bruce Springsteen on the list
Or Beck
Or Black eye peas
or Madonna
Not a bad attempt.
Here are some forgotten gems:
1.The Outfield
2.The Escape Club
3.Giant
4.Sheriff
5.Alias
6.Johnny Hates Jazz
7.Go West
8.Glass Tiger
To answer that question above, Madonna isn’t on the list because she’s at the top of the “Best” one where she BELONGS.
Also, doesn’t the Michael Bolton part seem a little bit mean? Not my cup of tea but for what he’s trying to do (to everyone’s mom) he’s pulling it off quite well.
The hell? There’s something definitely wrong with this list. The Doors? I’m not exactly the most avid fan of them, but COME ON. At the very least, their music was an integral part of Apocalypse Now, setting the whole vibe of the era. Howard Jones? I like Howard Jones! And Oingo Boingo!?! What is wrong with these people? There are scores of terrible pop and emo bands they could have used. This list sucks, and so does Blender.
Some other humble suggestions:
Korn
Train (“Drops of Jupiter”–ye Gods)
The Mickey Mouse Club (not an actual band, but is responsible for the rise of Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake and that annoying actress from ‘Felicity’)
Lynryd Skynrd
Blink 182
Bran Van 3000
Aqua/Ace of Base (tie)
Kevin Federline
Molly Hatchet
Phish
Guster
(I was actually pleased to see both Primus and Jamiroquai on there…so awful…)
the doors, emerson lake and palmer, and iron butterfly do not suck, whoever made this needs to stick their foor up their ass and think again
the doors, emerson lake and palmer, and iron butterfly do not suck, whoever made this needs to stick their foor up their ass and think again
the doors, emerson lake and palmer, and iron butterfly do not suck, whoever made this needs to stick their foor up their ass and think again
Did you know that by sharping the fifth, you can change a major scale into a bebop scale? Also, my cat doesn’t like Patti Smith. My cat has terrible taste in music.
Did you know that by sharping the fifth, you can change a major scale into a bebop scale? Also, my cat doesn’t like Patti Smith. My cat has terrible taste in music.
The Doors…. I know I’m another Crazed Morrison obsessed jackass. The Doors are easily one on the Greatest bands ever. burn in Hell
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So they’re saying that the Doors are worse than Lou Bega, Nsync, Mandy Moore, New Kids on the block, Milli Vanilli, Limp Biskit, Criss Cross? Bullshit! Ray Manzeik (spelling?) was a great on the Keys, the Doors were the darker side to california’s 60′s flower power. Without the Doors we wouldnt Have the Same Iggy Pop, without the same Iggy Pop we dont have the same 70′s NYC punk scene..
So they’re saying that the Doors are worse than Lou Bega, Nsync, Mandy Moore, New Kids on the block, Milli Vanilli, Limp Biskit, Criss Cross? Bullshit! Ray Manzeik (spelling?) was a great on the Keys, the Doors were the darker side to california’s 60′s flower power. Without the Doors we wouldnt Have the Same Iggy Pop, without the same Iggy Pop we dont have the same 70′s NYC punk scene..
wait the Doors, blind melon, primus does get annoying but they aren’t that bad, live had one good album. And iron butterfly they were ok.
Artists to replace them 50. los del rio
40. hinder for the weakest power ballad ever
38. (to take up missing spot)fall out boy for most annoying
37. nickelback one of the most boring
34.limp bizkit most retarded name
22.panic at the disco see limp bizkit and fall out boy
ICP IS THE SHIT AND SO IS JAMIROQUAI FUCK BLENDER YOU CAN SUCK MY DICK!!!
Where is Dave Matthews Band on this list?
what an idiot, can you sale out shows have 10,000 people show up nope ICp is the shit
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Whom ever compiled this list obviously don’t know Shit about music.To put Emerson Lake and Palmer on here just demonstrates how little you really know about music.Your attention span and I.Q. is too small to understand the complexities of ELP.If you truly knew anything about music then you then you’d know that all three are the MOST Talented musicians EVER!. Go listen Lifehouse you moron! Signed,One Pissed-Off ELP fan.
‘The Doors” are u fucking kidding me?