The Worst Band/Artist Ever

2. U2

p.s. Billy Zoom was guitarist for X.

I once insulted a teacher because she liked Clannad and "Division Bell"-era Pink Floyd, so I suppose those two must go in there, because it took some hatred for me to get over my terror of authority figures.

in the years since mr. sublime's death, his particularly brainless form of party skate-punk mixed with out-of-context ska has continued to fill the minds of those too impressionable to seek out either *real* punk or *real* ska with its nonsense blend of pro-marijuana sloganeering and self-referent boasting.

"he died of heroin you know, that makes the music better".

isn't there an avalanche somewhere for these people to snowboard into?

Worst of all time = REO Speedwagon. There's just nothing redeeming there. Everything is crap.

Adam, you have my sympathy.

1. Lauryn Hill
2. Wyclef
3. Well, I can't say Pras because he sucks, so I'll say "Ready Or Not" instead, which is a KILLER track and one of the best singles that came out that year.

i.e. they're just fools, not cunts

Amateur Transplants seem more like terrible stand up comedy in musical form rather than a band as such, they are certainly more reprehensible than anyone else mentioned on this thread, though

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Parody_musicians

The Lancashire Hotpots are a comedy folk band[1] from St Helens, Merseyside (formerly part of Lancashire), England, formed in December 2006.[2] The group record songs about Lancashire, technology and British culture (e.g. "Chippy Tea", "He's Turned Emo", "eBay Eck").[3] Their songs make use of Lancashire dialect. Their first single, "He's Turned Emo", gained over 230,000 plays on MySpace (as of 17 March 2008) and was featured on BBC Radio One by Colin Murray.[4]

The current members are Bernard Thresher (vocals, guitar, ukulele, drums), Dickie Ticker (accordion, mandolin, melodica, hand percussion), Bob Wriggles (bass guitar, acoustic bass), Billy McCartney (keyboards), and Kenny Body (drums),[6] the latter two joining following the death of founder member Willie Eckerslike.

this is a one-way ticket to hell, or the shirehorses, whichever comes sooner

Oliver Callan (born 27 December 1980) is an Irish vocal and performance satirist and impressionist known for featuring on Nob Nation, Green Tea and The Saturday Night Show

His impersonations of Eamon Dunphy and David Norris led to a warning from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BAI) in July 2008. The BAI deemed his impersonations "offensive to homosexuals" and said they "promoted binge drinking".[7]

For example, in 1990, following the execution of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu, Russell did a parody song on his show to the tune of "Chattanooga Choo-Choo." ("Pardon me, boys / Are you the cats who shot Ceauşescu / You made my day / The way you blew him away.")

Eläkeläiset mainly play cover versions of famous pop and rock hits in a fast humppa or slow jenkka style (both sound somewhat similar to polka music the way "Weird Al" Yankovic plays it) with Finnish lyrics — the original songs are barely recognizable. They also publish bootleg recordings of their own concerts.

Eläkeläiset are very popular among some OpenBSD developers and frequently played at their hackathons, where they claim they are "thwarting evil with humppa and math."[1]

^^ the science student / prolific wikipedia contributor appeal of this stuff is clearly cross-cultural

Richard Cheese is the other one who was very popular at university. think he's slightly, but only very slightly, less egregious than some of the others

CORRECTION

The worst band ever is Sugar Ray (the reason is Mean Machine)

YOU CAN'T ARGUE WITH THIS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjb7UD7jPqM

...rolf harris

but seriously

...holf rarris

sut beriously

The Canadian band with the really deep voiced singer who sang something like "once....there was a boy who......" or some crap like that. Thats the worst band of all time. THe name escapes me

you must be thinking of the crash test dummies. this is one of the funniest videos ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoaIBDKUYcA

no wait, it's actually sad and i feel bad for posting it

youtube user Aman Offaith agrees:

1 month ago
Then recording artist is skillful, and his voice has got a lot better over time. But this is such a sad song, and I am concerned about Brad Roberts. I do not want to see him die in his sins. If he does not ask Jesus into his life and live and trust him I am terrified for this person. He is smart, but not wise enough to find God yet through Jesus.

http://www.lyricsmania.com/london_underground_song_lyrics_amateur_transplants.html

assuming that ^this didn't hit LJ's radar during his brief root around the Amateur Transplants' catalogue

It's like God realised Ben Elton wasn't quite bad enough and made another