and don't even get me started on Luca Turilli and his kings of the northern twighlight. dumb dumb dumb! Newsflash...writing songs about unicorns and pharoahs is lame.
Writing whiny songs about 'my mother hates me' is even more lame.
27 -
Eric Olsen
Sep 13, 2003 at 1:10 pm
As I said before this list is just a provocation, an attempt to stir people up and for the most part no more relevant than if they had picked names out of a hat or thrown darts at a board. At least best-of lists are an attempt to find the essence of a genre (or whatever is being measured) - this is just rejectionist horseshit.
28 -
JR
Sep 13, 2003 at 4:18 pm
Indeed.
Realistically, the worst acts of all time were never heard outside their immediate families. Anyone famous enough to make this list obviously appealed to some people; to dismiss the taste of those fans is just musical snobbery.
I'm a fan of The Hooters, I like the mid-1980s pop and the more recent folk. A friend's blog had this to say about that list a few weeks ago.
From the preponderance of prog rock outfits and the utter lack of any bands of the nü metal variety, I suspect this list was cobbled together by twenty-something dudes making fun of their parents' record collections. The only thing that irritates me is that someone actually got paid for it.
31 -
JR
Sep 13, 2003 at 10:05 pm
The Hooters had some good stuff, although I prefer the work they did behind Joan Osbourne. One of those guys also cowrote "Time After Time", which was a good enough tune to stay in Miles Davis live set for like the last ten years of his life.
I'm very disgusted with THE DOORS being on the list. I mean come on! Where do you not see The Doors/Jim Morrison merchandise? They didn't get there by sucking. They did so much for rock too. No band did more controversal obscure things in the late 60's like the Doors.
33 -
Nathan
Jun 02, 2004 at 4:19 pm
Skinny Puppy one of the worst???????????????
Skinny Puppy is one of the best of all time.
Maybe it's because Skinny Puppy isn't for shallow mindless people like Blender.
ps Yet, Linkin Park, 50 Cent, Godsmack, Limp Bizkit aren't even on the worst list
34 -
Duane
Jun 02, 2004 at 9:27 pm
ELP the 2nd worst of ALL TIME?! Blaggghhh... So Black Oak Arkansas and the Bay City Rollers top ELP? Uh, yeah. Another I'm-so-hip backlash against perceived pretentiousness.
I hate Kenny G as much as the next guy, but he can play his instrument. Cut him some slack. He knows what he's doing.
Celine Dion can sing, so what's the deal? You don't like her songs? Fine. I don't either. So Fiona Apple and Missy Elliott are better than Celine? Hehe.
And Rick Wakeman is worse than KC and the Sunshine Band and Dr. John, I suppose. (He's so pretentious.)
Besides that, it's just plain mean to put together a list like this. Next we'll see The Top 10 Ugliest Actors of All Time or something. Top 10 Worst Ankles of All Time. Top 10 most Irritating Voices of All Time.
I didn't really read your comments, but here are my thoughts on the list.
Industrial's not my thing, but Skinny Puppy doesn't belong on that list at all.
Paul Oakenfold has certainly taken a turn for the worse, but he's the most glaring inclusion on the list. I have a feeling this was an editorial choice to seem hip with the EDM clubhead kids by pricking Oakie's ego balloon while it's popular. He's still 100% more talented than the rest of the list combined.
Arrested Development seems cheesy now, but they had the right message and sold a good amount of records too. They don't belong on this list.
LaToya Jackson doesn't even count as an "artist." Go after her brother (for his MUSIC) ever since "Off the Wall" and then I'll respect you. Talk about picking easy targets. Same with Kenny G and Yanni. No one who reads Blender even listens to that crap. Pat Boone? Pussies. Hire some real rock critics.
At least Benzino had one listenable song, even if he's produced so much crap and financed his own career with his own crappy music rag.
I've never even heard of The Hooters, although I get the feeling that if this were 1993, Blender would have Hootie and the Blowfish on the cover as the "next hot thing" in feel-good rock.
The Doors MOST DEFINITELY belong on that list, right up there after ICP. Classic rock is a veritable nadir of our civilization and Jim Morisson's drug-addled pseudo-hippie Messianism was the worst example of its excesses. Never have mediocre bar-band blues been so abused with such tortuous lyrics and terribly cliched, Poetry 101 imagery.
The Goo Goo Dolls belong as well. There are so many other bands I could list that belong, but I'll just list one because it's so popular:
DMB.
THAT choice I'd respect. Maybe someone would read their stupid rag if they had some balls.
I think it was kind of ballsy to include Jamiroquai on the list to counter the overall PCness of it, but he's not one of the worst 100.
Primus does suck, but they're not worst 100 bad.
Oingo Boingo doesn't belong on that list, as dated as their music sounds now. Danny Elfman wrote the Simpsons theme, didn't he? Regardless, he's shown he can be quite successful with music in more than one medium.
That is all.
37 -
Joe S. Harrington
Jun 06, 2004 at 2:05 am
We'll see if Blender magazine lasts as long as the Doors
I am going to take up for the Goo Goo Dolls not belonging on that list. They are middle of the road. I like a lot of their songs. Trust me this would get me ridiculed in most music circles. I know. What am I going to do? This is the point of these lists though, is to get us to talk about them. After running around and circles over these lists don't you sometimes feel as if you have been had?
The Goo Goo Dolls don't belong on that list. Their fans are horribly lame and that Johnny Reznik pud is way to taken with himself, but they're not one of the 100 worst bands ever. They did an OK version of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" for that MLB commercial, after all. They play their guitars and sing well, but they're just so cheesy.
That is all.
40 -
BRICKLAYER
Jun 07, 2004 at 11:32 am
The Goo Goo Dolls certainly deserve our collective scorn for their post "A Boy named Goo" output, which is watered down dreck, though even by that record and "Superstar Carwash" were both also showing signs of decline. Prior to that though, they were a fine band, one of the best live acts around, full of energy and so much fun. Their horrid descent into soundtrack balladry and general mid tempo lowest common denominator lameness accomponied by their queer eye for the straight guy makeovers was disappointing to me as fan, however, I was glad to see them cash in, 'cause they paid their dues and seemed like decent working class blokes. And "Hold me Up" still sounds great, and it is on Metal Blade. How cool is that?
I love the soundtrack balladry. I think that song from City of Angels is an incredible song. I know it isn't the hard rock that they started out with, but hey they grew up and decided to write more soft stuff. Not bad, just different. Also, Black Balloon is one of my favorite songs by them.
Seriously, I think they just subtracted at least a million "scene" points from me. That puts me at negative 2,300,475 I believe. I guess I can kiss those hipster dreams goodbye.
42 -
AerosmithHero
Jul 13, 2004 at 2:10 pm
what the fuck are the doors doing on this list?!!!!!?
43 -
BearMan
Oct 22, 2004 at 3:16 pm
The Doors were great, no doubt about that. But seeing my all time favorate band, Oingo Boingo, on the list makes me sick. They surely didn't consider song writing, musical talent, stage performance or success when making this list.
What a bunch of morons.
44 -
Juggalo
Aug 06, 2005 at 9:34 pm
who gives a shit about this fucking fucked up list, the [edited].
ICP RULE so if you think other wise fuck the fuck off bitches
You're no Juggalo. A real Juggalo would find more ways to fit the word "fuck" into a two-sentence comment.
46 -
Ken Carter
Aug 09, 2005 at 6:00 pm
Any worst bads list that doesn't include the Bealtes is obviously meaningless. They changed music into a beautiful artform to create a watered form of sludge with 'catchy' (e.g repetive) lyrics with a repetive beat that never changes.
Rock was never meant to be complex, it was supposed a rebellion against other real music. Ironic that rock was about rebellion and it is now the most mainstream form of music. Art>Rebellion.
The Beatles invented POP! That is when music went downhill. All the crap they influencesd used the same pop formulea for teen-boppers to bop to. Thanks for destroying true music with emotion and deep lyrics.
Listen to the Beatles, than listen to Ludwig Van Beethoven. Which one has the greater, more complex music? Rock isn't complex unlike classical.
Blayne is the most intelligent person here. He understands that anyone younger than us are idiots. Death to the new generation! They listen to pop like Led Zeppelin and the Velvet Underground who made basic music on a simple level for simple people.
47 -
hellspit
Aug 13, 2005 at 11:58 pm
i don't know what that snotty nosed ken carter just wrote, i don't think any1 will ever read it cos he dribbles so much shit, i agree with juggalo, icp should'nt be on the list. the deserve to be on the top 100 band list rather than this crappy list that a bunch of idiots made
48 -
lunchbox
Aug 14, 2005 at 12:08 am
i think the doors should be at no.1 they r the crapest band of all time, no talent and the peopl who actually like them live in a padded room and have to wear straight jackets at night time
49 -
jonny cash
Aug 14, 2005 at 12:10 am
what the hell would you know about the doors, sure their music made me wanna have sex with a sheep, hey all us the doors fans r alike we all r cool dudes
50 -
rolf
Aug 14, 2005 at 12:12 am
hell yeah all the doors fans are the same, their all retarded
51 -
Leon
Sep 23, 2005 at 4:02 pm
Anybody who takes Blender magazine seriously, must be crazy. First of all, Blender is not a reliable rock or even music source in general. The magazine does not even have 20 or 30 years or creadibility under its belt. Is more of a soft-porn/popmusic/meetsMTV crap.The writters for this magazine are likely to be in their early 20's or even late teens. This mag was never about music, is more about fashion and pretty faces than about the real deal or talent for that matter. In general blender magazine is great only for the gossip pages that's pretty much it besides that maybe some pic of Britney spears's behind, but thats about it.
Blind Melon kicked out some years ago, sadly, after the drug-induced passing of lead singer Shannon Hoon.
Both of their albums are really really great.
About the list: agree completely that it's stupid and arbitrary.
56 -
Joe
Oct 04, 2005 at 11:06 pm
I can understand Insane Clown Posse and Lee Greenwood...but ELP, Iron Butterfly ,The Doors and Toad the wet Sprocket? Who the fuck died and made you God? Why isn't Eminem on there? What instrument do you play? Put an MP3 on there and let's fuxcking rate you|!
57 -
james earl cash
Dec 16, 2005 at 12:33 am
who the fuck r these these:
5. Starship
6. Kansas
21. The Alan Parsons Project
23. Creed
37. The Doors (!?!?!?!?!)
41. Whitesnake
never even heard of em , sounds like a bunch of poofs
58 -
ryan
Apr 26, 2006 at 6:09 pm
it seems like the doors rank fairly high on almost every greatest 100 list. its blasphemy to say otherwise
59 -
manbearpig
Apr 29, 2006 at 10:39 pm
Who the hell reads fucking Blender magazine anyway? I cant believe the Doors are on there and fucking Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera isnt on there.
Fuck Blender
60 -
Dick Weed
Jun 06, 2006 at 1:04 pm
Anyone who thinks Yngwie Malmsteen sucks has never even tried to play guitar. If you think primus belongs on the list you never heard a bass. I got to go take a shit.
61 -
Chris
Jul 22, 2006 at 1:10 am
i can't believe skinny puppy is on there. only one of the greatest industrial bands ever. i really, really hate the moron that made this list. ugh
62 -
Eric
Jul 30, 2006 at 3:09 am
In Regards to ICP being the worst band of all time, any band whose fans get pistol whiped by Eminem deserve automatically to be the worst band of all time.
They also said they were "visited by a dark carnival". im going to hope that i never really understand what that means but they are so lame, i would rather be a Nelly Furtado fan than an ICP fan, but im sure most "Juggalos" are really just closet Nelly Furtado fans
63 -
Gazphemer
Oct 23, 2006 at 8:48 pm
Some of these bands really do suck, but there are many which don't belong. I'm noting the exclusion of many of today's crapass music, so I'm betting this is geared towards the brainless youth of today who think that "hustlin'" is the best thing out there along with Nickelback's sludge.
I am waiting for a modern-day magazine company to have the balls to be honest to the young generations, that just because Skinny Puppy is a band that is "industrial" and actually deals with issues doesn't mean they suck and shouldn't be listened to. Maybe the world would be a better place if kids weren't always brainwashed into listening to that mainstream crap. We need more kids listening to all of them, because crappy or not, there is a meaning besides "hustlin' pimps wit chicks and their asses"... shit, it can even mean Starship and Vanilla Ice they're listening to, even ICP. Because ICP is waaaay better than that radio crap. Stupid kids. Stupid manipulative Blender magazine.
64 -
Donald
Dec 28, 2007 at 12:01 am
why is the doors on there? i mean seriously, whoever made this list is a moron. i mean i agree with insane clown posse being number 1, but the doors should not be on that list. and where is fall out boy, nickelback, 3 days grace, and hawthorne heights? whoever made this list should never make a list anymore if you are going to put in one of rock and roll's greatest artist of all time.
65 -
Junkyard
Oct 23, 2009 at 9:12 pm
I don't know what's the criteria of being worst. Musicality? Hits? Any artist who made a mark in music or had a lot of hits is definitely not worse.
66 -
Charlie Doherty
Oct 23, 2009 at 10:10 pm
I hereby nominate this Blender list the WORST music list of all time. How's that!
Seriously, more than half of these artists are or were very good to great at one time or another.
For example, anyone who thinks the highly talented band Live, the influential industrialites Skinny Puppy, Creed, Primus, ELP, Kansas, Goo Goo Dolls, guitar wizard Yngwie Malmsteen (whose most recent album is his best in years) and Mick Jagger suck have no business telling people what is and what isn't good music.
67 -
Charlie Doherty
Oct 23, 2009 at 10:21 pm
Eric is right. In addition to being an awful list it is plainly random.
For example, if Colour Me Bad and 98 Degrees is on here, why isn't similar crap like Right Said Fred, O-Town, or Milli Vanilli? And if Whitesnake belongs here, why not Trixter, Winger or any other run of the mill hair metal band?
Article comments
26 - Tim Hall
and don't even get me started on Luca Turilli and his kings of the northern twighlight. dumb dumb dumb! Newsflash...writing songs about unicorns and pharoahs is lame.
Writing whiny songs about 'my mother hates me' is even more lame.
27 - Eric Olsen
As I said before this list is just a provocation, an attempt to stir people up and for the most part no more relevant than if they had picked names out of a hat or thrown darts at a board. At least best-of lists are an attempt to find the essence of a genre (or whatever is being measured) - this is just rejectionist horseshit.
28 - JR
Indeed.
Realistically, the worst acts of all time were never heard outside their immediate families. Anyone famous enough to make this list obviously appealed to some people; to dismiss the taste of those fans is just musical snobbery.
29 - Eric Olsen
exactly, good point
30 - Michael Croft
I'm a fan of The Hooters, I like the mid-1980s pop and the more recent folk. A friend's blog had this to say about that list a few weeks ago.
31 - JR
The Hooters had some good stuff, although I prefer the work they did behind Joan Osbourne. One of those guys also cowrote "Time After Time", which was a good enough tune to stay in Miles Davis live set for like the last ten years of his life.
32 - Dwayne Bateman
I'm very disgusted with THE DOORS being on the list. I mean come on! Where do you not see The Doors/Jim Morrison merchandise? They didn't get there by sucking. They did so much for rock too. No band did more controversal obscure things in the late 60's like the Doors.
33 - Nathan
Skinny Puppy one of the worst???????????????
Skinny Puppy is one of the best of all time.
Maybe it's because Skinny Puppy isn't for shallow mindless people like Blender.
ps Yet, Linkin Park, 50 Cent, Godsmack, Limp Bizkit aren't even on the worst list
34 - Duane
ELP the 2nd worst of ALL TIME?! Blaggghhh... So Black Oak Arkansas and the Bay City Rollers top ELP? Uh, yeah. Another I'm-so-hip backlash against perceived pretentiousness.
I hate Kenny G as much as the next guy, but he can play his instrument. Cut him some slack. He knows what he's doing.
Celine Dion can sing, so what's the deal? You don't like her songs? Fine. I don't either. So Fiona Apple and Missy Elliott are better than Celine? Hehe.
And Rick Wakeman is worse than KC and the Sunshine Band and Dr. John, I suppose. (He's so pretentious.)
Besides that, it's just plain mean to put together a list like this. Next we'll see The Top 10 Ugliest Actors of All Time or something. Top 10 Worst Ankles of All Time. Top 10 most Irritating Voices of All Time.
35 - Bob A. Booey
I didn't really read your comments, but here are my thoughts on the list.
Industrial's not my thing, but Skinny Puppy doesn't belong on that list at all.
Paul Oakenfold has certainly taken a turn for the worse, but he's the most glaring inclusion on the list. I have a feeling this was an editorial choice to seem hip with the EDM clubhead kids by pricking Oakie's ego balloon while it's popular. He's still 100% more talented than the rest of the list combined.
Arrested Development seems cheesy now, but they had the right message and sold a good amount of records too. They don't belong on this list.
LaToya Jackson doesn't even count as an "artist." Go after her brother (for his MUSIC) ever since "Off the Wall" and then I'll respect you. Talk about picking easy targets. Same with Kenny G and Yanni. No one who reads Blender even listens to that crap. Pat Boone? Pussies. Hire some real rock critics.
At least Benzino had one listenable song, even if he's produced so much crap and financed his own career with his own crappy music rag.
I've never even heard of The Hooters, although I get the feeling that if this were 1993, Blender would have Hootie and the Blowfish on the cover as the "next hot thing" in feel-good rock.
The Doors MOST DEFINITELY belong on that list, right up there after ICP. Classic rock is a veritable nadir of our civilization and Jim Morisson's drug-addled pseudo-hippie Messianism was the worst example of its excesses. Never have mediocre bar-band blues been so abused with such tortuous lyrics and terribly cliched, Poetry 101 imagery.
The Goo Goo Dolls belong as well. There are so many other bands I could list that belong, but I'll just list one because it's so popular:
DMB.
THAT choice I'd respect. Maybe someone would read their stupid rag if they had some balls.
That is all.
36 - Bob A. Booey
I think it was kind of ballsy to include Jamiroquai on the list to counter the overall PCness of it, but he's not one of the worst 100.
Primus does suck, but they're not worst 100 bad.
Oingo Boingo doesn't belong on that list, as dated as their music sounds now. Danny Elfman wrote the Simpsons theme, didn't he? Regardless, he's shown he can be quite successful with music in more than one medium.
That is all.
37 - Joe S. Harrington
We'll see if Blender magazine lasts as long as the Doors
38 - Craig Lyndall
I am going to take up for the Goo Goo Dolls not belonging on that list. They are middle of the road. I like a lot of their songs. Trust me this would get me ridiculed in most music circles. I know. What am I going to do? This is the point of these lists though, is to get us to talk about them. After running around and circles over these lists don't you sometimes feel as if you have been had?
39 - Bob A. Booey
OK, fine.
The Goo Goo Dolls don't belong on that list. Their fans are horribly lame and that Johnny Reznik pud is way to taken with himself, but they're not one of the 100 worst bands ever. They did an OK version of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" for that MLB commercial, after all. They play their guitars and sing well, but they're just so cheesy.
That is all.
40 - BRICKLAYER
The Goo Goo Dolls certainly deserve our collective scorn for their post "A Boy named Goo" output, which is watered down dreck, though even by that record and "Superstar Carwash" were both also showing signs of decline. Prior to that though, they were a fine band, one of the best live acts around, full of energy and so much fun. Their horrid descent into soundtrack balladry and general mid tempo lowest common denominator lameness accomponied by their queer eye for the straight guy makeovers was disappointing to me as fan, however, I was glad to see them cash in, 'cause they paid their dues and seemed like decent working class blokes. And "Hold me Up" still sounds great, and it is on Metal Blade. How cool is that?
41 - Craig Lyndall
I love the soundtrack balladry. I think that song from City of Angels is an incredible song. I know it isn't the hard rock that they started out with, but hey they grew up and decided to write more soft stuff. Not bad, just different. Also, Black Balloon is one of my favorite songs by them.
Seriously, I think they just subtracted at least a million "scene" points from me. That puts me at negative 2,300,475 I believe. I guess I can kiss those hipster dreams goodbye.
42 - AerosmithHero
what the fuck are the doors doing on this list?!!!!!?
43 - BearMan
The Doors were great, no doubt about that. But seeing my all time favorate band, Oingo Boingo, on the list makes me sick. They surely didn't consider song writing, musical talent, stage performance or success when making this list.
What a bunch of morons.
44 - Juggalo
who gives a shit about this fucking fucked up list, the [edited].
ICP RULE so if you think other wise fuck the fuck off bitches
45 - Victor Plenty
You're no Juggalo. A real Juggalo would find more ways to fit the word "fuck" into a two-sentence comment.
46 - Ken Carter
Any worst bads list that doesn't include the Bealtes is obviously meaningless. They changed music into a beautiful artform to create a watered form of sludge with 'catchy' (e.g repetive) lyrics with a repetive beat that never changes.
Rock was never meant to be complex, it was supposed a rebellion against other real music. Ironic that rock was about rebellion and it is now the most mainstream form of music. Art>Rebellion.
The Beatles invented POP! That is when music went downhill. All the crap they influencesd used the same pop formulea for teen-boppers to bop to. Thanks for destroying true music with emotion and deep lyrics.
Listen to the Beatles, than listen to Ludwig Van Beethoven. Which one has the greater, more complex music? Rock isn't complex unlike classical.
Blayne is the most intelligent person here. He understands that anyone younger than us are idiots. Death to the new generation! They listen to pop like Led Zeppelin and the Velvet Underground who made basic music on a simple level for simple people.
47 - hellspit
i don't know what that snotty nosed ken carter just wrote, i don't think any1 will ever read it cos he dribbles so much shit, i agree with juggalo, icp should'nt be on the list. the deserve to be on the top 100 band list rather than this crappy list that a bunch of idiots made
48 - lunchbox
i think the doors should be at no.1 they r the crapest band of all time, no talent and the peopl who actually like them live in a padded room and have to wear straight jackets at night time
49 - jonny cash
what the hell would you know about the doors, sure their music made me wanna have sex with a sheep, hey all us the doors fans r alike we all r cool dudes
50 - rolf
hell yeah all the doors fans are the same, their all retarded
51 - Leon
Anybody who takes Blender magazine seriously, must be crazy. First of all, Blender is not a reliable rock or even music source in general. The magazine does not even have 20 or 30 years or creadibility under its belt. Is more of a soft-porn/popmusic/meetsMTV crap.The writters for this magazine are likely to be in their early 20's or even late teens. This mag was never about music, is more about fashion and pretty faces than about the real deal or talent for that matter. In general blender magazine is great only for the gossip pages that's pretty much it besides that maybe some pic of Britney spears's behind, but thats about it.
52 - thejart
wow, a two-year long conversation. well, i might as well put in my two cents.
rolf
"hell yeah all the doors fans are the same, their all retarded"
i love the irony. "their all retarded" are they?!? or is it that they're all retarded?!? someone's retarded.
and for the record...Blind Melon kicks effing ass!
53 - Phillip Winn
thejart, you must mean "kicked" instead of "kicks," as I can't remember hearing anything from Blind Melon in quite a few years. :-)
54 - thejart
thejart yeah the best band is crazy penis cos thats what i suck
55 - Eric Berlin
Blind Melon kicked out some years ago, sadly, after the drug-induced passing of lead singer Shannon Hoon.
Both of their albums are really really great.
About the list: agree completely that it's stupid and arbitrary.
56 - Joe
I can understand Insane Clown Posse and Lee Greenwood...but ELP, Iron Butterfly ,The Doors and Toad the wet Sprocket? Who the fuck died and made you God? Why isn't Eminem on there? What instrument do you play? Put an MP3 on there and let's fuxcking rate you|!
57 - james earl cash
who the fuck r these these:
5. Starship
6. Kansas
21. The Alan Parsons Project
23. Creed
37. The Doors (!?!?!?!?!)
41. Whitesnake
never even heard of em , sounds like a bunch of poofs
58 - ryan
it seems like the doors rank fairly high on almost every greatest 100 list. its blasphemy to say otherwise
59 - manbearpig
Who the hell reads fucking Blender magazine anyway? I cant believe the Doors are on there and fucking Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera isnt on there.
Fuck Blender
60 - Dick Weed
Anyone who thinks Yngwie Malmsteen sucks has never even tried to play guitar. If you think primus belongs on the list you never heard a bass. I got to go take a shit.
61 - Chris
i can't believe skinny puppy is on there. only one of the greatest industrial bands ever. i really, really hate the moron that made this list. ugh
62 - Eric
In Regards to ICP being the worst band of all time, any band whose fans get pistol whiped by Eminem deserve automatically to be the worst band of all time.
They also said they were "visited by a dark carnival". im going to hope that i never really understand what that means but they are so lame, i would rather be a Nelly Furtado fan than an ICP fan, but im sure most "Juggalos" are really just closet Nelly Furtado fans
63 - Gazphemer
Some of these bands really do suck, but there are many which don't belong. I'm noting the exclusion of many of today's crapass music, so I'm betting this is geared towards the brainless youth of today who think that "hustlin'" is the best thing out there along with Nickelback's sludge.
I am waiting for a modern-day magazine company to have the balls to be honest to the young generations, that just because Skinny Puppy is a band that is "industrial" and actually deals with issues doesn't mean they suck and shouldn't be listened to. Maybe the world would be a better place if kids weren't always brainwashed into listening to that mainstream crap. We need more kids listening to all of them, because crappy or not, there is a meaning besides "hustlin' pimps wit chicks and their asses"... shit, it can even mean Starship and Vanilla Ice they're listening to, even ICP. Because ICP is waaaay better than that radio crap. Stupid kids. Stupid manipulative Blender magazine.
64 - Donald
why is the doors on there? i mean seriously, whoever made this list is a moron. i mean i agree with insane clown posse being number 1, but the doors should not be on that list. and where is fall out boy, nickelback, 3 days grace, and hawthorne heights? whoever made this list should never make a list anymore if you are going to put in one of rock and roll's greatest artist of all time.
65 - Junkyard
I don't know what's the criteria of being worst. Musicality? Hits? Any artist who made a mark in music or had a lot of hits is definitely not worse.
66 - Charlie Doherty
I hereby nominate this Blender list the WORST music list of all time. How's that!
Seriously, more than half of these artists are or were very good to great at one time or another.
For example, anyone who thinks the highly talented band Live, the influential industrialites Skinny Puppy, Creed, Primus, ELP, Kansas, Goo Goo Dolls, guitar wizard Yngwie Malmsteen (whose most recent album is his best in years) and Mick Jagger suck have no business telling people what is and what isn't good music.
67 - Charlie Doherty
Eric is right. In addition to being an awful list it is plainly random.
For example, if Colour Me Bad and 98 Degrees is on here, why isn't similar crap like Right Said Fred, O-Town, or Milli Vanilli? And if Whitesnake belongs here, why not Trixter, Winger or any other run of the mill hair metal band?
I could go on but it would be a waste of time.