My Chemical Romance Good Charlotte Fall Out Boy Panic at the Disco Tokio Hotel 30 Seconds to Mars and all the 'metalcore' bands ...
It means you think a band gets more hype than is warranted as far as your opinion is concerned... there's not much to it. Maybe it gets thrown around a lot, yeah. I was actually just about to call Meshuggah overrated haha. Because unless you're someone who bums off polyrhythms and somewhat unusual time signatures I don't think there's a point to them.
I'm looking at the your opinion part. Basically it just means that you think a certain band that has a quite a few fans is shit. And seeing as music tastes and preferences are completely subjective... I think the word is bullshit.
I like that word, it comes in handy in oh so many situations. But, that's not the subject of this thread, so I'm going to stop talking now.
How much you like the word overrated is your opinion. Personally i think the word overrated is overrated.
It just sounds like a pretentious way of saying 'i think *subject* is shit'. Why not just state your opinion rather than comparing your opinion to the majority. Although in terms of this thread, most of the time what posters think is the majority is usually the minority anyway. There are more non-nin fans in the music listening community than nin fans. I'm still not sure if i'm happy with this post though.
I have been stating my opinion. I just think certain bands aren't necessarily bad but I don't see how they're deserving of whatever hype they may get, thus I think they are overrated.
Anything vampiric themes, any hardcore shite, any shit with too much growling and screaming. And yes I do actually hate anything like that.
Nine Inch Nails Jonas Brothers 99% of Country Music artists because I hate the over-eccentric southern accents used to make every male singer sound the same. Lamb of God Mudvayne Puddle Of Mudd P.O.D.
That's not what "overrated" means at all. I think Linkin Park is overrated, but I don't think they're shit, they're one of my favorite bands. When a band's fans seem to have the notion that said band is incapable of doing anything wrong and proclaims them to be the greatest thing since sliced bread, THAT is "overrated."