Your least favorite artists and/or bands

I may have more that I’ll mention later, but these are the first ones off the top of my head...

5. Cardi B - I just can’t stand this woman’s brash, stiff flow set to repugnantly self-indulgent lyrics. She isn’t horrible on “Finesse” or her two most recent songs, but that’s primarily because the production for those tracks is decent. I still can’t forgive Cardi for recording “Bodak Yellow” and “Bartier Cardi”, nor for her mean-spirited, prejudiced tweets. As far as female rappers go, there are far, far better and more talented options for you to choose from.

4. Saliva - Their band name is atrocious, but their music is just as poorly thought-out. Consistently, it feels as though this crew of wannabe rockers wants to be gritty geniuses in some way, but they always fail miserably due to how overly polished their sound and compositions are, as well as how distressingly corny their lyrics get. I find them to be one of the most awkwardly unconvincing musical acts of all time. They may have loud, rocking guitars, but silly lyrics are hard to enjoy when you’re trying so damn hard to be taken seriously and have none of the creative nuance to back it up. “Your Disease” is a decent enough song, since it adequately channels early 1990s Beastie Boys into its style and has less ridiculous lyrics (save for the end of the second verse...), but the majority of Saliva’s work is so awful, amateur, and out of touch with what it’s tackling that they’ve definitely earned the title of being one of my least favourite rock bands of all time.

3. Pretty Ricky - A sickly combo of substandard beats, cringe-inducing singing, sloppy rapping, sleazy lyrics, and an uncomfortable level of corniness.

2. Kid Rock - He’s pretty much the embodiment of negative American stereotypes for me. All of his whining sounds like it amounts to absolute zilch. This guy is just a piece of trailer trash who wants every reason to complain about something. His recent sympathies with the alt-right have only cemented his questionable image for me. Save for “Picture”, a duet with Sheryl Crow that’s completely out of character for an angry hick, I don’t ever want to listen to this guy’s disrespectful rants. Fred Durst is at least a comical level of whiny for no reason, and he doesn’t come across as prejudiced as Kid Rock aside from some of his misogyny, which isn’t even that threatening due to his wimpy persona.

1. Any explicitly homophobic or white supremacist band or artist, i.e. Prussian Blue, Buju Banton, Beenie Man, Johnny Rebel, Burzum, etc. - There are numerous cases of this, which really would take up my entire list by default, but fortunately they’re rarely very popular because most listeners have basic humanity.

Gorillaz - I know I've said this before, but I'll never understand why this band is so revered. I find the vocals to be incredibly drab and robotic. When it comes to my preference in music, the vocals play a huge part in whether I like a song or not. Hearing Damon Albarn lifelessly exclaim, "I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad, I got sunshine in a bag" is incredibly off-putting. There's no enthusiasm in his vocals at all. I know this might sound ironic, given the fact that Grunge/Alt-Rock is my favourite genre, but all of their songs sound so depressing.

AC/DC - I'm not going to undermine their overall legacy by venting my distaste of AC/DC's music. Quite simply, I've just never been able to take an interest in their music and i'm not sure why that is. I can genuinely understand why a lot of people like their songs; it's not as if they didn't have any talent. If I had to put it down to a reason, I would say that it's simply because their songs are based off the same repetitive formulas and they weren't exactly a "progressive" band. "Hard as a Rock" could have been released 15 years earlier and it wouldn't have sounded out of place. I guess it also doesn't help matters that the Australian media treats AC/DC as if they were one of the greatest bands of all time. 

INXS - The only INXS songs I do like are "Just Keep Walking" and "Don't Change", two releases which date back to their new-wave roots in the Early '80s. I would highly suggest giving those two songs a listen, if you haven't listened to them before. Apart from the materialistic, over-commercialised nature of their songs (at least the ones from the peak of their career), the one thing that I dislike about INXS is the subtle arrogance which surrounds them and their releases. They basically relied on Michael Hutchence's looks to sell records and make a name for themselves overseas.

After listening to some more songs, I think I'm going to have to put Camila Cabello on my list. A lot of her songs aren't really my cup of tea, and her song "Never Be The Same" is just awful IMO. A lot of her songs literally sound the same.

Sounds like we disagree pretty starkly on current pop music, considering you hate Camila but love Cardi. I personally don't get how anybody can say "Havana" sounds like everything else. Todd in the Shadows thought so, too, and it just baffled my mind.

I must admit, I don't particularly like any of Camila Cabello's songs either. Not exactly sure why. I find her vocals to be a bit annoying in "Havana", especially during the chorus. I wouldn't consider her as being one of my least favourite artists though.


I've never really thought of Kylie Minogue as being arrogant, to be honest. Although, I can see why she might come across that way. 


Yeah, Muse were pretty overrated. I don't mind some of their songs.

Interesting to hear! I don't think she has a bad voice as such. It's just her vocal ability which annoys me a little bit. I personally prefer "Never Be The Same" over "Havana".