Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time, #15-11

By LA Weekly Tue., Feb. 14 2012 at 3:30 AM

See also:
*Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: #20-16
*Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time, #10-6
*Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: #5-1

15. Pretty Ricky
Emerging with their mid-aughts hit "Grind With Me," Pretty Ricky somehow managed to lower the bar when it came to heartthrob groups with baby-oil-smeared chests. It's excellent that they've got great abs, and they certainly have the right to wear their shiny jackets wide open. But their musical sensibilities are questionable; someone in the group seems to have decided that New Jack Swing was too subtle. Pretty Ricky's rap-R&B hybrid is so tasteless and tacky, even, that it could make Mariah Carey blush. The point here is seduction, but it's hard to be seduced when you're nauseous. -Ben Westhoff

14. Foreigner
Where Journey was a hit factory, Foreigner are the sweatshop equivalent, churning out shoddy products full of lead paint. "Juke Box Hero" is no "Pinball Wizard"; "I Want To Know What Love Is" will make you wish you didn't; "Feels Like The First Time" will hopefully be your last; "Head Games" is not about fellatio; "Urgent" is not that; "Hot Blooded,""Double Vision" and "Cold As Ice" will send you to the doctor. "Waiting For A Girl Like You"? Maybe, but if you've got Foreigner on the playlist, she won't be waiting for you. -Ben Westhoff

13. Wings
With the exception of the song "Band On the Run" -- which sounds like a forgotten White Album b-side -- and the bass breakdown on "Live and Let Die," there are no greater offenders of '70s schlock than Wings. Born the year after the death of the Beatles, the group -- consisting of Paul McCartney, his wife Linda and a revolving door of drummers and guitar players -- solidified every argument that John was better than Paul. Using the spoils of the Beatles, Wings built a castle out of cheese. -Nikki Darling

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la weekly has no musical taste

wow this list is shiitty

Peaceblaster044

i seriously think this stupid blog should get bettr authors who don't have sticks up their asses tryn to prove their uptight points left and right.

Fuck

these mother fuckin authors of these articles are fuckin losers who don't kno how to appreciate music. Phish? Fleet Foxes? animal Collective? get the fuck out of here with ur stupid fuckhead accusations towards good music, you don't sound as smart as you think, so stop trying to prove ur fagget loser point you pretentious pieces of shit. Phish kills it one of the best four man duos, who cares about their lyrics they are top...TOP musicians who kno how to please a crowd hence their gigantic following. Pricks

Arlindo

troll list

BobbyD.

worst website of all time. get a new webmaster.

Post-Rock Sister

"Phish"

"Animal Collective" Confirmed for short attention span.

Sir Tide

This is a terrible list and you should feel terrible for writing it.

Her

Nicholas Pell with all respect you are a fucking asshole!!!! stupid journalist o whatever ... this list have no sense a least if you like pop shit music!!! fuck you !!!

Jason1978

Actually Nicholas is't punk funk not funk metal and futhermore...they created a genre of music, worked their asses off to get to where they are so not a easy road especially with the many roadblocks they faced. Nicholas Pell's write up and inclusion of RHCP is absurd. Pell has been involved in the punk/hardcore scene since the 80's, written for Maxiumum Rock And Roll so you should known the Peppers came from the early 80s LA punk scene. I'm sure you know of the late Brendan Mullen, one of the biggest names on the L.A. punk scene and who gave the Peppers their start (and who co-wrote their recent biography prior to his death and was paid tribute to on their recent album). They were heavily influenced early on by punk and played with many of the legendary punk bands in the early 80s such as X, Agent Orange, Fishbone, Bad Brains, The Dickies, TSOL and the list goes on. Of course even ex-Peppers came from punk bands. DH Peligro from Dead Kennedys and Cliff Martinez from The Weirdos/The Dickies. Flea was of course in Suburbia and played with Fear.

Maybe you hold a grudge against them because dare I say it, they got popular and to come from the punk scene it's uncool to be popular or a big name band especially when they are from Hollywood, your area I believe. But worst ever? Heard of Good Charlotte, Sum 41, Nickelback, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Creed or even the countless bands who ripped off the RHCP like Faith No More.

Ernestoalexan

I can really take a shit on this list, red hot chilli peppers, Sex pistols, the eagles GO TO HELL LA WEEKLY, you can keep listening to nicky minaj and calling that music

Adrian Arredondo

The one who wrote this must be retarded.

Soledad Recalde Ruiz

stupid criteria

Fagz

I don't understand your critique of Fleet Foxes. So, you don't like them because they aren't catchy, and you blame white people? Why. What. Huh.

Waffuly29

West Coast hipsters thinking they're Davids aiming for musical Goliaths, hoping to make names for themselves when they A) couldnt produce 1/100th the quality of the majority of bands listed and B) probably weren't even old enough to buy most of these band's albums without their mommies permission. What a waste of time.

dre

Never heard of Pretty Ricky before now. Wings had an album called RAM that had some good stuff on it. Foreigner is definitely not bottom 20 material. Nor are Peppers. Your list has really gone off the rails here. Seems like you are just naming bands YOU don't like.

Hardbopper

There is some good stuff on "RAM," but to get technical, it's not actually a Wings album, it's a McCartney solo album featuring Linda. They officially formed WIngs after this. So the Ram album should not be part of the big slam. Just sayin...

Music lover

#1 worst post of all time goes to... this list! I've only seen 10 of the top 20, and this is making me sick. Calling Phish, Wings, RHCP, and the Fleet Foxes the "worst bands of all time" is just plain stupid. All of these bands have a ton of talent -- way more talent than a fairly unknown west coast blogger has.

Obviously the author is just looking for traffic and unfortunately we're giving this to him, but the LA weekly should be ashamed for publishing such trite bs.

West Coast Sound

We're ashamed of your commenting skills, frankly.

Hoff's mom

I couldnt find 10-1 there was no link on the site

Gillan

How is Pearl Jam not on this list?

West Coast Sound

It's early.

William Keenan

Did you really just compare the RHCP to Peanut Butter and Veggie Burgers? It's fine that you want to make a top 20 list of "worst bands" but the crime is this is the fact you used one of the worst "journalists" to write this crap. Give me a fucking break. At least have decent arguments to support this garbage.