Top 10 Most Overplayed Bands On The Radio

By Samuel Mattei

Here in the Philadelphia area we have four rock stations on the radio. One of them being a classic rock station so they have their list of tracks so play so this article is less about them.

While sitting at work the other day with the radio on. I realized something. It's not the first time I realized it, but it's the first time i really thought about it.

Most of the bands they play are amazing. I don't think anyone would doubt that. I may not like all of them but i still give them my props in coming so far in their industry, it's not an easy thing to do.

The problem is for the listeners, once the band is in, their usually in for a long long long long time.

This would be fine if they played more then 5 or 6 of the songs that band has put out in the past one to thirty years.

I don't know if it's the same all around the country. For my Philly area I compiled a list of the ten most overplayed radio bands. Keep in mind, all great bands, not all my favorite, but great none the less.

10. Starting with Mr. Save The World himself and his band. Yeah you all know who I'm talking about right way, U2. Bono and The Edge have been doing in for years. With a catalog of all types of songs. The average listener known 3 songs.

9. This band should not even be played on rock stations. It should be left up to the hit stations to play them. These guys date their music before the lyrics even start. Linken Park have been around since the early 2000's and have kept the same recipe for their music ever since.

8. This is one of my favorite bands of all time. Their last album didn't get the greatest review, but i enjoyed it. Green day has been around for a lot longer then most people think, dating back to their album 1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours album which has 0 songs played on the radio. This is due to it not being released in the mid to late 90's.

7. The lead singer of this band shows more emotion in his singing then anyone else out there. Pearl Jam has been making hits since the days of Kurt Cobain (who actually hated Pearl Jam). The only songs you may hear by them without a CD is Alive, Jeramey and Black.

6. Despite all his rage he is still overplayed. Billy Corgan and The Smashing Pumpkins didn't expect people to hear them telling everyone that The World is a Vampire every day for the next decade.

5. A band that has never been separated from the radio. The Offspring have been making punk pop classics for years. A great new album has shown that.....radio still wants to play their same old songs every hour.

4. The Foo Fighters have one of the most accomplished lead singer's of all time. He was the drummer for Nirvana, lead singer and vocals for The Foo Fighters, drummer for Tenacious D. After the Foo Fighters arguably put out their greatest record ever recently, we will be hearing enough of them to know every vocal of all 4 of their songs that exist to the radio DJ.

3. The Heroin loving group from California. Hit after hit the Red Hot Chili Peppers manages to keep their fans listening......... to Californiacation and Under the Bridge.

2. I crowned them The Kings of Metal last week and I stick by that. But the Sandman has been coming at me for far too long and the second the amazing opening is over, the station is switched. Metallica has their place in rock music, but they also have a great new album, lets hear it.

1. The number one band I'm sure everyone can guess after a minute of thinking. Hint... It smells like teen spirit. Nirvana is by far the most overplayed band of all time in my region. Understandable because it's a great band, legendary lead singer, defined the 90's rock scene, killed the 80's thank God. And since Kurt has been dead for so long, were not going to get new songs. But please let's here some different Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit is great and so is In Bloom but we could use something else to cruise to.

Runners up: Guns n' Roses, Bon Jovi, Coldplay

Well there it is everyone, my list of top ten most played bands on rock radio. If anyone has a problem with this list or thinks I forgot someone just let me know.