re: Most overrated band in history?

Critical judgment is not the basis for being overrated. It's actually the opposite. Almost any artist you can name that is seen as "underrated" is appreciated by critics but not by a large audience. Although I kinda like some early Kiss stuff, their huge fan base coupled with over half of their catalog (post-Creatures Of The Night at best) riding on memories of fumes, they could be the poster-children for overrated.