4. FRED DURST To "durst": When something reaches a point where it is no longer enjoyable. It refers the point where the world went from enjoying Limp Bizkit to realizing that Fred Durst is an intolerable douchebag with no discernible talent. When Urban Dictionary has a term derived from your last name and your stupid antics, you know you belong on a Top 10 list somewhere.
And that, in part, is why Fred Durst, of the pseudo-nu-metal band Limp Bizkit, is my choice for this list. However, it's not just Durst's shitty personality that made him a prime choice -- Limp Bizkit's music is ear-grating, recycled, screechy junk -- and Durst's lyrical ingenuity is equivalent to that of a block of cheese. ANGELICA LEICHT
Limp Bizkit plays House of Blues Wednesday, May 29.
3. SULLY ERNA (GODSMACK) Godsmack's debut, self-titled album sounded like diluted Metallica B-sides, sung by James Hetfield's stand-in. They haven't gotten better with time, either. In fact, Erna's crooning has worsened. When the band doesn't sound like watered-down Metallica, they try to sound like Alice in Chains, as their name suggest. And if lacking vocal prowess wasn't enough, Erna also has a reputation for being unapproachable and haughty. Here's hoping he sticks with promoting alcohol. MATTHEW KEEVER
Sully Erna will be at Spec's Warehouse (2410 Smith) for a promotional appearance for Pura Vida tequila from 6-8 p.m. Friday.
2. SCOTT STAPP (CREED) There's nothing worse than an egotistical, overrated musician, and Creed's Scott Stapp takes the cake. His vocal chops received way more critical hype than they deserved, and he ran a group of hard-working, talented musicians into the ground, despite their ability (for reasons unknown to me) to sell million of albums.
I'm not going to bother to go too far into the war stories about Stapp's antics, but their own fans sued them over an incredibly bad show in Chicago in 2003. Not to mention we all remember that awful sex tape with Kid Rock, who stated that he was mainly embarrassed that people learned he was hanging out with Scott Stapp. ANGELICA LEICHT