Does any band truly suck?

well, who sucks harder and with more vigor than any other band?
Anal Cunt does.

Look, I do not think for one moment that this is a serious debte, this is more people just venting their pet hates in the music industry. In all seriousness 1349's Ravn said it best in the September issue of Metal Hammer UK:

"...you could argue that every band should disband, unless they're bringing something truely unique to music as a whole, the reason I formed 1349 was to make the music I liked rather than complain about the lack of it..."

Good point! Sometimes virtuosity can be cool (John Coltrane, Eddie Van Halen), and sometimes I wonder if the guy should have used his dexterity to be a court stenographer, or something.

I do have an invalid defense for Train. I read an interview with the lead singer and he pretty blatantly said, "I love music, but I do this for those royalty checks." He frankly admitted that Train was a strictly commercial venture, with no aspirations to being 'art'. I thought his honesty was refreshing, so I don't give him a hard time.

My valid defense of them is that "Drops of Jupiter" and "Calling all Angels" are insanely catchy. If the Beatles had written them people would consider it genius.

If you read any interviews with the now deceased members of the Ramones, especially Johnny, they are furious about the fact that the Ramones were never a huge commercial success. He said in a Guitar Player interview, "We never wanted to be a cult, underground band. We wanted to be huge."

I'm gonna get a bunch of flack for this, but if you criticise Train, you probably got to criticize the Ramones, too.

Art, commerce, just something to do? What makes you legit? Discuss

Clearly somebody never heard of THEE Insane Clown Posse.

While I can't stand them, I always give the Insane Clown Posse a pass due to one of their interviews I read. The fat one explained how he's made enough money to never work again, and his mother won't either. And, and this was the kicker, you'll never have to listen to them unless you want to. They never get air play, you'll never hear them in stores. Unlike some other "musicians" I can think of who don't even have the good sense to rap about "fucking bee hives."