Came across this list here
They also have the 50 Worst Artists in Music History as well as some other interesting lists.
Happily, The Final Countdown came in at number 27....
They also have the 50 Worst Artists in Music History as well as some other interesting lists.
Happily, The Final Countdown came in at number 27....
Hard to argue with a lot of their choices. But I thought number 2 should have been number 1.27
EUROPE
“The Final Countdown” 1987
The worst thing to come from both the band and the continent itself
Eschewing such traditional hair-metal concerns as girl-chasing and “steel horse”–riding, this Rocky 4 theme from the poodle-permed Swedes found frontman Joey Tempest announcing that he was off to Venus, “ ’cause maybe they’ve seen us!” — proof that English lyrics are best written by people with a working knowledge of the language. Tempest’s nonsensical caterwauling was backed by music that somehow managed to be fascist in its bombast yet also coma-inducingly dull.
Worst Moment The synth trills remind us that before they were a crappy metal band, Europe were a crappy prog-rock band.