# March Madness: Most hated popular musical act of the 90s: ROUND 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532 "2015-03-20T20:12:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532/1 "2015-03-20T20:12:54Z")
[Round 1 is complete](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=751917). On to round 2. In this competition, I don’t give a crap about the “best” or “greatest.” I want to know the MOST LOATHED popular musical artist of the 1990s. That means in each matchup, you are going to vote for the musical act you HATE THE MOST! Let me repeat that: Don’t vote for your favorite; YOU WILL CAST YOUR VOTE FOR THE ARTIST YOU HATE MORE. We will be voting for artists with our vitriol, and eventually will be left with the one musical act that cumulatively received the most amount of our pure, unadulterated hatred. The pool of 64 candidates comes from the top-selling artists and/or artists that had highly-reviewed albums and/or released multiple songs that somehow permeated the culture. Voting for this round will continue until 4pm Monday, March 23. So vote, which do you hate more: REGION 1 Missy Elliot vs. Coolio Will Smith vs. TLC Puff Daddy vs. Boyz II Men En Vogue vs. Jay-Z REGION 2 Alice in Chains vs. Rage Against the Machine Stone Temple Pilots vs. Sublime Alanis Morrisette vs. Oasis Soundgarden vs. Meatloaf REGION 3 Michael Jackson vs. Bob Dylan Janet Jackson vs. Madonna LL Cool J vs. Guns n Roses Metallica vs. Bruce Springsteen REGION 4 NSync vs. Ricky Martin Backstreet Boys vs. 98 Degrees Mariah Carey vs. Christina Aguillera Hanson vs. Spice Girls ---
**Author:** ![basset\_hound](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/basset_hound/32/1432_2.png) [@basset\_hound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/basset_hound)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532/2 "2015-03-20T20:27:52Z")
REGION 1 **Missy Elliot** vs. Coolio Will Smith vs. **TLC** **Puff Daddy** vs. Boyz II Men **En Vogue** vs. Jay-Z REGION 2 Alice in Chains vs. **Rage Against the Machine** Stone Temple Pilots vs. **Sublime** Alanis Morrisette vs. **Oasis** **Soundgarden** vs. Meatloaf REGION 3 Michael Jackson vs. **Bob Dylan** **Janet Jackson** vs. Madonna \*\*LL Cool J \*\*vs. Guns n Roses Metallica vs. **Bruce Springsteen** REGION 4 NSync vs. **Ricky Martin** Backstreet Boys vs. **98 Degrees** Mariah Carey vs. **Christina Aguillera** Hanson vs. **Spice Girls** ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532/3 "2015-03-20T20:36:07Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > REGION 1 > Coolio > TLC > Boyz II Men > _pass_ > > REGION 2 > _pass_ > Sublime > Oasis > Meatloaf > > REGION 3 > Michael Jackson > Janet Jackson > Guns n Roses > Metallica > > REGION 4 > NSync > 98 Degrees > Mariah Carey > Spice Girls So there’s no mistake, the ones left are my most hated. I had to pass a couple of times when I just wasn’t familiar enough with the music to make a call. Hope that doesn’t screw up the tallying. Region 4 had some tough calls. I wanted to vote for them all. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532/4 "2015-03-20T20:37:03Z")
REGION 1 Missy Elliot Will Smith Boyz II Men Jay-Z REGION 2 Alice in Chains Stone Temple Pilots Oasis Meatloaf REGION 3 Bob Dylan Janet Jackson LL Cool J Bruce Springsteen REGION 4 NSync Backstreet Boys Mariah Carey Hanson ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532/5 "2015-03-20T20:42:30Z")
Here are my most hated. REGION 1 Coolio Will Smith Puff Daddy Jay-Z REGION 2 Alice in Chains Sublime Alanis Morrisette Soundgarden REGION 3 Michael Jackson Janet Jackson LL Cool J Metallica REGION 4 NSync Backstreet Boys Mariah Carey Hanson ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532/6 "2015-03-20T20:43:27Z")
I was at an all-night restaurant in Seattle in the early/mid-90s with a very young/grungy clientele (and staff). A song started on the jukebox and the cook came out of the kitchen and pulled the plug. Then he went to the PA system and said “no more Nine Inch Nails.” It’s gonna be hard to top that. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532/7 "2015-03-20T20:44:02Z")
REGION 1 Coolio Will Smith Puff Daddy En Vogue REGION 2 Alice in Chains Stone Temple Pilots Alanis Morrisette Soundgarden REGION 3 Bob Dylan Madonna Guns n Roses Bruce Springsteen REGION 4 Ricky Martin 98 Degrees Mariah Carey Spice Girls ETA: If I was the only one voting in this competition, Soundgarden would be the most hated band of the 90s. Love Chris Cornell, hate Soundgarden with the heat of a million black hole suns. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532/8 "2015-03-20T20:45:02Z")
REGION 1 **Missy Elliot** vs. Coolio Will Smith vs. **TLC** Puff Daddy vs. **Boyz II Men** En Vogue vs. **Jay-Z** REGION 2 **Alice in Chains** vs. Rage Against the Machine Stone Temple Pilots vs. **Sublime** Alanis Morrisette vs.\*\* Oasis\*\* Soundgarden vs.\*\* Meatloaf\*\* REGION 3 Michael Jackson vs. **Bob Dylan** **Janet Jackson** vs. Madonna LL Cool J vs. **Guns n Roses** **Metallica** vs. Bruce Springsteen REGION 4 NSync vs. **Ricky Martin** Backstreet Boys vs. **98 Degrees** Mariah Carey vs. **Christina Aguillera** **Hanson** vs. Spice Girls ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532/9 "2015-03-20T20:48:57Z")
REGION 1 Missy Elliot vs. **Coolio** **Will Smith** vs. TLC **Puff Daddy** vs. Boyz II Men **En Vogue** vs. Jay-Z REGION 2 **Alice in Chains** vs. Rage Against the Machine Stone Temple Pilots vs. **Sublime** Alanis Morrisette vs. **Oasis** **Soundgarden** vs. Meatloaf REGION 3 \*\*Michael Jackson \*\*vs. Bob Dylan **Janet Jackson** vs. Madonna LL Cool J vs. **Guns n Roses** **Metallica** vs. Bruce Springsteen REGION 4 NSync vs. **Ricky Martin** Backstreet Boys vs. **98 Degrees** **Mariah Carey** vs. Christina Aguillera **Hanson** vs. Spice Girls ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532/10 "2015-03-20T20:51:40Z")
REGION 1 Coolio Will Smith Puff Daddy Jay-Z REGION 2 Alice in Chains Stone Temple Pilots Oasis Meatloaf REGION 3 Bob Dylan Madonna LL Cool J Bruce Springsteen (This was the hardest one. I hate neither.) REGION 4 Ricky Martin 98 Degrees Christina Aguillera Spice Girls ---
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532/11 "2015-03-20T20:56:59Z")
My votes are as follows: REGION 1 Coolio Will Smith Puff Daddy En Vogue REGION 2 Rage Against the Machine Sublime Alanis Morrisette Meatloaf REGION 3 Michael Jackson Janet Jackson LL Cool J Metallica REGION 4 NSync 98 Degrees Christina Aguillera Spice Girls Fingers crossed that Will Smith “wins” this whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532/12 "2015-03-20T20:58:54Z")
REGION 1 Coolio Will Smith Puff Daddy Jay-Z REGION 2 Alice in Chains Sublime Oasis Meatloaf REGION 3 Michael Jackson Madonna Guns n Roses Metallica REGION 4 NSync Backstreet Boys Christina Aguillera Spice Girls ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532/13 "2015-03-20T21:00:01Z")
> [@Eddie\_F](#): > > Fingers crossed that Will Smith “wins” this whole thing. Naah, it’s got to be P-Diddy, surely? ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532/14 "2015-03-20T21:05:38Z")
REGION 1 Missy Elliot Will Smith Boyz II Men Jay-Z REGION 2 Rage Against the Machine Sublime Alanis Morrisette Meatloaf REGION 3 Bob Dylan Janet Jackson LL Cool J Metallica REGION 4 NSync Backstreet Boys Mariah Carey Hanson ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532/15 "2015-03-20T21:09:28Z")
In this game, are we not expected to explain why we made our choices? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532/16 "2015-03-20T21:15:57Z")
REGION 1 Coolio Will Smith Boyz II Men En Vogue REGION 2 Alice in Chains Sublime Alanis Morrisette Meatloaf REGION 3 Bob Dylan Janet Jackson LL Cool J Metallica REGION 4 NSync 98 Degrees Mariah Carey Hanson ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532/17 "2015-03-20T21:23:21Z")
Missed the first round, but I’ll play REGION 1 Missy Elliot TLC Puff Daddy En Vogue REGION 2 Alice in Chains Sublime Alanis Morrisette Soundgarden REGION 3 Michael Jackson Janet Jackson Guns n Roses Bruce Springsteen REGION 4 NSync Backstreet Boys Mariah Carey Hanson ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532/18 "2015-03-20T21:26:24Z")
REGION 1 Missy Elliot Will Smith Puff Daddy Jay-Z REGION 2 Rage Against the Machine Sublime Alanis Morrisette Meatloaf REGION 3 Michael Jackson Janet Jackson LL Cool J Metallica REGION 4 Ricky Martin Backstreet Boys Christina Aguillera Hanson ---
**Author:** ![davethehammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davethehammer/32/7317_2.png) [@davethehammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davethehammer)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532/19 "2015-03-20T21:30:21Z")
this would be so much more entertaining with video and pics ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532/20 "2015-03-20T21:36:16Z")
REGION 1 Coolio TLC Puff Daddy Jay-Z REGION 2 Rage Against the Machine Sublime Alanis Morrisette Meatloaf REGION 3 Michael Jackson Janet Jackson LL Cool Metallica REGION 4 Ricky Martin Backstreet Boys Mariah Carey Spice Girls [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-round-2/715532.md?page=2)