10 Perfect Singles By Terrible Rock Bands

10. Imagine Dragons: Radioactive

Since the release of their debut record in 2012, Imagine Dragons have slowly replaced Coldplay and Nickelback as the most popular band to rip on. The hate hurled at them usually comes from a place of frustration; namely that they've dominated the rock charts for years, despite playing a kind of music that could only loosely be defined as rock.

In an era of post-genre music, perhaps it's unfair to give these guys so much grief, merely because they don't conform to a clearly definable sound. They've consistently remained popular for over a decade, which has to count for something... , right? Wrong.

We can admit these guys released a solid debut. Crossing hip hop beats and huge electronic bass lines, with rousing anthem-rock, was exciting stuff. But God-damn did they hammer home the whole evocative, heavy drumbeat thing. Every release since Radioactive just sounds like a rehash of that original concept. An incessant and domineering bass isn't enough to disguise derivative pop music for what it is.