I was thinking the other day , which bands had members who couldn ' t play their instruments ? This came to me while listening to the excellent US Festival ' 83 on YT . So Motley Crue is up there and they rocked , but when they began , they couldn ' t play . Well , Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee couldn ' t play , apparently . But Neil and especially Mars carried them . By ' 83 , Tommy Lee is rocking it for sure , and it gave their music a simple , r ' n ' r sound . Sixx still isn ' t doing much , lol . The Monkeys of course . SP , Corgan had to do some of the tracks with all the instruments . They had a solid guitarist but again Bass and Drums they couldn ' t play . But concert after show after festival , they got good . But anyway there ' s not the musicality . Not a huge fan of Punk or Glam but I have to admit there is more musicality in The Stooges and Ramones than there is in new music . I just haven ' t heard it ! I haven ' t heard an act in years that has virtuousity like the players of old . I ' m old now . And btw Rob Halford in that US Festival . holy shit can you imagine Bieber trying that ? The guy carries these operatic notes with ease , the crowd is just taking it for granted . The band is tight as hell , it ' s incredible . Van Halen . These are not even the premium acts of all time !