The most overrated band of all time?

Although there are literally dozens, if not hundreds of bands both past and present that I would consider ridiculously overrated, one comes out head and shoulders above every other.
The Sex Pistols.
How this utterly talentless bunch of foul-mouthed, arrogant, think-the-world-owes-me-a-living morons have come to be considered one of the most influential acts in the history of popular music, let alone punk, is totally beyond me!
Think about it...
Johnny Rotten couldn't sing to save his life and the other three were all but useless at playing their various instruments. Sid Vicious didn't even play the bass parts on the album! Even Lemmy from Motorhead couldn't teach the guy to play to a decent standard.
Their songs all sounded the same - shouty, angry and catchy, but since when did catchiness equal greatness in the world of songwriting?
They released one full length album which was, I am sorry, average with one or two hints at brilliance that never quite lived up to the promises. Anyone who raves about the genius of Never Mind The Bollocks can honestly not have ever listened to it without the equivalent on their ears of rose tinted glasses on their eyes. It is a fairy decent album, listenable for a few turns, but that's all.
And, most importantly, they acted and dressed like a bunch of f*** the world rebels who hated everyone and everything that had it better than they did UNDER THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THEIR MANAGEMENT.
Yes, all that talk of social reform and f*** yous to the authorities was all carefully choreographed by their management and record label.
THE BAND WAS ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER BY ITS MANAGER, MALCOLM MCLAREN. You cannot get more manufactured than that! In effect, the Pistols were the first punk-rock boyband!
Had there not been all the phenomenal controversy over whether Sid Vicious killed his girlfriend Nancy and then dying of his oh-so-cliched drug overdose, I truly believe the Sex Pistols would have faded into obscurity just like every other mediocre punk band from the era. His band just happened to be the one the tabloids took notice of at the time (and it was probably a quiet news day that led to that in the first place).
Do not get me wrong. I consider punk music to be one of the most incredible genres out there with a fantastic amount of talented bands both past and present.
Which is why it bothers me when The Sex Pistols are lauded up there with such genuine punk rock greats as The Ramones and Bad Religion.
The simple fact is that timing was on the band's side with an entire generation feeling so downbeat that they lapped up having an outlet for all their angst and anger at the world. That, coupled with a very clever marketing campaign designed to put the frighteners well and truly up even the most stiff upper lipped Brit, is the only thing that made this band relevant in any way.
It annoys me even more when you get the 21st century John Lydon, who these days still seems to think people actually care what he thinks, mouthing off about and slating various modern-day bands, especially those he believes owe his own rubbish band some sort of debt of gratitude.
At the end of the day, The Sex Pistols former 'singer' ended up a glorified estate agent selling houses in Spain and appeared on a reality television show in an attempt to convince himself and the rest of the world he was still relevant in some way. Only, as it turned out, nobody really cared!
More punk in your little finger than Green Day, eh Mr Lydon? Well, considering that 'insignificant' California band is now on its eighth studio album and continues to sell hundreds of thousands of records and hold sell-out arena tours more than 20 years after forming, I am sure none of them are having sleepless nights about the opinion of one washed up has-been!
In the meantime, I might sit back and enjoy some decent punk music by whacking on a little Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World or Stranger Than Fiction.
Never Mind The Bollocks indeed!