Bollocks
There are far, far worse bands from a similar time that you could have called out. Crowded House and Deacon Blue, to name but two.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:18, 4 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Crowded House weren't the worst.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:19, Reply)

^^ This

( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:19, Reply)

They were the second worst. After 'Ping'.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:21, Reply)

Oh dear
Why did you dredge them up? You've just upset yourself.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:22, Reply)

I cannot get his sweaty face out of my mind.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:23, Reply)

Leave 'Ping' alone. They amused me.
Crowded House are fucking dreadful though. And always, always, there is a Crowded House song in the first five songs at an Open Mic night. That makes me hate them even more.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:26, Reply)

Beautiful South were, at times, achingly beautiful.
Especially that French version of Dream A Little Dream Of Me.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:22, Reply)

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH

My sweaty arsecrack is more achingly beautiful than Ron Dixon and his malformed Merrie Men.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:25, Reply)

^this

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:27, Reply)

Thanks!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:28, Reply)

Hey, Apey's not here
Probably up to his arse in nappies or something. Somebody had to say someone was achingly beautiful.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:32, Reply)

Well, it is achingly beautiful.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:32, Reply)

Beautifully aching.

( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:37, Reply)

Deacon Blue were, and are, fucking great.

( Kroney, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:22, Reply)

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

No. They. Fucking. Are/Were. Not. You. Deaf. Cunt.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:23, Reply)

Once again you have made me giggle like a loon

( Peej, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:25, Reply)

Haha, I did a rain dance.
Of course they're fucking shit.
( Kroney, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:25, Reply)

Phew.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:25, Reply)

I must disagree.
I have an absolute hatred of them as a band, and of their music. They're so shit that if you flushed their entire musical output down a toilet, it would be turned away from the sewage works on account of being too shit to get in.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 15 Jul 2011, 15:23, Reply)