Saying VH is overrated just doesn't even make any fucking sense. Even from someone who calls themself "snob".
Disregarding the tiresome snob reference...
Popularity aside, and that should never be a measurement of how great a band is, and I'll gladly provide popular music artists who defy that as any rational argument, why doesn't it make any fucking sense? Sure, they had some great songs, but I don't think they deserve all of the accolades they get. Most popular bands don't. A lot of VH's albums are filler, especially the DLR era albums. This is the same general public that gave us Trump and Hillary. Something tells me that people will only look as far as what's in front of their face, ignoring any peripheral observations. It's like people who fawn over Led Zeppelin as the greatest rock band ever, meanwhile most live performances I've heard from them are not the caliber of the "greatest rock band", not even in the Top 10. I'll take Floyd, The Beatles, The Who, and The Doors any day over LZ, VH, or GNR.
So how can I make sense out of my comment? Easily. By listening to bands that are dreadfully underrated and not caring how many albums they sell. When you don't have to appease the general public, it opens up the possibilities to be a musician, not an entertainer. That reference directly from Gene Simmons who personally labeled bands like Kiss as entertainers, not musicians. It's a perfectly coherent train of thought.