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Ouch! Two bands that I like have been mentioned, Nine Inch Nails and Opeth. No biggie, though.

Although I do agree about Trent Reznor's angsty lyrics. I do like 90% of his music, but some of the lyrics are too much.

Bands that I dislike, well, there's plenty, but then again no time. Off the tip of my head, I can think of Guns and Roses and Smashing Pumpkins, two bands that I actually tried to like but couldn't for the life of me. G&R, for all practical reasons, is just a "tought" glam rock band, and SP, well, Billy Corgan's voice just slams me. It funny how somebody's voice can actually lower your opinion/expectations of a band.

Sonic Youth is another band I have never been able to get into, even though Blixa Bargeld, frontman of one of my favorite bands, Einstürzende Neubauten, cites them as a kind of influence.

All of these "nu-metal" from the mid/late 1990's, like "Korn"... god damn, how do I loathe them.

Pretty much most of the late 90's black metal such as Cradle of Filth, Dimu Borgir, et al. Say anything you want about the musical skills of early 90's black metal acts like Burzum and Darkthrone, they had a certain something that these other bands miss. Maybe the lack of interest in shocking for shock's sake(those guys were actually quite violent and disturbed) and no interest in big media outlets...?

But then there are the bands/musicians that I didn't like but as I grew up got to really like. A good example is Nick Cave. Back when I was younger I really couldn't get my head around him; I actually got to know about him and the Bad Seeds through the first X-Files soundtrack that was issued around 1993 or 1994, which included the song "Red Right Hand" (Now one of my favorite songs). Years latter I heard him again as guest vocalist in Current 93's "All the pretty little horses", and that's when I though that maybe I should check this guy out. I didn't like him right away, but right now he is one of my top favorite musicians. I am actually listening to the Birthday Party (his first, post-punk, band before the Bad Seeds) as I write this.

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I hate the band Seether. They are a fifth generation Nirvana. It's beyond offensive and almost hilarious.

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I don't dislike many bands or musical acts, but off the top of my head: Weezer I can't stand... Weird Al annoys me. Ditto for Barenaked Ladies. Cee Lo Green. Taylor Swift as well, though (I hate to say it) I kind of like her new single.

Karnos, I hear you on Smashing Pumpkins. When it comes to lead singers for bands, I can usually tell how much I like a singer by thinking, "How would they sound if you stripped all their music away and all that was left was their voice? Would it still sound good?" Imagine Smashing Pumpkins with all the music stripped away and nothing but Corgan's voice remaining. Yikes.

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Almost all so-called indie-bands of 21 century upper-middle-class rock lookalikes, 90% of all metal music in its all genres and sub-genres, hip-hop of course and basically everything before Never Mind the Bollocks. There you go.
One particular band ? maybe Muse, mostly because I used to like them for some reason. And yes, Pink Floyd - I F-hate them.

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I like quite a lot of these bands. I don't think there is any musician or band I hate, only specific songs I dislike.

I do hate radio shows that mostly play songs that are or once were hit singles, because overplaying music is a deadly torture and an abuse of the music. It's actually a blessing that these radio shows mostly play music I'm not really into because it would destroy it for me.
What makes it all the more horrible is that so many people have no choice in hearing the radio, whether it's at work, at the shops, on public transport or blasting from a neighbours house. It can make life far more unpleasant and deserves to be taken more seriously as a source of unhappiness.

Sorry to say that I really dislike threads like this. What made it worthwhile were the defenses. There's way too much dwelling unconstructively on things we dislike on the internet.

What is nice though is despite all the aggression and mocking on the internet, music tastes are more free, diverse and less prone to tribal boundaries than ever.
It's amazing to look even 10 years ago to see how much that has changed.
Also, there is more sense that people understand the differences in taste and that polarizing music is often the most powerful.

As for great bands named after places: Idaho, Earth and American Music Club.

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I do dislike the idea of songs being put on a playlist out of their context. That's in large part because so much of my favourite music is conceived as part of a sequence. Many tracks sound awkward in isolation because they were meant to blend into other tracks.

That whole "social event" element at live music? That definitely seems true at music festivals but I'm not sure the reverence for the bands have changed at regular concerts. It probably depends on the type of band.
I rarely go to concerts anymore because I tend to prioritise getting more albums. So maybe things have changed more than I know. The last few things I've seen were Melt Banana, HTRK and The Enid. I think that's all I've seen in the last 3 years!

You should probably know better than I about young people but I'm often impressed by young folks picking up music respectfully and exploring far and wide.
I'm 28 but I don't know if I'd qualify as part of the young generation. I remember the mocking, scathing era of magazine journalism very well and the open-minded attitude of online music maniacs was a breath of fresh air to me.
For all the legitimate concerns about where music is headed, I don't have much time for the idea that the main magazine and newspaper journalists were better gatekeepers, because for the most part they were very conservative and had to keep in mind the popularity of who they were writing about or the bias of the publication. Whereas the internet music nuts generally aren't restrained by commercial concerns and I feel more passion and adventurousness from them.

I don't know what to make of the idea of music no longer being a revolutionary force.
I've seen some arguments that people are jaded by political statements in any art/entertainment. People fully expect it in pop culture for decades and some think the sheer number of such signals has diminished the appeal it once had. Also the general political apathy of modern people.

Is it crazy to think that maybe pop stars have more political impact than some are willing to give them credit? Or maybe people are inspired to make subtle but meaningful changes that don't get recognised?
The number of openly transgender people online seems to have skyrocketed and maybe Lady Gaga had a part in that?

I understand the way people feel about Bono and the cynicism about his seeming messiah complex but I also think people don't want to believe that he really cares and don't want to think about how many lives might have been improved by his charity work. That perhaps Bono has done more good for people than loads of better sounding rigidly ethical bands with more revolutionary ideas.

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Oh, I'm sure that pop stars such as Lady Gaga have at least a small part to play with, say, younger people being more open about their sexual orientation at an earlier age these days. Of course, I'm a biased fan, so I'd probably be the wrong person to ask about that.

Last year I briefly befriended a 20 year old and I was surprised to see how much he knew about somewhat obscure British noise bands from the late 1970's/early 1980's. Of course, he got most of this from reading and listening online, and was amused that I had a CD collection, as he had almost no CDs himself, preferring to just use iTunes. Still, when a time came where he had to write an article about Coil, he still had to ask me if he could borrow the booklet that came with the CD for Horse Rotorvator.

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Alvin and the Chipmunks PISS ME OFF!!!





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