MuFu said:
Why not make it five and add "are crap"?
j/k
Because the White Stripes kick ass! Seriously, they do. Best interpreters of American music in quite some time.
Does anyone listen to Modest Mouse? They also kick ass.
MuFu said:
I'm not keen on Linkin Park either - it strikes me that a band I've been exposed to *so* much yet still don't care for really isn't worth getting into. Meteora is particularly mediocre.
I can't stand most of these "rock" bands that are all over the place these days, like Linkin Park, Creed, uhh Godsmack, etc. They all sound exactly the same and are all very shallow lyricwise.
Some good modern bands:
White Stripes
Modest Mouse
Weezer
Ween
Sonic Youth
Soul Coughing (though I heard they broke up about 1-2 years ago)
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (jazz/bluegrass fusion, not to mention Victor Wooten, the baddest bass player since time began)
Radiohead
Some good older bands:
Talking Heads
The Cars
Beatles (duh)
Moody Blues
The Kinks
The Who
Guess Who
Janes Addiction (who I hear are on lollapalooza)
This is just my opinion, and I'm only one man.
rrfield