Artists it's okay to hate

GhostFace said

oh jeez, so nickleback is crap, but I consider the bands I mentioned the Nicklebacks of their genres. The real issue is that you think 1 genre is artistically better than the other. The truth is all genres have Nicklebacks. Nickleback is a bastageization of what? Radio music? I think the bands I mentioned are bastageizations of indie music. So are you saying that just because a band is "indie" that it gets a pass on not just being a "scene" band? I call it the Candlebox syndrome, or if you are a bit younger you can call it the Stone Temple Pilots syndrome, or if you are even younger you can call it the Gym Class Heros syndrome... whatever, in my world, it is not only ok to hate the bands I mentioned, it is commonplace. So disagree if you want, thats is fine, but I will set my own parameters thank you.

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Are all of those bands you mentioned indie? Is Iron & Wine indie or is it more folk? Is Nico really the Nickelback of her genre? By association, would the the Velvet Underground also be considered a sort of Nickleback?

What exactly is Indie music, if not independently produced and created music? I would call The Killers Nickleback before I would call The Arcade Fire a "Nickleback" of a genre that could encompass several genres within itself. And I think that Nickleback isn't only the Nickleback of its genre, it's the nickleback of a **** genre to begin with. Of a genre that we've been through before (not necessarily a bad thing) but with less meaning this time around.

I'm not saying you're not entitled to your own opinion or taste in music, I just disagree that many of the bands you mentioned are bastageizations of their genre.