07-16-2003, 03:53 PM
Most of today's music sucks. And rap has degraded itself to the point of gold chains and false pretenses (any rap group). And punk has become whining (Green Day), pop is commercialization (any boy band), rock is angst (deftones, even if I like 'em), country is whining with an *acoustic* guitar (Garth Brooks), techno is built-on repetition, folk is creative, but dull (Jonatha Brooke), full-orchestra is inspiring, but ignored, and soul is almost dead.
Despite all that, I like the White Stripes, deftones, System of a Down, Sunna, Alien Ant Farm, Jimmy Eat World, the Matrix soundtrack, blindside, P.O.D., early Incubus, 3 Doors Down, Jonatha Brooke, Pete Yorn, Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, et cetera, et cetera.
Despite all that, I like the White Stripes