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The White Stripes.  Please...I understand that some people like the guitar rifts, but you know what, I heard those same rifts in TRANCE music.  Shessh, the White Stripes are on my list as hipster bands I wish would disappear.  And oh yeah, the Strokes.  A band full of rich kids in grudge wear when they can obviously afford Prada.

I don't think anyone that's into Mandy Moore's latest offering has any room to judge what's good and what's bad.

As harsh as that response was, I have to agree. I bought that Mandy Moore Coverage album for my wife's Christmas present, and as soon as I heard her butcher XTC's "Senses Working Overtime" I knew the rest of the album would follow suit, so I left the room and didn't look back.

BTW, the Offspring were the worst band of 1996, or whenever their album after Smash came out. 2003 was just a continuation of the suck.

As for my pick, mainstream music is so chockful of mediocrity, unoriginality and talentlessness that I couldn't narrow it down to one act. So I just make sure my radio is off, MTV is blocked on my TV channels, and my CD collection is well within reach.

DITTO.