Dale wrote:

<<There's no need to attack anyone on a personal level, but if you think a 
band I like are crappy and you feel the need to say so, go ahead.>> 
    
Amen and Hallelujah, Brother Dale!  Can I get a witness? I always try to 
balance out my columns in "Amplifier" or wherever with both the good and the 
bad, but MAN, sometimes folks can get touchy about it (mainly artists...I 
have references.  lol).

And having said that, I also think---gasp!---that a lot of the "IPO bands" 
are lackluster (and Dave knows I think this).  The main problem with a lot of 
them is that the songs just aren't there...and if you don't have the songs, 
well...you're dead.

I think I've related this story here before, but I vividly remember the 
editor of AMPLIFIER telling me that one chap wrote in to say that he was 
cancelling his subscription because I wrote in my column that I didn't like 
The Jam.  C'mon, folks.  Get real, to use a lousy Southern California 
expression.

Obviously, there is good and bad in all types of music, and Audities is a 
great place to find out about both the good and the bad.

John B.