jamesg1213
Peter Frampton..could he have BEEN any more wimpy?

+1

Round 2......
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Molly Hatchett
The Outlaws
(really, any of those boring "beedly, beedly, beedly" Southern Rock bands)
America
Grand Funk Railroad
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
 
Enough! I'm getting p*ssed off just thinking about it!

bitflipper

Karyn
Bordering on the shameful pleasures list... I like Pink, but I'd never buy any albums. I don't "get" that style of dancy girly pop, but having seen her live act on TV (proper live, not studio) I do admire her singing talent. She has a good voice and could go far..

First is Pink's Funhouse Tour concert video. If it doesn't make you a fan you'll at least appreciate what a monster talent she is. I mean, how many people can sing upside-down? Her Zeppelin and Queen covers alone are worth the price of admission.

Pink, like many of today's female pop singers, is much better than her albums.  The best 20 seconds on her last album is when Lily Allen does a guest shot on "True Love".  If you see her doing a live performance on TV, she sings well, but her last album is just painful me for me to listen to.

Creed and Nickleback must be popular, since they sell a lot of records, even though everyone claims to hate them.  They are kind of like the McDonalds of music.  Everyone says "oh I never eat that !@#$", but you see one on every corner.
 
OT - look up Jim Gaffigan's routine on McDonalds.  I love the part where he's talking about how you react when you run into your friend at a McD.
 
Sad, I had to google to see if it was Mc or Mac.
 
 

Karyn
Def Leppard
 
Yeah, I know they were big in their day. but the "real" rock fans saw them as commercial trash.
 
Over the years I've warmed to many bands and musical genres I once hated/avoided/ignored but I still don't get Def Leppard.

I remember when I first heard "Photograph" I laughed because it sounded like an overfluffed overpolished boy band attempt at an AC/DC song.

dmbaer

Old55
 
I'll start with Fleetwood Mac(the non-blues version).  They may be technically brilliant.  Stevie Nicks may be a great singer, but her voice gets on my nerves for some reason that I can't explain.  

Maybe because it's cloying and somewhat nasal?  I feel exactly the same.  But I don't mind her in the context of Fleetwood Mac.  I do stay far away from here solo stuff, however.

As a solo artist, my feelings on her mirror that of the guys from south park (http://www.southparkstudios.co.uk/clips/104197/looks-like-were-going-to-afghanistan).  But I think she really does a good job as a background vocalist.

mumpcake
 
 
I remember when I first heard "Photograph" I laughed because it sounded like an overfluffed overpolished boy band attempt at an AC/DC song.

I dug Def Leppard - mind you, I was 11 years old when Pyromania came out, and I was merely starting to venture outside of my parents record collection, but it made a solid impression on me. I listened to it again a few months ago, for the first time in over 25 years, and I thought it wasn't all that bad.  I still think there are a couple of pretty good songs on that album, albeit pretty pop. But still, decent songs and arrangements. There were also a couple of interesting things on the previous ones.
 
Photograph and Rock of Ages sort of set the standard for what Def Leppard (and most of the artists produced by Mutt Lange) would sound like in the future. 
 
Hysteria and the following albums I didn't like. 
 
At any rate, as poppy and polished as it is, when I compare Pyromania to current pop music, it puts things into perpective a bit. 

Needless to say, their main influence can be seen in the format of their name.  Def Leppard, Led Zeppelin.
 
I still like their first album.

I liked a few songs off their first album too.  "Let it Rock" was one of the first songs I learned to play on guitar.  I just didn't like the direction Mutt Lange took them in.