I've always harbored some modicum of disdain for this shite. But I've come to recognize that it isn't just America that's responsible for crappy genres. If you hate grunge and alternative music, imagine my perception of Britpop. It was awful. Just awful. I don't know how it got popular, I don't know how it became critically reviewed, but it's nothing more than a stain on the backside of the nineties.