I was still a geek. My point is there are some people who will find something special in every band. Maybe that band will help a person to realize his or her dreams or find his or her true identity. Or maybe a certain band, like Marilyn Manson, will cause a person to go running into his closets and dive under a pile of dirty clothes, shaking and sweating that the band's lead singer will eat him or her. Music hath charm to soothe thy savage breast.
Every musical act has at least one quality that is legitimate.
Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins claimed Brittany Spears' popularity had made him so depressed that he couldn't make music anymore. Psychologists would term Corgan's self-diagnosis as merely retiring to his millions of dollars and sitting on his laurels. Brittany Spears' music is valid. For one reason, many of her songs are good dance songs. People can boogie-down on the dance floor to her songs.