Man, I really can't stand music like Rush. I would be at least ambivalent, indifferent at worst, about them if I didn't have to deal with a bunch of numpties who think they're simply the greatest band ever. And it's not even that they have poor taste, it's that they think using fucked up time signatures, and having a technically talented drummer somehow make their opinion objective, and not just a matter of taste. Butt-rock, and all forms of "watch me shred!" music are just not my thing. I like the sound of a nice guitar, but I can't stand going to guitar conventions because I'm just so bothered by all these... dudes and their unpalatable taste in derivative "play-scales-really-fast" taste in music.
/rant
(prompted because of Tom Sawyer currently playing on a Twitch TV stream, stream chat going wild)