NAME ONE MUSICAL ARTIST YOU ABSOLUTELY HATE

1* Michael Jackson – I don’t know what it is exactly, but something about the man makes me want to wring his neck. Maybe it’s the fact that he owns the ENTIRE Beatles collection and won’t put it on iTunes. I don’t know, but he creeps me out. – Christie Franke

2* James Taylor – I’m not sure why, but whenever I see a picture of James Taylor, I get really angry. And I feel like he knows I’m angry and he’s happy I’m angry, and not only happy, but having an orgasm, and when he peaks, he whispers “Sweet Baby James,” which only makes me angrier and so he’s having this perpetual, god-defying, “I am James Taylor hear me roar” orgasm on my dime, and…don’t even get me started. – Steve Coons

3* Rather than shoulder the burden of naming names and instead of exposing those whose contribution to music or fashion has left the world a collectively lamer place, I respectfully submit to the staff and readers that perhaps we all should strive a bit harder to hate the game and not the playa. OK fine, Papa Roach. – John Collins

4* The Cure – I’m not entirely sure what it is about them, but I have never, ever liked this band. It might be Robert Smith. It might be that all scenester kids have, at one point in time, professed their undying love for this band8212;even though I’m sure they’ve never actually heard them and are just trying to be cool. That might be it. They’re also annoying. – Trevor Hale

5* Avril Lavigne – Legend has it that she originally wanted to sing country but execs in suits decided she needed to be “punk.” She spinelessly obliged, but if you listen to anything past her radio singles, she basically does sing pop-country8212;not like the singles are punk in any way, either. I wish she had started out in country-land, so I could be blissfully unaware of her existence. – Alyssa Bailey