Yeah, you've got me pigeonholed. Good job.

Dahaq is correct, to not like the White Stripes is certainly a valid opinion, and you can like or dislike whatever you want blah blah blah. Fine. But I didn't say anything about talent. The sort of instrumental talent you're describing means a hell of a lot less to me than the talent required to write a song that I like. The acts I mentioned could've conceivably played rings around anyone in my CD collection, according to the opinions of some, and it doesn't matter one whit to me. I've seen the same argument put forth about how the music of Miles Davis is worthless, on the basis that he was not a superior instrumentalist. To that, and to the comparison that says that any band is better than the White Stripes on the basis of instrumental ability, I say go listen to whatever you want to listen to & don't tell me the White Stripes are this or that merely because you think they can't play well. Don't mean squat to me. That said, Meg White is one of the most inept drummers I've heard in a major rock act, but it's quite beside the point. I care about the way the band sounds more than how they play & most of all the songs they write & cover. So I'll take the worst of their output over the 'best' of any act I mentioned any day of the week. Skippy?