Personally, I like them, but calling them a "defining band" is a bit ridiculous.
They are a good band that sells themselves well. Its one thing to blame their overplaying on CANCON, but fact is, How You Remind Me was the most played song in the US for an entire year, and they remain pretty big across the world, several years after its release.
They are where they are now because they have the talent to get them there. Love them or hate them, but I think they deserve respect for starting off in a hole in the ground that is Hanna, and ending up one of the biggest rock bands in the world.
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