I admire those who can appropriate and then creatively mutate a sound or an idea, and in doing so contribute something positive to all of us... Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Willie Johnson, Sun Ra, Moondog, Alice Coltrane, Fela Kuti, Lee Scratch Perry, Cedric Im Brooks, Studio One, The JB's, Gil Scott Heron, The Last Poets, DJ Kool Herc, Afrikaa Bambaataa & The Zulu Nation, Boogie Down Productions, Chuck-D, Chab Fadela, Ibrahim Ferrer, Ali Farke Toure, Jimi Hendrix (who first opened my ears), The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, Crass, Kraftwerk, Mantronix, Manuel Gottsching, Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Carl Craig, Kenny Dixon Jr, B12/Redcell, The Black Dog / Plaid, Reload/Global Communication/Jedi Knights, Stasis, Reagenz, Aphex, Autechre, Bola, Bitstream, Claro Intelecto, Basic Channel/Rhythm & Sound, Monolake, the Din label, Wolfgang Voight, Geir Jenssen and Murcof...
...and then there are those that merely imitate the music of others and whose business therefore is the reproduction of death :-
bands with 'interesting' hairstyles, fooled by the NME into thinking that they are the next evolutionary step (Coldplay, White Stripes, Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys, Green Day blah blah blah);
All lingering farts (Coldplay, Sting and especially U2);
All those rimmers who jumped on the Cool Brittannia bandwagon
Pink Floyd pre 1972 and post 1975;
Coldplay pre-birth to post-death;
Greedy morons who have destroyed Rap & Hip Hop (50 pence, Tupac, Death Row Records et al)
Those who have destroyed Detroit Techno (Hardcore You Know The Score - the score being that you are utter shite);
All the Autechre/Aphex wannabees;
Pretty boys like James Blunt and Coldplay;
Fake Reggae (UB40, Simply Red); fake Funk (Jamiroquai); fake Punk (Clash, Sex Pistols);
All those late 80's/early 90's upwardly mobile types (Sade, M-People etc...)
All those pretending to be downwardly mobile, then they marry Gwyneth Paltrow (Coldplay);
Prince, Madonna, - shut up!
Kenny G - put it down!
Roger Waters, Phil Collins - plenty more fish in the sea, so just get over it eh?
Crooners (in general)
American Heavy Metal bands (you ain't bad and you ain't loud);
British Heavy Metal bands (except Spinal Tap);
Anyone with 'Bruce' or 'Springsteen' in their name;
Anyone that has inherited genes from both a Human AND a poodle (Michael Bolton);
Any Human-Ostrich transgenic (Cher)
Any Human-Elephant seal transgenic (Meatloaf)
FatboyfookinSlim
Can't comment on classical - mebbe when I slow down a bit eh? 
