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Jimmy Buffett, The B-52's (sorry it's a karaoke nightmare), and U2.

I won't listen to anything with that retarded auto-tune.

Neko Case in a 2006 interview with Pitchfork Media gave an example of how prevalent pitch correction is in the industry:

I'm not a perfect note hitter either but I'm not going to cover it up with Auto-Tune. Everybody uses it, too. I once asked a studio guy in Toronto, "How many people don't use Auto-Tune?" and he said, "You and Nelly Furtado are the only two people who've never used it in here." Even though I'm not into Nelly Furtado, it kind of made me respect her.
 
Everything is autotuned. Relax.

I don't despise bands for real, but like Robyn, some stuff makes me want to jump off a tall building to end my aural misery.

This includes any kind of airy pop-rock with a grandiose vocal style. Prime offender is U2, and I can't believe that U2 wannabes like Arcade Fire got to win Album of the Year. It was bad enough that they won - when they launched into one of their atrocious non-songs to close the Grammys, I felt like headbutting my TV into oblivion.
 
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Everything is autotuned. Relax.

I don't despise bands for real, but like Robyn, some stuff makes me want to jump off a tall building to end my aural misery.

This includes any kind of airy pop-rock with a grandiose vocal style. Prime offender is U2, and I can't believe that U2 wannabes like Arcade Fire got to win Album of the Year. It was bad enough that they won - when they launched into one of their atrocious non-songs to close the Grammys, I felt like headbutting my TV into oblivion.
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It's usually the vocalist who sends me over the edge of sanity. I simply can.not.stand. Chris Cornell. I want to tear my eyeballs from their sockets every time I hear his voice. Same with that Korn fella. I'm not saying the band stinks...just the singer.
 
The first few that come to mind in no particular order:

Eminem
Tool (the name is incredibly appropriate)
Tiesto (fraud)
Darude
Marilyn Manson (fraud)
The White Stripes
Poison
Pit Bull
T-Pain
Usher
Korn
 
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Pre Cher believe most music didn't have auto tune.

And it didn't really become much of a fad till Kanye.

Sorry if I offended any Kanye lovers...it's basically garbage and proves how little talent the vocalist has.
 
I have a really serious internal debate when deciding what to put on my iPod and iPhone from time to time. I have a very extensive music collection. I feel like certain bands should always be accessible to listen to just because of their popularity. However, I'll put them on there and never once listen to them. U2 was an offender of this. Elton John. Police. Pearl Jam. Nirvana. Metallica.

The list goes on...
 
Cougar, your Cher comment is false. Cher's producers were the first to manipulate auto tune to achieve that effect. Auto tune already existed. Voice signal processors were available to big studios well before "Believe". It was quite common to use processors to correct pitch.
 
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