Whenever people ask me what music I like, it's always difficult to give a simple answer.  If I says I like rock, people say, "Oh, like Dashboard Confessional and Franz Ferdinand."  No.  If I say I like Phish, they say, "Oh, like Dave Matthews and stuff like that."  No.  Hard rock.  "Metallica."  No.  Forget it. 

So to quantify my taste in music, I'll identify bands I hate and bands I like. 

Bands I Hate (with explanatory phrases)
Bob Dylan - Should've been a poet instead of a singer, whiny, sloppy
Bruce Springsteen - Big ugly songs, annoying
George Thorogood - Blatant alcoholic, depressing, all songs sound the same
Grateful Dead - Weak, sloppy
Rod Stewart - Unworthy sex symbol, annoying, bad hair, old
Rolling Stones - Sloppy, unworthy sex symbols, some good songs
Stevie Nicks and/or Fleetwood Mac - Girly, annoying
Tom Petty - See Bob Dylan, some good songs

Bands I Like (with descriptive words)
AC/DC - Simple powerful rock
Black Crowes - Soul groove
Blues Traveler - Songwriting together harmony
Jet - Simple powerful rock
moe. - Jam improv energy
Phish - Jam improv climax jazz complicated talented intricate
RAQ - Complicated talented organized together
ulu - Jazz funk improv
Umphrey's McGee - Smart complicated talented jam hard rock
Weezer - Simple powerful together #music