It allows people to get their music heard without anyone paying for it (which is a positive), and it allows people to steal the music of corporate anus-faces who don't have an ounce of talent or a shred of integrity (which is also a positive).

the Presidents of the United States of America, the Beatles, Pink Floyd, They Might Be Giants, Nirvana and Weezer (pre-Make Believe). After that there's the White Stripes, Soundgarden, Whirlwind Heat, Ozma, Jimi Hendrix, Rage Against the Machine, Muse, Queen, Green Day, ...any further into it and it all becomes irrelevant and hopelessly diluted.

Electric Guitar:



Teisco with two single-coils and a missing whammy bar through a Sovtek Big Muff and into an Ibanez IBZ10B solid state bass amp which is patched into a 100 watt solid state P.A. system with two speakers that look like either 10s or 12s.
(additional equipment: Crybaby Wah, Boss Bass EQ pedal, Vox Volume Taper pedal)



Acoustic Guitar:

Valley Green Burst classical strung with .010 GHS Guitar Boomers (and hacked all to pieces with random modifications)


Bass Guitar:


Squier Bronco with custom-installed Mighty Mite Bass Humbucker played through same amplifiers as guitar.
(additional equipment: Big Muff, Crybaby Wah, Bass EQ pedal, Volume Taper pedal)

Drums: Sequenced in Fruity Loops