Pain of Salvation - i've tried many times to get into this band, but i guess it just won't happen.
A few good songs, mainly Foreword and Flame to the Moth.
I don't really like Daniel Gildenlöw's voice either, so it kinda adds to the problem.
Can understand why people like them though.
Gorillaz - Decent quality throughout most of the material, but i guess the problem i have is that they're very experimental and covers a lot of ground, but i only dig very few parts of it.
Stylo, Feel Good Inc. and Empire Ants are great.
The rest i don't care for THAT much to be honest, i've always found them to be quite hit or miss.
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony is probably one of the most 'classic' songs i remember when being much younger, and it's easily one of the best pop/rock-songs i know.
But apart from it, i don't really care much for the other songs.
I listened some to a "Greatest hits" cd, but nothing really struck me as being that good.
Muse - A band i've never been able to 'get', and most likely never will.
Starlight is a great song, but i've never liked Matt Bellamy's vocals, and after hearing Uprising from the latest album, this band just screams 'boring disco-pop/rock' to me, and it isn't really music i would care to explore.
This is the examples i could think of, because this very rarely happens to me.