Stop

To every single musical ensemble ever in existence:

Incorporating several genres and styles into your sound does not make you a great band. Making great music makes you a great band. In reality, every group can trace their style to any number of roots an influences and listing your influences does not make you cool. Nor does it make you anywhere near as unique as you think you are, for that matter. Saying you incorporate the sound of '70s prog rock groups does not make your band more any more progressive than the next group, especially if you can't list your influences past Yes, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, and Metallica. I'm sick and tired of bands that, while advertising themselves, first say things like "yeah, we mix a lot of styles," "we incorporate everything from hip-hop to folk in our sound," and doing things like listing hundreds of band on their "sounds like" section on their myspace. Seriously, if you can honestly say that Between The Buried And Me as an influence but play pop, you need to take a step back. Genre-bending sounds really unique and original, but its been done before, and quite possibly been done to death.