Why do I hate shredding? I can walk into any guitar/instrument shop in my area(actually 90% of guitar shops in Dublin are on the same few streets beside each other) and hear a barrage of notes from all sides. Its impossile to stand in one of those places. I bought my last guitar in the cafe across the road (it was a Saturday afternoon and there was about 20 people all playing at the same time). The point is, alot of guitarists paticularly under the age of 30 are obsessed by shredding. And alot of them see shredding as the ultimate in music. And a few I know (one in paticular) will harrass you for reasons why you dont like them. Its annoying for the nonshredder.

And by the way, I want to know how anyone can put feeling into a song while playing 20bps+? To be honest, its beyond me.