[RLacey]

They're a pop band. They may have experimented with different sounds and styles, but very little comes close to being describable as "rock" music.

I don't know if "pop" has the same kind of negative connotations over here. I don't think it does; I think that some pop singers are looked down upon. The Beatles and Brittney Spears are hardly comparable, for instance, but the Beatles also clearly aren't Queen.