Damn right, Vertical Horizon. And add Third Eye Blind to that list, too.
All the Coldplays (whom I really like, but lets not kid ourselves, they're not that great) and Radioheads in the world will never absolve U2 for their responsibility for spawning so many radio-friendly unit shifters.
For reals, my hostility is partially in jest.
But you really think U2 had that much to do with Radiohead? I mean sure, they're both from Great Britain and kind of modern rockish, but Radiohead's off the hook while U2 is very much on.
If U2's entire catalog were more like "Zooropa" and less like "Achtung Baby" and "Pop!" I might be persuaded.
This is totally my opinion, and about a billion kajillion people disagree with me, I know, but while U2 were a respectable modern rock band from "Boy" and "War" up through "The Joshua Tree" and "Unforgettable Fire" (you can probably throw "Rattle and Hum" in there, but that's not really a studio effort), everything from "Achtung Baby" on (excepting the anomolous Zooropa) is cookie-cutter.
They're talented cookie-cutters, and by far the best of the cookie-cutters out there, but I'm calling a spade a spade.
I just don't like 'em. No accounting for tastes, though, I know.....