Don't get the hate.
First, WSP is easy to avoid. Never on the radio, not on TV, no promo outros. Unless you hang around hippie festivals, I'm surprised you encounter enough Panic to generate the hate.
Second, I guess I can see how some don't like JB's raspy Southern drawl. But if you can't appreciate the guitar work of Houser, Herring and Bell, something is wrong with you.
If you can't appreciate Schools' thumping bass,
JoJo's magic keys,
the best percussion duet since the 1980's Grateful Dead,
something is wrong with you.