It was pretty evident on their first album, but people fell in love with the music. I liked Illuminadio a lot, but I couldn't listen to much of their Craig-albums.
Yeah... I honestly didn't like them at first but all my friends did and then my friend lent me the deluxe album and I kind of got used to it. I'm sure if he wasn't so overrated it would be different though but I can't stand people who idolize what he does with his voice. It's really no different than a guitarist idolizing someone from a band who literally just plays chugs and breakdowns. There's always a line drawn between a musician and a regular fan at times and being the former you just typically know better.