Has Anyone With Gauged Ears Ever Created Great Music?

A question for the ages: Has anyone with gauged ears ever created great music?by Dave SegalIt would be a stretch to call Incubus "great." YouTube/Vevo screengrab from Incubus' "Drive"
In Seattle, one can't help noticing the number of people with ear gauges increasing. I realize that this practice must bring the lobe-stretchers some degree of pleasure, and I'm willing to hear the arguments for it, but I hate it both in my lizard brain and from a detached aesthetic viewpoint. My aversion for this