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Originally Posted by Terri

You can't think 90's without STP, NIN, Nirvana, ect

So. Ouch. It's a sad thing that the 90's are generally associated with what you can broadly refer to as grunge (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, STP) and a couple of marginal bands/artists (NIN, RATM) as these being the highlights, or rather even these being the only thing that really happened. How painful. The 90's brought so forth so many amazing records. Where do I start? In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel)! Loveless (My Bloody Valentine)! Viva Last Blues (Palace Music)! Pop Tatari (Boredoms)! Spiderland (Slint)! End on End, Nowhere, Ocean Songs, I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One, etcetera etcetera. Amazing pieces of work that are generally overshadowed by the massive focus on uninteresting work that's generally typified as 'defining of the decade'. The same happened with the 80's, the 70's, the 60's - frankly, with every single decade. The 80's? Wasn't that the age of disco? No, it was the age of Psychocandy (The Jesus & Mary Chain)! Daydream Nation (Sonic Youth)! Today (Galaxie 500)! Songs About ****ing, Closer, The Queen Is Dead, Isn't Anything, You're Living All Over Me, etcetera etcetera. Like I said, the same goes for the 70's and every decade before it.

Originally Posted by Terri

I am also guilty of anti-new music. yeah, shoot me. I don't see mutilizing, sell-out guys drowned in make-up gracing Pop Beat as serious. I don't see strumming a few power chords with tweaked out amps to be considered a good guitar player. I'm not shallow, I don't think I'm better because I don't listen to it, I'm just not fond of it.

Your last sentence kind of saved that paragraph, but with the rest I (quite thorougly) disagree. Making such generalisations about modern music is similar to stating that all 'classic' rock is downright awesome. Sorry, but if this statement is the result of your knowledge of contemporary rock music, I'm afraid that knowledge is close to non-existing. Do you have any idea of what wondrous things are happening in rock nowadays? Go hear Feels (Animal Collective)! Those Who Tell The Truth... (Explosions in the Sky)! Seadrum/House of Sun (Boredoms)! Ta Det Lugnt (Dungen)! 9PM at GFM (Gaji)! Return to the Sea (Islands)! Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada (Godspeed You! Black Emperor)! Go hear Neutral Milk Hotel, Hella, Nervous Cop, Six Organs of Admittance, Sleater-Kinney, The Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade, The Fiery Furnaces, Low, Love Is All, Mono, Envy... then come back and give your well-formed opinion.

Originally Posted by Terri

I personally cannot help but to fall back on statistical, classic rock songs because not only did I grow up on it, but it's hard to find music today that can match up to it.

Obviously you are not aware of the likes of revolutionary and amazing artists comme Will Oldham, Joanna Newsom, Sam Beam, Ben Chasney, Jeff Mangum, Animal Collective, Phil Elvrum, UA, Fiona Apple, Jon Brion, Vashti Bunyan, Yamatsuka Eye, Mick Turner, Jim O' Rourke, Keiji Haino, Bill Callahan, Islaja, etcetera etcetera. That said, I think I made my point, didn't I? The emphasis on 'classic' rock, or generally: music, for that matter, is simply ridiculous.

Originally Posted by Terri

You can't find guitar players, song writers or anything that would compare. You're lucky if somebody screams for more than 4 minutes to please 10 yr old goths.

Again with the generalisations... Describing yourself as not being narrow-minded, then going on to write this? I'll just say: go and hear some of the things I recommended, then come back and restate your opinion.