You don't reach that category in 'your own time'. Bands like Boston, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi etc. all achieved massive success on multiple albums, but would you put them in the league of Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin (in terms of popularity, not quality)?

No, you need to show consistency for that type of status. You have to come back after a few bad years and show that you still got it, that you have the ability to move not only one generation, but two.

Bands like Zeppelin and The Beatles are exceptions. Their material was simply too great for people to forget them. If Metallica and Axl can achieve another smash hit in the next few years you'll see them doing Stones type of tours in 5 years time.

Aerosmith is not in that league btw. In the US perhaps, but over here they're just another american band.

Getting older is fine. I love seeing Stones and Aerosmith shows even though they're not what they used to be. It's about adapting the style. Metallica however seems lost in that they still perceive themselves to be as badass as they were in the heyday. Same thing can be said about Axl on certain songs.

The show I saw (Pink Pop, Holland) was 'alright', but mostly it gave me the feeling of a cash grab and a sense of not keeping up with their own material. I'm not a fan, but I like a handful of songs. This night they gave me nothing.

When we saw Rage Against The Machine the next day we could clearly see the difference in the bands will to perform, and they're not spring chickens anymore either.

That's all well and good, but what happened to privacy? People seem to think it's ok because it's the internet, but really it's nothing different than going through your drawers or opening paper mail.

Viacom may think they're losing money, but what does that got to do with us? Sue google all they want, but stay the fuck away from the users.

Fuckin' multicorporations. They say jump, everybody say 'how high?'. Oh dear, we only made a 100 trillion last year, what a crime!!!