Agreed. And stop calling Slash. Ozzy + Slash = ehhh

Bono wrote:

Von wrote:

Kids need music to listen to just like us. The more cynical people get about pop music, the older and sadder they seem. Just roll with it.

The thing about that though is when I was a kid the top bands were Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Radiohead, Oasis, Guns N' Roses, U2, Metallica, Smashing Pumpkins, Soul Asylum(huge for a short stretch),  Counting Crows(like SA), Offspring, etc etc. They were always more popular than the crap manufactured stuff. We had bands that were easily recognizable as instant classics where as the last ten years have produced NO top 40 classic bands. What will kids look back on 10-15 years from now? Nickleback?  Maybe Coldplay?  Theres really nothing. Music has changed and even though I get what you're saying Von it just doesn't add up cause the music is such an after thought compared to what it used to be. Now it's about the package more than ever. The best music back in the  day was popular. It's not anymore.  Look back through the  decades. The best music or a huge amount of the best music was always  the most popular music. That changed in the mid-late 90's.  That was the era where we stopped getting  mass appeal classic albums.

There are very few bands that could possibly have any real staying power years from now.  Off the top of my head, the only more recent band that I could see having a following a decade from now is Avenged Sevenfold.  Whether you like to admit it or not, that band is very popular and they are also very talented musicians. 

I almost don't even like going to concerts anymore because of the opening bands.  They are usually just loads of shit.  Last night I went to a A7X/Buckcherry concert, and the two opening bands were Papa Roach and Saving Abel, and both bands sounded so much a like.  The only real way you could tell them apart was by how much Papa Roach swears and how they look. 

There have been very few concerts that I have been to where the opening bands were really good or stood out.  One was the VR concert where AIC opened for them.  Then probably the only other one was the STP concert where Black Rebel Motorcycle Club opened.