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Onlytease is spot on. Especially now with the rise of the 'hipster' crowd. They are right into looking back into music from previous generations and getting right into it. There may well be children who dont know the Stones but anyone old enough to be buying their own tix to Glastonbury knows who they are.
If live music died out in bars in the 90's, it got resurrected at some point. Or maybe things are just different in Vegas than here in Melbourne. I go out to pubs and clubs to rock shows almost every weekend. Just last night I went and watched a show headlined by The Superguns and Dead City Ruins. Dead City have a front man who knows how to work a crowd. Dude jumped from the stage to the bar and walked the length of it without dropping a note. They were really good.
Robbie, I think you're definitely right when it comes to mainstream music. When the rock you are talking about was at its height it was the dominant genre around and when you compare that to what is the dominant genre now, the current music loses. No argument there. But that does not mean there are not some amazing, talented young muso's out there. It just means what they are playing is not mainstream and you have to look a little harder to find it.
as for great front men- Mike Patton. The guy is fucking amazing, and one of the most prolific musicians of our era.
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