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Originally Posted by Reaper16
All we lack is great mainstream bands. We are in over our heads in artistically relevant bands - great musicians and songwriters - in many genres. It's just that they play radio unfriendly (read: good) music.
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I fully disagree.
I rarely, if ever, hear a "great" young musician.
Most don't have a style or sound of their own and most can't play outside of their specific genre. That doesn't meet the "great" test, IMO.
If we break it down further, there is no EVH, Randy Rhodes, Gary Moore, Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai or Warren DeMartini of the past decade. No player that has transcended the genre and taken guitar to new heights.
There is no Neil Peart, Keith Moon, John Bonham or even Matt Cameron in the past decade.
There hasn't been a bassist with the impact of Chris Squire, Geddy Lee, Steve Harris, Billy Sheehan or John Entwhistle, let alone Jaco, Jeff Berlin or Stu Hamm.
And don't get me started on singers, Autotune and Melodyne.
It is just not the same.