Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler just released his first country single

[FishingRod]

Part of the issue is that the country music stars realize where their money is coming from and put great effort into at least pretending to love an appreciate their fans. Too many of the rock stars thought it was cool to show disdain for the very people giving their hard earned dollars to see their shows and buy their music.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by FishingRod

Too many of the rock stars thought it was cool to show disdain for the very people giving their hard earned dollars to see their shows and buy their music.

Recording artists and bands from the 1950's to the end of the "Hair Metal" bands in the late 80's should not be included in your statement.

Say what you will about the MTV era of "Hair Metal" but it was an absolute blast and there was a ton of interaction between the band members and fans (especially the girls).

After "Grunge" took over, there was a lot of apathy (and a lot of clones) and the genre quickly died out, leaving rock music very splintered.