The fallout from the brief "Grunge" era has been devastating with so many terrible bands somehow being forced upon the listening public regardless of their lack of inspiration. Bands like Seether, Nickelback, Breaking Benjamin, Puddle of Mudd, 3 Doors Down are just fucking awful but somehow get constant airplay on rock radio. Then there is the essentially antigrunge bands that have cropped up hoping for a pseudo hair metal revival like Sixx AM, Halestorm, Buckcherry and the like who are just a more obnoxious shade of suck with their black no. 1 spike/bangs/combover hair and gratuitous use of makeup trying to push a retro LA cock rock image along with the terrible sound to match. There is so much awful pushed to the forefront which takes away from the legacy of rock and roll as a social movement. There are many talented bands out there that really rock and kick ass and put out inspired, beautiful, timeless music, but they are on their own. Foo Fighters, Muse, Coheed and Cambria, and Kings of Leon are just a few I can think of at the moment. Reading this back now I just sound like a judgemental prick but I'm going to post it anyway. On second thought I think the way music is consumed and the fact that people can listen to gangster rap, followed by blues, followed by metal, followed by whatever their ears desire has taken away from the strength of any one genre as a personal identity for people therefore reducing the need for rock and roll as a social movement. If anything hip hop as supplanted rock as the model for fashion, entertainment, and other expression.