You're right. I still think that 25 years from now people will be looking back at Rock records and not bland Pop. There's a reason so many people look back at Coldplay's early Rock records and not what they've become. We just live in a culture of mass production and consumption that hopefully fades

We're comparing artists and music who has had time to push through the musical quality filter of time with recent artists who have not yet had that privilege. That's that "nostalgia" you're talking about.

So it's not about quality, just popularity? Arctic Monkeys have 54M listeners on Spotify. Huge albums like HIT ME HARD AND SOFT have rock elements. Olivia Rodrigo blew up recently with 46M. Phoebe Bridgers is the indie rock girl. Big Thief exists and they're INCREDIBLE. Rock is just evolving

In Rainbows came out in 2007 and is one of the best pieces of Rock Music in history. Does it not count because Radiohead formed earlier? BC,NR is the most recent influential Rock band, The Strokes have been putting out Indie Rock for the past 25 years, Swans is a thing, Car Seat Headrest, Hello?????

Indie and Alternative Rock is very much still relevant

Nah, we always loved the night sky and the greater sense of purpose✨

I thought everyone learned this in like 5th grade history

Because what do you mean life evolved for 4 billion years on earth just to lead up to me watching brainrot on tiktok