right now i'm watching the digital tv channel "the hits" and i'm amazed to see kerrang's top 100 rock videos. it's bloody strange to see rock on tv, it's as if the majority of the population of the world (or maybe just uk) is either into coldplay/madonna/britney spears or 100 africans drumming a beat and calling it the new amazingly different thing / world music.

i'm not saying rock music is the be all and all, i'm just saying that wow it's definately exited the mainstream in recent years (i'm not talkin about your chili peppers i'm talkin about your metallica/offspring/guns'n'roses etc.

will rock ever re-enter the more mainstream market?