Actually, word has it from several of the folks on this forum who were there is that their was plenty of stuff like the Beatles when the Beatles came out- They were just the guys who managed to sell big.

The rest is history.

As for what's next? Who knows? And why does it really matter? I think I've said this before, but I'm planning on playing the music I love weather I have to work at McDonald's to support myself or if I get the privlege of playing it to sold out stadiums. And if on the off chance that playing the music I love gets me to that point, I'm sure the words "trendy," "sell out," and other itterations of such will probably be applied to me and my band.
-Oh well.