I know everyone will want to kill me after this one....

Shred is dead, because shredders have lost their audience along the way... Instead of writing cool music, they played over vamps (typically on a shred album, an A minor, an E major, 3 rockers, a tribute to Bach, and a ballad) only to show off... Everything has started to sound alike, pretty muck like what we actually hear on MTV with rythm and blues...

Shred is dead, but dedicated players still play their great music, but because of the 80s shredders, they are usually associated with fast licks that all sound the same. Those players are Shawn LANE, Allan HOLDSWORTH, Ron THAL, Sylvain LUC, all those guys use speed as a tool, but their music is miles ahead of our time. But because a bunch of lazy speeders, they'll never reach real success...