I agree with that, and all the points, and yeah I know Vai, malmsteen and satch are still releasing material, I just want some NEW talent to arise, some guy with a new style, making something different to listen to, I understand there is a place for everything, but at the moment ESPECIALLY in england, it's all one type of music, you're not allowed to use the top 3 strings on your guitar and you cant go higher than the 7th fret....
And about nirvana and korn, yeah nirvana did do something different, as did korn, but when I first heard them back in 95, I just thought uh-oh something bad is about to break.
At the end of the day I respect whatever music people decide to make, just that back in the 80's and early 90's there was more variety with less bands, if you wanted posey lead guitar work, there were bands that catered for it, you wanted hip hop rapcore? bands like orange 9mm and downset played that music.
Now it's just all one huge great samey music scene. The sad thing is that I do find myself listening to bands and artists who were originally from the 80's, slayer, vai, morbid angel, I just wish people hadnt compromised with music, at the end of the day I'm happy for a band to play what they want, but I've played in bands and had the law laid down to me about what I can and cant play, this attitude sucks. I wrote most of the music in my old band and if I tried to put some kind of lead break in there, the singer would veto it, saying it's just not 'cool'
At the end of the day, who CARES if it's not cool? this was the music *I* wanted to write and hear, and I was prevented from doing it, one of the reasons I quit the band.
I think that with modern music, there are too many limits on what someone can and cant play, maybe skillful music isnt popular, but a band should first and foremost make music THEY want to hear, metallica played like that for years, they got huge without compromising their sound, and I understand so many people think they 'sold out' maybe they're just mellowing in their old age
I think what sparked this off, was about a year ago, I was looking through the metal section at my local record store, and some of the nu-metal kids (pink spiky hair, flares, slipknot hoodie) were making fun of me and told me to stop looking at the wrong music, 'go get some dance music' they shouted, this annoys me, I've been listening to metal since I was 8 years old, prolly before many of them were born. I'm all for kids getting into metal music, but not people with that attitude!