Oh, and i'm not a hippie, not one bit - I like post-punk and indie stuff and probably listen to a lot of the same bands you do.

Hispanics make up a huge fan base for Morrissey, Asians love psych, power pop, prog and jazz, radio doesn't determine music sales anymore, vinyl is surging in the U.S. and is huge is Europe. None of this matters, because "rock" is now a term that covers a large swathe of the landscape. It's not just Led Zep and Lynyrd…

What? There's no reason to believe that either of these artists popularity will wan in at all. New generations discover them all the time. That's the stupidest thing i've heard lately - and that includes some recent doozys from Rick Santorum and Rush Limbaugh!