Rock is excellent. I can't stand the loop based dance/trance/techo garbage. Nothing worse than listening to a 6 minute loop centered around a drum and bass groove. All of this candy cutter bubble gum pop crap from Spears and the gang has got to go as well. Actually, it's already on the way out. Rock has many forms, personally I think it's at it's best when it's a simple, powerful, song structured so you can tap your feet and sing along with it. If you look at the big picture of rock it is coming back big time. Right now it's at a more pop oriented structure. (Nickleback, Puddle of mud, etc.) Which is fine, that's some good stuff. Most listeners go through a variety of styles, but as you get older almost everyone comes back to listen to some rock tunes. When was the last time anyone over 21 listened to a Brateny Spears or Ricky Martin song? You're only a young adult for about 25 years of your life, think about the kind of music you will listen to for the next 40 years of your life after you turn 25. When you're in your 30's and above it's cool to tap your feet, sing along with some classic tunes, it ain't cool to dance to a bubble gum pop song. Sorry...