Thing is, sucking is in the ear of the listener.
Some of the BAnds you mention suck just as much as plenty of stuff today.
Led Zep, for example, a band that owned my high school, pretty much suck. They even had a song where Robby Plant sang suck it suck it suck it over and over in his high pitched woman voice.
but those bands wrote their songs, played their own instruments and performed live.
but those bands wrote their songs, played their own instruments and performed live.
There are probably a hundred million record buyers (past and present) who would strongly disagree with your take on Led Zep, but that's really neither here nor there.
What sort of music (or bands) did you like when you were in high school?
Sorry, anyone who thinks Zep suck indeed had a tin ear.