[LexBaird]

...but it doesn't prove that those bands were anything less than brilliant or revolutionary.

They weren't, unless by revolutionary you mean coming around again on the cycle. Cacophony, pseudo-deep lyrics and incoherent vocalizations are just another pendulum swing that each generation thinks it has discovered.

Oooh, let's shock the Establishment, man. We'll call it jazz/beat/psychedelic/acid/punk/deathmetal/grunge/gangsta.

[MitchellC]

I'm not completely disagreeing with you. Those bands largely rearranged what great bands before them had done, as had those bands, going back. By brilliant I meant they were great songwriters, and by revolutionary I meant they forced a sharp change. If you hate it, then oh well.

[zipper]

The biggest shocker of all is still Elvis.