[Grando Calrissian]

The Ramones were on the cusp of the 1980's, but you may be right.

The Talking Heads are still played on the radio as much as Floyd or the Stones, and musically speaking, put out some pretty innovative music on par with the "Big 4".

The Beastie's are most certainly not a one-hit wonder, and are actually pretty similar to Floyd. Their albums might not come too often, but there isn't a weak one in the bunch.

[discostu]

The Ramones exploded onto the popular scene when they appeared on Shanana towards the end of the 70s, but they'd been around a while already. Old band.

I still dig the Talking Heads, a remarkable band, but I'm not hearing them having much in the way of continuing airplay.

There might not be a weak Beastie Boy album in the bunch, but they're not stacking up anywhere near the sales and getting little if any continuing airplay.

It's not just a matter of quality it's also a matter of public awareness. Somehow Zep still remains huge, I think the heavy tie-ins to LOTR helps a lot it means fans of one get turned on to the other. But we can't leave out that they're the prototype hardrock with brains band. No rock and roll station or heavy metal station can claim any validity if Zep isn't on the playlist, they embody their genre more completely than any other band except maybe the Stones.