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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.

Regardless, there have still been great, popular bands since the 1970's that people will have heard of in 50 years. That was my original point. We could quibble all day on the merits of specific bands. I think we can both agree that the world did not end in 1972.

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