[Hodar]

There is very good rock music out today.

Beg to disagree with you; I'll let 'time' be the judge. Name your favorite group, buy a couple albums - then in 5 years see if anyone has heard of them; or if the group has a hit on the radio. Hootie and the who? Pearl Jam - what's that? Blink 1-something 2? I could go on; but you get the idea.

[Mr. Blonde]

Darius Rucker (Hootie) had two number one country songs last year.

Pearl Jam was atop the Modern Rock Chart in 2006 when they released their last album with Worldwide Suicide, the album made it to #2. They have a new album out in the fall and a Tour. The announced dates are either festival headliner gigs or arenas.

But bands like that aren't really what I'm thinking of even though I think Pearl Jam has remained pretty relevant for a long time.

I was thinking more of bands like Wilco (This by the way is an awesome video which highlights Tulsa's Cain's Ballroom). 5 years ago they were releasing A Ghost is Born. It was their first debut inside the top 10 and they won two grammy's for it. This year they released another album, Wilco (the album), it has sold decently well and got their typical excellent reviews.

They are never going to sell as well as some bands that I will agree are awful but pushed by corporate radio (Nickelback). That has nothing to do with quality though.

Radiohead officially became the best thing ever according to some in 1997 when they released OK Computer, which Pitchfork declared the best album of the 90's in 2003. Last year they managed to self release the also highly acclaimed In Rainbows. Even though the initial release was digital and for however much you wanted to pay (including free), the physical release still went to #1 a few months later.

How these albums will be viewed in 15-20 years is anyone's guess, but they are definitely still good today.

On the more commercial side, The Foo Fighters are releasing both mainstream and quality rock.

Other bands out today worth a listen, Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, Anything Jack White touches, in this case The Raconteurs

They aren't as big as the bands you mentioned earlier, but they have also come along at a very different time when rock music isn't the dominant genre and radio has changed at least the way I see it.