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It's not the fault of people who buy disposable music from disposable artists who do nothing more than polute the music scene with their uninventive dribble - those bands will always exist. There will always be good and inventive bands, it's just that people are too lazy to look for such bands and with the way things are set up - it's impossible to rise to any kind of fame without the right connections and a fan base the size of Wisconsin.
Black and death metal are great examples. You've got amazing black and death metal acts that've reshaped the entire market and they'll never be known outside of black and death metal enthusiasts simply because people are far too lazy to venture out and find something new. Death practically invented death metal - almost every death metal act today pays homage (whether they'd like to or not) every time they step on stage and play. These bands have existed and will exist until the last note is ever played - it's just a matter of getting off your ass and looking for the music instead of expecting it to come to you.
What's with all the emo hate in this thread? Half the "emo" bands in this thread that are hated against aren't even emo. There are a number of talented emo and emo-core acts out there that write songs with a purpose and do more than drone on about how Mommy threw out my Twisted Sister records and daddy left. because I didn't make the football team. Also, for a 2-piece band White Stripes (isn't it sans the -the?) are an amazingly versatile band - just listen to "Seven Nation Army". The whole song was done on the same guitar...
What everyone is listening to might suck but what's popular almost always sucks - look and you'll find the good music is there just waiting in antipation to be listened to.
Black and death metal are a great example. There are some amazing black and death metal acts now who continue to reinvent the market every time they put out an album. You've got bands like Death who are known by everyone in the scene but not many people outside of the scene eventhough they're one of the biggest influences on death metal.
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