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From the early 90s until about ten years ago I had a lot of young people wanting to learn guitar especially songs by Green Day, Nirvana, Metallica and classic rock (Sabbath, ACDC, etc). That has mostly dried up now. Most young people want to do music they can do by themselves, (hip-hop, electronica, etc).
Rock bands are a dying breed. Go to your local rock club, its mostly middle-aged and older people.
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

 ^ But if you ask the average 25 year-old about the Velvet Underground they're gonna stare at you like you're a college professor.   And Can, well you can forget about a German Experimental rock band making many new listeners.   AC/DC on the other hand, or Zeppelin or the Stones or Floyd or even Aerosmith, and you have yourself an instant set of new fans.




Well to be fair, the AVERAGE 25 year old doesn't even favor rock any more. Many are lost in the world of electronica, hip hop or indie rock post 2000. I'm talking about those who are hardcore music fans and look beyond the shallow radio playing lists, sanctioned top albums by music rags etc.

In all honesty, the public has never been more scattered regarding music but if you go by college radio stations and more aware youngsters, Stooges, Can and proto-punk acts are quite popular.

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^ I think a band such are Humble Pie is considered a footnote in the history of rock. More simply forgotten rather than obscure. They didn't really sell that many albums, and they didn't inspired thousands of young men to form a band. Like VU and Stooges has done. I'm not saying it's not an accomplisment to have a scored US gold album, but it's nothing compared to Led Zep. Not then, and most certainly not now. Humble Pie weren't a world wide phenomena either (like all those nine in the Spotify 200 were), and sold virtually nothing outside the anglosphere.




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70's Classic Rock became a handpicked list and as a result many of the great Rock bands in the 70s are now unknown and unwanted. Some people will hear the band FREE and maybe they'll say " Oh yeah..didn't they become BAD COMPANY? FREE have no real meaning to them short of their connection to BAD COMPANY.
,......but in the late 60s and early 70s FREE were interesting to the American youth.

TEN YEARS AFTER, HUMBLE PIE, RORY GALLAGHER, DEEP PURPLE and others were popular and people collected their albums. Living in those times didn't revolve around just liking Led Zeppelin. Today they are presented as an iconic Rock band from the 70s. I don't personally have an issue with that because Led Zeppelin were huge in the 70s , but so were a lot of other people that played stadiums.

You have to research it's history and not believe in everything the media tells you. Humble Pie are thought to be one of the obscure bands from the 70s. A preposterous silly notion ..way to go! Everyone bought Humble Pie albums in the 70s ..why make it seem like they didn't? Is there any reason to not give them credit?
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Queen (31), The Beatles (44), Elton John (102), AC/DC (96) Fleetwood Mac (139), Pink Floyd (144) The Rolling Stones (148), David Bowie (175), Led Zeppelin (198) are the nine classic rock (or pop/rock) in Spotify's top 200. It's good indication because of the listeners age demographic.  And it looks about right to me. These are the bands that typically re-enter the charts every once in a while. Even with a couple of songs. Some of their albums never leave and have been in the charts for decades. It's not just because old folks still listen to them. It wouldn't be enough.

Hipper bands such as VU, Stooges and Can are bigger than they ever were, but I think you'd need a top 10 000 list before they start appearing. 
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That's for our young users to answer, I hope they do. Tongue
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Most of the youngsters I know listen to Rap/Hip Hop and they wouldn't know prog or classic rock if it slapped them in the face like a wet flannel. Some of them don't even know who Eric Clapton is. Geek
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 ^ But if you ask the average 25 year-old about the Velvet Underground they're gonna stare at you like you're a college professor.   And Can, well you can forget about a German Experimental rock band making many new listeners.   AC/DC on the other hand, or Zeppelin or the Stones or Floyd or even Aerosmith, and you have yourself an instant set of new fans.
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Certainly don't base your conclusions based on classic rock radio stations that seem to be nothing but party music for aging fans who are musically stuck in that era.

While some bands like Pink Floyd and The Beatles are universal and timeless, other bands like The Stooges, Can and Velvet Underground who weren't very popular during their time are now considered some of the best examples of classic rock of the era.

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I guess, if you look at RYM's Rock chart ( https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/1960-1979/g:rock/pop:4/ ),
you'll have a quite good answer to your question, or at least some answers to look further at.
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I see people posting stats and such all over the internet, but I don't think I ever put them altogether, beyond reading it then and there but remembering reading that 70% of the commerce is from bands/artists from the 60/70s, and I'm curious which ones are popular with the young people. The Beatles are probably a given, but I wonder who else. Probably a "colorful" band with someone they've seen on YouTube, maybe not even in a music setting. Maybe interviews? Sometimes a younger celebrity pushes older artists, and if you have 10 million "followers" it can definitely influence. If I had that many, I'd definitely push my favorite stuff, especially the lesser known stuff, but I digress.
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