Bands have formed, same as it always was - but they haven't been promoted. After CDs the MP3s, iTunes, diverse genres, and greedy record labels fucked the music industry. So no "top bands" because the artificial culture we share is pushed on us - and they stopped pushing it.
Also, there were the distinct flavours of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and then...? Time is lost and decades blur into a mess and now generations just blame other generations. This is by design.
In 2006 dubstep was new, with brostep, glitchhop, etc. What's been new since? Not much.
It really has to discourage the newer bands. They'd have to know they can't make a permanent career out of their band even if they are a highly relevant in one moment (as far as bands go). I think about Nothing More. They were pretty cool 10 years ago. I can't imagine they will be playing shows in 30 years (till people die) like Iron Maiden or Metalica, or ELO do. That loss of promotion has to mean they are never promoted into something that can be a permanent gig.
The other sad thing is the loss of sound engineering time these bands get. I don't know if you've heard the more recent Pearl Jam albumbs. Self published college band level quality. I've picked up music at CD swaps on college campuses that sound pretty similar.
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Smaller live music venues it's much the same too.
Bands have formed, same as it always was - but they haven't been promoted. After CDs the MP3s, iTunes, diverse genres, and greedy record labels fucked the music industry. So no "top bands" because the artificial culture we share is pushed on us - and they stopped pushing it.
Also, there were the distinct flavours of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and then...? Time is lost and decades blur into a mess and now generations just blame other generations. This is by design.
In 2006 dubstep was new, with brostep, glitchhop, etc. What's been new since? Not much.
It really has to discourage the newer bands. They'd have to know they can't make a permanent career out of their band even if they are a highly relevant in one moment (as far as bands go). I think about Nothing More. They were pretty cool 10 years ago. I can't imagine they will be playing shows in 30 years (till people die) like Iron Maiden or Metalica, or ELO do. That loss of promotion has to mean they are never promoted into something that can be a permanent gig.
The other sad thing is the loss of sound engineering time these bands get. I don't know if you've heard the more recent Pearl Jam albumbs. Self published college band level quality. I've picked up music at CD swaps on college campuses that sound pretty similar.