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Originally Posted by Itse
In the early nineties, which was propably the last time this situation existed, peopl who were seriously into rock could and often would know more or less all the classics starting from the sixties (at least by name) and have an opinion on most bands that were even remotely commercially significant at that time. There really weren't that many.
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Rock existed but 50 years if you start counting from the Beatles. If you started out in the 90s, all the 80s stuff should be current to you and you only needed to go back 20 years in the 70s and 60s which you mentioned there weren't that many to catch up on the "classics".
If you started out now, you would need to catch up on classics like Nirvana Peal Jam or even go transatlantic to Blur/Radioheads/Smiths/Joy Division ... which is a huge undertaking in comparison.
It is inevitable you witness this. If you look at classical music which spans a few centuries, eventually, something less important will just die and be forgotten and only the Beethovan/Bach/Mozart remain.
So I predict the Stones/Beatles/Pink Floyd/Clapton will remain relevant in 100 years but the lesser acts like Police/Dire Straits/Pearl Jam/Soundgarden that were once creme of the crop of their generation will fall into obscurity.