80s was probably the peak. 90s started the descent, however somewhere around early 2000s it just cliff disappeared. I believe this is because stuff like napster killed the whole music industry except for the globohomo's ability to pay for some high production bands. And because those bands were globohomo, they just naturally killed themselves. Now there is nothing.
And I don't necessarily mean literally nothing. There are some indie bands and one man show bands that did well but they're all indie (thinking of Fitz and the Tantrums, bonobo, Amon tobin, Telan Devik, Lofia Soren, RJD2).
But this a drop compared to the new talent and work that would have come out in a decade 90s and prior.
Funny you say that, I was typing the same statement about 80s/90s.
I do like some 2000s rock/metal, but I'm primarily listening to the 80s.
System of a Down's "Steal This Album" was probably one of the last pre napster music economy album's made.
I stole it
I see, yeah this is a great documentary, moving and well done.
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