I've barely heard any rock worth listening to in the last three years, and those bands you list, IMHO, barely qualify as rock.

Heh, that's not the first time I've heard that. But, as I've stated elsewhere on the board, I'm really open minded when it comes to music. I listen to just about everything that exists. I definitely like some of the new bands, like Creed, Godsmack, Drowning Pool and Disturbed. Doesn't mean I want to listen to them for hours on end. But, then again, I don't want to listen to The Beatles or Pink Floyd for hours and hours either.

I think the only music I truly despise is Country. And I mean new Country. Old stuff like Johnny Cash and Kenny Rogers isn't bad. It's the new crap like Travis Tritt or Garth Brooks that annoys the hell out of me.