[Siberys]

Something I've always wondered about classic music from the Rock'N'Roll generation. Bands Like Aerosmith, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Van Halen, Ozzy Osborne, etc; these bands have an incredible lasting value to be honest.

Now, there are bands that have come and gone, sometimes really quick, and sometimes it lasted a while. Sum 41 and Korn were around for a while, but it went rather quickly and you don't hear from them as much anymore. Then the two main boy bands that were around, Nsync and Backstreet boys I heard about for at least half a decade, but my point is, none of the aformentioned bands or anything similar has nowhere NEAR the lasting value of a band like Aerosmith.

They've been around since Woodstock and I'm still hearing about albums or compilations that they're coming out with. A band that was at woodstock you'd think would be retired by now but there was a Concert of Aerosmith sometime after the year 2000 (don't remember when but I know there was one).

So why is it that some of these bands have such a strong lasting value? Is it that their music is really just that good, or is it that members of mentioned bands have other activity going on, on television or something (Like the Osbournes, they have TV shows and talk shows and stuff, so even though you don't see Ozzy Osbourne performing a lot of concerts anymore, you still hear about him and his family)?