People crave innovation but seem reluctant to fully embrace its consequences. They like the idea of it, so long as it doesn't fuck with certain things they hold dear about the kind of music they like. The general attitude seems to be that innovation is great so long as it still 'Rocks'. Hence the ongoing popularity of bands such as SY and the Valentines - neither of whom, despite their apparent open-mindedness have done much to mess around with the fundamentals of Rock as far as I'm concerned.
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