Yup, Rascal Flats sucks - as does nearly every neo-country act out there! I'm even gettin' sick of Toby!! I thought he would try to be "normal" but he's gettin' weird too. I really miss the rockin' country from the late 70s through late 80s. I'm glad to see Steve Earle is back in the limelight again.
I'll stick with classic rock bands for the most part, but some of the new stuff isn't too bad. I just wish the really good artists were given proper air play. Sheett... Alice Cooper's Dirty Diamonds cd (2005) is awesome, and I never heard one song from it on the radio. Cheap Trick's Special One (2003) cd was pretty good and I never heard that on the radio either. U2 sucks donkey shit, but they get airplay like it was 1985! Cheap Trick has a new album coming out in February 2006 - lets see if it gets any air play.
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