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Today's mainstream rock "sound" has nothing to do with traditional notions of style–as in
heavy metal, southern boogie or progressive rock – and everything to do with such
production effects as a fat guitar sound or a hot vocal mix. Thus, a quasi-metal bar band like
REO Speedwagon ends up sounding the same as one-time progressives Foreigner, and most
of what's heard on rock radio is so similar you almost need a program to tell the... More >