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<blockquote data-quote="Ballbo Big'uns" data-source="post: 6308730" data-attributes="member: 6774891">You know...I felt like listening to &quot;Teenage Riot&quot; the other day, so I looked it up on youtube. I haven't gotten around to buying it on itunes, and all my CD's are collecting dust in the attic.Anyway, I read the comments thread and one guy was lamenting how kids have only heard of Sonic Youth because of Rock Band, and the Pixies because of that iphone 5S commercial, and how that makes them &quot;Poseurs&quot; or whatever. But does it really matter where they've been exposed to these bands? Isn't the important thing that these kids are listening to Sonic Youth and the Pixies, and maybe eventually Pavement, Dinosaur Jr. and Redd Kross?If I hadn't started listening to Metallica when the Black Album came out, I never would have discovered Diamondhead, the Killing Joke, or Merciful Fate.If I hadn't heard Dave Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich in Tarantino's &quot;Deathproof&quot;, I never would have discovered the Troggs, The Sonics or Link Wray.It doesn't matter how people get exposed to something...the important thing is that now you and someone else now have common ground. That 16 year old kid who only found out about Social Distortion last year would probably love to hear the stories about you getting drunk with Mike Ness after a show in 1982.As for D&amp;D, it could stand to benefit from the popularity of Game of Thrones...but in my mind the game is primarily about pulp adventure stories from the likes of Robert Howard, Michael Moorcock, Fritz Lieber and Clark Ashton Smith and it should reflect those by default. I wouldn't want to see D&amp;D lose it's over-the-top, Strange Tales, paperback fantasy influences.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ballbo Big'uns, post: 6308730, member: 6774891"] You know...I felt like listening to "Teenage Riot" the other day, so I looked it up on youtube. I haven't gotten around to buying it on itunes, and all my CD's are collecting dust in the attic. Anyway, I read the comments thread and one guy was lamenting how kids have only heard of Sonic Youth because of Rock Band, and the Pixies because of that iphone 5S commercial, and how that makes them "Poseurs" or whatever. But does it [B]really[/B] matter where they've been exposed to these bands? Isn't the important thing that these kids are listening to Sonic Youth and the Pixies, and maybe eventually Pavement, Dinosaur Jr. and Redd Kross? If I hadn't started listening to Metallica when the Black Album came out, I never would have discovered Diamondhead, the Killing Joke, or Merciful Fate. If I hadn't heard Dave Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich in Tarantino's "Deathproof", I never would have discovered the Troggs, The Sonics or Link Wray. It doesn't matter how people get exposed to something...the important thing is that now you and someone else now have common ground. That 16 year old kid who only found out about Social Distortion last year would probably love to hear the stories about you getting drunk with Mike Ness after a show in 1982. As for D&D, it could stand to benefit from the popularity of Game of Thrones...but in my mind the game is primarily about pulp adventure stories from the likes of Robert Howard, Michael Moorcock, Fritz Lieber and Clark Ashton Smith and it should reflect those by default. I wouldn't want to see D&D lose it's over-the-top, Strange Tales, paperback fantasy influences. [/QUOTE]

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