Discussed generational rock bands with a friend. Basically 5 bands that were "the" rock bands for a generation...widely known and popular, put out all the most recognizable music, that type of thing.
Boomers was easy...Beatles, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Eagles, and Led Zeppelin.
Gen X was not very contested either and we settled on Aerosmith, AC/DC, Van Halen, Metallica, and Guns n Roses.
Millennials got more difficult. Ultimately we agreed on Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Green Day, Blink 182 and Linkin Park. I think Korn, NIN, Sublime and Smashing Pumpkins could make a case too.
Then we got to Gen Z and...we had nothing. Like literally, we couldn't think of any widely known, popular, hit making rock band that's come about in the past 25 years.
I suggested Imagine Dragons and maybe My Chemical Romance fits. Am I just totally oblivious to modern rock music? I look at the charts and see Green Day, Metallica, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam...who are the big rock bands of the day currently besides the guys who have been doing it for decades? Help appreciated.
We thankfully never got to Gen Alpha.