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True, outside of the US, 80's bands have a stronger presence. But still current bands have a stronger influence on kids, even if they like the older ones. When i was in high school, i *loved* led zeppelin, but at the same time, i knew it was old. And even though they influenced a lot of the music i listened to at the time, i was more interested in buying an ESP and looking like Metallica, than buying a les paul and playing recycled 70's riffs. I wanted to play what was new and exciting. I was into Vai too, and would've loved to have one of those JEM guitars, but that was when what he was doing was exciting and new. Then Korn came out using Universe guitars. You think their fans cared they were Vai guitars? No. Then Ibanez made a Korn model because that's what kids want. (Although i hear they didnt sell well because of the ridiculous price). 7-strings never sold that well until Korn came along, period. then more companies started making them, and dropped the prices. In fact hadn't the original Universe guitars already been discontinued for a while? And look at the whammy pedal. Steve Vai was using it, but it didn't really sell until Rage against the Machine and Pantera used it. Likewise kids don't care who originally played I Love RocknRoll. They want to hear Britney sing it. It's a Britney song now. In fact, correct me if i wrong, but it wasn;t even a Joan Jett original. Do i care what the original was? no, to me it's a Joan Jett song. And Enrique Iglesias fans don't care who is playing guitar for him. Nobody goes to his concerts to hear the guitarist, they come to see him sing and look pretty. Likewise, nobody goes to a Santana to hear the bass player. The bottom line is, kids will listen to older music, and the influences of their favorite artists. But it will not resonate with them the same way the current ones do. An endorsement wont really help the EDP unless someone comes out doing something new and exciting that a lot of people can relate to. Ernesto On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 19:34:21 +0200, "Luigi Meloni" <Luigimeloni74@libero.it> said: > Apart from the fact that every MAJOR label has his own charts, but here > in Italy there is something called the FESTIVAL DI SANREMO, that is the > festival of Italian music. Since it is not directed from one major or > another, it is more or less a good view on the Italian COMMERCIAL music > panorama. Since we are talking of INFLUENCES, try to take a listen to > the music, instead of just looking as some charts on the net. There is > also a group whose guitarist (and I think he is 16 or 17 years old) > uses a Steve Vai Jem Guitar and plays solos in the good old 80's way -- ernesto schnack http://schnack.does.it -- http://fastmail.fm/ - IMAP accessible web-mail