i will not be missing anything that i would enjoy. in re-reading that i realized it sounded bad. and that's the problem, i suppose, in this realm of who likes what, is its just as easy to say something off-hand without realizing you said it as it is to take offense at something which was not intended.

if one of my bands becomes popular, then good for them. i'll still listen to them. radiohead and pearl jam seem to be household names, and last time i checked i still listened to 'em. the fact is, most of the bands i listen to will never attain widespread popularity. if for some reason the sound i like got big, and stayed true, and the radio started to play it, then i'd start tuning in the radio.

however, it won't happen. it almost happened with the whole emo thing, but then the things about it that made it unique (angular second guitar parts, extended bridges, non-linear song structures) dissappeared and the songs that radio would consider "emo" are not much different from blink-182.