Just saw this thread, and wanted to say don't feel too bad tho not all hope is lost for the youth. I'm 21 n my fav stuff is metal all day and night but I also love zeppelin (when people ask y, I love what they do when I explain they're the origin of a lot of rock as we know it). As well as everything from classical, jazz, blues, gospel and more. And I believe in sound quality as well cds only for me no ipod. Can't stand compressed music.
The best part is my 10 yr old lil brother has my same tastes. He hates eminem and lady gaga and all that, and I've found him jammin to blue oyster cult (more cow bell!) Zz top, zep, korn, rage and all the other good ones. (He found all my missin cds and liked them waaay more then what he'd had so I told him keep em) I say get em off the mass media and radio crap it all sucks.