Salmo - its just personal taste. Some people like some kinds of music and others like other kinds. Robert F seems to really love the hard stuff. Some on here don't like the hard stuff at all. Its just the way it is.

Personally, I really dislike truck commercial rock and that's my problem with John and Bruce. While their music may be structurally sound, how many songs do they have about "America"? It's like they know that as long as they sing about "America", they will have paycheck after paycheck after paycheck. It's not creative, its commercial crap meant to fill their wallets. I'd also put later Bob Seger into this category.

All that being said, what kinds of music are you wanting to learn about or are you interested in? There is some good modern stuff out there, but you have to look really hard these days to find quality and not commercialism. Give us a lead on your tastes and I bet the fellas here can turn you onto some good stuff.