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Rock solid: the White Stripes, the Strokes, and the Hives.(rock music)

The New Yorker

| April 22, 2002 | Greenman, Ben | COPYRIGHT 2002 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Will pop -- Britney, J. Lo, 'N Sync, and the rest -- kill rock? Whenever rock music has been threatened in the past (by disco, by New Kids on the Block), it has rebounded (with punk, with grunge). Sometimes it has wobbled, sometimes it has teetered, but it has never completely fallen down. As Neil Young put it, "Hey, hey, my, my, rock and roll will never die."

But upon closer inspection Young's Theorem breaks down. True, the best-selling act of 2001 was the alternative-metal outfit Linkin Park, and similar groups like Creed, P.O.D., and Puddle of Mudd have also sold in the millions. But these bands aren't exactly playing rock and roll. Though the dictionary might ...

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