Australian band The Vines released their debut album, Highly Evolved, in 2002 to critical acclaim. They were hailed as one of the best new rock bands to emerge during the period where The Strokes and The White Stripes were also earning raves.

I never really got on board with that slate of garage band revivals. I dabbled in The White Stripes several years later when Jack White took their music in more interesting directions.

I’m reminded of a point frequent commenter Dana made the other day about hard rock/heavy metal. He said his appreciation for the genre is pretty much cemented in his teenage years with bands such as Led Zeppelin and Van Halen.

I feel the same way about straight-up rock bands. Give me The Rolling Stones or The Who any day, but these new-millennium rockers bore me.