Not really in terms of popularity. Popular music's quality has declined.
I'm talking to Lombardi now and he has an opinion on it too I agree with.
shit bands are popular because they're mindless & people don't want to think about it, they want their music condensed & streamlined to the simplest, most mindless stuff that they don't have to put any thought in -- music for non-music fans who don't want to put too much time & effort into a hobby they don't care much about