Re:perhaps its also a quality thing (Score 1)

It's probably because you're not listening to the right stuff. Teenie-bopper stuff is contrived. It always has been and always will be contrived. I remember in high school buying tapes of Poison, Bon Jovi, Warrant, Guns-N-Roses, Metallica, and even Winger (Gad! What was I thinking!) Over the years I have developed a more tasteful CD collection (although it still has Metallica and Guns-N-Roses. Some habits die hard, I guess). There's still good music out there, you're just not going to hear it on the radio. I'm not sure how you'll find it, but it's out there. There are still good bands generating good music, but in the days of making a home studio on the cheap, there's more flak out there than there ever used to be.