It appears that the big name in rock is the band David Hinderback. Or something like that-- I've heard that they're all different artists but I can't seem to tell the difference between any of them. It's all the same to me-- plain ole meat & potatoes rock featuring power chords, growling vocals, and power ballads. Lots and lots of power ballads all featuring strings, guitar solos, power chords, and big choruses.

The thing I never get about all those types of songs featuring those type of artists is that sounding that generic appears to be the actual point. Nobody involved in the making of those songs ever stops to think that having the song sound like millions of other songs might not be such a good thing. Wouldn't it be better if, instead of saying "great song! But you know what'll make it better-- how about a guitar solo here that leads into just you strumming on an acoustic guitar and we'll throw in a swirling orchestral background over the chorus which you'll sing endlessly. Also, don't worry about vocals or even your guitar parts because we'll throw it all into ProTools and it'll fix everything" they said "great song, but let's ixnay the guitar solo and instead of straight power chords, we'll throw your guitar through about ten different effect boxes so that it'll sounds like a cat crying out loud after somebody stepped on it's tail and over all that, we'll loop in a sample of some Tuvan Throat Singing and I'm just going to close my eyes on the mixing board and spin the dials and however it comes out will be how we mix it. Oh, and as for your singing, let's record your vocals after you drink about six margaritas and smoke a half a pack of cloves and we'll record it on one try."

See, if they did it that way, I'd be totally into David Hinderback.