Hot Rock on a Fresh Roll

That good old stuff is coming back, displacing dance discs and rap, but it's not quite the same. New attitudes and rhythms are shaking and breaking.

Rock rules again. And you didn't even know it had abdicated, did you? Admit it: you haven't been paying attention. And that's part of the problem.

If you're among the generation that matured with rock -- the same generation that made rock grow from Elvis to Dylan, Berry to the Beatles and beyond -- try this E-Z test at home. What's the last concert you went to see: the Rolling Stones in '89, maybe? And what's the latest CD by a new artist that you bought for your own pleasure? Could it be Chris Isaak, because his hit single Wicked Game...

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