Who Says Rock Is Dead? [UPDATE]

What’s this about rock being dead, murdered by unscrupulous pirating kids? That notion spouted by Gene Simmons received quite a bit of attention earlier this month, caryring all the way up to CNN. (Check out the CNN article here which even links back to something I wrote on the subject. Cool!)

In my piece, I opined that kids were still discovering the glories of three chords and an attitude. And a new survey published by the BBC seems to bear me out.  Here are the top instrument choices made by kids for music lessons in the UK:

• Keyboard 30%
• Piano 28%
• Recorder 28% (WTF?)
• Classical guitar
• Drum kit 14%
• Electric Guitar 13%
• Violin 12%
• Percussion 6%
• Bass Guitar 5%

The full story can be found here.