I dont know what its like in your area but around here in the music scene a lot of the bands are becoming screamo and thrash music. Back during the mid-90's we had an awesome sound of alternative rock.
We went from:
http://myspace.com/6gig
to this
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=427 2706
although this is a good band:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=473 3073