That's true, I mean your talking to a guy who used to want to be David Cassidy. However the music industry and more specificly rock music is a microcosim of what it once was.
At one time on a pop rock radio station you would hear Southern rock, punk rock, hard rock, heavy metal, piano rock (Elton, Billy or Hornesby), garage rock (Stones), Blues (Stevie Ray or ZZ), some folk stuff, proggresive rock, ballad rock etc, etc.
The point is that there are very few types of rock left in the pop mainstream and it shows with the new artist. Actually it's been coming for awhile (Nirvana and clear channel).