When I was a kid, I loved going for car rides with my dad. We would jump into his red Honda Prelude (not a joke) or beat-up minivan (definitely not a joke) and he would scan through the endless channels of static until he found a classic rock station — blissfully cranking up a song that finally hit a chord. The Eagles, CCR, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; these “classic” bands were all brand new to me, but there was something special about watching my dad sing along to the radio, pound his fists, and take in every second of the wistful joy that overcame him. It was magic in its purest form.

Celebration Rock host and Springsteen enthusiast STEVEN HYDEN can attest to the longstanding power of rock ‘n’ roll because he’s lived through it. In his new book, Twilight Of The Gods, Hyden digs into the demise of classic rock and the fortitude of the genre’s biggest heroes — discussing David Bowie, Robert Plant, and Pete Townshend, and how the prose of those legends have lasted far beyond their “best before date”. Said artists are mythological in stature, but once these figures fade away, will rock music still have the same tenacity as say, the super-human being known as Keith Richards?

In this case, one can only knock on wood and hope for the best. Or ask an expert. We chose the latter as we called Hyden to discuss Fleetwood Mac, classic rock’s expiration date, and how the genre is still having a major impact on younger minds like Lindsey Jordan and Julien Baker.

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