Am i alone in despairing of the state of english rock music the last few years.Or have i turned into a mardy git.

the state of music full stop these days is despairing!

True very good point.Will gladly agree.

I have to listen to pop music at work and it is very depressing. I blame Simon Cowell and his ilk. Manafactured pap i call it. I have to go home and listen to Slayer, Mastodon and the like to regain my sanity.I have just bought the debut albums by The devil you know and Anti-Morten, they are very good. I cant even think of any decent English bands that are putting new stuff out at the moment.