The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.
That's one reason why it's pretty worthless, I can't totally buy it, if you think about it, it's things like the Phil Spector records. On one level they were rebellion, on another level they were keeping the teenager in his place.
Nothing ever quite dies, it just comes back in a different form.
No, I see it as meaning very little at the moment because none of the groups are about anything.
No I don't think it was a myth at all, anymore than what the recession that the whole country was experiencing was a myth, which obviously seems like it's going to get worse and worse.