Do you get frustrated cause a lot of people like mainstream bands?

[Bodhesatva]

For a lot of people, music is a social phenomenon; it's as much about sharing a feeling or an event with a friend as it is about the actual music in question.

As such, lots of people tend to like the music their friends like -- not only because they actually have occassion to hear it, but because it's fun to be able to talk about music, share music, and go to shows together.

Which explains why music is so top heavy, with the top 200 bands at any given time having 75% of the listening audience, and the other 1000000 musicians in history getting the other 25%.