I couldn't vote here either, but here are my points.

1. Like Mad Yannis said, rock is not dead. But the corporations and radio stations are indeed killing it, if not the musicians and bands themselves.
I don't like how I seem to see that more attention is paid to bands of the past then bands of today. You know why? Because rock music these days has nothing original. I see people like Marilyn Manson, who is a conglomerate of a lot of different things: David Bowie, Alice Cooper, Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails), Skinny Puppy... and the list goes on. I really don't like that. And what about Oasis? They actually admit stealing from the Beatles. And I'm sure there's more bands that I can't think of, who do the same thing.
So, let's admit it, too many bands with influence are carping too much from rock's original past. I look around, and I only see maybe a few original bands: System of a Down, and Rage Against The Machine (who broke up... that really sucks).
Isn't it sad that, back in the '60s and '70s, that so much original music came out in so little time... yet,now, in the same amount of time, all the current rock scene has done is milk the best from that period.
So I can see where the radio stations are coming from when they broadcast classic rock. Because people are still doing that stuff today, and most people (including myself) would rather listen to the older stuff, warts and all, then listen to the best of that era being polished up and sold off as original today.
What rock music needs is, first, some new ideas. And then, it needs to kick itself in the ass and think of some new ways to express new ideas.
And, only then, will rock music be exciting again.