India, Aug. 14 -- Goo Goo Dolls. One generation watched Nicholas Cage play an angel who fell to Earth to be with the mortal doctor Meg Ryan, heard Iris on the soundtrack, and stayed hooked. Another, 28 years on, knows the song from Reels about enduring love and throwback posts from the 1990s. It helps that SZA covered Iris this year, and that their recent singles, Misery and Not Goodbye, are decent listening, no matter your age.

Linkin Park. In the '00s, you could tell an LP fan from a mile away: He was a teen or young adult, listened to music on burned CDs and liked his nu-metal-rap-rock loud and angry. When frontman Chester Bennington passed in 2017, this fan mourned on SoundCloud. Judging by the success of the 2024 comeback album, Fro...