Illiteracy....What does that word even mean?

Alright so check this out I would totally think its awesome if everyone could post a response about this, if you choose not to do the whole 5 sentence thingy that’s totally cool but I wanna hear some peoples opinions on this. So me and my friend tyler were drivin around in my car and talkin bout music which is what we always do. And he poses the question “If you could pick two bands that defined rock music and what it is about, Who woulds you pick?” Suprising enough out of everyband in the world we selected the same two bands. The Foo Fighters, and The Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Now they are not our favorite bands but we believe that they define the genre so I pose the question to the rest of you. Pick the genre, pick your two favorite bands, and determine whether they are there for the music or for the life style. So I throw out the Genre of Punk Rock, what band would you ask someone to listen to if they have never heard of punk rock, if I were to choose newer bands, I would say Green Day and Rise Against, two bands that have gone out there and proven that they are here for the fans and for the music. Now the Sex Pistols would be a great example to give out there but they are a fairly “older band” and there are plenty of others to choose from, now everyone else throw out a genre and pick your musicians, you might learn something. Weird.