Maybe I'm just an unusual case because I don't know or care what's cool.
I suppose you're ''unusual'' when compared to the large majority of other under, say, 25 y/o's, but I find that if you're interested in an ''older'' band, then you're less likely to care about what's considered cool in 2014. Just take any of the other young people here and it proves my point.
I think that whether something is seen as cool is not actually much to do with the quality of their music, but more to do with their image (which is usually down to their manager's ...