I make use of space rather than studio gadgets and effects units. I hate touching eq. I fear subtlety. And RGS was recorded without a drummer. Those are the only differences.
Rock music is the folk music of the indigenous population of the North American continent.
All folk musics draw on the past often redeploying the same themes and symbols in a process of defining and refining the heiroglyphs that describe the human experience. These are then adopted by a next generation. Clearly, there's a conscious choice being made. Because it is a choice there is a reason. You can deduce that reason yourself.