A song like "The Chain" is so profoundly influential on a band like the Decemberists that one could almost accuse them of ripping it off. Even songs on their other records like "Landslide" have gone from your mom's favorite song to a legendary ballad held in esteem by singer-songwriter indie rockers around the world.

Dare I say it, my generation has all but abandoned the distorted guitars and revolutionary attitudes of metal to embrace plaid shirts and beautiful chord melodies. In essence, this is the Fleetwood Mac generation. Almost every twentysomething I know now adores the band and their inestimable influence on modern rock music.

When Fleetwood Mac plays in Houston on Monday, it will be the first show in our city as a full lineup in at least 20 years. But it will also be the first show they've played in Houston where their audience will be so vastly mixed. This isn't going to be a classic rock show where the average age of the audience member is middle-aged. It will be a legacy show, where everyone from teenagers to people in their thirties will congregate to pay their respects to the fore bearers of a genre.

The Mac is back, and bigger than ever.

Fleetwood Mac performs Monday, December 15 at Toyota Center, 1510 Polk. Doors open at 7 p.m.

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