Is rock dead and/or dying?

Started by Nellinator12 pages

Is rock dead and/or dying?

It has been a long time since rock has had anything truly groundbreaking occur. Solid rock bands are few and far between. So talk about rock bands since the mid-nineties that are keeping the rock in rock these days.

I am sorry but rock isnt dead for me
I am listening to some classic rock right now
Rush

I don't think any genre dies.

I think people just remember the amazing bands that came out of the 90s and assume that they all released albums every year, every day. It obviously goes in cycles.

You always discover new music, or older music that comes from a time when you thought a certain kind of music was dead.

-AC

Originally posted by Lightningrod
I am sorry but rock isnt dead for me
I am listening to some classic rock right now
Rush
I'm talking about modern music not really making a lot of progress in rock anymore. Of course classic rock is still rocking, it's my favourite thing to listen to.

foo fighters are still making good music

the pretender is awsome

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I don't think any genre dies.

I think people just remember the amazing bands that came out of the 90s and assume that they all released albums every year, every day. It obviously goes in cycles.

You always discover new music, or older music that comes from a time when you thought a certain kind of music was dead.

-AC

You have you really enjoyed that started after the Britpop wave? All I've really been finding is the industry over-saturated with mediocre indie bands. Muse and Morning Jacket are all that really come to mind for me. And the latter is not that great.

so is there a date when the new gnr album is coming out?

Originally posted by the welsh one
so is there a date when the new gnr album is coming out?
Never is what I say. Likewise GNR is a hold over from an older era. I'm talking about new sprouting bands.

my friends band are kinda uprising

listen to their music on myspace:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=187450807

they won a competition in school and recorded a cd

That is actually very decent for a high school band. If they continue to improve they could well end with a record deal.

Originally posted by Nellinator
That is actually very decent for a high school band. If they continue to improve they could well end with a record deal.

ye they got a gig on the 7th october in the apollo, porthcawl
so things are going preety good with them. im good mates with the drummer so if they keep on improving maybe i could live of him 😂

Tell the drummer he's got to get a bit heavier and be a little more creative with his hands. His bass drum isn't thick enough for my tastes, but that could just be the recording. All around very good for a first recording.

Originally posted by Nellinator
You have you really enjoyed that started after the Britpop wave? All I've really been finding is the industry over-saturated with mediocre indie bands. Muse and Morning Jacket are all that really come to mind for me. And the latter is not that great.

I've enjoyed a great many rock albums this year.

It's not dead, maybe just changing in a way you dislike.

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I've enjoyed a great many rock albums this year.

It's not dead, maybe just changing in a way you dislike.

-AC

Like?

Also, I forgot about Spiritual Beggars. They are one of my favourite bands. One of the few new ones I like. Audioslave was pretty good, White Stripes are okay. Most of that garage rock revival stuff is pretty much generic garbage though.

The White Stripes are a pretty multi-faceted band. I don't think you can lump them in with anybody, i.e. "Garage rock revival garbage".

I've listened to plenty great rock albums this year....
Rush - Snake and Arrows, Tomahawk - Anonymous, QOTSA - Era Vulgaris, Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Black Planet, and The Whitestripes - Icky Thump to name a few.

Originally posted by Nellinator
Like?

Also, I forgot about Spiritual Beggars. They are one of my favourite bands. One of the few new ones I like. Audioslave was pretty good, White Stripes are okay. Most of that garage rock revival stuff is pretty much generic garbage though.

You have different taste to me, so obviously we'll enjoy different albums.

-AC

How does dead and dying work then?

Re: Is rock dead and/or dying?

Originally posted by Nellinator
It has been a long time since rock has had anything truly groundbreaking occur. Solid rock bands are few and far between. So talk about rock bands since the mid-nineties that are keeping the rock in rock these days.

I don't think it's dying, but just changing. I don't really enjoy the direction its been taking, but soon we'll hopefully have some better stuff, more original stuff popping in soon.

The Chili Peppers are still alive and well

They're basically being artificially preserved, though.