I'm a little late to the game on this one, but "Rainier Fog" by Alice in Chains is a fantastic record, IMHO, and deserves heavy airplay on whatever 'rock' stations might still exist. Unfortunately, even stations in Seattle don't play anything AIC other than "Would?," "The Rooster" and maybe "No Excuses."
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Is Rock Dead?
- Thread starter easyj
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Here in c-ville there is a decent HD FM station that plays new rock music but it gets little to no advertisement and the signal barely reaches past 20 miles. Sad facts of “progression”.
At my school, a lot of kids bash rock. They say the genre is crap. I try my best to keep it alive. No one listens, but it's okay. I'm literally the only one that wears classic rock shirts every day. I wrote on the bored in ELA, 'rap is crap, listen to rock'. It got erased by some kid.
But I was told by family that maybe with the Queen movie, rock might make a comeback. Hopefully, it does.
I've loved rock for 15 years and it's sad seeing the genre drop.
But I was told by family that maybe with the Queen movie, rock might make a comeback. Hopefully, it does.
I've loved rock for 15 years and it's sad seeing the genre drop.
To me if there is no guitar, then it can't be rock ...
Metallica is rock music ? no that's metal ... come on ... rock music is so broad that the term have no value anymore. Everything can be rock music to some people.
Also I think the Rock genre was a time bubble that may never happen again ever. Before both WW there wasn't that much big selling of music, it was there, you could make money but it was it. Then the stardom Rock came out and every teen of the post WWII was all for it. It made a seperation of the mentallity of before WWII and after.
Those teen used music ... teens now use environment as a way to make change in their world. They all talk about taking care of our planet because it gets hotter, species disappear and we (human) are quite a lot, maybe too many for this planet to support our way of life.
They don't use music.
So what ?
I think it is a good thing that the music scene shrink a little bit. Maybe we will see less cover band and more people who create music instead ... and the people that will stay in music will really like music.
Metallica is rock music ? no that's metal ... come on ... rock music is so broad that the term have no value anymore. Everything can be rock music to some people.
Also I think the Rock genre was a time bubble that may never happen again ever. Before both WW there wasn't that much big selling of music, it was there, you could make money but it was it. Then the stardom Rock came out and every teen of the post WWII was all for it. It made a seperation of the mentallity of before WWII and after.
Those teen used music ... teens now use environment as a way to make change in their world. They all talk about taking care of our planet because it gets hotter, species disappear and we (human) are quite a lot, maybe too many for this planet to support our way of life.
They don't use music.
So what ?
I think it is a good thing that the music scene shrink a little bit. Maybe we will see less cover band and more people who create music instead ... and the people that will stay in music will really like music.
since the early 1900s most genres did not stay in the popular mainstream for very long. if anything Rock lasted longer than most. how long was jazz in the mainstream for?
I think we will see the opposite as fewer, mainly older people listen to rock music. They want to hear what they already know.
Not entirely true. I guess I'm one of the mainly older folks now - turning 60 this year. I like listening to what I grew up with, but my popular music tastes go back beyond the 60s and 70s. Probably because I like chasing the roots of some of the music I grew up with. Lots of great blues and jazz and swing and big band. I make sure to buy the Grammy albums every year to see what's popular now. Sometimes there's something that will spark an interest and I'll find a new band to listen to.
But yes, I agree that Rock is becoming a niche genre. There's hope though. I have a nephew who just turned 18 and is on a full music scholarship for bass - upright and electric. He's still enamored with jazz and rock.
But yes, I agree that Rock is becoming a niche genre. There's hope though. I have a nephew who just turned 18 and is on a full music scholarship for bass - upright and electric. He's still enamored with jazz and rock.
Do we have a prayer that some creative new band will put a spin on things and bring rock back for us?[/QUOTE]
Why are you waiting for someone else to provide you with new material? All those 'Cover Tunes' were someone else's original ideas and they forged ahead with them. You can do the same! My band here in Vancouver is called Orphan Alley and in addition to some Soul, Funk & R&B covers we write a LOT of original material that we play to great reception! While you're waiting for someone else to write, maybe your audience is waiting for you to do the same...?
Why are you waiting for someone else to provide you with new material? All those 'Cover Tunes' were someone else's original ideas and they forged ahead with them. You can do the same! My band here in Vancouver is called Orphan Alley and in addition to some Soul, Funk & R&B covers we write a LOT of original material that we play to great reception! While you're waiting for someone else to write, maybe your audience is waiting for you to do the same...?
One thing that I find absolutely hilarious, albeit unintentionally, is that any time one visits a newsagents, and see the cover of the latest issue of Metal Hammer, or Kerrang ; one is always greeted by exactly the same "angry young men" staring back at you, with the same studied "mean" / "scary" / "crazy" (just like the Spice Girls) faces, the same studied "tough" / "aloof" poses, "rebellious" hair, and check list of accessories / uniform.
This has been getting funnier with each passing year, for the last 27 years - with generation after generation, wave after wave, of new hard rock and metal bands, all helping reduce things down to a pantomime of cliches.
Admittedly, part of this is me getting older, and having seen it all before.
An even bigger part is that conformity had replaced true originality, causing stagnation, and eventual putrification.
So from that point of view ; Rock has ceased rolling, and moss has prevailed.
This has been getting funnier with each passing year, for the last 27 years - with generation after generation, wave after wave, of new hard rock and metal bands, all helping reduce things down to a pantomime of cliches.
Admittedly, part of this is me getting older, and having seen it all before.
An even bigger part is that conformity had replaced true originality, causing stagnation, and eventual putrification.
So from that point of view ; Rock has ceased rolling, and moss has prevailed.
