Posted on 05/13/2005 12:42:11 PM PDT by Pyro7480
It seems like mainstream rock has been faltering as of late. Rock stations in major markets like Philadelphia have changed formats It isn't helped by the fact that hip hop/R&B is what is mainly marketed to young people these days, and that's what they like. In the music industry in general, there hasn't been an actual brand new genre since new wave/synth pop hit in the late 1970s and 1980s.
At the same time, there are "new" bands that are playing what has been described as "post punk" or "neo New Wave." These bands include the Bravery, Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party, and the Killers. They're not playing anything groundbreaking, since this genre dates from the late 1970s. In my opinion, however, it's nice to hear something "fresh," unlike the neo-punk acts like Green Day, et al.
There are other acts like Audioslave that are still going strong without the music scene backing them up.
Will bands like the Killers start a revival of rock, or will it continue to founder?
There hasn't been any real rock for the past 15 years. Most new "rock" bands are just noise.
Hmmm, sounds a bit contradictory. I actually do like Greenday's sound. I could do without the idiot politics though. Shut up and sing.
I'm more concerned about the future of Southern Rock. The greats are getting older, and a few have passed on recently: Danny Joe Brown and Jakson Spires. Who will fill those shoes? Trucks is the only one I'm aware of. There has to be others.
I like Norah Jones, though she DEFINITELY isn't rock. She's a mix of jazz and country/western. I've seen her twice in concert, and she's GREAT.
DBT and Widespread Panic bump
RATT just played near Fresno w/ Cinderella, Quiot Riot and Firehouse on the Rock Never Stops tour - unfortunately I wasn't able to go. Would like to have seen that.
yeah, I like the way Korn sounds but there's just something about that whole Devil worshipping thing I'm just not quite down with.
Pennywise is interesting, although a bit on the rambunctious side :)
We ahve seen the future in the customers of rock 'music' establishing its value via such as crapster-napster - zero value. D'ya imagine Who's He and the Blow-flies ever having the same regard as the Beatles?
Paul Weller still rocks! :)
What about The Blow Monkeys?
geezers rule
I was at this one:
Lol, Classic rock is childs play compared to the rock we listen to today. Check out a Slipknot CD someday (The Blister Exists, The Heretic Anthem, and (SIC) are my personal favorite slipknot songs)
The "rock" of today isn't worth 15 cents, much less the 15 dollar cost of a CD.
Rock won't die but it won't be acknowledged by the mainstream. This has happened several times since the 1950s.
The Beatles were not born in a vacuum. Neither was Nirvana. They were just the bands that could bring the new sound to the masses. Elvis wasn't the first rock and roll singer either.
The Ramones started in 1974 and helped spearhead a musical movement on the Bowery. They never did get mass acceptance by radio programmers but a lot of bands are still influenced by them to this day.
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