Is Rock Dying?

Yes sadly Rock seems to be in a downward spiral. Missed are the days of such greats as The Beatles, Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, etc. There needs to be a call to action for all rockers around the world to take up the torch once more and set flame to the mediocrity of the dribble to spews forth from radio speakers everywhere. (I don't want anyone to really set flame...it's just some nice word play.)

You know I cannot work out why this post did not get heaps of responses.
There are heaps of mylotters from our era here.

You know what I agree, good ole time rock and roll is dying out.
It is a real shame, because it was the best music out.
People I know joined a group which is all rock and roll from the ole days.
They make their costumes and have competetion dancing.

The rock music these days to my ears is just, Boom Boom Boom.
You cannot hear words let alone understand them.
At least in our day, music was music and you could hear and understand the words.
I hope someone comes along and revives old time rock.

Rock is dying a slow painful death. The songs don't have the meanings that they once used to. It has turned to just plain noise that has no meaning or soul.
I'm from a younger generation and I still can't stand it. I love Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, U2..bands that write their songs and write them well. It's a dying breed and people thought Elvis was just plain noise. I wonder what those think of the crap that is out now...It's a sad state of affairs!

I have missed this discussion before, but I think it is great one, and I wonder why it came by rather unnoticed.
I guess rock is dying after all, not many left with enough desire to respond this kind of discussion.

I was going to respond this discussion in positive sense, I was going to say that this is a temporary period of rock music absence, this is just a calm before the storm, but I guess I would be too optimistic.

Nevertheless, I still have hope. And I'll tell you why. I have a son who is 16 now, and he was carried away with this rap and hiphop whatever. Until recently, he found out the joy that rock'n'roll brings, the excitement and fulfillment. He found out that rock music is life, but he is one of two in his class of 30 students. That is how low rock fell.
I still have faith that rock music will wake up.

Hate to admit that I never heard of Nickelback...
And that I really can't relate to the loss of the rock and roll so much as I am missing other music that is even more out of date...
When I was younger, I wasn't allowed to having anything harder than Carpenters, Simon and Garfunkel, the Doors, Cat Stevens, Ed Ames, Harry Belafonte', Julie Andrews, John Denver, etc.., You get the idea, in the house due to my parent's censorship so I grew up loving to sing along with these artists. I am missing them just as much as you are missing the rock and roll and I have not heard too many good substitutes
I am sorry for your upset.