Is Rock n Roll really dead?  

Hip Hop and rap is destroying more than just music. But that's not what this discussion is about. ;-)

Anyway, as long as there's one rock listener left, rock isn't dead and it will never be. There are enough people left who detest hip hop and love rock, and that's good. A diversity of music will keep your senses sharp, rather than listening just to the same kind of stuff over and over again.

Aerosmith is good stuff indeed, unless you are listening to it the whole day, it gets kind of boring.

With bands like Chickenfoot, Disturbed, Metallica, Godsmack and such around, how can you even ask that question with a straight face?

Hell, we still have U2, the Stones, Black Crowes, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden has just announced they are back together...what do you want?

It depends what you mean by rock and roll...

I wouldn't include 'Aerosmith' in a list of great bands, though 'Led Zeppelin' would definitely be in there.

Also, I don't think the way to keep rock and roll alive is to preserve it, unchanging... That would be death to me! For example, compare and contract 'Led Zeppelin I' with 'Presence' - both great albums, but very different.

I think bands like 'Franz Ferdinand' represent modern rock. It's not the hairy thrashing of the 60s and 70s, but that's a good thing!

Depends on what you call rock and roll, some people would define it as 50's music (see Wikipedia). I think there's some good music being published today, but a lot of stuff that I don't care for. Maybe it's my age. :-)

How could you think Rock is dead? There are great bands that are still around from the 70's too, just like Lamb said. There are also great bands around now, hell ive found a few on myspace and other sites. So does that make me a snob too?

Wow, I see you're getting a little schooling on how people misinterpret things and then take them too far here.

To answer your question I don't really think rock and roll is dead (and I also get that you were merely asking a question about a popular phrase and not stating that this is your own personal belief). I think it's definitely fallen ill and in our life time we may see it's death rattle but for the interim there are still the rock solid veterans keeping it alive - like Aerosmith (well, they're a little iffy now), Alice Cooper, ZZ Top - and there are some great newer acts and artists breathing new life into rock - people like Dave Grohl and Chris Cornell. I just hope that all the crap that's coming out and all the hype that comes along with it doesn't completely drown it.

I honestly doubt if it will ever die. Now that most people have satelite radio there are certain stations that play ALL 70'sk and 80's rock, some play classic rock only and some play har heavy metal rock only. They have one going in the gym alot and they play one that is a mixture of all rock. I even hear Stairway to eaven on a cell phone the other day.

yeah those bands back in the days were good. today there isnt many good bands. but i think there will always be rock. but they are saying country music is becoming bigger then rock, and hip hop.
to me as long the songs are good. i like all kind of music

I am not really a fan of rock. And I don't know if there are a lot of popular rock band that exist. But maybe they will come back someday.

I think everyones definition of Rock is different. What some people consider Rock is actually in the Metal or Alternative group. Yes, those are subgenres of Rock but the don't come close to comparing to what rock use to be.