Do you think rock music is dead?
By the_lioness
@the_lioness (177)
June 24, 2008 8:03am CST
Do you think rock music is dead?
I have heard this statement many times and wondered if it was perceived as true or false by other people.
What is put forward in mainstream music and listened to by kids nowadays is pop. But to say that rock music has died just because it is in the background seems far fetched in my opinion: where does that leave acts like Jon Spencer or the White Stripes or even the Cramps? Rock music has virtually morphed into so many genres anyway since its creation (punk rock, prog rock, grunge, hard rock, metal, etc), it hasn't died in the strict sense of the word. While I have to agree that rock music is listened to by 'older' generations, would it be reasonable to say that it hasn't died but is on vacation right now? What do you think?
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@peaceful (3294)
• United States
24 Jun 08
I'm one of those "Older" dudes who still loves Rock and hardcore and Indy, and...
The stream of big bucks that kept Rock and Roll healthy has kinda dried up, but Rock itself has become part of the mosaic of our musical culture, which is a very good thing.
The dominance of Rock and Roll truly was one of the things that imploded Rock and Roll's bubble, if you will... So many folks started jumping on to the bandwagon, that the wheels finally came off, then there was a splintering effect, and that just about did it in.
Rock and Roll could not survive bigtime cultural changes that started back in the 90's. Although some slammin' groups of old-heads kept it on Life Support with their big money World Tours... Groups like The Rolling Stone, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen ect., recognised what was happening, and started bringing along some of these newer groups like Pearl Jam and Nirvana, Green Day and the like... Producers also knew that the flowing sounds of Grunge and Industrial Dance (Skinny Puppy) would become huge to the more intimate "Clubbing" set, and started to produce more and more of this type of music. Goth Bands from the 80's had started as rock bands (Mission UK, Sisters Of Mercy) and even they saw the winds of change coming...
There's a whole lot more that I could write about this excellent topic, but I'm not gonna bore you with some dusty old statistics...
Here's a mixture of Good Stuff from my article at Apsense:)
http://www.apsense.com/article/110779.html
@the_lioness (177)
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24 Jun 08
I really enjoyed reading your post :) It actually answered my question by exposing some factual information about the all topic, without allowing your own liking of this type of music or emotion towards it to 'pollute' the discussion. Thank you.
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@peaceful (3294)
• United States
24 Jun 08
Thank you for the appreciation, and I am glad that I my response proved useful to you! :)



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