Is Rock music dead ?

No, they're considered rock & roll.

 

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18 rock albums topped the (UK) OCC 100 album chart in 2020 and 18 rock albums topped the (Australian) ARIA top 50 album chart in 2020 (so far). Compared to only two topping the Billboard 200 this year and one of those was by a rapper.

 

There hasn't been a rock band that mattered after Queens Of The Stone Age, and even they ceased to be interesting 16 years ago. By mattered I mean commercially successful while still being original.

 

You mean mattered to you.

 

I guess its dormant if you go by 'charts' and 'radio', but those are mostly populated by crap now. Meaning much of the music biz is predicated on flash-in-the-pans. Its set up that way. The production on some newer music is incredible, and that just magnifies the utter whiny soulessness of new stuff.

30 years from now any kid with a brain and a heart is still going to be blown away by 'Won't Get Fooled Again' for the first time. The current flavors-of-the-month will be long forgotten

 

You mean like how the flavors of the month of August 1971 (the month Who's Next was released) are forgotten?

95% of ALL rock releases are forgotten with in weeks, and that's been true since rock began. It's the nature of popular music.

 

I'd rather that they were blown away by the new bands that emerge 30 years from now.

 

I can't believe that this thread is still not dead.

 

I'm stuck with a valuable friend
"I'm happy, hope you're happy too"
One flash of light but no smoking pistol
I never done good things (I never done good things)
I never done bad things (I never done bad things)
I never did anything out of the blue, woh-o-oh
Want an axe to break the ice
Wanna come down right now
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's a junkie
Strung out in heaven's high
Hitting an all-time low
My mother said, to get things done
You'd better not mess with Major Tom
My mother said, to get things done
You'd better not mess with Major Tom
My mother said, to get things done
You'd better not mess with Major Tom
My mother said, to get things done
You'd better not mess with Major Tom

 

Dead? No, it just smells funny.

 

It's not popular as in having mass appeal like it used to but does that mean it's dead? Not in my opinion. There are still rock bands in the charts. Ok, some of them are classic rock that is being bought or rebought on vinyl but that should still count.

 

AC/DC - Power Up
US 1
UK 1
CAN 1
AUS 1
GER 1
FRA 1
ITA 1
NOR 1
SWE 1
FIN 1
IRE 1
NZ 1

 

^ That pretty much says it all. You can't get much more rock n roll than AC/DC.

 

Pining. fjords. etc.

 

Long Live Rock

 

Its called Country now

 

Every damn time I see this thread revived.

 

as far as the AMA show is concerned it is

 

Like how any kid with a brain and a heart in 2020 is blown away by hearing Tommy Dorsey for the first time.

 

Nor really. You can rate music in terms of influence and significance.
Take Nirvana, they were the last rock band to really, really matter, they basically remodeled the market.
Take Dylan and The Beatles in the 60s.

 

Sounds like you're conflating influence and innovation. They're not really connected.

 

top selling musicians 1969-2016. Clearly

 

I say this is a curse because of all the hating on Nickelback, so punishment is no more rock in the mainstream heh heh

 

I agree with you. They get way to much hate.