Why did rock die?*

If Rock was dead all my new records would be fading like the picture of Marty Mcflys parents.

If Rock was dead nothing would prove how lame hip hop is. And Hip Hop is freakin lame.

Long Live FUZZ!

 

It’s not dead-it’s just that other musical trends & styles have overtaken it.

 

Don't blame it on the sunshine
Don't blame it on the moonlight
Don't blame it on bad times
Blame it on the boogie

 

More lame empty headed people were born... messing with the status quo.

 

36 pages telling you it didn't, which is irrelevant because...

 

How many records from 2010-2020 can you list as having heard in full anyways though to give you the confidence in writing all of it off in one fell swoop?

I think we are confusing "I personally prefer the music made 40-50 years ago" to "anything made afterwords objectively is lesser"

 

Perhaps a corollary thought, but I suspect personal due diligence is just too much heavy lifting for some who would prefer the old paradigm of a few big record companies acting as surrogate taste testers before offering a reduced menu from a handful of over-broad genres that they find easier to market. Give me thousands of unvetted acts from around the world with a half-dozen genre tags each on Bandcamp and I'll pick my own winners.

 

It's still relevant over a large chunk of Europe.

 

We keep trying!

 

I saw Inhaler live just pre-covid. Excellent. The apple hasn't fallen very far from the tree.

 

Arctic Monkeys? Are you serious? Already your thread is irrelevant.

 

You might be surprised. Many rock gigs I go to have an audience that mostly consists of people who look like twenty somethings or younger.

 

Fake news from Foni Mitchell!

 

Amen....It took a few decades for a few songs and albums to grow on me...

 

The Quo don't need messing with, they're great as they are.

 

That brick wall you're bashing your head against must be taking some serious damage. Nothing will get through the Flat Earthers' tin foil hats.

 

Truer words have never been spoken.....once music gets recorded and commercially released, it becomes somewhat mainstream and commercial ....

 

I liked both Floyd and Radiohead who I saw in concert...am I allowed to like both?

 

Because the Studios got almost endless of tracks in the 70’s so you could add layer after layer with instruments and singing, ending up sounding like Queen, Boston, Eagles, Supertramp etc?

 

All Them Witches Live In Brussels, by All Them Witches
Nicole Atkins & the Black Sea www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVbhaPEZiIU
Andrew Bird www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhDPrZ_rnds
Bent Knee Live and Nearly Unplugged, by Bent Knee
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Summer in the Southeast, by Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Black Angels www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH3MuCnDN7I
Blackberry Smoke www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKCKERcqbF0
The Brew www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD-C1BjUZYY&t=313s
Calexico www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZY9h8cgn1s
Causa Sui www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5df8i4zULs
Gary Clark Jr. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mpnT7zqhLk
Benjamin Clementine www.youtube.com/watch?v=00yQGeJ6AOM
Devendra Banhart www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMsKVP5KCMg
Discipline www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph5DaSf9338
Dire Wolves Rhiz, Vienna, AU - September 8, 2019, by Dire Wolves Just Exactly Perfect Sisters Band
Dungen Dungen Live, by Dungen
Elder Live At Roadburn 2013, by Elder
Elephant9 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo4AXmSQfQw
First Aid Kit www.youtube.com/watch?v=d95Tymqeb_Q
Frogg Café www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOuTHOE7OUc
Garcia Peoples Garcia Peoples @ Union Pool 3.10.20, by Garcia Peoples
Gazpacho www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmcPcilBlyI
Goat Live Ballroom Ritual, by Goat
Gösta Berlings Saga Kontraster - Live, by Gösta Berlings Saga
Le Grand Sbam www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9haDiJx2rs
Ed Harcourt www.youtube.com/watch?v=63I0ev5OlPw
Heron Oblivion The Chapel, by Heron Oblivion
Jack O' The Clock Witness, by Jack O' The Clock
Kadavar www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIkv1cGFw44
Kaizers Orchestra www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiozMUVZWRU
Kikagaku Moyo Kikagaku Moyo - Live at LEVITATION, by Kikagaku Moyo
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Chunky Shrapnel, by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Larkin Poe www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lmxSx_iAoM
London Souls www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyUJeikX6A0
Hedvig Mollestad Trio www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRrYxOEsTe0
Motorpsycho www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0bT1VSoVzM
The Muggs Full Tilt : LIVE at Cadieux Cafe, by The Muggs
Daniel Norgren Live, by Daniel Norgren
The Observatory www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6mVdm3koK4
Oh Sees Live In San Francisco, by Osees
Papir LIVE AT ROADBURN, by Papir
Record Company www.youtube.com/watch?v=txQCAEi1PXc
Josh Ritter In The Dark: Live At Vicar Street
Chris Robinson Brotherhood www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gyECZ2Qa08
Sanguine Hum Live in America, by Sanguine Hum
The Sheepdogs www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIQKuVtZ-X4
Ske 1001 AUTUNNI, by SKE
Stone Axe Captured Live! Roadburn Festival 2011
Syd Arthur www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgkkWUkQJcQ
Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_98AKvhdOA
Wild Adriatic www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7bYJuG2Wn8
Wolfmother www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2iBnQmaQik
Wolf People Live at The Chapel - San Francisco - 3rd August 2017, by Wolf People
Carolyn Wonderland www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Elh3omkjg
World Heritage The Land of Light, by The World Heritage

 

The rolling stone is gathering moss, as I type.

 

Yep digital samples of real music and autotune voices to create bass tracks... genius.

 

Yeah your right, they’re listening to samples of real bands like Rival Sons with autotune voices through their phone speaker. I wouldn’t crank that either.

 

A lot of great bands coming out of North America though, and that's just the ones I've managed to stumble upon from 3000 miles away. If the mainstream media ever decided to show a little support, I'm convinced that many of these bands would find a large and receptive audience.

 

Homoeroticism?