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Originally Posted by Glassjawx
I agree completely, Exoskeletal. I guess her view of rock is that it's something only applied to heavier acts like Tool or Godsmack, that it's exclusive to a certain sound involving huge, pounding guitar and angry vocals, which is a very filtered and to be honest, ignorant view of rock music in general.
But what I'm really trying to get at, rather than complaining about my girlfriend, is the term "post-rock" and the different opinions on it. The music that commonly falls under the term "post-rock" is actually great music, but calling it post-rock seems a little inaccurate. So what should record stores call it? Does it even matter what we call it?
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I think the idea behind the name "post-rock" was to describe musicians from a rock background using rock instrumentation to play a new style of music that could no longer really be considered rock in any sense. So I actually think it's a fairly reasonable descriptor.
In that sense your girlfriend isn't off-base to distinguish between the two. The only problem is, based on the bands you listed, most of what she likes is definitely rock.
