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Originally Posted by Gavin B.
You're right. It's probably the best thing that ever happened to rock music. It frees the musician from being a slave to the record labels who do nothing but skim all of their royalty payments to purchase cocaine.
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Not what I meant. Just because rock isn't as popular in the commercial sense as it used to be, doesnt mean its inherently dead. I suppose it depends on ones individual definition but there are many successful "rock bands" today still. It isnt dead just because they arent on the billboard top 20. Much of what's on there isnt what's conceived as the great music thats being made now anyways. Naturally music is always evolving, so obviously rock wont always be the most popular genre. Now theres a lot more competition and im glad. Why would anyone want 60 years of led zeppelin look-alikes dominating music?
I guess what hurt rock the most is the evolution of music. And "hurt" isnt even the right term. Music is just different from the 60s; not worse.