Is It Still Rock If There's No Guitars? - Music Banter Music Banter

Go Back   Music Banter > The Music Forums > General Music
Register Blogging Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
Welcome to Music Banter Forum! Make sure to register - it's free and very quick! You have to register before you can post and participate in our discussions with over 70,000 other registered members. After you create your free account, you will be able to customize many options, you will have the full access to over 1,100,000 posts.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 11-15-2010, 01:39 PM   #1 (permalink)
Music Addict
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 95
Question Is It Still Rock If There's No Guitars?

like would you consider a keyboardist & drummer duo a rock band or is it something else?

are guitars a necessary part of what distinguishes a 'rock' band from any other type of band?
bogey_j is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-15-2010, 02:16 PM   #2 (permalink)
Account Disabled
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 4,538
Default

I certainly think they're an important part, but not necessarily the ends all to rock music in my humble opinion. For lack of better wording, it's all up to the ears to decide. If you think it sounds like rock, then I guess it is.
someonecompletelyrandom is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-15-2010, 04:28 PM   #3 (permalink)
Music Addict
 
Paedantic Basterd's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 5,184
Default

Pretty sure Ben Folds Five was considered piano rock.
Paedantic Basterd is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-15-2010, 04:37 PM   #4 (permalink)
 
Zer0's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Ireland
Posts: 3,792
Default

I'd consider two hobos banging tin cans off a wall a rock band if it sounded like rock music.

What distinguishes a rock band from any other type of band, say a jazz band, is the style of music that they're playing regardless of what instruments they're playing.
__________________
Zer0 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-15-2010, 05:00 PM   #5 (permalink)
Veritas vos liberabit
 
Jedey's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Musicapolis
Posts: 477
Default

Gary Wright's "Dream Weaver" had no guitars just keyboards and drums.
__________________
My Tunes
Jedey is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-15-2010, 06:58 PM   #6 (permalink)
Mate, Spawn & Die
 
Janszoon's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: The Rapping Community
Posts: 24,593
Default

Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elton John say yes.
Janszoon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-15-2010, 07:01 PM   #7 (permalink)
Basscadet
 
Dayvan Cowboy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Antarctica
Posts: 1,258
Default



ELECTRONIC ROCK MUSIC.

EDIT: I'm almost certain that there's a guitar in here but go listen to Bontempi Latin and see what they can do with electronics.

Last edited by Dayvan Cowboy; 11-15-2010 at 07:07 PM.
Dayvan Cowboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-15-2010, 09:42 PM   #8 (permalink)
Groupie
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 17
Default

I dont think guitars are needed for rock music. Some might argue it as pop with just keyboards and drums, but i feel like it can go either way.
Braveheart is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-15-2010, 10:27 PM   #9 (permalink)
\/ GOD
 
Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Nowhere...
Posts: 2,179
Default

Well seeing as Rock is used to describe everything from Nine Inch Nails to Neil Young, I think it's interpretable anyway. But yes, I don't think instrumentation neccessarily dominates a genre. I mean, you could say saxaphone is a trademark of jazz but it doesn't mean all saxaphone music is jazz or all jazz music has saxaphone.
Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-16-2010, 04:11 AM   #10 (permalink)
HKz
Groupie
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 7
Default

No IMO guitars are not necessary for something to be "rock" because it is the music style not the instruments involved that counts.
HKz is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Similar Threads



© 2003-2024 Advameg, Inc.