So....Is it possible to be innovative in Hard Rock anymore?

zabrak · 08-18-2013, 07:01 PM

You know, I was checking out Audioslave's debut album, and it as you can see here:

en(DOT)wikipedia.org/wiki/Audioslave_(album)#Reception

it just got straight average reviews, mainly because critics noted that it wasn't nearly as forward-thinking as Rage or Soundgarden.

So I guess I'm asking if there's any innovative hard rock groups around anymore

There's Queens of the Stone Age, but their last truly forward-thinking hard rock album came out back in '02:

en(DOT)wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_for_the_Deaf#Release_and_reception

Anybody know anything else, though?

oh, and I'm aware that there's been plenty of good indie rock bands throughout the 2000s and what have you, but I'm talking about more of straight Hard Rock

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zabrak Groupie Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 5	So....Is it possible to be innovative in Hard Rock anymore? You know, I was checking out Audioslave's debut album, and it as you can see here: en(DOT)wikipedia.org/wiki/Audioslave_(album)#Reception it just got straight average reviews, mainly because critics noted that it wasn't nearly as forward-thinking as Rage or Soundgarden. So I guess I'm asking if there's any innovative hard rock groups around anymore There's Queens of the Stone Age, but their last truly forward-thinking hard rock album came out back in '02: en(DOT)wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_for_the_Deaf#Release_and_reception Anybody know anything else, though? oh, and I'm aware that there's been plenty of good indie rock bands throughout the 2000s and what have you, but I'm talking about more of straight Hard Rock