ssettimo

The modern age of rock music is non existent in my mind. I think the last instant of true rock music was the Grunge era of the 90s. I mean, now you have the very polarized ideas of rock i.e. screamo and indie pop rock (which to me is not rock). I think Green Day and the Foo Fighters are pretty close to true rock, but then I compare them to the greats, and I'm unsure if they are true rock.
However, music is ever evolving and being influenced, so maybe in 30 years people will look back on this generation's "rock" and think that they don't have "real" rock music.

Norg

to me real rock is like music with a lot of elements of BLues and country in it ya know

and like dry production

that's true rock to me

Dylstew

But Screamo is not a metal genre. Or was that the joke?




I think Rock and Roll is that Rythm and Blues sound. In fact, it pretty much IS rhythm and blues, but slightly faster and mostly played by white people.

Rock and Hard Rock is more bluesy, and Hard rock more aggressive. Once you take the blues of hard rock away, you pretty much get a type of heavy metal.
Just look at Judas Priest, the more they dropped the blues in their sound, the more they became heavy metal instead of Hard Rock.

Black Francis

Oh.. this again. >_>

This thread is like 8 yrs old and some ppl are still on this mindset.
NO real rock isn't dead and it won't ever die as long as good bands keep on playing it.

seriously, this "Music used to be better in my days" mindset is getting old and it's kinda narrow minded too cause you aren't seeking or giving new bands a chance.

i don't get it, my fav era in music was the 90's grunge movement but i don't dare claim it all went downhill from there because i have listened to newer bands from this decade that are just as good as bands back then if not better you just gotta know where to look.

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Overcast

I agree with this completely

I personally favor the more modern twists on rock, although I don't look down on classic rock. I enjoy a little bit of everything.

Vitne Eveille

This.

"popular" music, is being pushed out from whatever is left of major labels. They are milking it.

Rock, and its many sub-genres, has a great and strong underground community now.

Long live rock and roll!

CoNtrivedNiHilism

I just...I just don't know about this thread. Half laughing at it, the other half of the time I'm just face to palm over it.

Posing the question or debate as to Rock being 'dead' or 'still alive' is just something I can't grasp. I read a post from someone in this thread that agreed that Rock is dead, how it was an era. How is it dead and why was it simply an era of music? I ask this because I listen to Rock every day. It isn't the Rock from the 60's, the 70's, 80's, not usually but sometimes. There is Rock music for every generation. It will keep sounding somewhat different as the years or decades pass...

Really though? This entire thread baffles me. So the genre known or called Rock doesn't sound like it did so many years ago, decades ago. Because of this it must be dead? Hm. Folks, sorry but that is just silly. It may not be the dominate genre like it used to be. But the genre is still here.

Black Francis...

I agree with your post. But I dislike using terms or ways of sayings such as 'real rock isn't dead' because, well Rock music is Rock music. I get that you used the term to more or less address the Rock you like or think is the good Rock music. So why not just say that instead of 'real rock'? Alright. I'm done being nit picky haha.

Urban Hat€monger ?

Not dead

Just dead of ideas

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CoNtrivedNiHilism

Product or consequence of multiple things haha. A lot of your popular Rock bands out now come off to me not being people that wanted to pick up an instrument, learn it, dedicate their life to the genre with something to say. Instead a lot of them are comprised of people that just want the fame or exposure from it. I don't see much true appreciation for the music anymore or bands comprised of musicians that actually care about what they're doing. Recently enough a popular grunge band from the 90's, Bush, released an album called The Sea Of Memories. It had that dna of the 90's Bush, but it was a modern Bush with the same drummer, singer, however new guitarist, bassist. Even with that. They band still sounds like the care about what they do. They're in it for their love and appreciation for the music. Not for the vain reasons a lot of your Rock bands are today. That goes for genre's across the board, by the way.

Just think I should note one thing...

Where I say that a lot of Rock bands today just want the fame and exposure anymore. That can still be said even the the good Rock bands around today. Whatever the person. The fame is still part of the appeal. It is just a matter of how the band handles that fame, if they can stay true to who they were when they first started jamming as kids in some garage somewhere.

Urban Hat€monger ?

You lost me when you used a radio friendly corporate grunge band with nothing remotely interesting to say as an example of a music with ideas.

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