So just what IS "ROCK" in the main forum sense these days?! (alternative, funk)

Rainard Jalen · 05-29-2008, 08:11 AM

The ingenious rock'n'roll of the Big Audio Dynamite gets moved to pop, courtesy of me buddeh Jack(hammer).

Coldplay gets moved to indie/alternative(to what??)

Now we have a subforum for Classic Rock, Prog, and Psych.

Just what IS the world coming to?! So here I am, sitting in me kitchen eating a slice of burnt toast and drinking a cup of earl grey, and I'm trying to figure just what the "ROCK" part of "Rock & Metal" now means.

So, let's discuss! What IS plain "rock", these days?

boo boo · 05-29-2008, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

The ingenious rock'n'roll of the Big Audio Dynamite gets moved to pop, courtesy of me buddeh Jack(hammer).

Coldplay gets moved to indie/alternative(to what??)

Now we have a subforum for Classic Rock, Prog, and Psych.

Just what IS the world coming to?! So here I am, sitting in me kitchen eating a slice of burnt toast and drinking a cup of earl grey, and I'm trying to figure just what the "ROCK" part of "Rock & Metal" now means.

So, let's discuss! What IS plain "rock", these days?

The Classic Rock, Prog and Psych section you can blame on me, I noticed that this forum was much more geared to modern rock music, prog related threads always tank and classic rock threads always end in disaster. So I asked the mods for a sub forum so such threads could have more space without competing with threads like "Do you like Blink 182?" that always get more posts.

I was also hoping that by making that section it would attract only fans of that kinda music, and we wouldn't have to worry about Zep and Floyd related threads being spammed into oblivion.

The "Rock" in Rock & Metal now should be interpreted as modern mainstream rock. Primarly hard rock. Stuff like Nirvana and what not.

jackhammer · 05-29-2008, 11:42 AM

It's all booboo's fault!

adidasss · 05-29-2008, 11:49 AM

Why is boo boo's username funky? He hasn't become an admin or something?

jackhammer · 05-29-2008, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

Why is boo boo's username funky? He hasn't become an admin or something?

He is a forum moderator for the prog section, as it was his idea to have the forum and he has been a long standing member. He can move and delete threads in this forum only but he doesn't have a ban hammer

adidasss · 05-29-2008, 12:26 PM

I didn't know we had that...yay for boobs.

rundonnierun · 05-29-2008, 04:50 PM

Rock should cover all aspects of the genre. Even crappy bands. Crap rock, in a sad way, is a genre of its own.

Dr_Rez · 05-29-2008, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

The Classic Rock, Prog and Psych section you can blame on me, I noticed that this forum was much more geared to modern rock music, prog related threads always tank and classic rock threads always end in disaster. So I asked the mods for a sub forum so such threads could have more space without competing with threads like "Do you like Blink 182?" that always get more posts.

I was also hoping that by making that section it would attract only fans of that kinda music, and we wouldn't have to worry about Zep and Floyd related threads being spammed into oblivion.

The "Rock" in Rock & Metal now should be interpreted as modern mainstream rock. Primarly hard rock. Stuff like Nirvana and what not.

Thank you Bb. These are the most entertaining sub genres of music.

Obviously, only in my opinion that is.

Muzak · 05-29-2008, 07:46 PM

There is a prog sections?

*checks*

cool!
I never noticed that before.

Alfred · 05-29-2008, 07:49 PM

I'd consider plain rock to be stuff like The Wallflowers, though people would argue and say "no, it's folk rock" or no "it's pop rock". I say it's pure rock.

05-29-2008, 08:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,221	So just what IS "ROCK" in the main forum sense these days?! The ingenious rock'n'roll of the Big Audio Dynamite gets moved to pop, courtesy of me buddeh Jack(hammer). Coldplay gets moved to indie/alternative(to what??) Now we have a subforum for Classic Rock, Prog, and Psych. Just what IS the world coming to?! So here I am, sitting in me kitchen eating a slice of burnt toast and drinking a cup of earl grey, and I'm trying to figure just what the "ROCK" part of "Rock & Metal" now means. So, let's discuss! What IS plain "rock", these days?

05-29-2008, 11:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	It's all booboo's fault! __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

05-29-2008, 11:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	Why is boo boo's username funky? He hasn't become an admin or something? __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

05-29-2008, 12:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	I didn't know we had that...yay for boobs. __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

05-29-2008, 07:49 PM	#10 (permalink)
Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	I'd consider plain rock to be stuff like The Wallflowers, though people would argue and say "no, it's folk rock" or no "it's pop rock". I say it's pure rock. __________________ LAST.FM / VINYL COLLECTION / RYM

05-29-2008, 04:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
rundonnierun Groupie Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 31	Rock should cover all aspects of the genre. Even crappy bands. Crap rock, in a sad way, is a genre of its own.

05-29-2008, 07:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
Muzak Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,050	There is a prog sections? checks cool! I never noticed that before.