Originally Posted by mr dave (Post 1199117)

:bonkhead:

Does Chuck Berry sound like Led Zeppelin? Does Black Sabbath sound like Motley Crue? How about Guns n Roses and Nirvana?

Rock is an ever changing style meant to appeal to the youth of a generation as one of their first common voices in the mainstream of society. You can distinguish it if you feel necessary to play into the stylish hand so many hipsters purport to hate but really, at this point 'post' rock is this generation's 'alternative' rock.

Originally Posted by blastingas10 (Post 1199279)

That's true. But I know post rock is a music for the youth, from my experience. Not to say there aren't older people who dont like it, but there are also older people who like rock n roll.

Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1199277)

I would say indie is this generation's alternative rock. Post-rock is actually a fairly distinct genre on it's own.

Originally Posted by blastingas10 (Post 1199421)

I know, modest mouse is definitely rock. I said "from my experience", and my experience has shown me that's it's still youth oriented. Maybe you don't consider explosions in the sky to be post rock, but I once saw them live and there was pretty much nothing but young people there.

Originally Posted by mr dave (Post 1199436)

Fine. In that case it's the new grunge :tramp:

Originally Posted by mr dave (Post 1199436)

But you also seem to be defining it based on what it was rather that how it's currently seen. While I agree that groups like Tortoise and GYBE fit the bill it seems a lot of listeners just want to apply the term to their generation of groups that deviate from the twist our own generation applied to the mainstream.

Originally Posted by mr dave (Post 1199436)

Kind of like how we didn't like being told Pearl Jam sounded like classic rock when they first came out because they totally didn't.

Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1199453)

No, I'm defining it by what it is. Read the other replies in this thread, all from people younger than me, who define it the same way I do. Heck, read the Wikipedia entry for it. That agrees with my take on it too. The only person I've seen define it as anything else is the OP's girlfriend.


Heh. Speak for yourself. I always thought they sounded classic rock-ish. :D

Originally Posted by makéman (Post 1200666)

rock post rock

Originally Posted by Glassjawx (Post 1199060)

A few days ago, my girlfriend and I were discussing our tastes in music. She likes bands like La Dispute, Explosions in the Sky, Radiohead, Glassjaw, and Modest Mouse, but she claims not to like rock music. I was puzzled. Most of the bands she likes would fall under rock as a sub-genre of rock.

She said this - "I don't like rock, I like post-rock."

I tried explaining to her that that's basically impossible. A lot of the music she listens to, I would say, is a form of rock. Post-rock isn't usually a term that bands in the "post-rock" scene/genre identify themselves as. In fact, they try to steer clear of being called post-rock, as it sort of implies that rock is dead and gone.

What do you guys think? Is my girlfriend making sense? Is post-rock just a term coined by critics, or is it something entirely separate from rock?

Your feedback would be much appreciated. Thanks.