Do you consider AC/DC music to be GENERIC rock or not?
 

What you say?

**** no

They absolutely have a signature sound they created

Totally unique

Generic hard rock almost, but they do have a sound.
A lot of hard rock tends to sound a slight bit more glam metal-ish, so I think of AC/DC as being maybe slightly off-center in relation to the most typical hard rock sound.

When I think generic hard rock, I guess I think of something like Doro. Millions of bands sound like that.

No. I don't consider them to be generic rock, as they clearly have a signature sound that is uniquely their own.

Are the band kind of generic with their own music? I'd yes, the only time they really changed their sound was the switch from Bon Scott to Brian Johnson.

ripping off AC/DC is generic

All the Brian Johnson albums are basically 100% the same album with a different cover (scam of the century!), but they sure sound very AC/DC.

I don't know many vocalists that sound like Brian Johnson. So yes, it is unique.

Generic as ****.

I don't think being the trailblazers of a sound that quickly became generic makes them inherently generic. That said, I don't like them. Can't listen to more than like 3 AC/DC songs in a row without feeling deja vu.

I think it's impossible to avoid deja vu if you listen to more than 1.

AC/DC is pretty boring. They've got their own sound, but it's boring.

Absolutely. A big criticism of AC/DC is that their music all sounds the same, so idk if that's what OP meant to ask or not. Generic and unimaginative aren't the same thing.

Yes, absolutely, and I don't think it's necessarily a negative thing to say about their music. The general definition of generic is "relating to a class or group of things; not specific", there is nothing that AC/DC has done (that I've ever heard at least) that other rock bands haven't been doing since the birth of hard rock, they just do it their way and it works magnitudes better than most who try to do it the same way.

AC/DC naturally fell into a formula that was wildly successful for them, they were born to play the music that they play and they know it, there was a never a reason to adventure outside of that niche, at least not within the entity that is AC/DC. But there is nothing unusual about their formula, it's one of the most simplified and unadventurous formulas in the history of rock and roll, and there's nothing wrong with that because they do it so god damn well.

yup.

music is too simple to play. guitar riffs are simple, drum beat pattern is too slow and simple.


they definitely have their own style id say

til AC/DC is one of the most misunderstood bands on MB

I don't know if there's much to understand. But I don't hate the band anymore like I used to. I'm ok with AC/DC, but I wouldn't choose to put their music on.

They're scuzzy guys who like playing balls out blues rock really ****ing loud and with no pretensions. If they tried anything else it would be an embarrassing failure and everyone would be telling them to stay in their lane. They just can't win except by checking their bank accounts. I'm not a huge fan of Brian Johnson AC/DC but with Bon Scott there aren't many bands in history that could encapsulate the beating heart and soul of rock n roll so perfectly.

I think Brian Johnson is really my main issue with the band.

At least this turned out great:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofy-BgRzLQg

AC/DC are fun cock-rock for when you're in the mood for them. But when every song is fun cock rock with little variation I start to feel like I'm going insane. There's a reason they were popular but they ain't full of rich complexities.

Their sound is definitively their own

That’s the opposite of generic.

Anyone who voted generic doesn’t understand what they brought to the party originally

Or they don’t know what generic means - formulaic does not mean generic

Choke on a dick if you don’t love Back in Black.

I mean it's cool but it doesn't have that same rough n ready griminess of earlier AC/DC. It also doesn't help that I've heard half the album on the radio fifty million times and in a hundred corny movies. "Shoot to Thrill" is a legitimately great song but I don't ever need to hear it again.

Overplaying does something to your perception of a song. I can't tell if Enter Sandman is good anymore. I just don't want to hear it.

Same. It used to be my absolute favorite song when I was like 13 but now it's completely meaningless to me. I can't even tell if I like it or loath it but I definitely want to skip it whenever I hear it. Like, I'm done with you, at least get to "Where Ever I May Roam" which still has some legs for me.

I listened to the whole album a while ago and it was the first time in years. Was surprised by how much I could still enjoy some tracks on it, but there's also some that I'm just done with. Sad But True is not a song I think I need to hear again. Nothing Else Matters also does very little for me now.

Last time I listened to The Black Album I snapped it in half and posted before and after pictures on the forum.

For real?
I sadly wasn't around at the time if it really happened.

If I had to snap one, it would be Death Magnetic.

I never said they were generic. I said they were boring.

I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
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CAN'T WAKE UUUUPPPPP

I hate AC/DC for no other reason cause, when I was kid, the bullies in my neighborhood would walk the streets singing "Big Balls." It was like a scene straight out of Clockwork Orange.

Back in Black is perhaps the only AC/DC song I can tolerate.

Also for the record I think this song is great:

My favorite Bon Scott song, and it aint by AC/DC either.

Fraternity - Seasons Of Change (Move) 1971

You can't take it personally, Nea.