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

Texas Boy · 11-15-2018, 12:11 PM

What you say?

OccultHawk · 11-15-2018, 12:12 PM

**** no

They absolutely have a signature sound they created

Totally unique

~~MicShazam~~ · 11-15-2018, 01:33 PM

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.

Unitron · 11-15-2018, 01:39 PM

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.

Mondo Bungle · 11-15-2018, 01:39 PM

ripping off AC/DC is generic

~~MicShazam~~ · 11-15-2018, 01:41 PM

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.

Key · 11-15-2018, 02:43 PM

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

**Frownland** · 11-15-2018, 02:53 PM

Generic as ****.

windsock · 11-15-2018, 03:10 PM

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.

~~MicShazam~~ · 11-15-2018, 03:15 PM

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

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11-15-2018, 12:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Texas Boy Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 186	Do you consider AC/DC music to be GENERIC rock or not? What you say?

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	**** no They absolutely have a signature sound they created Totally unique __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

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Unitron Paragraph President Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Burning Star Posts: 837	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. __________________ Last.FM RYM

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Generic as ***. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.* d e a f b o x

11-15-2018, 01:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	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.

11-15-2018, 01:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	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.

11-15-2018, 02:43 PM	#7 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	I don't know many vocalists that sound like Brian Johnson. So yes, it is unique.

11-15-2018, 03:15 PM	#10 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	I think it's impossible to avoid deja vu if you listen to more than 1.