re: Is the lack of new, catchy guitar riffs to blame for the gradual death of rock?

The new Ex Hex record (Rips) is full of catchy guitar riffs... May not be your taste..

Probably my record of the year..

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Rock is dead for two reasons:
1. because it doesn't "rock" hard enough for the meatheads to listen to it. Most of it now is indi pop that sounds like 80s underground techno or 70s singer/songwriter folk rock. The meatheads are now listening to older metal, nickelback, or bro country. Most rock these days feels very subdued, rather than raucus and out of control. A great example of what I mean would be comparing a good live Soul Rebels brass band show to a recording of the Preservation Hall Jazz band performing "Dinah". Both are great, but each have different appeals. Rock these days is either recycled garbage, or beautiful, but unexciting Dinah. It rarely makes you feel like a bullet proof badass anymore (Think rolling down the street in a 69 Camero blaring "Hair of the Dog"). Gangsta rap and hip/hop now is the primary musical manufacturer of that feeling for most teens and young adults.

2. because hot white girls can't/won't dance to it. In the bar and entertainment industry, the number one demographic is attractive white women between 18-35. Get them to come and the others will follow. That demographic loves music they can dance to. Rock in the 21st century rarely provides that, red dirt country, pop, and hip/hop does. Bars book bands based on who they can draw. Men go where the women are. Women go where they can dance. Bring in the women and the rest will follow. Rock doesn't bring in the women, country and pop does. Original music is thus stifled and stymied at the local level because it has trouble drawing patrons for bars. Knowing this, major record labels and radio stations play it safe with tried and true, unoffensive music, which isn't original, isn't cool, and surely doesn't "rock".

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Normally, you and I seem to have conflicting opinions. However, in this case it's hard not to argue with these two points.

The post is actually spot on.

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Riff heavy classic rock/metal is alive and well, you just have to find it. Europe is in a big time renaissance of that style music right now.

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Its out there and this board has turned me on to some really good stuff.
Europe, especially Germany and the Scandinavian countries, has always gone hard.

Good single from that album. But you could do better from that album, and the band honestly.



I don't know if you guys listened to Royal Blood. Very catchy guitar riffs. It rocks. It is very very new.

Two man band and the singer plays a lead bass that sounds like a grungy guitar.

Couple of duds you say????


Album was last year but hey, at least you dug it!!

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I don't think they've ever put out a bad album

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Bet he says Era Vulgaris

Mainstream rock is disappearing for the same reason a lot of other music has gone to crap. Producers are chasing the money, 16-20 year old females who like sugary pop and hip hop. That's where the money is.

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Danish hard blues rock band, alot of guitar.

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I like the Danish band Textures. They've been through three lead singers though so their sound is different over the years. To Erase a Lifetime

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