Rock is dead. A reminder of its pinnacle.

Rock isn't dead.

It's not as popular as it once was, but it sure as hell isnt dead.

Rock Is Dead—Long Live Rock

Actually rock music began a downward slide about 1975, when disco became prominent. There was a resurgence of rock and roll in late '79 with such hits as My Sharona and I Want You To Want Me by Cheap Trick, but after about 1984 rock devolved into pop and now it's officially declared dead.

is this another one of those "rock was better when i was a teen" threads?

sad!

strand of oaks "goshen '97"

1. Says Rock is dead



2. Posts AC/DC as its pinnacle

Rock's in a pretty rough state atm. There's only so many different sounds and ideas you can pull off without sounding like someone else. Not to mention all these rich pussies that sue if you accidentally come close, accident being the key word.

There are plenty of good rock bands that are doing their thing, but they aren't reaching the masses. Out of the mainstream, The Pretty Reckless, Nothing More, Highly Suspect, and Amity Affliction are my current favorites, but even those bands are HoB headliners.

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This list is far from all-encompassing, but here are some current bands that do rock and certainly aren't "gingers with loop pedals and ukuleles" Titus Andronicus Cloud Nothings Japandroids The Hold Steady The War on Drugs Car Seat Headrest Parquet Courts The Men Cymbals Eat Guitars

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has any front man from this list OD'd or been arrested for beating someone up or throwing tv out hotel window? Too lazy to look it up

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has any front man from this list OD'd or been arrested for beating someone up or throwing tv out hotel window? Too lazy to look it up

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Is that supposed to be some prerequisite to making good rock music?

I think when somebody says "Rock music is dead", that doesn't indicate that there are NO bands left in the entire world that make rock music. "Dead" as a cultural entity is not the same as what it means if a person's heart is either beating or not beating.

Somebody somewhere is probably making kazoo hardcore punk with jazz overtones and triangle solos. So I'm sure some delusional person exists that argues "There's plenty of kazoo punk triangle jazz out there, you just have to FIND IT."

Yeah. It's dead as fried chicken. Sorry.