Rock and roll is dying

Todays rock music with the exception of a few bands is crap. The bands that sound bad ass on the cd really suck in concert. With all the editing any band can sound like a million bucks. The record companys have changed as well. They are not looking to start carrers, only to pump put hit singles. It has came to a point that what was once mediocer is now the new super stars. Am I alone in this thinking? I chould just be not understanding the new music out there, or out of touch with "the sene".

 

just about all music sucks now-a-days

 

There is still good music about but its difficult to find unless you know where to look. I'm with you though, there are a few decent bands about now and there always will be as far as I'm concerned. Its difficult to become a popular musician these days unless you sell out. If not at the start of their career, but somewhere along the line. There are a few exceptions of course.

 

You're not alone in this thinking, but you are wrong. Rock music isn't dead, you just have to search better.
Well, people say that often enough here but i have the feeling you guys think that you searched good enough and aren't looking further than the television at all.

 

It all depends on what type of music you like though, I mean I like classic rock like from the 70's. Well that's my favorite I guess. I have a lot of other styles I dig but I do not dig that techno shit or that c-rap or that screaming ass cradle of filth and mudvaine type shit. so I mean you might like that type of music and that is cool, but I don't have to and that is cool too. but the point is I don't like that modern stuff like jessica Simpson or backstreet boys YUCK but some folks do and you can't make other peoples minds up for them. Just listen to only the music you like when you are in your own home, and try to ignore it if you don't dig it when your at someone elses house.

 

Mudvayne, a fairly newer band, is one of the best metal bands I've heard in a few years. There is tons of shitty music now, and what the original poster said about record companies is completly true.

If I'm looking for music, I dont look at what is on MTV or Fuse. I go out and search for bands that most people never heard of. Those tend to be the ones that sound the best, and the ones that want a career, and to make music, not just to make money and be number 1. Being number one isn't shit, in fact, every number 1 song that I've heard in the last 15 years has been total shit, and shouldn't have even been on the top 500 songs.

 

But then again, this thread is called rock 'n roll. Something Mudvayne hasn't anything to do with in my opinion.
I don't like them, but well, that isn't the point of course.

 

Guess what? Not everything back in the day was awesome either. There were a FEW bands that were good and not all of them were chart toppers.

 

Hey hey, my my
Rock and roll can never die
There’s more to the picture
Than meets the eye.
Hey hey, my my.

 

I second that notion!

Me to...

 

Rock 'n' Roll has been dead for years.

 

i agree. music is so commercial. all the real talent is starving in greenwich village.

 

Its really not Rocks fault for sucking lately I went to all types of concerts. Its pretty much what America wants. In todays world a lot of people like rap. Two years ago there were only 2 radio stations that were rap now i can name 9. Its what America wants. Rock just doesn't hold up like it used to. Everyone wants new music from bands. Quicker it is the more it is going to suck.

 

Eh, I don't agree... I'm certain that there are a number of excellent underground artists out there just waiting to be discovered.

Plus, I could be wrong, but I don't see how the record companies have changed. They were selling shit in the '60s, '70s, '80s, and '90s, and they're selling shit today. Not all popular classic rock/pop was good; people just forget about the crap music.

 

you took the words right out of my mouth.

 

it's not dead, it's just not in your face anymore. Look underground, there's so many good bands circulating around.

 

I'm just waiting for the return of the drum solo...

 

The more obscure the better! I am stuck in the 60s/70s listening to fusion, canterbury, Rock in Opposition, space rock and folk rock the past few weeks. Ever hear of Trettioåriga Kriget or Robert Wyatt or Itoiz? Or Algarnas Tradgard, Rupus Zuphall and Napoli Centrale, among many others. Its all in the obscurity for me, listening to stuff not many others know, though its just as good as the classic rock I grew up on, floyd, tull, zeppelin, ect.!