Just for fun :
Agree or disagree?
I grew up on Beatles and other classic rock. But their are no true (classic style) rock artists today - where are the new Beatles, Stones, Who, Floyd, Aerosmith, Petty, U2, Dire Straits (so many others). True rock genre stopped birthing new artists/bands some time in the late 80's - '90s. I stopped listening to the radio (modern) rock around 2000. I have my own collection of music that I would listen to. Around 2015 I found a local radio station that played a mix of classic rock and 'new' country rock, I found the country music they were playing to be the rock that I was missing ... the rock style of my youth.
People may call me crazy and can disagree but the rock music many of us grew up on is no longer coming out of Britain/Europe. Now I'm not talking twangy country; (for me) there is a new breed of US country rock artists that are writing and playing rock n roll of the style we grew up on. It's home grown rock n roll ... being played in what has been classified as 'country' / country rock.
Can someone name the top ten rock n roll bands (new bands that came out since 1995) of today? Top 5? Even 1 that is a household name?
Five Finger Death Punch?
Nickelback?
I'm finding it hard to think of anyone that will have the same impact as the bands of my youth.
There's just not much out there.
It's sad to say but even if rock, as we once knew it, isn"t dead; it is terminally ill.
"Rock" is dead. And has been since at least the mid-90s. For me, it's been case over since the 80s.
Rap and the Internet are the rock n' roll of today. Throw in Beyonce, Taylor Swift (whom I used to like) and the flavor of the month, and there you have it. I have no interest in any of these contemporary dopes.
At the same time, I have no use for "classic rock," either. It's fine, and I grew up on it too, but having heard "Stairway to Heaven" a thousand times plus, I think I'm set.
The same can be said of the stuff I post here. I don't listen to it on a regular basis. It's just music that I loved, still love, listen to on occasion and send along to you guys.
Obviously, I'm a Bowie freak, which may be tedious for some. Sorry about that.
My first love was the three minute, melody rich pop song. It's in the running for my last love, too.
If you don't dig it, no harm, no foul. We all like what we like, and dislike what we dislike. Vanilla and chocolate.
I listen to what I listen to, though much less these days. I haven't listened to the radio (or NPR, or sports radio) in 20 years.
I don't care.
I don't care who the hot new commodity, or artist, is. I haven't bothered with the charts in decades. In an atomized, fractured media culture, it's all white noise.
Garbage. Sorry.
Actually, I prefer classical music these days.
In the event, keep posting your fave raves and bits you want to share. That's what this thread is about.
Take care and enjoy your day,
