is ROCK music DEAD?

Looking at this years album releases/single releases i'd say rock music is dead in the water. Bunch of has-beens releasing albums and Hipster tween rock that doesn't count. What gives?! Anybody recommend me any music? I'm out of songs and i'm sick of listening to old stuff.

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noJML897

Good answer, prove me wrong. Rock music is dead in the water. 

I haven't heard of "hipster tween" rock... Not trying to be rude or argue or anything of that nature, just not sure what that is lol. I've heard "tween" as in Bieber and Selena Gomez and all that crap, but that sounds diff.

Did you not listen when Twisted Sister said you can't stop rock 'n roll?

[QUOTE="JML897"]nokickingcarpet

Good answer, prove me wrong. Rock music is dead in the water. 

new album coming out next month

if you think rock is dead, then your problem is you listen to the radio too much

[QUOTE="kickingcarpet"]

[QUOTE="JML897"]noBossPerson

Good answer, prove me wrong. Rock music is dead in the water. 

new album coming out next month

if you think rock is dead, then your problem is you listen to the radio too much

[QUOTE="BossPerson"]

[QUOTE="kickingcarpet"]

 

Good answer, prove me wrong. Rock music is dead in the water. 

Pirate700

new album coming out next month

if you think rock is dead, then your problem is you listen to the radio too much

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="BossPerson"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpOSxM0rNPM

new album coming out next month

if you think rock is dead, then your problem is you listen to the radio too much

BossPerson

[QUOTE="BossPerson"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]How is that rock?

Pirate700

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[QUOTE="BossPerson"]it isnt? BossPerson

[QUOTE="BossPerson"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]Sounded like radio pop to me. *shrug*

Pirate700

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[QUOTE="BossPerson"]Well you do drive a pick-up so I guess it makes sense BossPerson

Yes it is. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5GnxehXDys

[QUOTE="JML897"]nokickingcarpet

Good answer, prove me wrong. Rock music is dead in the water. 

I hardly listen to rock these days.

I'm more into rap like I was in the 90s, but even today's hiphop/rap can't top some of mainstream hiphop/rap in the 90s. We got idiots like 2 chainz and Lil Wayne. Why is any of that crap even selling? 

A lot of the shit I hear is dupstep and other wubz-like genres. There's good rock music out there but just not as popular.

[QUOTE="JML897"]nokickingcarpet

Good answer, prove me wrong. Rock music is dead in the water. 

[QUOTE="JML897"]nokickingcarpet

Good answer, prove me wrong. Rock music is dead in the water. 

[QUOTE="BossPerson"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]How is that rock?

Pirate700

Rock music IS dead.  Anyone that studies contemporary music could point that out.  

As quoted by Win Butler, " Well Rock is dead,  I mean can you think of anything that is more dead than rock music now?  Oh, besides Jazz."

Rock music IS dead.  Anyone that studies contemporary music could point that out.  

As quoted by Win Butler, " Well Rock is dead,  I mean can you think of anything that is more dead than rock music now?  Oh, besides Jazz."

mexicangordo

A lot of rock is more just metal these days.

[QUOTE="mexicangordo"]

Rock music IS dead.  Anyone that studies contemporary music could point that out.  

As quoted by Win Butler, " Well Rock is dead,  I mean can you think of anything that is more dead than rock music now?  Oh, besides Jazz."

lightleggy

Black Sabbath's new album is pretty good. ''13''Ozzy sure can still sing.;).

Seems that the mainstream rock has died down a little. Still plenty of alternative rock and other types around.cell_dweller

[QUOTE="lightleggy"][QUOTE="mexicangordo"]

Rock music IS dead.  Anyone that studies contemporary music could point that out.  

As quoted by Win Butler, " Well Rock is dead,  I mean can you think of anything that is more dead than rock music now?  Oh, besides Jazz."

mexicangordo

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[QUOTE="JML897"]noAmazonTreeBoa

Good answer, prove me wrong. Rock music is dead in the water. 

So your assuming your part of this gamespot posse or soemthing? who is this "us"

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[QUOTE="lightleggy"] Well, where I live, if you try telling that to the kids, they'll lose their shit, call you and idiot, and say something like "YOU ARE A F*CKING IDIOT YOU HAVE NO CULTURE ROCK WILL NEVER DIE ROCK IS ETERNAL lml" Yeah, pretty sad.lightleggy

On the other hand electronica....

On the subject, it's not just rock though. Generic radio pop has permeated into every major genre to the point where everything is starting to sound the same. Rock, country, hip-hop, etc. has all been so pop-ified now to the point where everything that will be played on most stations (and thus be widely popular) has blurred into the same sound. It's sad. Go listen to your local country station now...half the songs sound like they could be a Britney Spears song. I was listening to the local hard rock station yesterday and some of the stuff that gets passed as "hard rock" now sounds like a Jonus Bros song.:|

[QUOTE="lightleggy"][QUOTE="mexicangordo"] Well I am not sure if that is the reaction they would give.  But I can guarantee that if I ask a kid if they think rock music is dead.  The reaction I would get would be, "what is rock music?"

 

 

mexicangordo

On the other hand electronica....

The new QotSA album was at the top of the charts

[QUOTE="AmazonTreeBoa"][QUOTE="kickingcarpet"]

 

Good answer, prove me wrong. Rock music is dead in the water. 

kickingcarpet

So your assuming your part of this gamespot posse or soemthing? who is this "us"

[QUOTE="mexicangordo"]

[QUOTE="lightleggy"] Uhm you're totally wrong, most kids today love rock simply because they think it makes them unique and interesting.JML897

On the other hand electronica....

The new QotSA album was at the top of the charts

Looking at this years album releases/single releases i'd say rock music is dead in the water. Bunch of has-beens releasing albums and Hipster tween rock that doesn't count. What gives?! Anybody recommend me any music? I'm out of songs and i'm sick of listening to old stuff.

kickingcarpet

Rock isn't dead. It just has lacked any sort of coherant movement since like 2006, and it is showing. Who can you point out that leads rock? Muse? Imagine Dragons? lol, don't make me hurl. In the early and mid-90's it was the grunge bands that led the genre. Then they kinda fell apart and post-grunge bands like Bush, Creed, and Nickelback took over. Not mention the rise of nu-metal began, and Korn helped breath something new into the music. In the early 2000's we saw a lot of elements being adopted from rap and hip-hop. That went on for a few years, and began to peter out alongside the remaining post-grunge bands. Nothing big came after that. There have been spurts of more electronic bands for sure, but they haven't had quite the same impact as the predecessors. And their is no real leader.

As for great to okay music still being released, there is still plenty:

Soundgarden's latest album

Benedictum

Alice In Chains latest album

Avenged Sevenfold

Chevelle

Foo Fighters

Our Lady Peace (2012 album was terrible though)

Smashing Pumpkins released a decent album

Within Temptation

Yeah, my tastes are what many would call a little dated.

Beady Eye just released their album and it's great...so no. 

Flatliners got a new record coming out in September

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5fe6DLZ5wc

No. As long as there are musicians out there that play it then it isn't dead.

I want black people to go back to rock music.

I love rock music and love the older rock music. 

Rock music is not dead.

No way. 

Born of Osiris and City in the Sea have new albums coming out tomorrow. Then we got Stray from the Path release one next month. 

And that's just the sub genre I'm keeping an eye on. Doesn't even account for all the other sub genres of rock out there.

Maybe if you're listening to the radio or know nothing about rock music.