Rock is Dying

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**treadhead1944**

Albatross wrote:
dæl wrote:Kim Churchill is pretty good, hadn't seen him before. Interpol I was actually considering referencing in my post about music being rehashed by comparing them to Joy Division, a comparison Interpol don't do to well out of. As I said there is good stuff around just none that is amazing, groundbreaking or lifechanging. Bloc Party, Mumford and Sons, Laura Marling, 65 days of static, Four Tet, all really good, but they aren't in the same league as The Pixies. Unless we go outside of rock/guitar music and then things look a bit rosier with labels like Warp and Planet mu really looking for something new and you get things like Aphex Twin, Squarepusher and Venetian Snares which are truely groundbreaking.

See, I'd agree with this. It seems that electronic music is where the innovation is these days. 'Guitar music' is dead - it's all just a re-hash of a re-hash, sadly.

I would respectfully disagree about "Guitar Music" being dead. Sick yes, but not dead. Tom Morello has done, and is doing some amazing things with the guitar. Others are as well, but they are doing it quietly and on the margins. Electronic music is where innovation seems to be, and I love what the kids are calling "EDM". In fact next weekend is the Movement Festival here in Detroit, which used to be known as the Detroit Electronic Music Festival. A friend is even going to be playing on one of the stages. The best part? The headliner is Public Enemy.

Here is a video of my friend, aka DJ Psycho of the Detroit Techno Militia

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**KingCracker**

MrMoustaffa wrote:
treadhead1944 wrote:
If I recall they came out post 2k. And as a bonus the lead singer's sister works at Charm City Cakes (Mary Alice if you ever watched Ace of Cakes)

As long as Clutch is around, Rock will rock. I freaking love that band. They've changed their style so many times, and yet it always sounds great. One of my friends asked me to describe their music, and I literally couldn't find words. I think said something along the lines of "Well, they're progressive blues now, but they used to play electronic styled metal (Robot hive/exodus) and before that they were stoner metal (Self titled "clutch" their second album) and they've done pretty much everything else in between.

Also, if you can't headbang to this song, you can't headbang to anything

How these guys aren't one of the biggest bands out there right now will always confuse me. These guys can curb stomp just about any other modern "rock band" out there right now. And for the one guy who said "when's the last time a band changed your outlook" check these guys out. They're cut from a completely different cloth than most bands these days. Wish there were more bands like these guys

Agreed completely. I tell people when they ask what they sound like I say "Uhm.....kindda bluesy smooth rock metal?"

**rockerbikie**

The majority of good rock is dead. Modern rock is terrible in my opinion.

**Ratius**

What radio/TV/interwebs stations are you guys n gals listening to?
*mind boggle*

Rock is dying?

Depends on where you are looking peeps

Jaysus even Itune radio stations (and I say itunes because its about as - am I aloud to use the word "mainstream here? - as it gets) have a literal myriad of stations that play rock.

Seek and ye will find. Facetious, not by a long shot.

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Yeah, dying.....