Whatever happened to ambition in Rock and Roll?

[dwell]

Rock and Roll is old people music.
You need to start listening to dubstep.

You don't even need bands for dubstep. Just write a program to randomly create songs.

 

[alkemyst]

Clear Channel Media happened.

Conform or be cast out.

 

[Jeff7]

Rock and Roll is old people music.
You need to start listening to dubstep.

Isn't it scary that Justin Bieber might one day be on an "oldies" station?

 

[twinrider1]

Ambition? Have you checked with Jeff Beck?

There are some bands I like out there. Rival Sons. But I just don't connect with a lot of it. Crabcore, blast beats, cookie monster vocals, guitarists that practice scales at light speed and think it's melodic...not my thing.

 

[DirkGently1]

There's some good stuff in the list. Quite contemporary from my aged standpoint though. My era of indy rock/alternative was Eighties through the Nineties, when beyond that point the entire scene was so rubbish i just gave up listening to contemporary music altogether.

Some notable bands of that Genre and in my era would include:

Neds Atomic Dustbin
Carter USM
The Wonderstuff
Pop Will Eat Itself
Faith No More
The Stone Roses
The Cult
Echobelly
The Pixies
Placebo

..and many, many more. I loved the Indy scene of that era, but any good Rock from the late Fifties through to the turn of the century is definitely my bag. The late Nineties until maybe the last year or two has been depressing though. Music had hit an all time low during that period. There are signs of improvement recently but music will never again reach the heights set by bands such as Led Zeppelin, Dire Straits and Pink Floyd.

 

[ImpulsE69]

The answer is easy. Don't get your music from the Radio, TV, Movies.

/end thread

 

[KMFJD]

Rock and Roll is old people music.
You need to start listening to dubstep.

 

[Ns1]

The next tool album will be epic. Probably 7 years in the making by the time it comes out.

 

[RocksteadyDotNet]

So, music isnt as good as it used to be? Shit, no ones's every said that before.

Facepalm.

Every generation thinks the next gens music is shit. Try not to be a raging cliche.

 

[alkemyst]

Clear Channel Media happened.

and you fools defending SOPA/PIPA can be sure if passed will use their control to limit independent music online.

 

[zokudu]

Yawn get over yourself. I don't listen to that kind of music but there is tons of new stuff coming out. I'll see if I can hit my brother up for some suggestions hes into this genre.

 

[Kadarin]

Rock and Roll is old people music.
You need to start listening to dubstep.

Yeah, right. Dubstep isn't WUBWUBWUBWUBWUBWUB music, you dolt!