Daaavo
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dainthomas
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Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
i'm with you... was that a joke?Originally posted by: moshquerade
Yep.
There is still a lot good rock out there, but the sorry big record companies these days don't promote them, US radio doesn't play them thanks to clearchannel, and Americans...well nevermind.
Someone mentioned Soul SirkUs. :thumbsup:
Journey is supposed to come out with a good rockin album this year.
Someone mentioned Soul SirkUs. :thumbsup:
Journey is supposed to come out with a good rockin album this year.
OK, I don't know why Jules decided to drag this out of the archives, but this is ridiculous. I LOVE Radiohead. I'm listening to them right now. I honestly think that EVERY album they've ever put out (and I do mean every, without exception) is perfect. Not great, not good, not so-so... perfect. As in, has no flaws. As in, it takes the band somewhere new every album, and there's real feeling there, and I just can't get over it.
But I digress. The point is, they're NOT rock, and if you listened to OK Computer, you should know that. Pablo Honey might be considered rock, but they're just a band that makes music... they're not really (in my head anyway) classified as anything. They'll do rock, they'll do techno, they'll do dance, they just make great music.
This quote from Thom Yorke sums up exactly where their music went after OK Computer:
"We write pop songs, As time has gone on, we've gotten more into pushing our material as far as it can go. But there was no intention of it being 'art.' It's a reflection of all the disparate things we were listening to when we recorded it."
spherrod
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I once (recently, actually) heard Green Day referred to as the "Saviors of American Rock and Roll." Tsk, tsk, tsk.
I think that the trend is really growing towards independant bands of all kinds. "Rock and roll" is a type of music that appeals to a very large range of people. However, the internet allows people to find the _exact_ kind of music that they love, be it punk, grunge, whatever the hell radiohead is, or what. I've recently come across a whole mess of music that I really can't put into a genre - some of it heavy, some of it really light. But the point is, it's like the change from being able to choose between a chicken sandwidch and a beef burger with all the toppings to the menu that you see at [insert burger joint here] where you pick and choose what you want when you want.
I think that the trend is really growing towards independant bands of all kinds. "Rock and roll" is a type of music that appeals to a very large range of people. However, the internet allows people to find the _exact_ kind of music that they love, be it punk, grunge, whatever the hell radiohead is, or what. I've recently come across a whole mess of music that I really can't put into a genre - some of it heavy, some of it really light. But the point is, it's like the change from being able to choose between a chicken sandwidch and a beef burger with all the toppings to the menu that you see at [insert burger joint here] where you pick and choose what you want when you want.
ThePresence
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uhm i can think of a thousand other bands before incubus that compress their music heavily. incubus' SCIENCE album is nicely done, and their newest isn't that bad.
way to rip off my earlier post in which I said "I guess rock n' roll has died. Sorry Neil Young" It is not just pop artisits that suck. The majority of all modern rock sucks. Its a bunch of whiny emo-fvcks crying they got dumped, or crying about their depressed state, rather than what it used to be guys rocking about love, sex, drugs, and good times.
OREOSpeedwagon
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Originally posted by: spherrod
REO Speedwagon?
TAKE IT ON THE RUN BABAYYYY IF THATS THE WAY YOU WANT IT BABAYY
ThePresence
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There will never be another band that sounds anything remotely like AC/DC unless it's a tribute band.
Pearl Jam is definitely grunge but out of Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains, the owe the greatest debt to classic rock. It's why mike mccready is one of my favorite guitarists.
Velvet Revolver = Gun's and Roses - axle rose + lead singer from stone temple pilots....they definitely rock, but thats because they are basically an old band.
ThePresence
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My favorite band of those grunge bands has to be AiC, but I love PJ. However, they are NOT rock n Roll as mentioned before. To me, rock n roll is ACDC - You shook me all night long.
spherrod
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Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
Originally posted by: spherrod
REO Speedwagon?
TAKE IT ON THE RUN BABAYYYY IF THATS THE WAY YOU WANT IT BABAYY
:beer:
Dont try to take me to a disco,
you'll never even get me out on the floor,
in ten minutes I'll be late for the door,
I like that old time rock 'n' roll!
ThePresence
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Fingolfin269
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Jet will save you.
Only new rock band I have liked in years. They remind me a lot of the Rolling Stones mixed with AC/DC and a touch of the Beatles.
Only new rock band I have liked in years. They remind me a lot of the Rolling Stones mixed with AC/DC and a touch of the Beatles.
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