Is Rock dead?

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steveinaz
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Is there anything worth listening to anymore? I'm pretty open minded with music, but for the last 6-7 years, I can't find a damn thing to buy. I suffer my way through MTV, hoping to make a discovery of something---garbage. This isn't old man syndrome, most of this current music simply sucks. I've heard better garage bands. No complexity, no layering, 99% computer created dung.

Guys...what are you listening to?
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,029
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    Little girls with guitars (and other stringed instruments), mostly...

    e.g.,

    https://youtu.be/gSmZCCtyq3Q

    http://www.aoifeodonovan.com/

    and

    https://youtu.be/9zITEAK1i0k
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  • steveinaz
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    ANY music at this point. Doesn't have to be rock. I do listen to a number of streaming services---NUTHIN. I just don't hear anything that excites me; like I said, the complexity/quality just doesn't seem to be there. An exception is Country, but even country lately hasn't done much for me. Everything is frickin techno/dance, rap hip-hop crud that is as complex as Schroeder one-fingering "jingle-bells" on the piano.

    Is there no high quality (talking substance---not audio quality) music out there? Everything sounds like musics' version of fast food; worst yet, frozen food.
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  • msg
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    Steve, you hear The War On Drugs?
    Their album Lost In The Dream was one of the last really good surprises I happened across.
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  • steveinaz
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    Appreciate the suggestions. I'll take a listen. I like most everything except the exceptions listed above. I may even like some of those, if i heard anything of any substance or groove.
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  • motorhead43026
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    Greta Van Fleet...............RR

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  • PSOVLSK
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    I'm all over the map as far genre, but here are some I like:
    Gary Clark Jr.
    Kaleo
    Leon Bridges
    Chris Stapleton
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  • Upstatemax
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    Sturgill Simpson
    Michael Kiwanuka
    ...

    That's the only two I can think of off the top of my head that have not been mentioned already.
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  • afterburnt
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    50's 60's jazz
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  • pitdogg2
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    I hear Glen Campbell has a new album coming out.... no what wait.....thats not rock ..... carry on o:)o:)
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  • voltz
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    Jimmy Eat World" Bleed American" I liked the Vinyl.
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  • txcoastal1
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    Go through the "what you listening to thread" and youtube the music you're unfamiliar with

    I've found new to me artists or blasts from the pasts

    Youtube might also show some as likes on the side that may interest you

    Always have Shazam or Sound hound apps ready to catch a tune...movies, GTG, shows, shopping etc ...have grabbed new interests from many places

    Reviews are usually available if they are recorded well etc

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  • EndersShadow
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    Penatonix
    Against the Current
    Alyson Stoner
    Peter Hollens

    Are some Ive found as of late.

    Rockers are Nightwish, Dragonforce, Within Temptation
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  • MrBuhl
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    Lots of good music being made - great suggestions above. Here in LA we have a great Alt Rock station - lots of new music on there, as well as the "similar" or "recommended for you" (based on your other music usually) artists online. You'll find some good stuff.

    A few thoughts:
    Band of Heathens
    Black Keys
    The Temperance Movement
    North Mississippi Allstars
    The Sword
    Johnny Lang
    Nathaniel RatelifF

    All relatively recent discoveries for me that fall in the wide rock spectrum.

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  • Emlyn
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    Dead? Lacking complexity or layering? No...(but this is an old Etta James song too)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEHwO_UEp7A
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  • K_M
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    steveinaz wrote: »
    Is there anything worth listening to anymore? I'm pretty open minded with music, but for the last 6-7 years, I can't find a damn thing to buy. I suffer my way through MTV, hoping to make a discovery of something---garbage. This isn't old man syndrome, most of this current music simply sucks. I've heard better garage bands. No complexity, no layering, 99% computer created dung.

    Guys...what are you listening to?

    I randomly find a lot of stuff I like on Spotify.

    Could it be you are just burnt out on rock music in general?
    Maybe try some variations on stuff that is not quite rock.

    I am not sure if listing stuff I personally like would help you, I think you need to find that certain sound, that is new or exciting and then go from there.

    I have been on a jazz phase for a while, but now have started listening to a lot of "Classic" rock, something I have not made a lot of effort to find until lately.
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  • daddyjt
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    I recently found Sean Rowe, and I am enjoying the complex sounds on his recordings. Female vocals have been my mainstay traditionally, but his baritone is bringing all kinds of new traits out in my system.
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  • chumlie
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    msg wrote: »
    Steve, you hear The War On Drugs?
    Their album Lost In The Dream was one of the last really good surprises I happened across.

    I'll second that. Plus they have a new one out today.
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  • afterburnt
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    DSkip wrote: »
    afterburnt wrote: »
    50's 60's jazz

    Nice to see you coming into the new millenium Bruce.

    I have been collecting a lot of that stuff and it new to me. Try some Ornette Coleman it's good stuff
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  • coolsax
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    I'll have to second Chris Stapleton and Sturgil Simpson! two of my current favorites.
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  • mdaudioguy
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    Check out some of the Alternative stations on your favorite streaming platform. Unfortunately, Alt is moving towards the mainstream. (Or is the mainstream moving towards Alternative?)
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  • Nightfall
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    As far as the teen/early twenties crowd now, yes it's dead. It's been replaced with Pop, Rap, and Techno wub wub music.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • pitdogg2
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    Nightfall wrote: »
    As far as the teen/early twenties crowd now, yes it's dead. It's been replaced with Pop, Rap, and Techno wub wub music.

    yes my kids play that techno wub wub music, it is just unbearable for me. Rap some I can take to a point other rap is crap.
    Kids these days:)
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  • steveinaz
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    Thanks all for some suggestions. I'll definitely go through these. As a person who was into music in the late 60's, and a teen through the 70's, there was just so much music out there; Yes; Kansas; Rush; Boston; Styx, REO, Journey; Stones; Zepplin; Montrose; Van Halen; and hundreds more--I think I got spoiled. I'm still going back and grabbing music I just never got around to owning during the 60's/70's.
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    steveinaz wrote: »
    Thanks all for some suggestions. I'll definitely go through these. As a person who was into music in the late 60's, and a teen through the 70's, there was just so much music out there; Yes; Kansas; Rush; Boston; Styx, REO, Journey; Stones; Zepplin; Montrose; Van Halen; and hundreds more--I think I got spoiled. I'm still going back and grabbing music I just never got around to owning during the 60's/70's.

    I hear ya man, a choir for myself also. Is rock dead ?? In the sense that we are used to, yes. Country is the new rock. Throw in some Rap/funk/pop for fun. Just plain old rock n roll though, gone.

    Might be some little known bands still rockin' on rock, haven't heard any yet I'd care to listen to twice though. That's just me however, I can still dig modern stuff, if it's good, but that's more far and few between for me. Personally I think it's a lack of talent these days, or interest, in good old fashioned rock n roll. Everyone wants that club hit, if ya know what I mean.
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  • erniejade
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    I posted this on another thread https://youtube.com/watch?v=aJg4OJxp-co There is some good bands out there but they aren't main stream and a lot harder to find.
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    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    Nightfall wrote: »
    As far as the teen/early twenties crowd now, yes it's dead. It's been replaced with Pop, Rap, and Techno wub wub music.

    yes my kids play that techno wub wub music, it is just unbearable for me. Rap some I can take to a point other rap is crap.
    Kids these days:)

    How many years must one practice clicking a mouse button to get good? Probably way more than guitar or drums, clicking is complicated. You really have to get that muscle memory down.

    I find it weird to pay for a concert and the "performer" just stands there playing music off their laptop.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • motorhead43026
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    Another Greta Van Fleet, can't deny the lead singers Plant influence.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCSayVA_3Cc
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  • afterburnt
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    I like to find and or remember artist by reading Wikipedia about who I am listening to. I am often surprised by who recorded or played with someone somewhere in their career. Like Ornette Coleman having Gerry Garcia playing on a few of his recordings, go figure? The is a lot of great stuff from back in the day. Ever listen to Count Bassie? Big bands to trios from back then never left me wanting.
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