Rock music is dead!

[BigDGarciaFan]

YES YES, rock really is DEAD! cause it was getting more boring.

read below

http://loudwire.com/gene-simmons-rock-finally-dead/

 

[CliffnDallas]

Hudson?

 

[BigDGarciaFan]

Hudson?

who r they?

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

Like him or not Simmons was pretty much spot on.
Where is the next Beatles?
Zeppelin?
Who is going to make the next dark side of the moon?

 

[BoysFan4ever]

Gene Simmons is kind of a bigmouth & know it all type but who knows about this?

KISS was way before my time but I always thought they looked stupid with that makeup.

Anyway he's still in a band. Make some rock records.

 

[Silver Surfer]

Townshend knew/wrote this 40 years ago.

 

[Kevinicus]

Hmm, I don't think you can say rock is dead. It may not be the same as it was before, but that doesn't mean it's dead. The Beatles are mentioned as rock, and even Elvis, the "King". Most people who grew up the last several decades would probably consider their music more pop than rock. Rock just means something different now.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

At least some of my fav 90s bands are still performing now and then. The Cult, Janes Addiction, Smashing Pumpkins, etc.

Jane's Addiction - Manchester UK, Apollo (Aug. 21, 2014)

 

[BoysFan4ever]

Hmm, I don't think you can say rock is dead. It may not be the same as it was before, but that doesn't mean it's dead. The Beatles are mentioned as rock, and even Elvis, the "King". Most people who grew up the last several decades would probably consider their music more pop than rock. Rock just means something different now.

For me in my mid 20's pop is Michael Jackson stuff. The 80's videos I see. That is pop. He was brilliant at what he did which was pop!

Pop has about killed country. Way too many pop influences in country now.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I don't think rock is dead but it has been severly beaten and brused.

A rock station in town just went alternative last week. It is horrible and I imagine all the loyal listeners don't fit into their new demographics any more than I do.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

For me in my mid 20's pop is Michael Jackson stuff. The 80's videos I see. That is pop. He was brilliant at what he did which was pop!

Pop has about killed country. Way too many pop influences in country now.

When Cobain died, that also had a big influence on the demise of rock.

 

[Denim Chicken]

The Strokes, Muse, The Killers, Deftones, Arctic Monkeys, 311, White Stripes, Modest Mouse...all off the top of my head and very much alive.

KISS sucked anyway

 

[BigDGarciaFan]

The Strokes, Muse, The Killers, Deftones, Arctic Monkeys, 311, White Stripes, Modest Mouse...all off the top of my head and very much alive.

KISS sucked anyway

all bands(you mentioned above) are a waste of time. most kiss songs were boring, i only like a few. but i like kiss' makeup. did u see the Who's performance last night on TV?

 

[TheCowboy]

I only listen to Metal and it's hard finding a good band. Behind Metallica, Five Finger Death Punch is my next favorite. I don't know too many other modern metal bands that are good.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

The Strokes, Muse, The Killers, Deftones, Arctic Monkeys, 311, White Stripes, Modest Mouse...all off the top of my head and very much alive.

KISS sucked anyway

Just got back from a Linkin Park concert last night. They were all alive and well also.

 

[Denim Chicken]

all bands(you mentioned above) are a waste of time. most kiss songs were boring, i only like a few. but i like kiss' makeup. did u see the Who's performance last night on TV?

Waste of time, lol.

 

[Silver Surfer]

When Cobain died, that also had a big influence on the demise of rock.

No disrespect intended, but Cobain's suicide didn't make a ripple to most anybody who grew up on Zeppelin, Who, Yes, Pink Floyd, Hendrix, etc etc etc

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

No disrespect intended, but Cobain's suicide didn't make a ripple to most anybody who grew up on Zeppelin, Who, Yes, Pink Floyd, Hendrix, etc etc etc

Don't know what that has to do with what I was saying. After Grunge died, the so called rock seen was dying too.

 

[StarMan2112]

What a bunch of BS. Rock isn't dead. They're still bands out there making great music. American taste in music is what's dead imo.

 

[Silver Surfer]

"Don't know what that has to do with what I was saying. After Grunge died, the so called rock seen was dying too."

It might have to the younger audiences, but not to the older, more entrenched fans. There's still great commercial appeal by these bands 30-50 years on like Aerosmith, the Stones, and Santana.

If part of the appeal of rock was the rebellion against society and the established power structure, most of that draw seems to have been co-opted by rap.

Simmons may come across as the old man lamenting the loss of the "good ol' days" of rock, but I understand his frustration with the decline of much of the genre into incoherent cacophony.