What happened to rock music?

[Quint]

Two types of people in this world. People who like limp bizkit and creed and people who lie about not liking them.

These are both mine and I’ll cherish them forever. Fred was clearly lying when he signed this.

I was 15 in 1998. Music was awesome and tickets were still affordable.

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15 in 1998?

Oof.

I’ll just be over here gumming my Grape Nuts.

 

[Quint]

I’m still listening to the same rotation of Social D, Ramones, Clash,Rancid,Replacements,Bad Religion,Stiff Little Fingers, Tiger Army,Distillers,Nekromantics. Most were transferred from vinyl to a first gen iPod when it first came out, and put in my itunes account. I pretend that when I here “I wanna be sedated” that it’s DNA goes back to the original album I bought in 78’. In the last year I rebuilt a vintage home stereo, and still rock out to the good shit. I feel bad for the good bands that were destroyed by the invention of “free Music”, and I also feel bad for folks that have never heard good music on a true analog system played loud enough that your neighbors call the cops! I refinish wood floors, and I redid a dance hall floor in a tiny town in SD last week. The building was built by WPA in 1937. Every time I do it I can picture bands like Buddy Holly playing there. Good music is hard to find. When I mean “good”, I mean generational fucking awesome music. Now a good song comes out and it’s done in about 18 months. I always said the great artists that die young refused to sign a deal with the devil. Think about it. I remember when U2 was cool. Joshua Tree comes out and all of a sudden Bono is a faggy weirdo trying to save the world. All time favorite song is “Ball and Chain” Social D.

My rotation is expanded with music from before that era and after, but most of the ‘newer’ music is still 20 years old.

 

[lee_carvallo_12]

I haven’t liked a new song from any genre in over 15 years. All new music is awful. Music died suddenly in 2010.

 

[ZJSARENOTFREE]

A couple decent newer-ish bands out there for me are:

High Fade - These dudes fuckin get it. Saw their show a few weeks back. Incredible.
The Band Feel
Des Rocs

 

[Cornicator]

I’m so glad I grew up listening to rock in the late 60’s, 70’s and 80’s instead of this crap today. That makes me old to some of you but we had great music back then!

 

[1HuskerDad]

 

[Mr.Bojangles]

All music has gone to shit not just rock n roll.

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

All music has gone to shit not just rock n roll.

 

[Kaladin]

I went to a blink 182 concert at the Westfair Ampitheater in 2009 and then I went to boot camp and when I came back to Nebraska in the spring of 2010, rock music was gone

It was just rap and country music and pop music and electronic music

 

[SoCal_Corn]

I do know this. In my local nearly-all-white Class C high school, 20 years ago the weight room played nothing but heavy metal and rock. Now it’s nothing but rap.

Same goes for Strip Clubs as well.


Or so my friend tells me.

 

[NorthWillRiseAgain]

Rock isn’t gone. Its mainstream appeal is.

Nothing is noticed anymore unless it has a part of the song that is catchy for a reel.

 

[Herbie]

It’s fan base is dying off

 

[Tell_Sackett]

I'm planning on taking my oldest daughter to the AC/DC concert in Chicago in May that's part of her 16th birthday present. They may have lost their fastball, but their change up is probably still better than most. She wears their vintage concert tees sometimes, so she should at least see them once. I've never seen them live either, so I'm looking forward to it.

Ticket prices are ridiculous but oh well, it'll be a memory.

 

[ZJSARENOTFREE]

I'm planning on taking my oldest daughter to the AC/DC concert in Chicago in May that's part of her 16th birthday present. They may have lost their fastball, but their change up is probably still better than most. She wears their vintage concert tees sometimes, so she should at least see them once. I've never seen them live either, so I'm looking forward to it.

Ticket prices are ridiculous but oh well, it'll be a memory.

Fantastic. Awesome dad stuff and agree. Concert will still be loud and awesome.

 

[SoCal_Corn]

I'm planning on taking my oldest daughter to the AC/DC concert in Chicago in May that's part of her 16th birthday present. They may have lost their fastball, but their change up is probably still better than most. She wears their vintage concert tees sometimes, so she should at least see them once. I've never seen them live either, so I'm looking forward to it.

Ticket prices are ridiculous but oh well, it'll be a memory.

Going next FRI in LA at the Rose Bowl.






Only seen them once before, at PowerTrip in 2023.

Took me 44 years to go see them.

 

[Tell_Sackett]

Going next FRI in LA at the Rose Bowl.



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Only seen them once before, at PowerTrip in 2023.

Took me 44 years to go see them.

Let me know how it goes. I've seen some of their YouTube videos from last year in Europe and they seem to sound pretty good still.

 

[bbenson67]

I’m so glad I grew up listening to rock in the late 60’s, 70’s and 80’s instead of this crap today. That makes me old to some of you but we had great music back then!

There's is a lot of evidence that says you like the music you listened to in high school and college and it stays your preference for the rest of your life. Classic Rock channels on things like Sirius XM and Spotify are there because of that and caters to people like us of a certain age.

Like growing up in the golden era of Nebraska football, I'm glad I grew up in that era of music. And yes, I'm an old.

 

[Havoc34]

Idk if we’re getting super specific about genre, but there’s still a lot of good metal out there. If you like heavier shit.

 

[SoCal_Corn]

 

[SoCal_Corn]

There's is a lot of evidence that says you like the music you listened to in high school and college and it stays your preference for the rest of your life. Classic Rock channels on things like Sirius XM and Spotify are there because of that and caters to people like us of a certain age.

Like growing up in the golden era of Nebraska football, I'm glad I grew up in that era of music. And yes, I'm an old.

+1 on all

On the Music of the Days
On the Football of the (good ole) Days
&
On being an Old.