Comments on: Modern Rock Is Dead.

By: Miller

Miller — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:36:44 +0000

I will argue the high worth of Foo till the day I die, but I know some people don’t like them and that’s fine. All I’m saying is that they are more than Colour and the Shape.

They’ve tried new things; Skin and Bones, In Your Honor 2 disc Hard/Mellow format, even a ditty with no words on Echoes, etc, yet still managed to stay true to the gritty rock edge Dave forged with his own hands.

Call me a fanboy, but there really isn’t anything around right now that can top Foo in my eyes.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:03:04 +0000

There are a few acts that have been around that still release respectable music. Tesla’s latest wasn’t bad and neither was Candlebox’s new one. Shinedown is ok. Nothing super great but still alright. AC/DC’s new one was…we, an AC/DC record. Nothing groundbreaking, but a solid AC/DC album. The modern rock band that I’m most pleased with is Seether. Other than that, I can’t put my finger on a really good newer rock band that I like.

By: itsalljustaride

itsalljustaride — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:09:50 +0000

Hate to break it to you, but Foo is a straight-up mainstream pop act now. Drivel? No, I wouldn’t call them drivel, but they aren’t doing anything really new at all anymore. I haven’t liked anything of theirs since before One by One. I bought One by One when the first single came out and besides that one song there isn’t much to speak of. It was pretty ho-hum.

Beyond that I’m in agreement that there are no real great straight up rock acts coming out that are worth much attention. The genre is in stagnation, and when that happens mediocrity reigns supreme. Even the indie scene (as far as rock goes) is getting pretty tired. There are some good things coming out, but they’re few and far between.

Hard Metal acts are, in terms of ratio, still doing ok, but it’s mainly non-American bands (which is fine). Europe has been steadily outdoing the U.S. in terms of interesting metal acts.

The music industry in general is just lame right now. They’ll of course blame downloading and lost revenue for it, but the honest reality is just that either there aren’t many good acts starting up, or those that do are not getting record deals. Both could be true.

Honestly I think downloading will, inevitably, help the quality of music that comes out (after the growing pains are worked out). The market will rely less on pre-teens and fickle high schoolers for revenue (since that demographic probably scoffs at the idea of paying for music by now) and focus more on adults with money and more matured musical tastes.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:34:27 +0000

“When all your songs are about having parties and banging chicks while your voice is digitally altered to sound decent (whether or not it needs to) it’s time to punch yourself in the face.”

That just made my day!

The problem with most of the new rock bands these days is that they are trying to look-the-look and live the Rock-star profile instead of making good music that people besides the MTV fans will like. Nickelback, good musicians but annoyingly repetitive, mediocre songs.

By: Miller

Miller — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:07:38 +0000

I’m not sure what problem people have with the Foo Fighters, especially the person that mentioned not liking anything they released this decade.. Foo has been the only solid act that’s not become pop drivel like Nickelback and Kid Rock in the last 10 years. (Speaking in the sense of acts that have actually been around and active for 10 years.)

When all your songs are about having parties and banging chicks while your voice is digitally altered to sound decent (whether or not it needs to) it’s time to punch yourself in the face.

As for the not liking anything from this decade from Foo, that just puts you at pouty whineface status, grunting angrily when they don’t play Everlong. Great song, but they didn’t end there.

By: Krodar

Krodar — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:09:23 +0000

Indie music killed rock, when you get down to basics rock and indie are pretty much the same thing. Guitar and drums, some keyboards and a catchy riff or two. The difference is, rock never tried to be mainstream music, it was like a buffer between the processed cheese of pop music and the delicacies of Metal. Indie came along and wiped that line out, by pandering to the mass market. Rock is dead, Metal rules forever!

By: insomn

insomn — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:33:42 +0000

The Mars Volta are good, but they are not really rock, more of a unique experimental band and I listen to a lot of obscure shit so it’s just what I like. But rock is dead as fuck, metal will keep on going, but where the true evolution of music lies is in the realm of the obscurities, the avante garde, and the undefinable. Artists like Buckethead, Primus, Venetian Snares, & Dr. Steel, are all nigh undefinable and certainly if labelled have exceeded the boundaries of said labels.

By: A Dark In The Light

A Dark In The Light — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:24:31 +0000

God I hate Nickelback.

By: trivals

trivals — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:59:52 +0000

erwerwtwertewrt

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:09:01 +0000

Turn off the radio you say?…I do, especially every time I hear that Finger 11 song come on every ten minutes.

We used to have a killer classic rock station that had Bob and Tom in the morning. First it changed by not broadcasting bob and tom anymore and then one day they were playing Alice In Chains The Rooster, which seemed odd because they never played that song before. When the song ended….the station was no longer classic rock, but a country station…106.1 The Rooster. Go Figure.

Thats all radio to me is good for these days is classic rock and morning shows but both seem few and far between. Well in my area it is anyway