IS ROCK DEAD?

The old 'Rock is dead' conversation.

It's nothing new. Many people have noticed the inherent lack of Rock music in the charts and public eye (or ears) these last few years. And for some reason this topic has popped back up recently. Anthony Fantano (of the needle drop fame) made a video discussing his opinion on the matter which you can watch here. And recently I found a new video posted by channel 'Circle of Tone' which you can find below.

I left a comment on his video as I feel like they both have made some great points. This is not all my thoughts on the matter and I would like to talk more about this in the future.

"                Honestly though I agree with you. How can we expect Rock to survive if every one is just rehashing old ground? There's no shame in being influenced by certain bands, but to sound EXACTLY like them is missing the point. I've lost count over how many local bands I've seen who do this. Add that along with the DAW mentality, you just get blah, blah, blah...

And then they wonder why it never went anywhere.

Think of the greatest most legendary bands in Rock: Queen, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Prince (just some examples). Why were they so successful? Because they sound like themselves! Granted there are influences in the music that you can pick up but for the most part Queen sounds like Queen and Prince sounds like Prince.

As well as that the 'Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll' spirit has dissipated. Everyone has become lame. Bands just get up on stage and chug though their half baked songs with no passion at all. Where is the attitude? The Passion? The true meaning of Rock? Don't just think of it as just another gig, PUT ON A SHOW! Make sure people can easily tell that you guys fucking ROCK! And if you upset anyone, well then too bad. You can't please everyone, pleasing everyone is not something Rock cares about.

By the way. Talking about half baked songs. Do yourself a favor and switch off the laptop. Grab a mug of tea, a pencil, some paper. Give yourself some time and write your songs the old fashioned way. It may seem like more work and less fun at first but in the end you will write FAR better songs compared to when you plug into a DAW interface.             "