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In my opinion, modern rock as we know it is dead. There are very few credible bands these days in the scene to keep it alive. Just about any rock station you listen to is either playing Nickelback, jet, classic rock hits and 80’s and 90’s stuff. There is no new bands these days that are making an impact.
Bottom line to me is that rock is dead. Rock is boring. Rock hit it’s all time high and can not evolve anymore. If it did evolve it wouldnt be rock anymore. Where can rock go…nowhere. It’s literally a flatline of mediocre songs that are sometimes fun to sing along to but nothing epic, nothing substantial.
Metal on the other hand has evolved and eventually will come full circle just to evolve again. I don’t think we have to worry about metal dying out anytime in this generation but painfully so…rock is dead.
581 days ago
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.
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581 days ago
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.
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580 days ago
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.
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