What do you consider ROCK music? - Page 2

Travis10

I'm not quite sure what to make of this. I know the Rock genre has several to a couple dozen 'types' of it's music. - (ie Southern Rock, British Rock, heavy metal, etc.)
I, at this time, consider Pop-Rock (or Rock-pop, however it's consensually called...) to be under the overall ROCK genre which includes FOB, MCR, AAR,sadly most of the crap Panic at the Disco shakingly belts out, and some Nickelback/Simple Plan material.
But I could care less in the end, I just enjoy the **** as much as one of the next guys.

sleepwalker

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Originally posted by Mikal

When it comes to the MySpace Invasion, I use this threshold:

If I was to use some Clorox Bleach to remove the eyeliner, would I get the Backstreet Boys?

Basically, all the recent "rock" bands in the vein of FOB and Panic fail, since I see them as boybands with a bigger Maybeline account. As for bands like AAR or Taking Back, I consider them rock compared to Fall Out Boy. But not when compared to Evanescence, which is rock. Unless compared to Korn.

Rock is basically stratified based on age and budget for costumes. But we should all agree that regardless, Simple Plan and Nickleback are not rock. They are ***** pop.

I was basically planning to say that, though probably not as humorously. Some of what's considered "rock" these days is just this generation's answer to boy bands. That being said, the influence that rock has on these bands means that they have a rock element to them and under some situations can be labeled as such. It's all a matter of context and comparison.

Red

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Originally posted by Mikal

When it comes to the MySpace Invasion, I use this threshold:

If I was to use some Clorox Bleach to remove the eyeliner, would I get the Backstreet Boys?

Basically, all the recent "rock" bands in the vein of FOB and Panic fail, since I see them as boybands with a bigger Maybeline account. As for bands like AAR or Taking Back, I consider them rock compared to Fall Out Boy. But not when compared to Evanescence, which is rock. Unless compared to Korn.

Rock is basically stratified based on age and budget for costumes. But we should all agree that regardless, Simple Plan and Nickleback are not rock. They are ***** pop.

Now see, I would have agreed with you completely with that whole FOB comment up until I listened to their new album and actually really liked it.

And yes, I totally agree with that last comment. 100%.

toxnick

Well, nowadays, many bands categorized as rock just ebcause they play guitars, instruments and stuffs. I hate that, the best example is Simple Plan. We all know they're POP. TOTALLY POP!

Maybe yes, theyre more than just pure pop, but still most of bands just trying to do crossover to get mainstream success.

SIMon1120

I love ROCK these days from Simple Plan,AAR,FOB,MCR,Good Charlotte,Avenged Sevenfold and Green day

TRL Girl

I think that music should not be categorized. So therefore I say that any music can be considered rock, especially if you look at the history from which ROCK came from.

SaMdAmAn477

Now honestly we all know that there is different kinds of rock, such as bands like Korn would be hard rock, and bands like P!ATD would be pretty much on the edge of pop. But as much as we hate to admit it absolute **** *cough* like Nickelback, Hinder, and Simple Plan *cough* is still rock music. I'm sure there's "harder" rock and "softer" rock, but if it consists of a lead vocalist, a bass player, a guitar player, and a drummer it will be classified as rock. Even though I disagree that bands like Hinder and Nickelback and Simple Plan are considered rock they still have the instruments and singers, which would classify them as rock. Not that it matters anyway I look at songs by the qualitie of what they are, not by their genre (even though rock music is my favorite kind of music by a mile)

Mikal

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Originally posted by SaMdAmAn477

I'm sure there's "harder" rock and "softer" rock, but if it consists of a lead vocalist, a bass player, a guitar player, and a drummer it will be classified as rock.

I would love to go that basic but even Lindsay Lohan has that when she did "Edge Of Seventeen" live. And God forbid Britney uses a "rock" band for her eventual comeback.

But otherwise, acceptable answer for what makes "rock."