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Discussion: Where Are The Rock Bands?
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Originally posted by danitykanelover
please do not include lorde, lana del rey, haim, or florence and the machine with ROCK... u are not aware of what rock is if you think they fall into that category.
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IA, those acts are more alternative or "tumblrcore."
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Not even one mention of The Pretty Reckless 
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Originally posted by LoKoPaNdA
This decade some rock bands have played the VMAs like Florence in 2010, Young The Giant and Green Day the next two years but I can't remember for the other years. Also the way Green Day faded is just creepy. I actually enjoyed them, I usually prefer alternative to active rock which like country can be pretty repetitive.  So yeah no Aerosmiths, Niravanas or Foo Fighters for me but yes to Foster The People, Cage The Elephant and The Arctic Monkeys. |
They didn't fade at the start of Uno, dos, tre era, BJ had a total meltdown then got sober, Mike's wife was diagnosed breast cancer, Jason's wife diagnosed cancer and Tre got married.
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Originally posted by LoKoPaNdA
I think the rise of alternative and democratization of rock hindered the stardom of rock bands. Come to think about it, there are way too many different sounds in alternative/rock right now....we got Lana, BANKS and Lorde, HAIM, Bastille and Imagine Dragons, Florence, The Black Keys and The Arctic Monkeys, The Foo Fighters at the other side of the spectrum......whereas in the late 90s ad early 2000s Nickelback, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Aerosmith, Guns N Roses, Pearl Jam and Nirvana all had a similar sound. I blame Linkin Park for diversifying the sound (which is good imo but still) |
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Originally posted by LoKoPaNdA
I think the rise of alternative and democratization of rock hindered the stardom of rock bands. Come to think about it, there are way too many different sounds in alternative/rock right now....we got Lana, BANKS and Lorde, HAIM, Bastille and Imagine Dragons, Florence, The Black Keys and The Arctic Monkeys, The Foo Fighters at the other side of the spectrum......whereas in the late 90s ad early 2000s Nickelback, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Aerosmith, Guns N Roses, Pearl Jam and Nirvana all had a similar sound. I blame Linkin Park for diversifying the sound (which is good imo but still) |
the hell is this? 
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I forgot about HAIM.
And according to Wikipedia, they're rock -
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Genres Pop rock soft rock R&B
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And yes, Florence is rock IMO, and Wikipedia agrees.
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Genres
Indie rock[1] indie pop[2] baroque pop[2] art rock[3] neo soul[2]
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The only reason I said Lorde was a half joke, considering she won best rock song for Royals at the VMAs and the Billboard Awards 
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Originally posted by vanishingbee
Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys.... lmao this is a dumb thread
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They haven’t been big forces this decade though, good album sales obviously, but it’s not like they have songs that everyone knows and will have the potential to become classics
Compared to the last decade, Linkin Park, Green Day, The Killers, Foo Fighters, Evanescence, Blink-182, Nickelback, Lifehouse, Simple Plan, ect all actually had chart impact singles wise, and had some sort of consistency similar to ‘pop girls'
I think the main thing is that “hard rock” doesn’t smash anymore like it used to. There have been songs like Lonely Boy which were big, but there hasn’t been much else that has been as impacting. Imagine Dragons and possible Fun could be considered since they're still technically rock, but they’re not on the same level as the above artists. It’s just that radio most likely aren’t going to play ‘guitar-driven’ songs since they’re not as radio friendly anymore, and instead i guess rock bands focus more on album sales and touring nowadays
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Lana and Florence are baroque pop.
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They are still here and doing pretty well. They are just not as easily accessible as before.
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What about Fall Out Boy? And The Pretty Reckless?
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Originally posted by vanishingbee
Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys.... lmao this is a dumb thread
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Besides Arcade Fire and Black Keys those bands aren't burning up the charts.
The last real band that was rock that did so was Green Day. There has not been a band since that is a household name, that teens and young adults go crazy for. And are selling out arenas since like Green Day.
Linkin Park went downhill and so have Nickleback. Besides them the other bands are bland Ac stuff.
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1. The band releases a single (usually without an adds date or promotional performance).
2. The song (obviously) flops cause mainstream radio just won't touch it so the band gets no budget for a decent video.
3. The band releases the album to mediocre sales below the 50k mark.
4. The band attempts to release a second single but it's either too late or just pointless given the fact that most of the people who actually care about them have already listened to the album. If lucky it would get a cheap/live video.
5. The band goes on tour and further promotion is either scrapped or forgotten.
No wonder all the bands are doomed. Unless you're Maroon 5, Coldplay or Fall Out Boy which obviously do not count as rock bands.
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Um "rock bands"
Well, Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys, Royal Blood, All That Remains, 30 Seconds to Mars, Foo Fighters, The Offspring, Swans, Cage The Elephant, J Roddy Walston & The Business.. Um they are all active right now.
Rock artists: Jack White and Benjamin Booker
Those do not contain the indie pop bands we have right now.
Rock is alive and well. Limited but very alive.
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Originally posted by eleganceislearned
"tumblrcore."
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That is the stupidest word I've ever seen.
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Originally posted by LoKoPaNdA
I think the rise of alternative and democratization of rock hindered the stardom of rock bands. Come to think about it, there are way too many different sounds in alternative/rock right now....we got Lana, BANKS and Lorde, HAIM, Bastille and Imagine Dragons, Florence, The Black Keys and The Arctic Monkeys, The Foo Fighters at the other side of the spectrum......whereas in the late 90s ad early 2000s Nickelback, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Aerosmith, Guns N Roses, Pearl Jam and Nirvana all had a similar sound. I blame Linkin Park for diversifying the sound (which is good imo but still) |
What the **** is this bull****?!!?
Firstly, how are bands like Nirvana or Guns N Roses or Aerosmith etc. late 90s/early 00s? 
How the actual **** can you say that all those bands have a similar sound? Have you ever listened to them? I doubt it really. That is just utterly embarrassing statement.
Or the fact you declared something as derivative and repetitive as Linkin Park responsible for diversifying the sound... like really, you have to be kidding at this point 
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Well it's a good question. Rock is obviously not really hype right now, and this, for a few years now.
Arctic Monkeys are there since 2006, they're not new at all. Same for Kasabian, etc...
There's not a new band that make rock exciting and fresh and cool again (like The Strokes and The Libertines did in 2001/2002) but I'm sure that will happen eventually in 2 or 3 years. "Rock'n' roll never dies" like Neil Young said, so I'm waiting 
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The golden age were the 70s and the 90s with some nice surprise in the 00s (Placebo, Bloc Party, Queen of The Stone Age, Band of Horses, The Libertines, Jet). Even Linkin Park was releasing masterpieces such as "Faint"! I listened to a Black Keys album to see if it could compare, and although it was nice, it was too repetitive and didn't have the melodies or the charm of the bands I used to love.
I will gladly change my mind if anyone have GREAT 2010s rock songs to share!
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